[quote author=Cassidee Moser-IGN]
It turns out that Hyrule Warrior's popularity with Zelda fans was the reason why a handheld iteration of the action game is in development.
Speaking with Famitsu (via Nintendo Everything), producer Yosuke Hayashi cited the "positive reception" of Hyrule Warriors and Zelda fans calling for a similar game on the Nintendo 3DS as the motivator to begin working on it shortly after the Wii U game released.
During the early days of Hyrule Warriors Legends, the development team decided to feature The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker on the 3DS game, since it had previously been left out on the Wii U due to the difficulty of integrating its unique look with that of Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, and others. Because it is a different experience and features a new style, Hyrule Warriors Legends on 3DS will be more of an epilogue to Hyrule Warriors on Wii U, picking up where the story of its console counterpart left off.
In addition to a new story and art style, Hayashi teased planned new character additions coming to the handheld version in addition to the King of Hyrule and Tetra.
I can’t go into details yet, but we plan to add new character(s) [can mean one or several] other than Tetra and King of Hyrule," Hayashi said. "There are fan favorites and surprising characters in the game, so I’d be happy if you kept guessing who will join the fight while waiting for follow-up information."
Hyrule Warriors Legends' development is about 60 percent complete and targets a release window early in the first half of 2016.
[/quote]http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/22/positive-fan-reception-on-wii-u-led-to-hyrule-warriors-legends-on-nintendo-3ds
So Hyrule Warriors Legends is a sequel? Well, as long as it has a new story, I'm upgrading it to insta-buy!