I think the most likely situation thing about the Realistic Link not being gone entirely is like... He'll be in more of the mario "spin offs" or whatever... kart, golf, stuff he wasn't in before... and he'll stay realistic kinda because... well, those games aren't cel-shaded
But I dunno why that'd be such a cool thing
but still... Or maybe they're making some sort of Link game... like Mario tennis, mario golf, mario this mario that... maybe they're making... Zelda something or other...