I am genuinely curious as to why you think that.That looks like the antithesis of a good time.
Well, there are at least 6 other Nintendo sanctioned Zelda games not made by Nintendo, granted three of them are definitely not canon.I mean, do the CD-i games even count? They may star Nintendo characters. But I don't recall them ever being considered canon and they weren't even made by Nintendo.
I mean.... yes?
So it was official.other than giving Philips the license to use the Legend of Zelda characters and lore.