Old Zelda NEVER had repeat NPCs.
NPC's aren't repeated in Kokiri Forest, Goron City, and Zora's Domain at all.
Remember when all Gerudo has varied models?! They definitely didn't all look the same.
Also you are GREATLY exaggerating the NPC reuse and calling them faceless makes you look like a joke, dude.
So far the only NPC's being reused are kids and even those are different via town.
FACELESS
FACELESSSSSS
This game has no personality, and has as much sterile robotic direction as a Bethesda game /s
Despite all of this the game has more NPC variety than all previous Zelda's despite being A. a larger game and B. better looking.
Breath of the Wild is a triumph in the sheer amount of detail Nintendo put into it.