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[trudatman]

A Link To The Past SNES 1992
The Legend Of Zelda NES 1987
Ocarina Of Time N64 1998

third is way behind others.

[ZeldaPlayer]

Well, My top 3:

3. Link to the Past: It was really fun.

2. Zelda II: I love this game. (Probably because I played it a long time ago)

1. Zelda I: It was the game that started the whole thing.

Edited by ZeldaPlayer, 30 May 2015 - 08:56 PM.

[Yapollo]

#1) The Wand of............*sounds of being dragged away from machine and beaten*

 

All jokes aside I like almost every Zelda game I have played equally, so I am not going to do a full list, just touch on a few key exceptions

 

Three games are tied for my favorite:

Zelda: NES

Minish Cap

Twilight princess

 

I know there have been a fair amount of criticism towards each of these, and I think the points made against them are very valid. In particular, I think the Satellite makes a great point about Vaati and Ezlo both, and (perhaps ironically) I find the Minish to be the worst part of the Minish Cap - they are all kind of annoying. But I love the presentation of atmosphere of the game. The art style is one of my favorites for the 2D games and the music is great. The overworld was nice and colorful and filled with exciting puzzles, but it was large and made quests tedious. Dungeons were fun, even if the bosses were mostly dissapointing. I still play this one fairly frequently.

 

Twilight Princess, likewise, has a variety of faults both in story (Ilya in particular) and gameplay (tedious trying to find the extra stuff at the end). Still, it reignited my interest in the Zelda franchise, leading me to download the 1.90 ZC on my toaster way back in 2008. The story had good momentum and the gameplay was very good on both Gamecube and Wii (though, yes the motion controls were extraordinarily clunky).

 

Zelda for the NES: I understand some do not like it or think that it hasn't aged well, which  I think is true to a degree. But it is still a great game to sit new players down in front of and teach them how to play. It is simple to learn, but complex enough that you have to think on how to kill some of the bosses. The secrets are indeed needlessly complex, especially the door repair rooms (Abei, you need to stop building your houses inside monster filled cliffs, man, you brought this on yourself). I know almost every secret in the game, but I still love playing it just the same, including playing the rextextured/reimagined versions in Zelda Classic.

 

The "worst" game is Zelda II. I think it is a good, but not great game. I think it was ambitious for its time, a point in its favor, but it was implemented badly. Still, having played it, I truly enjoyed it, save for some really frustrating parts, until the JRPG player in me started grinding forever before each dungeon. I like Zelda II, but it absolutely could have been better.

Edited by Yapollo, 01 June 2015 - 07:59 PM.

[Architect Abdiel]

19. Spirit Tracks
I like the overworld. And the dungeons are probably some of my favorites in the series. Exploration is okay, as are the puzzles. My main issue is music. Not the sounds, but playing the flute. This is the only game I technically haven't beaten. Cause I didn't want to play the song in the finale after dying.

18. Legend of Zelda
The dungeons are fine for the first entry, though there is that difficulty spike on level 6. My biggest issue is that you can reach Gohma and be unable to beat him cause you haven't gotten the arrow. Still fine game though.

17. Phantom Hourglass
Nothing particularly wrong with it imo. I actually love the way the bottom screen was used. I'd love if every game let you draw on the map. It just suffers from not having anything especially great.

16. Minish Cap
This may have my favorite art, some of my favorite dungeons, and my favorite music. It even has a good story. I feel the last dungeon is a bit of a difficulty spike though, and I think it needed more to really stand out more to me.

15. Skyward Sword
I love the artwork and the music, and I think the story is pretty good. It's a fun game, with good dungeons and a stealth segment I really enjoy. I don't like the structure of the overworld though. Everything is disjointed and doesn't feel like it's even the same world to me.

14. Link's Awakening
Very fun, and excellent dungeons. One of the best stories in the series as well. I love all the gameboy titles, but this is my least favorite. Issues for me are the mandatory fetch quest, sfx that I find annoying, and it just being a bit too weird for me. The pros just make up for that a lot.

13. Wind Waker
Again, I love so much about this game. It's beautiful, has fine dungeons, and great music. Combined with some of the best characters and a wonderful plot. I also love the idea of an open ocean. But I just find the overworld too vast and empty to compare with some of the games I like more.

12. Four Swords Adventures
This is an excellent multiplayer title. It may even be the best multiplayer Zelda because it has a legitimately solid single player option. Stages range mostly from fine to fun with a few stinkers mixed in. Some of the secrets are pretty stupid though and you basically have to look up a guide to find them out. If not for that, this would be higher.

11. A Link Between Worlds
Beautiful title containing a really cool wall mechanic. The dungeons are very fun, and the overworld is well put together. I do like that it resembles ALttP so much, but adds a good story with a nice plot twist. However I feel I would like this more if AlttP didn't exist or this were its own world.

10. Twilight Princess
Dungeons are spot on perfect in a way that no other game in the series can match. Aside from the lackluster Twilit Palace. Zant is a wonderful villain and controlling Link is as fun as it has ever been. Long tutorial and wolf segments bring it down a little bit. But my main issue is that I just find the overworld too... brown.

9. Triforce Heroes
Say whatever you want about the silly plot and the multiplayer aspect of the game. Despite a meh single player mode, the multiplayer mode is fantastic. And to me it is nice, light hearted fun. A lot of fun stages and I love playing it with people online.

8. Ocarina of Time
It has some of the best dungeons in the series, some nicely crafted areas, and did a great job at bringing Zelda into 3D. It's overall a fun game and one where I can't find a dungeon I really dislike. The story is fine. Everything is fine. Although Hyrule Field could use a bit more.

7. A Link to the Past
This game possibly has the best items in the entire series. Along with a rich overworld and mostly excellent dungeons. If not for a couple segments, this would be in my top 3. My main issue being that some segments are a little deficient in magic refill. It is packed with fun content though.

6. Breath of the Wild
So much fun to explore, and a lot to do. The world is massive and enjoyable to experience. I like the true open world feel, though there were a couple Zelda traditions I feel should have been kept. Such as unique bosses and dungeons. That end game Hyrule Castle was absolutely perfect though.

5. Hyrule Warriors
It's probably debated whether to consider this a Zelda game, but it is absolutely a Zelda title. And the Zelda time I've put the most time into. I already Musou games, so mixing it with my favorite series just made it that much more appealing. The game is just a blast. Though eventually the DLC Adventure maps made things pretty ridiculous. But I will always love plowing through enemies with my favorite Zelda characters.

4. Majora's Mask
This is the best story in the series in my opinion. The characters are excellent written, and I actually love the 3 day time mechanic. The dungeons are pretty nice and the masks are wonderful for the most part. Skull Kid is my favorite villain in the series. I just love the dark tone in this game. My favorite 3D Zelda.

3. Adventure of Link
Yeah, the black sheep, but a ball bustingly wonderful black sheep. This game won't hold your hand and I loooove it for that. I also love the variety of spells and sword techniques as well as the dungeons. It may be because I'm a sucker for sidescrolling fun, but this is an excellent adventure. Although that path to the Great Palace is pretty insane. But at least you get a continue point afterwars. My biggest issue is that you can reach Thunderbird and not be able to beat him of you didn't get the Thunder spell.

2. Oracle of Seasons
Just an absolutely fun game to play. The dungeons are at worst inoffensive, and at best masterpieces, see Sword and Shielf Maze. The biggest thing stopping this from being my favorite game is the slow start and the stupid collecting shapes segment. Otherwise it's just excellent fun with wonderful dungeons.

1. Oracle of Ages
Yeah. The best Zelda game in the series for me. Why? Everything is just perfect to me. The overworld is full and lovely. The dungeons are all great to me. And even the segments people don't like, I love. Jabu Jabu's Belly is one of my favorite dungeons in the series. Everything in the game is at worst really good to me. And that's why it's my favorite. It even tells a pretty good story.

[Fiyaball]

Glad I'm not the only one who loves Ages the most. It was my first, and my favorite. I'll never get bored of it.

[strike]

1) Wind Waker

2) Ocarina of Time

3) A Link to the Past

4) Adventure of Link

5) Twilight Princess

6) The Legend of Zelda

7) Phantom Hourglass 

8 ) Spirit Tracks

9) Majora's Mask

 

These are just my favorites, not the order I think it best 

Edited by strike, 04 February 2018 - 01:41 PM.

[Mitsukara]

I already rambled about this in a lot more depth last year back in this other thread, so I won't go into quite as much depth here shall ramble for all eternity. Ahem.

My short list:

--- True favorites:
1. A Link to the Past
2. Link's Awakening
3. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
4. Oracle of Seasons
5. Oracle of Ages
6. The Legend of Zelda
7. BS The Legend of Zelda
--- Mixed feelings:
8. Ocarina of Time
9. The Wind Waker
10. The Minish Cap
--- Never finished and might not:
11. Phantom Hourglass
12. & 13. Four Swords & Four Swords Adventures
14. Majora's Mask
15. Twilight Princess
--- Haven't played and thus cannot judge (in order of my interest in playing them):
A Link Between Worlds
BS Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets
Game and Watch The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda Game Watch
Triforce Heroes

Hyrule Warriors
Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon
Link: The Faces of Evil
Zelda's Adventure
Skyward Sword
Spirit Tracks
Tetra's Trackers

Link's Crossbow Training
Breath of the Wild

My long, detailed list:

Spoiler

1. A Link to the Past
(100% countless times, including SNES and GBA, and now I play randomizer sometimes... and watch quite a few randomizer LPs... and LPs of all but three of the completed romhacks I know of...)
+ Overall greatness.
- The way you increase your bomb and arrow maximum is way too tedious; it's not for lack of money available in the game, but because you might waste that money if you don't come and do this often enough, and dropping the money in takes forever waiting for the prompt to reappear (it should just let you write in a number like on a name entry screen, so you could be done with it in one toss). Also, it's a small thing, but I could do without the linearity-enforcing rock at the Death Mountain entrance, and hammer posts on the Dark World bridge. Aaaand I kinda wish half of Ganon's basement was unnecessary in hindsight.

2. Link's Awakening
(100% many times. This was my first Zelda game.)
+ STORY STORY STORY atmosphere music Bow-wow omigosh did I mention the story? That story.. And the music. And the shield mechanics are awesomely useful, anyone who says it's useless must not understand what this shield is capable of XD I also like the Roc's Feather and the mix of sideview and overhead, and the secret seashell sidequest feels more compact and rewarding than some later systems like OOT's skulltulas. Also, unlike many Zelda games I really enjoy the side characters in this one.
- Way too linear, rambling obstacle/compass messages all the time. The Owl is a bit garrulous too (perhaps his wordy ways warped me for life?). I think the secret best ending was way too hidden, you are very likely to die at least once in the early game and there is no hint you'll miss the better ending by having deaths on your save file. (You'd also miss the pretty game over music by doing that.)
? That sidewarp glitch is fun to play with. The trading sequence is kinda neat, but it's mandatory which seems odd. I'm not sure if I like the GBC version better or not.

3. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
(100% many times, and Randomizer a couple times)
+ Fun combat system, appealing feel despite how quaint it all is, good music. In fact, this is the ultimate quaintness for me in a way. Better difficulty balance than any NES Castlevania game, too, it feels hard but fair.
- No active items or decent puzzles : ( And the 1-ups shouldn't be one-time items... maybe a farmable 1-up shop with rupees would've helped?

4. Oracle of Seasons
(100% twice)
+ Great items (Magnet!) and puzzles, interesting seasons gimmick, Subrosians are adorable, lots of great music especially the Tarm Ruins music.
- Too linear, too rambly, and the story doesn't engage me much.

5. Oracle of Ages
(100% twice)
+ More great items (Switch Hook!) and puzzles. I love that they canonically addressed the weirdness of the different Zora species. More good music, too.
? The time travel system is alright and kinda fun, but it feels like the Dark World idea done marginally differently.
- Too linear, too rambly, and again the story doesn't do much for me.

Shared elements of both Oracles:
+ That Biggoron's Sword. The rideable partners (Moosh, Dmitri, and Ricky) are kinda fun to use, and I actually love the Linked Game feature, once I realized you don't need a cable or anything, it's just a password to resume one game in the other and unlock more items and the final area. The linked game feature could even work in a ZC Quest, and it's kind of a great concept.
- Potions are overpriced and not available early enough in the game (unless you get lucky with Maple's RNG), getting the heart piece from Maple is a miserable chore, the rings/gasha seed system sucks because it's RNG based and the ring boxes make their utility far too limited to be widely useful, and the way it decides what rideable partner you get is completely stupid and I flat-out hate it; their utility is so narrow they should've just let you get all three freely. In short, the sidequests almost all make me mad.
? I wish there was more of a final dungeon, or maybe something crazy like using all the items from both games at once, but that's okay, it's still good the way it is. I'm also surprised how difficult it is not to die constantly in these games, I've gotten quite bad at them.

6. The Legend of Zelda
(100% several times)
+ Classicness and quaintness.
- 4 way movement combat against darknuts and blue wizzrobes and manhandlas is a miserable chore bordering on unfairly bad mechanics, my apologies to everybody who's super into that stuff around here. Also, buying the arrows separately from the bow before you can use them is kinda janky, and the bomb maximum is way too small (and increasing it in increments of 4 by finding hidden rooms and paying a significant sum of money is tedious).

7. BS The Legend of Zelda
(Almost 100%'d map 1, but I missed the Red Ring event; still want to play Map 2 at some point)
(Does this count as a non-spinoff? Whatever, I'm counting it, I really like it)
+ Nice new graphical take on Zelda 1 with enough new areas and bosses to keep it interesting, can be a lot of fun to play if you're in a hotel or otherwise know you've got an hour to wait and got it on a portable device. I also kind of like the 'progressing' overworld in a way.
- The progressing overworld enforces more linearity and makes the game feel a little restrictive. The time-limited secrets are kind of annoying too.
? You have enough time to do everything if you have some idea what to do, so even though I don't like being on a time limit it's fairly forgiving in that aspect.

8. Ocarina of Time
(100% twice or so.. except the last 50 skulltulas, fooie on that.)
+ Some cool items (Hover boots!) and I like the polygonalness, in a way it's also quaint. I also like that it's still got a decent number of dungeons, and the 3D block puzzles, hookshot puzzles, and even water level puzzles are all alright in my book.
- It's super duper linear like Link's Awakening, the art style is HIDEOUS (not the low poly models, but the intentional drawing style; the manual/player's guide art is a billion times worse looking than the game itself), I can't stand half the characters, the story is a little too rambly for it's own good it all feels kind of depressing and bleh and hinges on a couple dumb arbitrary points, and some of the sidequests are annoying, tedious, and even unrewarding. It takes forever to play and feels like you got nothing done a lot of the time. Ehhhh. This is officially where the series starts to lose me a little bit, but I still like it and return now and then.
? Somehow some of the beta screenshots appeal to more more than the final product, especially the bright and colorful ones. I wish those cartoony blobby classic octorocks made it into the real game.

9. The Wind Waker
(Finished once, except for some heart pieces and collectible decoration whatsits, about 12 years ago)
+ I love sailing, the music for the Ocean and Dragon Roost Island, the deku leaf and multi-target boomerang. The bright colors are kinda neat. Ganon's characterization is surprisingly good for once.
- The drawing style is ugly, the characters are mostly unappealing, it's super linear, blah blah blah. And this time there's only a handful of dungeons, and a set-up like there's going to be a whole extra overworld full of them when there really isn't, it's just a metal detector hunt with some overpriced hidden maps to dig up in much the same fashion. It reeks of being unfinished and rushed out, and they didn't expand any of that for the remake, defeating the only reason I could've cared about a remake, because my only problem with the original graphics was ugly character designs. And again, I don't care for the sidequests. Why did they finish so many long, unrewarding sidequests but so little dungeon content? I think their priorities were wrong during development. I MIGHT replay it... eventually. I'd rather watch LPs of it.
? I'm on the fence about most of the story for this one.

10. The Minish Cap
(Finished once, except kinstones and the Mirror Shield, about 13 years ago)
+ Gameboy type mechanics, I liked the multi-images-of-Link puzzles.
- I remember it didn't have enough dungeons and felt awfully short, especially compared to a Link to the Past on the same system played around the same time, it felt like it paled in comparison. I also know I didn't like the kinstones at all.
? I can't remember this game very well.

11. Phantom Hourglass
(Got one of the three ores, so a little over half the game about 3 years ago.)
+ I kinda like the new sailing, but not as much as Wind Waker's. I like the customizable ship parts. The fairy cursor idea appealed to me. The line-traceable bombchus are a ton of fun. Oddly enough, I genuinely kind of like Linebeck! And I kind of like stealth puzzles, BUT....
- This game can take it's Temple of the Ocean King and darken my DS no more; forced speedrunning of a place you've already been over and over and over is incredibly not fun at all, and a transparent game length-stretching measure. Bleah. Also, I wish the customizeable ship parts actually did something- especially the Drill Prow!- besides adjust your health total (and even then it's only for using a matched set, which is boring- also, why is there no Sailboat set and no King of Red Lions set?). Getting them is kind of annoying, I hate anything RNG based. Being told to scratch the touchpad back and forth quickly to escape something feels like it's asking you to damage your DS screen, so that's a bad mechanic. I also don't really care for most of the characters besides Linebeck. I'll probably never finish it.
? I'm not sure how I feel about the touchpad controls and microphone-blowing aside from that, I could go either way.

12. & 13. Four Swords & Four Swords Adventures (One playthrough on GBA, the first few levels of FSA)
NOTE: I don't own FSA and I only have one copy of LTTP GBA, but I got brief chances to play these with other people a couple times. They were similar enough that they kind of run together in my head and I can't meaningfully seperate the two.
+ Teamwork with multiple items and multi-character puzzles are fun.
- I don't care for the competitive angle of the game. I wish the puzzles were more complex and I don't really like only having one item at a time (though I guess that works a little better with the teamwork angle? I dunno, they could've just had one of each item and you split up who gets what, and then you each just keep your items to use freely). Sadly, I'm not even sure who I'd play these with. They'd work better as online games.

14. Majora's Mask
(Quit at the entrance to Great Bay Temple some 16 years ago.)
+ I like the complexity the three days schedule presents, I like the complexity of the sidequests, and how involved everything is. The three main masks have some cool utilities, and Deku Link is cute.
- Trying to get things done on a schedule is miserable, especially with things like Snowhead Temple dumping you down multiple floors if you fail a rolling jump so you gotta waste time climbing back up for another go. And then trying to get the fairies. The song of double time doesn't slow time down enough, redoing the dungeons just to do the fairies if you're not fast enough is kind of miserable, and it's just so frustrating to play any of this. Furthermore, aside from the story (which I have mixed feelings about but again kind of don't like that much, it feels very depressing and mostly unappealing), the rewards for a lot of the sidequests aren't very good. Far too many of the masks have no use besides furthering a specific sidequest in a context-sensitive plot way rather than being, like, and interactive puzzle item tools. Ultimately, I have no plans to finish it myself, but I enjoyed watching MeleeWizard play it.
? The horror imagery is very distinctive and memorable, but I'm not sure if I quite like it or not.

15. Twilight Princess
(Quit at second dungeon entrance some 10 years ago.)
+ I like the concepts of the spinner and the dominion rod (but the execution looks too minimal and limited in both cases.) The ball and chain looks fun too.
- This game is so ugly and unappealing and bleh feeling and I hate the wolf mechanic and I hate being forced to de-shadow-ify lands and I just couldn't stand playing it at all and lost interest. Watching TeamUDF play it instead helps spice it up a bit and he managed to love it, but even then I can't quite say I like the game...?? It just feels so gross and unpleasant all around. Also, some of this game's items seem designed just to stall the player's time worrying over resources, like water bombs versus regular bombs, and even something as tedious as lamp oil ("...as long as you have enough rubies!"). I have no plans to return to this one myself. I don't think it's a bad game, but I just had a very hard time getting into it.

A Link Between Worlds
+ Looks good...? I can imagine this one becoming a new favorite, but I'll have to see.

BS Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets
+ A Link to the Past variant with new features?!
- With square empty room dungeons and a timer?!
? it's languished on my to-do list for quite a while, but I do intend to play it.

Game and Watch The Legend of Zelda & The Legend of Zelda Game Watch
(Yes, these are two separate things.)
? LCD games tend not to be great, but Nintendo made the very best ones from what I've played, so I'd genuinely love to give these both a try. Also, anyone wearing the watch game instantly becomes Rad.

Triforce Heroes
+ Might have neat puzzle mechanics, and I kinda approve of the official not-just-a-rude-joke crossdressing.

[Minish Cap]
(Even though I finished it once and already listed it, I can barely remember it, so it'd be half-blind.)

 

Hyrule Warriors:

I'm not sure I would like the gameplay which looks like it could get boring, or the grinding elements, but I'd still like to give this one a try. Also, while I don't really like the concept of paid DLC, I would be interested in getting to play as Marin.

 

Faces of Evil & Wand of Gamelon:
(I know these were supposed to be unlisted, but I'm really ranking them and they're in a spoiler block so I hope that doesn't count.)
? I sort of halfway got FoE running once but not very well. I would honestly be willing to try playing these, but they sound quite frustrating with the control scheme conflicts and confusing platforming backgrounds/questionable hitbox stuff.

Also Zelda's Adventure. It looks pretty awful but I'd give it a go.

Skyward Sword
+ I love the concept of the Beetle! And the sword controls sound fun. And Zelda is finally pretty for once.
- Everything else seems kinda eh though, and from what I hear the beetle is underutilized?
? Not sure when/if I'd get around to this.

Spirit Tracks
+ I like the Zelda ghost possession concept.

? Not sure if I'd like this one otherwise, but it's worth a shot.

 

I don't much know about Tetra's Trackers or Link's Crossbow Training, but I'd be willing to try them.

Breath of the Wild
+ It looks fancy and all, and I like the new magnet, but...
- It sounds aimless and boring and like there isn't much focus on complex puzzles or labyrinth exploration, just one-offs. I doubt I'd like playing it. I'm in no hurry to try it, but I might someday.

Phew. Sorry if I rambled way too much. Spoilerblocks to the rescue?

 

(EDIT: wanted to mention Hyrule Warriors.)

Edited by Mitsukara, 04 February 2018 - 05:01 PM.

[Cukeman]

1. Link's Awakening
1. A Link To The Past

Tie for 1st. Link's Awakening has more emotional depth and unique dungeon tracks, while A Link to the Past has the grand epic scale and rich lore.

 

3. The Wind Waker
3. Twilight Princess

Tie for 3rd. Twilight Princess has better combat, more dungeons, and lots of half bosses, while Wind Waker has more replay value in the depth of its overworld exploration.

 

5. Skyward Sword
5. Ocarina Of Time

Tie for 5th. Skyward Sword made huge strides in the overworld not feeling like a series of small rooms with load times, and I liked the motion swordplay. Ocarina of Time excels in its excellent dungeon design and the depth of its overworld exploration, but is a little weak in story and very weak in combat.

 

7. The Minish Cap

A beautiful LttP style game and the only 16(+) bit traditional sprite-based game since LttP. It's on the short side and the overworld is too restrictive, but I still love it.

 

8. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
8. Majora's Mask

Tie for 8th. Majora's Mask is more fun in terms of gameplay and controls, but I don't like all the waiting around for events, and I don't like missing events, or the pressure of the clock. Also much of the music is really grating to my ears. Zelda II is simple, solid fun, but could benefit from some fine-tuning.

 

10. A Link Between Worlds

This game has great level design and overworld style, but I dislike the clunky and awkward feel of the controls. I miss the pixel-perfect precision of the sprite-based games. I also dislike the way swords are centered on characters' belly buttons, and the stamina meter's effect on things like arrows. The more I play it, the more it feels like a mobile-game version of LttP, especially when you do a 3 heart run and you notice your ability to manuever in boss arenas is quite poor.

 

11. Phantom Hourglass

This is such a watered-down, bland version of traditional Zelda it's disappointing. But it's superior to its train-based sequel in every way (except musically). I do really like the ultimate villain and the emotional ending.

 

12. Four Swords Adventures

Stage-based Zelda is very different, and while I like traditional Zelda more, this is still pretty good. The music and visuals are very well done.

 

13. Oracle of Seasons
13. Oracle of Ages

An attempt to revisit the Game Boy Zelda style that very much falls short of the glory of Link's Awakening. I do like these games, but the music is mostly bland (or grating), the story is flat, and overworld navigation can become overly tedious in places.

 

15. The Legend Of Zelda

A classic game I can't love as much as I want to. The appeal of the old-school aesthetics doesn't last very long when I'm dealing with the locked-to-grid movement, the bland environments, the lack of music variety, and some cheap enemies.

 

16. Spirit Tracks

A clone of Phantom Hourglass that gives you even less overworld exploration with its train gimmick. And the ultimate villain and ending did nothing for me. PH and ST aren't the worst thing ever, you can have some fun and amusement with them, but they are just so shallow next to the traditional Zelda series games. Spirit Tracks does have some fantastic music though.

 

17. Four Swords

A fun mini-game at the time that hasn't aged well. It's pretty weak in terms of music and visuals. At least the opening intro and title theme are excellent.

Edited by Cukeman, 04 February 2018 - 03:15 PM.

[Rambly]

i've done like a million of these and my rankings change a little bit every time
 
skyward sword
the wind waker
a link between worlds
ocarina of time
a link to the past
majora's mask
link's awakening
breath of the wild*
the legend of zelda
twilight princess
zelda ii
oracle of seasons
phantom hourglass
oracle of ages*
four swords adventures
the minish cap
four swords
 
* = preliminary, so take them with a grain of salt
 
haven't beaten breath of the wild or oracle of ages, haven't played spirit tracks

also worth noting i think of everything from zelda ii on up as being a 4/5 at least lol