Favorite Zelda Game?

The Legend of Zelda

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Oracle of Seasons I guess, because I think it may be the only Zelda game I finished.

I've played and own most of the Zelda games, yet have only beaten 2. But Wind Waker is probably the most charming game of them all so that takes it for me.

I did a blog post on this putting them all in order of my favorite to least favorite. Ocarina of Time is just too dang good to not be at the top, but Wind Waker is a close second, then Link's Awakening/Link to the Past fight for the third and fourth spots. Skyward Sword is the only one I really hate in the series and I've played 'em all.

Check it out here.

I'll say Majora's Mask. For weird reasons, though. Ocarina of Time was my favorite game as a kid, and I've replayed it probably once a year at least since it came out, on N64, Gamecube, 3DS etc. For whatever reason, I never played Majora's Mask until this year. I finally played it (along with Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess), and god damn I loved it.

Twenty years later, Link to the Past still hasn't been bested.

3D- OoT and 2D- LA

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It's between wind waker and alttp for me. Super excited for A Link Between Worlds.

Majora's Mask

Link 2 the past, there was a time when I could beat that game in an hour or 2. Ocarina of Time for sure and I would like to play Windwaker one day.

When I saw this posted I had a sudden urge to play A Link to the Past again. I got home from work today and started it up, just finished it for the umpteenth time. So yeah.. I'm gonna go with LttP.

why is this about the zelda franchise yet it is linked to the zelda character page.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@tarsier: I originally put it in the general discussion but I guess someone moved it.

Only Zelda game I ever had fun with was Link's Awakening DX for my Gameboy Colour.

I love that this thread is attached to Zelda, as in actually Zelda but not The Legend Of.

1. Ocarina of Time
2. Link to the Past
3. Wind Waker

Oracle of Ages/Seasons, Minish Cap, Phantom Hourglass and Link's Awakening are all easily worth playing. MM is okay. Twilight Princess can get STUFFED for all I care, and I never played Skyward Sword, though I'll hit it up one day fo sho. Zelda is, no holds barred, the most obvious Best Franchise of All Time, if there is such a thing.

Twilight Princess. It's the only Zelda game I ever finished.

MM. I wish they'd made a sequel to it by now. WW also, but that game is way too slow paced.

Links Awakening is the only correct answer to this question. I will give partial credit to LTTP.

I've played through Ocarina at least a dozen times, but Wind Waker HD and the streamlined Triforce hunt and fast sailing is making me think about it more. I really liked Minish Cap too.

I am quite certain there are probably several polls buried in these forums with this very question as the topic, and in all cases Ocarina of Time wins by a landslide. By the way, mine is Ocarina of TIme.

It's A Link to The Past for me with Wind Waker at close second. I fell on the bad side of Skyward Sword and Ocarina had me play through it multiple times because for some reason my save file would always become corrupt or something so eff that... Ocarina is still awesome though.

Hard to choose, for me. Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, and Ocarina of Time would probably be my absolute favorites, but picking a single one from those three is asking too much of me. Wind Waker, Majora's Mask, and Minish Cap all get honorable mentions -- enjoyed each of them quite a bit. I also played a lot of the original NES games when I was younger, but I don't think I ever actually finished either of them; just kept starting them over from scratch again and again.

I should point out that I never played the Oracle games, the Four Swords games, either of the DS titles, or Skyward Sword. Twilight Princess I played for an hour or two earlier in the year, but I just couldn't get invested in it.

Wind Waker is my favourite!

A Link to the Past and Link's Awakening are always fighting for first place in my mind.

Wind Waker

I haven't played most of the Zelda series, but my favorite is far and away Wind Waker. Runner up would be Twilight Princess.

I really liked Minish Cap.

@razielcuts said:

I really liked Minish Cap.

Are you sure you don't mean Majora's Mask?

@toowalrus: I have similar feelings. For some reason or another, I completely missed MM back in the day. I finally played it last year and was pleasantly surprised.

The impending doom of that moon mixed with typical Zelda quirkiness brought me in. And I loved it.

I could really go for a 3DS remake of it!

Favorite Zelda game is Link to the Past, closely followed by Wind Waker.

Ocarina of Time because of how it effected my young and unprepared brain at the time. If I was to go back and play one now though it would prob be a link to the past, just think it holds up a bit better gameplay wise.

A Link to the Past

@sexytoad: It's not YOUR-jora it's MA-jora!

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Granted I'm maybe only 1/3 of the way through it but A link Between Worlds is growing on me as a return to what was great about Link to the Past and Link's Awakening. Link to the Past is probably too rooted in classic feel-good nostalgia in my brain to ever be dethroned, though.

Majora's Mask is my favorite game in the series, no question. If you restrict it to the 2D games, Link to the Past is the best one, hands down for me.

Wind Waker or Link's Awakening

I think I enjoyed A Link to the Past, but it's been a while so I hesitate to say it's up there.

Choosing a favorite zelda is like choosing a favorite sex position. That said, Ocarina of Time. Not a huge fan of 2D Zeldas.

Ive only ever played Twilight Princess, and I thought it was fantastic. I know hardcore zelda fans scoff at that game, but to a newcomer it was amazing. It showed me exactly what that series is, and that's all I needed. I doubt Ill play another one though, 55 hours of that type of game is enough for me.

Super Smash Bros Melee is my favorite Zelda game. I like using Sheik

Majora's Mask, granted it's the only one I've played outside of 25 mins of Twilight Princess.

Windwaker. What up.

you inhuman monster...

unless those are the only three you've played. which is pretty much my case too. and i would probably vote the same, despite fucking loving wind waker. :\

e: and i know this makes me the REAL inhuman monster as these are the only three Zelda games i've really sunk time into.

Either Ocarina, Wind Waker, or Skyward Sword. I think they each have their positives and negatives, but they're all pretty great.

I have yet to play one I outright dislike though. Except Adventure's of Link, but that barely even counts. I don't have anywhere near the same fond memories of Link to the Past as a lot of people though, since Link's Awakening was my first Zelda and I didn't play LttP until much much later.

Twilight Princess, though Wind Waker is only just barely second.

ocarina of time i cant wait to play the golden 3DS version

Link to the Past or Ocarina of Time

Wind Waker.