They definitely overhyped it then. Zelda's a good series, but I do remember not being particularily interested in SS. I wanted another Ocarina of Time, which Twilight Princess sadly did not satisfy. Even now I haven't yet finished the game. And from the looks of it I could tell SS would be a very linear game with a small overworld which I personally was really not in the mood for back then. Open world was all the rage when it came out and I think everyone was craving that type of sandboxy game. Nintendo delivered on that eventually, though with Breath of the Wild.