The best way to describe Twilight Princess is that it's another Zelda. Sure, it's bigger. It's nicer looking. And it even has motion sensing Wii controls. But when it all comes down to it, it's just another Zelda. A Zelda that got delayed a full year.
So what did Nintendo do during their crippling delays? Obviously they didn't innovate on story. While any die-hard Zelda fanboy will tell you that story has never been the focus of Zeldas past, that's not really an excuse for regurgitating the same story over and over. It's like Nintendo's playing mad libs, and I'll elaborate on that...