Yeah, the first dungeon really feels like a nod to older games, while also showing that it's something else entirely. It's also interesting that it's a "water temple," but not really. Everything in the game screams that it's a Zelda game, but different, and it fits really well.
So far it's not my favorite, but it feels really good coming from Breath of the Wild.
I'm still probably going to prefer ALttP, Minish Cap, OoT, and TLoZ, but I'm glad SS exists. Now I need to pay the rest of the GC and Wii games.