1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) WIIU 1:03:30 2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (2000) N64 1:00:55 3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) N64 58:38 4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991) SNES 56:30 5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) Gamecube 53:55 6. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (1993) GB (GBC,Switch) 52:20 7. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013) 3DS 50:30 8. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020) Switch 48:45 9. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004) GBA 47:15 10. The Legend of Zelda (1986) NES 45:30 11. Hyrule Warriors (2014) WII 43:55 12. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001) GBC 42:30 13. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001) GBC 40:50 14. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004) Gamecube 39:15 15. Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda Switch 37:20 16. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) Gamecube 35:10 17. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition (2011) DSI 33:10 18. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007) DS 31:15 19. Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip (2009) DS 29:10 20. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987) NES 27:05 21. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009) DS 25:00 22. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011) WII 22:52 23. BS Zelda no Densetsu Inishie no Sekiban (1997) Satellaview 21:00 24. BS Zelda no Densetsu (1995) Satellaview 18:52 25. Link’s Crossbow Training (2007) WII 17:00 26. Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland (2006) DS 15:45 27. Tingle’s Balloon Fight DS (2007) DS 14:10 28. My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2016) 3DS 12:35 29. The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (2015) 3DS 11:05 30. Dekisugi Tingle Pack (2009) DSI 9:32 31. Zelda’s Adventure (1994) CD-I 7:57 32. Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (1993) CD-I 6:17 33. Link: The Faces of Evil (1993) CD-I 4:32 34. Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce (1992) Barcode Battler II 2:52
@@sadpixel532 Breath of the Wild was released on BOTH, Switch AND Wii-U. LMAO. And since Wii-U is the leading-system which predetermined the hardware limitations because the Wii-U is weaker then the switch, its perfectly fine to name that as the target system.
It never ceases to make me sad to see how few other people love Skyward Sword. It had some glaring flaws, I concede that fully. But it also had some of the most compelling character writing in the entire series. SS had one of if not the strongest Zelda-Link relationships in the series, an exceedingly memorable Impa rendition, and Groose, who had an incredible character arc. Beyond that the art style was stunning, had my favorite Zelda soundtrack to date, and what I found to be one of Zelda's strongest narratives. The narrative driven stories found in entries such as Ocarina and Twilight Princess are what makes LoZ so special to me and SS had that in spades. I remember finishing my first playthrough of Breath of the Wild and feeling thoroughly unfulfilled as a game that was a marvel in game and world design served as a vessel for a hollow and disconnected story delivered in small bursts that never met the potential I believed it held. Shortly after finishing BotW I booted up my Wii and played through Skyward Sword to get the fix of Zelda storytelling I was craving and fell right back into Skyward Swords story. And ever since has solidified itself in the rotation of classic Zelda titles such as OoT, TP, WW, and MM that I revisit when I'm feeling nostalgic. I recognize that the ship has sailed at this point, but I sincerely hope the many quality of life improvements provided by the Switch remaster compels people to give SS the second chance it deserves. Because it has more than earned it.
I did give it a chance and although i enjoyed it, i wasn‘t blown away by it and the more 3D-Zeldas i‘ve played, the more i‘ve realised how out of breath the devs where when they made it. People disappointed with Botw often say that they wish the traditional Zeldas back, not realising that, at some point, they just cannot reinvent the wheel anymore and in no game is that as apparent as on SS. While the game had one of the more interesting narratives, it felt like most of the creative effort went into that, at the cost of everything else. None of the dungeons felt really creative except for the pirate ship and the ancient cistern. I think the fact that you fight the forbidden one *3* (!) times speaks volumes about the whole game. The fight itself is quite boring and doing it 3 times is 3 times as boring, even if it slightly changes every time.
@Fräntschou There can be no doubt that the classic Zelda formula had been stretched to it's limits by the time SS came around and it suffered from a race against the death clock of the Wii itself. It has glaring weaknesses and you are right, The Imprisoned is a personification of those weaknesses. All that being said I don't feel as though Ancient Cistern and the ship were the only enjoyable dungeons. Most of the others lacked a level of originality that anyone would look for, but overall I think most were passable Zelda dungeons. And the story was compelling enough that I personally never felt like putting it down, even when I was bored fighting The Imprisoned for the second and third time. I absolutely agree that the Zelda series needed a lot of change, change that Breath of the Wild brought. I simply wish that it hadn't come at the cost of a driving narrative that felt like it served as a through line for the experience. BOTW is a game I love, a game I have put many many hours into, but it's not a game without flaws of it's own. Beyond the subjective matter of whether or not any one person believes the environmental storytelling and short bursts of flashbacks formed a compelling Zelda story, I also look at dungeon design. As much as we could sit here and criticize SS' dungeons I think BOTW is even worse in this area. The divine beasts are monotone, extremely short, and exceptionally easy. By the time I was walking into the fourth divine beast, it felt like a chore that I had to tick before getting back to the parts of the game I enjoyed so much. People often excuse this because of the shrine system, but honestly the vast majority of the shrines, with some glaring exceptions, felt tried and boring. By the time I was even halfway done most of the shrines felt rehashed if they weren't simply another combat trial. SS has it's problems and I in no way believe that Zelda should have stayed linear. BOTW brought innovative, exciting, and necessary change to the series, but it also came at the cost of much of what made me fall in love with Zelda in the first place. At the end of the day it's all subjective, I just happen to believe SS has more than enough strengths to make up for it's weaknesses.
I like skyward sword more than Botw, but I see why people were exhausted by it physically and emotionally, the game is PADD-ED. And has some of the same writing cliches of Botw, but I still love it a lot. And only the hd version made it possible tbh. (With both control schemes)
Honestly I never had issues with Skyward Swords' controls. Yes the controls were a bit of a learning curve. But once you get used to them it's 1 of the most fun Zelda games imo.
Its better than Breath of the Wild...The most overrated Zelda game that "special" people to this day still laughably try to pretend Nintendo "invented" the open world, or floating using a cloth something that existed in SNES and Genesis games and, only had 3 dungeons that you had to go to repeatedly in their dead ass world...
personally my biggest problem with skyward sword was never the controls but the linear gameplay and lack of exploration I can get used to controls but I can't get used to the lack of exploration.
I know! I think TP's art style is absolutely gorgeous, especially in the HD release. SS definitely has its problems with repetitiveness and the emptiness of the sky (I personally never had any problems with the motion controls once I learned it only took short, succinct little movements of the wrist and that's it), but I always thought it had a fantastic story along with one of the most underrated villains and one of the most unappreciated side characters _of all time_ with Ghirahim and Groose respectively!
@@kriscynical groose ended up being such a great character. He had so much character development and managed to make one of the most boring battles in the game incredibly fun. I kinda wish he had gone through the door of time at the end and spent his days with the younger Impa so that she wouldn’t be alone for all those years. All the time he spent with the older impa seemed like it was hinting at that. I think that would’ve been a fitting and heart warming ending for his character.
Twilight Princess is personally in my top Zelda games. It isn't more novel than Ocarina of Time, but it is more refined than Ocarina. I vastly prefer it to Wind Waker as well, I find the combat to be much more engaging in Twilight Princess. And I had the Gamecube version so I never had to have any gripes with "waggle" controls.
@@diegone080 It came out at just the wrong time for me! I loved Wind Waker HD. I'd love to see them both on Switch, I'd happily buy TPHD on the newer console.
My top 19: 19. Four Swords 18. Tri-Force Heroes 17. The Legend of Zelda 16. The Adventure of Link 15. Four Swords Adventures 14. Phantom Hourglass 13. Spirit Tracks 12. Oracle of Seasons 11. A Link to the Past 10. Link’s Awakening 9. A Link Between Worlds 8. Oracle of Ages 7. The Minish Cap 6. The Wind Waker 5. Ocarina of Time 4. Skyward Sword 3. Twilight Princess 2. Majora’s Mask 1. Breath of the Wild
If BotW 2 is able to make a few changes like weapon durability (many different options other than 99.99% break), some quality of life changes for crafting, and if we're really lucky some dungeons, it could possibly top Ocarina of Time for me. For now, OoT is still by far #1 for me.
Agree completely. BOTW had some major missteps that holds it back from being higher for me. As you said fixing weapon durability and adding proper dungeons are a must. I also got tired of seeing the same enemies in BOTW over and over and over again. We need greater variety depending on their location.
I think what makes it so frustrating to me is that OoT should have been surpassed years ago but there is always something holding the games back. Wind Waker was too easy and the Triforce hunt....don't get me started, Twilight Princess had some cool dungeons on initial playthrough but the bosses I always felt lacked any challenge, Skyward Sword has the best dungeons and the worst everything else, and BoTW is everything I wanted exploration wise, but the actual meat of any Zelda game is the dungeons and the items and both are lacking outside of the weapon variety, which I appreciate but unfortunately every weapon breaks after like 15 hits. Majora's Mask is obviously an outlier in a lot of ways when it comes to 3D Zelda and I love the fact that it didn't try to copy Ocarina's story threads which every 3D Zelda game tried to emulate. So I think I love Ocarina and Majora's equally, but I agree with both of your points that if BoTW 2 is able to fix things that makes BoTW fall behind to me then yes absolutely we are looking at the best 3D Zelda game ever made.
I think there should be some breakable weapons, but also special unbreakable ones you have to find. Or if they want to make them all breakable they could increase the durability.
On the bright side of the worst Zelda games (which is the CD-I duology, or trilogy, I’d counting ZA), if there’s one thing Link: The Faces of Evil & Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon has that Zelda’s Adventure doesn’t which makes it 33rd place at the very highest (which is less than 4% close to the top from a literal standpoint), otherwise, it’s dead last at #34 on my list (if not everyone else’s because I think this game is actually underhated, even for a poorly received game) because of its existence alone as the only CD-I Zelda game and that even on its own, it has nothing good to offer (like I said, I hate LTFOE/ZTWOG, but as unfinished as they are, at least their cheap cutscenes are UA-cam Poop material!) makes the rest look as good as any other Zelda game (especially the remakes)!
@@everydayxforever Not to mention it even gave Cadence Of Hyrule: Crypt of the Necrodancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda the light of day for being just as great as the best of Zelda like A Link to the Past, Zelda 1 & 2, Twilight Princess, The Wind Waker HD, Link’s Awakening, Majora’s Mask, Ocarina of Time 3D, Breath of the Wild and Oracle of Ages/Seasons!
Fun to see how everyone’s favorite Zelda games differ. With that being said Twilight princess is in my top spot at the moment. I haven’t played every game but I’ve played most of the Zelda franchise.
Skyward Sword walked so BoTW could run. The stamina bar (no more rolling or side hops everywhere), crafting, and the art style (cell shaded but less cartoonish than Wind Waker) were really innovative for the series at the time, and their inclusion in BoTW helped to make that game into such a masterpiece. Not to mention that Skyward has some of the coolest dungeons and boss fights in the series (except for the Imprisoned, those fights can get in the bin).
-Skyward Sword walked so BoTW could run- Skyward Sword sucked so hard that Nintendo had no choice but to do a complete 180 and go back to what made Zelda great in the first place. FTFY
Link to the past is No1 for me. The perfect balance of everything a Zelda is and never got boring also still looks and plays great even today considering this game was released in 1991 is crazy . For me the gameplay and music were just epic in this game. You have to consider as a kid growing up I had played mario, sonic , pacman , pong etc etc and then this came along my mind was blown. Forever the masterpiece.
LTP should be top 3 at least, it's my favorite but I get that new fans didn't have the same experience with it as myself that played it when it came out because if you played ot then and not 35 years later it showed you things you never seen before.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, I agree, is much better than its reputation would suggest. Also, the soundtrack is very good, providing excellent 8-bit music, often changing to the right kind of music right when it needs to. As for Skyward Sword. I've finished it twice on the Wii. I never had any issues with controls. I think it's a great game, and I love the dirty cave dungeons. That is how dungeons are supposed to be. Thanks.
@@lexicution4044 Such memories from when I was a kid. My very first Zelda game I properly played until the very end on my Gameboy. Then I got it a second time years later but the DX version with my new Gameboy Color for Christmas. What a ride!
Literally aside from The Imprisoned and flying in the sky, I love replaying SS. The only time I had issues with controls was when my nunchuck was literally starting to fail. Just the slightest movement and Link would shield bash CONSTANTLY, but it was an easy fix. Bought another nunchuck. All good. The sword really isn't that bad. Its art style is great, I think the only off putting thing is the weird grey-pink lips all the characters have. Like fr the lips freak me out sm idk lmao💀
Whoa there's so much I disagree with this list. Skyward Sword WAY too low. I literally never had any problems with the controls (plus the HD version has an option for button controls) and Fi very rarely solves puzzles for you. I get liking it the least of the 3D Zeldas, but putting it number 22 and below Four Swords and a bizarre Tingle spinoff? Definitely not. Same thing with Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, and Zelda 2. They're not the best in the series but they're certainly better than a side mode added to a GBA port of A Link to the Past (which is far more Bowser's Minions than Bowser's Fury). Twilight Princess is also way too low and putting it below Four Swords Adventures is a crime. IMO Twilight Princess is easily better (or at least as good) as Ocarina of Time. Lastly, I disagree with putting Breath of the Wild at number 1. It's a really great open world game, but it's missing a ton of things that I love the Zelda series for.
I agree. especially with BOTW. It added a lot of cool new things, but also left out SO MUCH that has become classic. Being different from the norm can be great but....BOTW felt weird to me. The dungeons were neat, but they all looked the same, and didn't come with any sick music. Same with the bosses. I know the point of BOTW is to be open and calm, but I miss the grand musical scores. I had to turn up my volume on my tv and my switch (handheld mode) just to BARELY HEAR the Zora Domain music. Like what?? The shrines also got repetitive af. I've managed to get all 100 gold skulltulas. I've gotten every heart piece in every other zelda game I've played. But BOTW? No. Heck no. I have no motivation to do so, aside from needing a butt load of health because 1 hit in the beginning of the game will KO ur azz. Might be more realistic but it actually made me NOT want to explore, cuz I knew damn well I'd be dying every few minutes.
@@levilombardi3162 facts, even with more “restrictive” linear games like ww, tp, and oot which ive played a billion times, i still find myself wanting to replay them again and again because the characters and story are just so memorable. I have never ever found myself thinking “man, i really want to play botw again!” Because its just…dull and boring…theres nothing memorable about the story, and no characters that i find really compelling or lovable. Especially the dungeons, like theres no excuse for botw to have dungeons that flavorless when dungeons like snowpeak exist lol. I dont think its a BAD game, because clearly plenty of people absolutely adore it, it’s just not appealing to me in the slightest.
I always say that BotW is a decent open world game (not the best, for that I find the World too empty), but it's not a good Zelda game. I'm not against trying out new things. But the story was so weak, considering that Zelda games are often heavily story based. And since you don't have to follow one bit of the story (you can skip all memories, all divine beasts etc) shows how much the game is lacking in story. Also, change the names of the characters and locations and it could have been any other adventure game. No one would have noticed. TP, even though not the first Zelda I played, is by far my favourite game. Placing BotW on Number 1 and TP this low left me feeling no respect for the video creator because he jsut sounds like a basic fan boy of the BotW generation.
Ocarina will always be #1 in my book. It was such an amazing, groundbreaking experience when it first came out and it still holds up today. I have spent so many hours playing and replaying that game, I still know every inch of that map. I could never even finish Majora's Mask or Breath of the Wild despite several attempts to get into both of them. They just pale when compared to Ocarina of Time.
BOTW isn't a Zelda game. It's a Frankenstein of different open world games that already exist that just hijacked the Zelda species. Still not convinced? Two words: No dungeons. There's much more that doesn't make it a Zelda game, but that right there ends the discussion for me.
@@coloradomike3066 lol what? It has dungeons just not as many and maybe even simpler but it was the right evolution, it was my first zelda and still my favourite after playing ocarina of time, majora's mask, wind waker, a link to the past, twilight princess. Dungeons are not my thing and I liked the open world and liberty of botw way more than the other games had to offer, I still immensely appreciate them but botw was on another league, for me
Zelda: Twilight Princess deserves better imo. It doesn't at all deserve the hate it gets. and plus, the games visual are not that dark at all. It has slot of colour but just in a darker atmosphere. And the darker atmosphere actual works and makes TP have it's own style, and I love it (reminds me of Skyrim a little). TP imo is the/one of the best Zelda games needs to be appreciated more.
I’m glad you like it so much, but it’s easily my least favorite of the 3D Zeldas. It has “color” but it’s all muted and washed out. The Wolf sections are boring, the whole world is lifeless, I just really don’t like it, so I’m with these guys on the ranking.
Even from a subjective standpoint, you guys did TP dirty (and at least flush if you're going to). How is it fair to harshly criticize this game's graphics while praising WW's, yet showcase the original version of TP and the HD version of WW (especially since these two were released AND rereleased on the same consoles)? If anything it should've been the other way around to illustrate your point about WW's art style. TP had very arguably the best dungeons in the franchise along w/ OoT, best supporting characters, best story development along w/ SS (also fairly underappreciated), best OST, etc. Besides that nothing outlandish, although I do hold the Oracles are the best of the GB Zeldas, not the worst, but it's undeniable they're all exceptional so I can't fault anyone's preference in that debate.
I feel like this got way too carried away and into detail and I put way more of my general frustration about the discourse around Zelda games into this than your comment warranted. So sorry about that in advance. I read your comment with less good faith than was warranted, so please don't see this as a personal criticism. But I put way too much time into writing it, too not post it anyways. I still stand by these things in general regardless. Tone and context just aren't really warranted without this disclaimer. The choice of showing the HD graphics is misleading and feels really weird to do considering how little if at all the models and textures were changed for the HD version of WW, but I feel like the point wasn't even made strong enough. WW looks so much better on GC the comparison feels almost insulting to me. There is a reason for WW basically just getting higher resolution and different lighting for the remaster, while a lot more had to be changed for TP. The characters in TP feel so uncanny and the world looks so unappealing, especially on GC. It's the style of graphics that made so many games look so bland and samey ever since 3D graphics came up. In general stylized graphics often look more unique and tend to age a lot better. It feels like we're slowly reaching a point where graphics are becoming close enough to real life for this to matter less, but I wouldn't be surprised if a few years from now most people would look back at games now and laugh at the thought. I think for example the choice of art style for the LA remake was brilliant. It's heavily stylized and it fits the game's story and theme perfectly. To me Mario 64 looks way better than OoT and MM, even though Nintendo knew the hardware better when they were made. At least that's how I feel about the graphics and I know I'm neither alone with that feeling, nor is it a universal one. What dungeon design you like is subjective too. In Zelda games it will for example heavily depend on how you like what GMTK in Boss Keys (which I highly recommend if you haven't seen it, to me a must if you're into Zelda) calls "follow the path dungeons" and "find the path dungeons". If you like more challenging dungeons will depend on things like your age, your familiarity with Zelda games or games in general and if you're playing to be challenged. And even more specific, do you prefer to be challenged in combat skills, puzzle solving or both. While I agree with TP having a great OST, even that is subjective. I feel like the best example for that is BotW. So many fans of the series were really disappointed with it, while I feel like it is absolutely perfect for the game. The most impact of a piece of music in a game on me was when I visited Rito Village the first time and just stood still for a while to listen to the music. As I feel like I've made clear already, a lot about all of these games is just subjective, but especially when it comes to story. I for example loved what they did with Age of Calamity and a lot of people were really pissed, while I would have been really disappointed with what most of them said should have happened instead. I love the stories in BotW, MM, WW and SS, but don't really like them in OoT and TP, which is definitely controversial from the comments I've gotten when saying these things. But that won't change my opinion. I know most Zelda fans would disagree with me saying MC is better than ALttP, but that's just my opinion, not doing it dirty.
I love seeing other people's opinions, I actually love spirit tracks and skyward sword for their dungeon design and puzzles, as well as their atmosphere, as well as BOTW
Always fun seeing Zelda ranking because everyone has different favourites and different views. But I think that's wonderful! It really shows what a stellar games series Zelda is when there is such a variety of opinions.
Funny enough I never owned these games as a kid. So I've been slowly playing through. I'm now on link to the past right now. These games are challenging !
@@hardarmorff hope you enjoy them! there's a big reason these games are so highly regarded today. maybe they don't come with a lot of the QoL things we expect today or any of the showmanship, but they are "gameplay first" with expert execution and that is why we love them i think. Link's Awakening and Link to the Past have some of the best dungeon design ever made. Ocarina of Time is right there with them as well. we never wanted an "open world" from this series. Hyrule is open enough in any of these games. You CAN explore all the way to the boundaries in any of these games. The world IS open. IDK why they dissolved the original ideas into Ubisoft sensibilities. It feels so cheap
It's a shame you didn't take rereleases into account because Skyward Sword is WAY better on the Switch than it was on Wii. The minor changes make it one of my favorites in the series easily. Definitely better than the DS games.
Well, they did. They used pictures of Wind Waker HD only and ranked it waaay above of where it should be while using the original footage for SS and TP (could at least have shown the Wii version there). Four Swords also got the Anniversary Edition treatment! Like, why? A veeerrry biased take on the series imo. Not objective at all. But a fun watch nevertheless.
@@k.b.7718 Yeah I noticed that as well. Really whack that it's the only game on the list aside from Link's Awakening DX and Hyrule Warriors that had its rerelease even get a mention, but oh well, it is what it is
I hated the Wii version, and I also hated the Switch version, but I did at least manage to force myself to beat the Switch version. Man I hated it though. I tried so hard to like it, too.
@@GoneFishingAmalgam I mean it had issues but I never thought it was that bad to resort to using that analogy lol, it's just that mileage varies. I like the dungeons, artstyle, and story more than something like BOTW (I liked that game a lot, but I'm really not one for open world games and I'm a bit sad that's the direction they're seemingly taking going forward) and while I don't care much for the hyper linearity and padding SS has, I also don't think it's that much of a dealbreaker to make me flat out hate the game. But I respect your opinion.
Only beaten Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time , Majora's Mask, Windwaker, A Link Between Worlds 3DS ,these games have given me some of the best videogame memories.
Twilight Princess to me is kind of like another version of Ocarina of Time. They added new elements and feel but it very much plays the same way. Windwaker however was very unique in how it played, the art direction, feel… it remains as the Zelda that broke from the formula the most and most successfully.
Ocarina of Time will probably always be my favorite but this Series has continued to impress me ever since I was a kid and I always get excited when there's a new entry.
Twilight Princess took over Ocarina of Time as my favorite a long, LONG time ago, i'm one of the few fortunate people that played it on the Gamecube (Wii version is bad). I 100%ed TP 3 times without using strategy guides, just Midna and the Fortune Teller. I played OOT many times only for Ganondorf, Shiek, dungeons and music, i don't like the rest of the game as much, still my second favorite game.
@@bigkmoviesandgames 3DS version is basically the same as the N64 original. Navi and Keapora Gaebora will forever be Fi before Fi, Golden Skulltulas haven't been fixed, and i never liked Hyrule's layout itself. Hyrule Castle town should be on the center of the map like A Link To The Past did 7 years before, that solves the rolling meme problem or missing Hyrule Castle Town's gate as child link. Maybe i'm nitpicking, but OOT was the first 3D game and usually transitions in gaming always had rough stuff. OOT was originally intended as an N64DD game, it kinda had a messy production that was saved. I wonder if the N64DD was sucessful, we would have a better hyrule than what we got back then, or Navi and Kaepora Gaebora would be good characters... Who knows.
Very understandable list. I have played 16 of these games, pretty much the majors. Personally, I feel Zelda 2 and Twilight Princess are too low here but as mentioned, these are mostly all great games Unholy Triforce aside.
i agree that TP is too low on the list, but considering what games are above it that's not saying all that much, TP and above are great games with few if any flaws.
Twilight Princess has the unique distinction of making me emotionally tense as I have to, with motion controls, physically confront giant spiders. I played this on a giant screen before those were as commonplace. The crossbow game plays really well on a giant screen also, great for parties...I should know. Age of Calamity was fun but a very different game from Breath of the Wild...I guess Link was a Jedi Master before he (almost?) got killed by Ganon, because wow, his fighting ability is crazy. ;) Finally in my opinion, Breath of the Wild is the one game that makes the Switch worth it, even if you don't buy any other game.
The real fun in the first Legend of Zelda is repeat playthroughs. The game allows the player to go where they want from the start. It allows the player to take on more dangerous foes and get upgrades early, by knowing your way around and the movement/timing/place of each enemy(type). It is pretty easy to go into the first few dungeons destroying everything in your path contrary to the first time you play through it, dying in the first dungeon a few times.
Fair list for me Orcarina of Time Will always be number 1 because of how much of an impression it made on me as a kid, how well it still holds up, and how iconic it is. But the top 3 you listed I think could be put in any order and would each have their justifications.
@@calum2324 lol this is such a stupid comment. I said "for me" so yes because of all of those things it does make it the best Zelda game, again "for me" feel free to like which ever Zelda game you like most.
@@kalleb92 ok sorry I've never played it, it's just so annoying whenever people try and act like a shitty game they played when they were young is better than a recently released game that's amazing. My bad.
@@calum2324 bruh ain't no way you just made your argument against OOT without even playing it. And I know you didn't just claim it to be a shitty game💀💀
Oh my... I m trying to be open minded about other opinions But seeing Skyward Sword, even though it is the worst 3D title, and Twilight Princess ranked below multiplayer entries and tingle spinoffs is cringe
I wouldn't push such a rushed game on a high pedestal when Twilight Princess (for the Nintendo Gamecube) and Ocarina of Time are lightyears more polished and well rounded.
@@saricubra2867 didn’t say it was the most polished or well rounded, but it had so many ideas that influenced future games. I remember people criticized the time cycle aspect when it first came out, but 2021 was the year of the death loop games. I know it didn’t start with Majora’s, but you cannot deny the resemblance.
The 2 of you have come a long way since WhatCulture & it warms my heart to see Ben & Peter's dynamic still as entertaining & hilarious as ever. Love your work guys.
Hopefully, someday, TripleJump makes a list of ranking Pac-Man games from worst to best (with approximately a half-hundred games, I think Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 will be at the bottom of the list, the Pac-Man World GBA games, Pac-Man World 3, Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze and the post-2014 games will be closest to the bottom and the rest, even the ones they might as well consider to be a lot of fun if more flawed (than the ones that are higher than the middle of the list) like Pac-Man World 1 (PS1), Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, Pac-Land, Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, Jr. Pac-Man, Pac-Man Dash, the original 8-but Pac-Man for the arcade and NES and Pac-Man Fever. And of course, as for the rest of w Pac-Man games on the list, which is most of them, I think TripleJump will love with a burning passion (especially Pac-Man World 2, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 1 & 2 and Ms. Pac-Man: Maze Madness, mainly the Dreamcast and PS1 versions) as if Pac-Man were one of the most underrated gaming franchises from 1983 - 2014).
So nice to see Awakening and Majora's Mask on their deserved positions. Awakening is particularly my most beloved Zelda game, it's responsible for me loving this franchise so much. But I can never understand the hate for Skyward Sword, it surely had its mistakes, but its such a great adventure, and so beautiful for it's time, had a blast with that one. Well, but that is just my opinion, as at the end I really enjoy this list, really well thought, cheers, mate!
Literally the only mistake skyward sword had was the controls was kinda lame. But after got used to it it’s by far the most linear Zelda game. But in a good way, the linearity allowed them to make one hell of an adventure.
M.M and OOT here! Botw is good but I do not really consider it as a full on Zelda game (I have been playing Zelda since Link to the past so this affects my experiences a lot) :).
Skyward sword is my favorite Zelda game I never had any issues with the controls. Love the way it looked loved the story and it was difficult enough to be more fun than if it had different controls.
@@thisisfyne how is it bar none the worst mainline one 😂 are you only counting the 3D games because maybe I can see that. But it’s better than the DS games and arguably better than a lot of the 2D games and other 3D games
I feel very proud of beating the original Zelda and Link to the Past just recently. Ocarina of Time was very impressive at the time, and watching all the beta videos was really cool
_"Link's pink haired punk rock phase..."_ I still want a Link to the Past amiibo that will let you turn Link's hair pink in BotW. DO IT, NINTENDO, I DARE YOU.
@@jankmedia1985 like with many things, once you look at the very top of the hill, it all becomes a matter of preference. Can we say that AlttP is *objectively* better than OoT ? No, but it’s absolutely understandable if someone prefers it over OoT, that doesn’t make it *better* however.
@@frantschou2369 yea, that's mostly why I said arguably. My favorite Zelda is Twilight Princess and then OOT as a close 2nd. I just think LttP is the best Zelda game overall when it comes to the series as a whole. I've actually had my N64 on pause for almost a year. I think the battery is dead in my OOT cart and I'm worried the game won't save. I'm right outside Ganon's castle, need to go back and record the last bit of the game for my channel, lol.
My favorite will always be the oddball Zelda 2. It is purely nostalgia. One of the first video games I ever played and I remember I couldn’t even get to the third town. Once I was a teenager, I got it on my game boy advance and beat it there. Now 33
BoTW at number 1. wow. im shocked. really im not even close to joking. anyone else feeling the same shock as i for sure am right now at seeing BoTW at 1?
Although I disagree with Twilight Princess being so low, it’s good to see people appreciating the earlier titles and the mid-way 2D titles. I also agree about Majora’s Mask. That game is a misunderstood piece of art.
Breath of the wild #1? Really? Don't get me wrong it's a great game, but it's so different from the other games, they focused so much for it to be universally popular and to attract a new audience, that it made it lose it's touch and it looks like a whole other company made it. The real Zelda fans would pick OOT, MM or TP
Skyward Sword (on Switch) is criminally underrated. I’d put it in my top 5 Zeldas easily. Best dungeon designs in the whole series, plus perhaps the most emotional story to date.
Am I the only one that thought breathe of the wild is not fun nothing I do feels fulfilling In that game it feels like I'm cleaning my room I cant be the only one that felt like this while playing.
I would definitely flip Ocarina and Majora… it was solid, but just felt a bit gimmicky as opposed to a full new adventure. The story was moving and dark, but perhaps less epic than in Ocarina of time.
56:03 - I always liked the Triforce fragment hunt quest in Wind Waker - to me it's just a homage the the series roots in the original Legend of Zelda where the Triforce is a **literal** object you need to gather and find as opposed to being more of a spiritual metaphor that we see in most other games. I don't think we've had a game since where you hunt down fragments? It's a bit of a shame IMHO...
I didnt mind it in my second playthrough of the game.... but the first time i wasnt feeding the fish to fill out the map... that backtracking was the most tedious thing ive ever done in any video game
It speaks to the overall quality of the series when you can make legitimate arguments about the placement of multiple games on this list. I have opinions about certain choices, but this video mostly reminded me of just how much I’ve enjoyed almost all of these titles. Thanks for that.
Ocarina of Time is 1# in my list because it is the game that marked a total revolution on videogames, playing it on release was an experience like never seen before, a true landmark on videogame history.
I think botw is great but I’d have majoras mask over it. Botw falls down for me a bit due to repetitive shrines, poor story etc. Still, a landmark game and a great list 👍🏻
I don't even think BOTW is great. I fail to see why they felt the need to give up the golden formula rather than improve it. We finally had the tech for what OOT once wanted to be and they just didn't even try.
Great list for one of my favourite franchises. My sister is currently playing through BotW for the first time and I am really enjoying watching her tackle the game.
The 3DS has a lot of Legend of Zelda games if she is interested in the series. Like Link Between Worlds, LoZ II, Oracle of Ages, Ocarina of Time, Triforce Heroes, and more.
I've always been weird towards MM. It's undoubtedly a masterpiece, but to me it's not very replayable. It's a very daunting and stressful game (by design), and I don't play zelda to be stressed. I play it to relax and go on a big adventure. So yes it's a masterpiece, but it's also one of my least favorite to actually play. Is that weird?
It isnt weird, in fact it is a very popular opinion in the latin world where building the entire game around time limit and time managment is the reason Majora's Mask rarely makes it anywhere near the top 5. Since english and japenese countries have way more monochronic cultures, the time limit tends to get way more praises than it does elsewhere goro
You’re absolutely right. MM is WAY too high on the list. MM is a good game but anyone who played both Ocarina and MM when they first came out would immediately understand MM is almost an expansion to Ocarina and while good, is not on the same level by any metric. It’s also much less replayable.
I gotta say, i mostly agreed with your ranking until Twilight Princess, i don't know if that's because of emotional value or something else. but i absolutely adore the game, to it's atmosphere, character development, world design, and so much more! i feel like this game is unfairly forgotten by most people, but it did took previously set boudaries and expanded upon them. combat variety is an example... although my favorite part about it has to be the Ocarina of Time paralels. i mean, hero of time quite litteraly trains his predecessor, and that's equally awsome as it is touching... So, here's my two cents on this subject. as you can see, i really love the game :P
Skyward Sword has amazing dungeons though no? Like the one that uses time? (Straining to remember). I played the Wii U version so I guess the game wasn't tainted by the controls.
The video lost all credibility when it listed Four Swords Adventures ahead of Twilight Princess. Twilight Princess and Wind Waker were the REAL GameCube games. They were main series entries. Four Swords Adventures was basically a GBA game. Plus you needed friends with GBAs just to get good use out of it. And even then it was nowhere near Twilight Princess. Imo.
I absolutely loved TP when it came out, but man has it aged poorly imo. To me none of the things it did differently are good, and all of the stuff that was retreading familiar ground was done much better elsewhere. And it's just all so forgettable, like as soon as it's done nothing about it sticks with me besides the admittedly great Midna and the opposite of great early 2000s edgelord cringe. 4 Swords didn't have the lofty goals of a mainline Zelda game, but what it did it did really well. And is still a blast, if you can play it, and still a unique game so many years later.
@@latetothepartygamingright I wouldnt say its one of the greatest but no singleplayer zelda game deserves to be ranked below any multiplayer titles goro
imma just do mainline games #16. Phantom Hourglass #15. Spirit Tracks #14. Adventure of Link #13. Oracle of Ages #12. Oracle of Seasons #11. The Legend of Zelda #10. Wind Waker #09. Breath of the Wild #08. A Link Between Worlds #07. The Minish Cap #06. Skyward Sword #05. A Link to the Past #04. Link's Awakening #03. Majora's Mask #02. Ocarina of Time #1. Twilight Princess
20: Tri-Force Heroes 19: Phantom Hourglass 18: Spirit Tracks 17: Four Swords 16: Four Swords Adventures 15: Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link 14: Skyward Sword 13: The Legend of Zelda 12: Oracle of Seasons 11: Oracle of Ages 10: A Link Between Worlds 9: Twilight Princess 8: Link’s Awakening 7: The Minish Cap 6: The Wind Waker 5: Majora’s Mask 4: Breath of the Wild 3: Tears of the Kingdom 2: Ocarina of Time 1: A Link to the Past
*OH YEAH HERE WE GO ZELDA TIME...I've never played a Zelda game.* Not out of choice, just never had the chance since I started liking RPGs ('97 when I got FFVII, never owned anything Nintendo once I got a PS1). But I do want to play through a fair few of them at some point, the list will help me decide which.
Link's Awakening will always be my favorite at #1. After that it's Twilight Princes, Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time, and Breath of the Wild. And, I'd probably rank A Link to the Past and Majora's Mask below that.
My Favorite Zelda games are The Legend Of Zelda : A Link To The Past SNES, The Legend Of Zelda Link's Awaking GB, The Legend Of Zelda II The Adventures Of Link NES and The Legend Of Zelda NES 1986 and I really love Oracle Of Seasons and Ages and love to link up the game
Still haven't played Majora's Mask, I think the timed nature of everything would do my head in. I've never felt like trying it as much until after your glowing approval of it though
You're incorrect on why fans were surprised by Wind Waker's big graphical change. Nintendo showcased many upcoming Gamecube games at Spaceworld 2000, and the demo they had for Zelda was with OoT graphical models fully updated for the next generation. Nintendo themselves baited us
BOTW is not a Zelda game; it's assassin's Creed meets fallout with hijacked Zelda species in it. End of story. No dungeons, no Zelda soundtrack, virtually zero storyline, no lasting personable characters, no boss fight variety (just different ganons) and did I mention NO DUNGEONS?!?!!... you know the thing that made Zelda games standout as a Zelda game... Great game, not a Zelda game. It's like when ppl say, "so-n-so at work is a great person, but they are a horrible, lazy, unreliable etc etc worker." Same thing: Great game, horrible Zelda game bc it has no Zelda qualities... You know how you can tell someone didn't get into Zelda until 2017? They vote BOTW as the best Zelda ever
I agree that it’s overhated but its not better than skyward sword which is also overhated for being harder than other zeldas. People just hate not having their hand held I suppose…
When you put Breath of the Wild at the top you know the list is wrong. The start was ok, but Minish Cap did an AMAZING job of playing with the world and not focusing on Ganon as the villain. Ocarina over Majoras mask every day of the week. BOTW should likely be #3 at best
Geeeeez, you clearly have a bias against Twilight and Skyward Sword. Those games should be way higher and are easily top five. They are ridiculously low!
The disrespect to Skyward Sword and Spirit Tracks. I also find it interesting how often people either rank the Oracle games as one entry or put them back to back. I think Ages is significantly better because of its dungeons. My ranking of the main series would be: 19. Four Swords - D 18. The Adventure of Link - C 17. Tri-Force Heroes - C 16. Four Swords Adventures - C 15. Phantom Hourglass - B 14. The Legend of Zelda - B 13. Oracle of Seasons - B 12. Link's Awakening - B 11. Spirit Tracks - B 10. Oracle of Ages - A 9. A Link to the Past - A 8. Twilight Princess - A 7. The Minish Cap - A 6. Skyward Sword - A 5. A Link Between Worlds - S 4. The Wind Waker - S 3. Breath of the Wild - S 2. Ocarina of Time - S 1. Majora's Mask - X
:o that ranking, four swords is much better than tri-force heroes. Also you must have had a functional wii mote to rank skyward sword so highly, to this I am jelly. Finally, I'm guessing the cdi games get below an F on this scale.
Regarding Oracles, I feel that splitting the core aspects of what makes up Zelda into individual games was a neat idea on paper, but a weak concept in practice. Seasons could thwomp ya in the boss room, but went way too quickly and never seemed to truly challenge outside of it. While Ages had some good puzzles, but never let me break a sweat over fighting. The time travel was fun in ages, and controlling the seasons like a Shinto god was pretty clever in Seasons, but both concepts felt like they were missing something. And the story had some decent moments, but also very weak beats in both of them- weak beats that had answers in the sibling title. If there’s ever a remake of these, I’d best hope that they combine the two, taking place in both Labrynnia and Holodrum. Ps: You got the Oracles confused with each other: Seasons (red) is the combat focused one, while Ages (blue) is about puzzles.
Twilight Princess #16?!
Are you guys high?
no there just shit. twilight princess is one of if not the best zelda games in my opinion. it had mostly everything.
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) WIIU 1:03:30
2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (2000) N64 1:00:55
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) N64 58:38
4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991) SNES 56:30
5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) Gamecube 53:55
6. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (1993) GB (GBC,Switch) 52:20
7. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013) 3DS 50:30
8. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020) Switch 48:45
9. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004) GBA 47:15
10. The Legend of Zelda (1986) NES 45:30
11. Hyrule Warriors (2014) WII 43:55
12. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001) GBC 42:30
13. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001) GBC 40:50
14. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004) Gamecube 39:15
15. Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda Switch 37:20
16. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) Gamecube 35:10
17. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition (2011) DSI 33:10
18. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007) DS 31:15
19. Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip (2009) DS 29:10
20. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987) NES 27:05
21. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009) DS 25:00
22. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011) WII 22:52
23. BS Zelda no Densetsu Inishie no Sekiban (1997) Satellaview 21:00
24. BS Zelda no Densetsu (1995) Satellaview 18:52
25. Link’s Crossbow Training (2007) WII 17:00
26. Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland (2006) DS 15:45
27. Tingle’s Balloon Fight DS (2007) DS 14:10
28. My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2016) 3DS 12:35
29. The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (2015) 3DS 11:05
30. Dekisugi Tingle Pack (2009) DSI 9:32
31. Zelda’s Adventure (1994) CD-I 7:57
32. Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (1993) CD-I 6:17
33. Link: The Faces of Evil (1993) CD-I 4:32
34. Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce (1992) Barcode Battler II 2:52
If I get something wrong, comment and I'll edit the mistake.
Breath of the Wild was released on Switch, not Wii U lmao
@@sadpixel532 Breath of the Wild was released on BOTH, Switch AND Wii-U. LMAO.
And since Wii-U is the leading-system which predetermined the hardware limitations because the Wii-U is weaker then the switch, its perfectly fine to name that as the target system.
@@steinis6409 should definitely be which system had the most copies sold.
@@sadpixel532no it was Wii U first
I think you got the concepts of Oracle of Ages & Seasons backwards. Seasons is the combat-focused game, and Ages is the puzzle-focused game.
You saved me from making the same comment!
Yes! He did mess up
They both puzzled the sh*t out of me lol
^
they would gain respect by liking your comment :)
It never ceases to make me sad to see how few other people love Skyward Sword. It had some glaring flaws, I concede that fully. But it also had some of the most compelling character writing in the entire series. SS had one of if not the strongest Zelda-Link relationships in the series, an exceedingly memorable Impa rendition, and Groose, who had an incredible character arc.
Beyond that the art style was stunning, had my favorite Zelda soundtrack to date, and what I found to be one of Zelda's strongest narratives.
The narrative driven stories found in entries such as Ocarina and Twilight Princess are what makes LoZ so special to me and SS had that in spades.
I remember finishing my first playthrough of Breath of the Wild and feeling thoroughly unfulfilled as a game that was a marvel in game and world design served as a vessel for a hollow and disconnected story delivered in small bursts that never met the potential I believed it held.
Shortly after finishing BotW I booted up my Wii and played through Skyward Sword to get the fix of Zelda storytelling I was craving and fell right back into Skyward Swords story. And ever since has solidified itself in the rotation of classic Zelda titles such as OoT, TP, WW, and MM that I revisit when I'm feeling nostalgic.
I recognize that the ship has sailed at this point, but I sincerely hope the many quality of life improvements provided by the Switch remaster compels people to give SS the second chance it deserves. Because it has more than earned it.
its my favorite zelda game.
100% Agree. SS was a great Zelda game. Botw was a disappointment to me.
I did give it a chance and although i enjoyed it, i wasn‘t blown away by it and the more 3D-Zeldas i‘ve played, the more i‘ve realised how out of breath the devs where when they made it. People disappointed with Botw often say that they wish the traditional Zeldas back, not realising that, at some point, they just cannot reinvent the wheel anymore and in no game is that as apparent as on SS.
While the game had one of the more interesting narratives, it felt like most of the creative effort went into that, at the cost of everything else. None of the dungeons felt really creative except for the pirate ship and the ancient cistern.
I think the fact that you fight the forbidden one *3* (!) times speaks volumes about the whole game. The fight itself is quite boring and doing it 3 times is 3 times as boring, even if it slightly changes every time.
@Fräntschou There can be no doubt that the classic Zelda formula had been stretched to it's limits by the time SS came around and it suffered from a race against the death clock of the Wii itself. It has glaring weaknesses and you are right, The Imprisoned is a personification of those weaknesses.
All that being said I don't feel as though Ancient Cistern and the ship were the only enjoyable dungeons. Most of the others lacked a level of originality that anyone would look for, but overall I think most were passable Zelda dungeons. And the story was compelling enough that I personally never felt like putting it down, even when I was bored fighting The Imprisoned for the second and third time.
I absolutely agree that the Zelda series needed a lot of change, change that Breath of the Wild brought. I simply wish that it hadn't come at the cost of a driving narrative that felt like it served as a through line for the experience. BOTW is a game I love, a game I have put many many hours into, but it's not a game without flaws of it's own.
Beyond the subjective matter of whether or not any one person believes the environmental storytelling and short bursts of flashbacks formed a compelling Zelda story, I also look at dungeon design. As much as we could sit here and criticize SS' dungeons I think BOTW is even worse in this area. The divine beasts are monotone, extremely short, and exceptionally easy. By the time I was walking into the fourth divine beast, it felt like a chore that I had to tick before getting back to the parts of the game I enjoyed so much. People often excuse this because of the shrine system, but honestly the vast majority of the shrines, with some glaring exceptions, felt tried and boring. By the time I was even halfway done most of the shrines felt rehashed if they weren't simply another combat trial.
SS has it's problems and I in no way believe that Zelda should have stayed linear. BOTW brought innovative, exciting, and necessary change to the series, but it also came at the cost of much of what made me fall in love with Zelda in the first place. At the end of the day it's all subjective, I just happen to believe SS has more than enough strengths to make up for it's weaknesses.
I like skyward sword more than Botw, but I see why people were exhausted by it physically and emotionally, the game is PADD-ED. And has some of the same writing cliches of Botw, but I still love it a lot. And only the hd version made it possible tbh. (With both control schemes)
Im surprised that twilight princess got ranked like it did, i loved it and its definitely in my top 3.
Same!
fr twightlight princess is so good
Honestly I never had issues with Skyward Swords' controls. Yes the controls were a bit of a learning curve. But once you get used to them it's 1 of the most fun Zelda games imo.
Its better than Breath of the Wild...The most overrated Zelda game that "special" people to this day still laughably try to pretend Nintendo "invented" the open world, or floating using a cloth something that existed in SNES and Genesis games and, only had 3 dungeons that you had to go to repeatedly in their dead ass world...
@@lutherheggs451 the weapon system is bs
personally my biggest problem with skyward sword was never the controls but the linear gameplay and lack of exploration
I can get used to controls but I can't get used to the lack of exploration.
I enjoyed it and I had a bad wiimote nunchuk connection the whole time so any slight swinging stopped everything and told me to reconnect the nunchuj
@@lutherheggs451 I would strongly disagree there... The HD rerelease did give Skyward Sword new life, tho, but it's not nearly as good as BotW.
I’m so surprised on the placement of Twilight Princess and especially Skyward Sword!😱
I played both on the Wii and loved them!
I know! I think TP's art style is absolutely gorgeous, especially in the HD release. SS definitely has its problems with repetitiveness and the emptiness of the sky (I personally never had any problems with the motion controls once I learned it only took short, succinct little movements of the wrist and that's it), but I always thought it had a fantastic story along with one of the most underrated villains and one of the most unappreciated side characters _of all time_ with Ghirahim and Groose respectively!
I'm replaying twilight princess for the first time. Its actually way better then I remember
They're just trying to be contrarian.
@@kriscynical groose ended up being such a great character. He had so much character development and managed to make one of the most boring battles in the game incredibly fun. I kinda wish he had gone through the door of time at the end and spent his days with the younger Impa so that she wouldn’t be alone for all those years. All the time he spent with the older impa seemed like it was hinting at that. I think that would’ve been a fitting and heart warming ending for his character.
I played Twilight Princess on the Gamecube, Wii version sucked.
Twilight Princess is personally in my top Zelda games. It isn't more novel than Ocarina of Time, but it is more refined than Ocarina. I vastly prefer it to Wind Waker as well, I find the combat to be much more engaging in Twilight Princess. And I had the Gamecube version so I never had to have any gripes with "waggle" controls.
Midna might be the best character in the franchise. Granted, that's a pretty low bar, but she's still an interesting character in her own right.
I agree
You should play Wii U version
@@diegone080 It came out at just the wrong time for me! I loved Wind Waker HD. I'd love to see them both on Switch, I'd happily buy TPHD on the newer console.
@@ShadowEl yeah i wanna play it so bad! (I think it's the correct way to say it, i'm italian)
My top 19:
19. Four Swords
18. Tri-Force Heroes
17. The Legend of Zelda
16. The Adventure of Link
15. Four Swords Adventures
14. Phantom Hourglass
13. Spirit Tracks
12. Oracle of Seasons
11. A Link to the Past
10. Link’s Awakening
9. A Link Between Worlds
8. Oracle of Ages
7. The Minish Cap
6. The Wind Waker
5. Ocarina of Time
4. Skyward Sword
3. Twilight Princess
2. Majora’s Mask
1. Breath of the Wild
If BotW 2 is able to make a few changes like weapon durability (many different options other than 99.99% break), some quality of life changes for crafting, and if we're really lucky some dungeons, it could possibly top Ocarina of Time for me. For now, OoT is still by far #1 for me.
Agree completely. BOTW had some major missteps that holds it back from being higher for me. As you said fixing weapon durability and adding proper dungeons are a must. I also got tired of seeing the same enemies in BOTW over and over and over again. We need greater variety depending on their location.
I think what makes it so frustrating to me is that OoT should have been surpassed years ago but there is always something holding the games back. Wind Waker was too easy and the Triforce hunt....don't get me started, Twilight Princess had some cool dungeons on initial playthrough but the bosses I always felt lacked any challenge, Skyward Sword has the best dungeons and the worst everything else, and BoTW is everything I wanted exploration wise, but the actual meat of any Zelda game is the dungeons and the items and both are lacking outside of the weapon variety, which I appreciate but unfortunately every weapon breaks after like 15 hits. Majora's Mask is obviously an outlier in a lot of ways when it comes to 3D Zelda and I love the fact that it didn't try to copy Ocarina's story threads which every 3D Zelda game tried to emulate. So I think I love Ocarina and Majora's equally, but I agree with both of your points that if BoTW 2 is able to fix things that makes BoTW fall behind to me then yes absolutely we are looking at the best 3D Zelda game ever made.
BOTW sucks
The 999 gold poop was also a bad joke, but perfect amount of shrines
I think there should be some breakable weapons, but also special unbreakable ones you have to find. Or if they want to make them all breakable they could increase the durability.
“On the bright side, I tricked you into thinking there’s a bright side” is excellent writing.
On the bright side of the worst Zelda games (which is the CD-I duology, or trilogy, I’d counting ZA), if there’s one thing Link: The Faces of Evil & Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon has that Zelda’s Adventure doesn’t which makes it 33rd place at the very highest (which is less than 4% close to the top from a literal standpoint), otherwise, it’s dead last at #34 on my list (if not everyone else’s because I think this game is actually underhated, even for a poorly received game) because of its existence alone as the only CD-I Zelda game and that even on its own, it has nothing good to offer (like I said, I hate LTFOE/ZTWOG, but as unfinished as they are, at least their cheap cutscenes are UA-cam Poop material!) makes the rest look as good as any other Zelda game (especially the remakes)!
Made me laugh as well. This whole video is filled with brilliant jokes.
@@everydayxforever Not to mention it even gave Cadence Of Hyrule: Crypt of the Necrodancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda the light of day for being just as great as the best of Zelda like A Link to the Past, Zelda 1 & 2, Twilight Princess, The Wind Waker HD, Link’s Awakening, Majora’s Mask, Ocarina of Time 3D, Breath of the Wild and Oracle of Ages/Seasons!
10:45
Fun to see how everyone’s favorite Zelda games differ. With that being said Twilight princess is in my top spot at the moment. I haven’t played every game but I’ve played most of the Zelda franchise.
100%
@K. B. WW sucks
TP is awesome, it has a weird stigma attached to it for some reason.
@@jankmedia1985 Zelda 1 and OOT nostalgiafaqs.
@K. B. Wind Waker sucked. That Great Sea is just one of it's kind in gaming history by how bad it is...
Skyward Sword walked so BoTW could run. The stamina bar (no more rolling or side hops everywhere), crafting, and the art style (cell shaded but less cartoonish than Wind Waker) were really innovative for the series at the time, and their inclusion in BoTW helped to make that game into such a masterpiece. Not to mention that Skyward has some of the coolest dungeons and boss fights in the series (except for the Imprisoned, those fights can get in the bin).
Without Skyward Sword, We would never have the similair art style and fair Stamnia meter in BOTW.
you don’t need a stamina bar to have a run button
@@wumbo484 yeah but that’s not the point that this comment is trying to make, of course he understands that 😂
I've heard that BotW's look was also heavily influenced by Studio Ghibli films, Princess Mononoke in particular.
-Skyward Sword walked so BoTW could run-
Skyward Sword sucked so hard that Nintendo had no choice but to do a complete 180 and go back to what made Zelda great in the first place.
FTFY
Link to the past is No1 for me. The perfect balance of everything a Zelda is and never got boring also still looks and plays great even today considering this game was released in 1991 is crazy . For me the gameplay and music were just epic in this game. You have to consider as a kid growing up I had played mario, sonic , pacman , pong etc etc and then this came along my mind was blown. Forever the masterpiece.
Totally agree
LTP should be top 3 at least, it's my favorite but I get that new fans didn't have the same experience with it as myself that played it when it came out because if you played ot then and not 35 years later it showed you things you never seen before.
I went back to play this recently after hearing all the praise. I haven’t enjoyed it and quit with about 3-4 dungeons left because I was over it.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, I agree, is much better than its reputation would suggest. Also, the soundtrack is very good, providing excellent 8-bit music, often changing to the right kind of music right when it needs to. As for Skyward Sword. I've finished it twice on the Wii. I never had any issues with controls. I think it's a great game, and I love the dirty cave dungeons. That is how dungeons are supposed to be. Thanks.
In no particular order...
Link's Awakening
Twilight Princess
Ocarina of Time
Breath of the Wild
TP was in no way that bad to be no16.
Links awakening is still gonna be one of my top 3 games of all time. It's so frickin amazing.
@@lexicution4044 Such memories from when I was a kid. My very first Zelda game I properly played until the very end on my Gameboy. Then I got it a second time years later but the DX version with my new Gameboy Color for Christmas. What a ride!
@@lexicution4044 @SomethingBoss how did you guys like the remake?
1. Breath of The Wild
2. Wind Waker
3. Ocarina of Time
4. Okami 🤫
5. Majoras Mask
This videos list kinda blows imo
Skyward sword gets too much flack imo. It was a great game for its time on the Wii.
Its dungeons are arguably the best in the series
Literally aside from The Imprisoned and flying in the sky, I love replaying SS. The only time I had issues with controls was when my nunchuck was literally starting to fail. Just the slightest movement and Link would shield bash CONSTANTLY, but it was an easy fix. Bought another nunchuck. All good. The sword really isn't that bad. Its art style is great, I think the only off putting thing is the weird grey-pink lips all the characters have. Like fr the lips freak me out sm idk lmao💀
Whoa there's so much I disagree with this list. Skyward Sword WAY too low. I literally never had any problems with the controls (plus the HD version has an option for button controls) and Fi very rarely solves puzzles for you. I get liking it the least of the 3D Zeldas, but putting it number 22 and below Four Swords and a bizarre Tingle spinoff? Definitely not. Same thing with Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, and Zelda 2. They're not the best in the series but they're certainly better than a side mode added to a GBA port of A Link to the Past (which is far more Bowser's Minions than Bowser's Fury). Twilight Princess is also way too low and putting it below Four Swords Adventures is a crime. IMO Twilight Princess is easily better (or at least as good) as Ocarina of Time. Lastly, I disagree with putting Breath of the Wild at number 1. It's a really great open world game, but it's missing a ton of things that I love the Zelda series for.
I agree. especially with BOTW. It added a lot of cool new things, but also left out SO MUCH that has become classic. Being different from the norm can be great but....BOTW felt weird to me. The dungeons were neat, but they all looked the same, and didn't come with any sick music. Same with the bosses. I know the point of BOTW is to be open and calm, but I miss the grand musical scores. I had to turn up my volume on my tv and my switch (handheld mode) just to BARELY HEAR the Zora Domain music. Like what?? The shrines also got repetitive af. I've managed to get all 100 gold skulltulas. I've gotten every heart piece in every other zelda game I've played. But BOTW? No. Heck no. I have no motivation to do so, aside from needing a butt load of health because 1 hit in the beginning of the game will KO ur azz. Might be more realistic but it actually made me NOT want to explore, cuz I knew damn well I'd be dying every few minutes.
@@levilombardi3162 facts, even with more “restrictive” linear games like ww, tp, and oot which ive played a billion times, i still find myself wanting to replay them again and again because the characters and story are just so memorable. I have never ever found myself thinking “man, i really want to play botw again!” Because its just…dull and boring…theres nothing memorable about the story, and no characters that i find really compelling or lovable. Especially the dungeons, like theres no excuse for botw to have dungeons that flavorless when dungeons like snowpeak exist lol. I dont think its a BAD game, because clearly plenty of people absolutely adore it, it’s just not appealing to me in the slightest.
Looking at these comments are like reading the last page first in a book. Who would do that?
Also twilight princess should probably be a bit higher, but not in the top 5 section. I would put wind waker in top 5 though.
I always say that BotW is a decent open world game (not the best, for that I find the World too empty), but it's not a good Zelda game. I'm not against trying out new things. But the story was so weak, considering that Zelda games are often heavily story based. And since you don't have to follow one bit of the story (you can skip all memories, all divine beasts etc) shows how much the game is lacking in story. Also, change the names of the characters and locations and it could have been any other adventure game. No one would have noticed.
TP, even though not the first Zelda I played, is by far my favourite game.
Placing BotW on Number 1 and TP this low left me feeling no respect for the video creator because he jsut sounds like a basic fan boy of the BotW generation.
Skyward Sword has a ton of issues but how does it have a "confused art design"? I ADORE the look/style of that game. I don't follow.
I played The Legend of Zelda as a child in 87, thanks for making me feel very, very old.
hahaha
Ocarina will always be #1 in my book. It was such an amazing, groundbreaking experience when it first came out and it still holds up today. I have spent so many hours playing and replaying that game, I still know every inch of that map. I could never even finish Majora's Mask or Breath of the Wild despite several attempts to get into both of them. They just pale when compared to Ocarina of Time.
Yessss, it is far better than Breath of the Wild in my opinion. although they are both excellent games.
BOTW isn't a Zelda game. It's a Frankenstein of different open world games that already exist that just hijacked the Zelda species. Still not convinced? Two words: No dungeons. There's much more that doesn't make it a Zelda game, but that right there ends the discussion for me.
@@coloradomike3066 exactly
@@coloradomike3066 But... there are dungeons.
@@coloradomike3066 lol what? It has dungeons just not as many and maybe even simpler but it was the right evolution, it was my first zelda and still my favourite after playing ocarina of time, majora's mask, wind waker, a link to the past, twilight princess. Dungeons are not my thing and I liked the open world and liberty of botw way more than the other games had to offer, I still immensely appreciate them but botw was on another league, for me
Zelda: Twilight Princess deserves better imo. It doesn't at all deserve the hate it gets. and plus, the games visual are not that dark at all. It has slot of colour but just in a darker atmosphere. And the darker atmosphere actual works and makes TP have it's own style, and I love it (reminds me of Skyrim a little).
TP imo is the/one of the best Zelda games needs to be appreciated more.
I’m glad you like it so much, but it’s easily my least favorite of the 3D Zeldas. It has “color” but it’s all muted and washed out. The Wolf sections are boring, the whole world is lifeless, I just really don’t like it, so I’m with these guys on the ranking.
Even from a subjective standpoint, you guys did TP dirty (and at least flush if you're going to). How is it fair to harshly criticize this game's graphics while praising WW's, yet showcase the original version of TP and the HD version of WW (especially since these two were released AND rereleased on the same consoles)? If anything it should've been the other way around to illustrate your point about WW's art style. TP had very arguably the best dungeons in the franchise along w/ OoT, best supporting characters, best story development along w/ SS (also fairly underappreciated), best OST, etc.
Besides that nothing outlandish, although I do hold the Oracles are the best of the GB Zeldas, not the worst, but it's undeniable they're all exceptional so I can't fault anyone's preference in that debate.
I feel like this got way too carried away and into detail and I put way more of my general frustration about the discourse around Zelda games into this than your comment warranted. So sorry about that in advance. I read your comment with less good faith than was warranted, so please don't see this as a personal criticism. But I put way too much time into writing it, too not post it anyways. I still stand by these things in general regardless. Tone and context just aren't really warranted without this disclaimer.
The choice of showing the HD graphics is misleading and feels really weird to do considering how little if at all the models and textures were changed for the HD version of WW, but I feel like the point wasn't even made strong enough. WW looks so much better on GC the comparison feels almost insulting to me. There is a reason for WW basically just getting higher resolution and different lighting for the remaster, while a lot more had to be changed for TP. The characters in TP feel so uncanny and the world looks so unappealing, especially on GC. It's the style of graphics that made so many games look so bland and samey ever since 3D graphics came up. In general stylized graphics often look more unique and tend to age a lot better. It feels like we're slowly reaching a point where graphics are becoming close enough to real life for this to matter less, but I wouldn't be surprised if a few years from now most people would look back at games now and laugh at the thought. I think for example the choice of art style for the LA remake was brilliant. It's heavily stylized and it fits the game's story and theme perfectly. To me Mario 64 looks way better than OoT and MM, even though Nintendo knew the hardware better when they were made. At least that's how I feel about the graphics and I know I'm neither alone with that feeling, nor is it a universal one.
What dungeon design you like is subjective too. In Zelda games it will for example heavily depend on how you like what GMTK in Boss Keys (which I highly recommend if you haven't seen it, to me a must if you're into Zelda) calls "follow the path dungeons" and "find the path dungeons". If you like more challenging dungeons will depend on things like your age, your familiarity with Zelda games or games in general and if you're playing to be challenged. And even more specific, do you prefer to be challenged in combat skills, puzzle solving or both.
While I agree with TP having a great OST, even that is subjective. I feel like the best example for that is BotW. So many fans of the series were really disappointed with it, while I feel like it is absolutely perfect for the game. The most impact of a piece of music in a game on me was when I visited Rito Village the first time and just stood still for a while to listen to the music.
As I feel like I've made clear already, a lot about all of these games is just subjective, but especially when it comes to story. I for example loved what they did with Age of Calamity and a lot of people were really pissed, while I would have been really disappointed with what most of them said should have happened instead. I love the stories in BotW, MM, WW and SS, but don't really like them in OoT and TP, which is definitely controversial from the comments I've gotten when saying these things. But that won't change my opinion. I know most Zelda fans would disagree with me saying MC is better than ALttP, but that's just my opinion, not doing it dirty.
I love seeing other people's opinions, I actually love spirit tracks and skyward sword for their dungeon design and puzzles, as well as their atmosphere, as well as BOTW
Playing through Skyward sword for the first time got to admit it’s fun I ended up playing until 3 am last night
Always fun seeing Zelda ranking because everyone has different favourites and different views. But I think that's wonderful! It really shows what a stellar games series Zelda is when there is such a variety of opinions.
Link to the Past is happily a major part of my childhood. No game will ever effect me like it did.
yeah me too, still my favorite
Funny enough I never owned these games as a kid. So I've been slowly playing through. I'm now on link to the past right now. These games are challenging !
@@hardarmorff hope you enjoy them! there's a big reason these games are so highly regarded today. maybe they don't come with a lot of the QoL things we expect today or any of the showmanship, but they are "gameplay first" with expert execution and that is why we love them i think. Link's Awakening and Link to the Past have some of the best dungeon design ever made. Ocarina of Time is right there with them as well.
we never wanted an "open world" from this series. Hyrule is open enough in any of these games. You CAN explore all the way to the boundaries in any of these games. The world IS open. IDK why they dissolved the original ideas into Ubisoft sensibilities. It feels so cheap
first time ever playing it and its so much fun really challeging ngl
@@hardarmorff I grew up playing that game..my fave game of all time
It's a shame you didn't take rereleases into account because Skyward Sword is WAY better on the Switch than it was on Wii. The minor changes make it one of my favorites in the series easily. Definitely better than the DS games.
Well, they did. They used pictures of Wind Waker HD only and ranked it waaay above of where it should be while using the original footage for SS and TP (could at least have shown the Wii version there). Four Swords also got the Anniversary Edition treatment! Like, why? A veeerrry biased take on the series imo. Not objective at all. But a fun watch nevertheless.
@@k.b.7718 Yeah I noticed that as well. Really whack that it's the only game on the list aside from Link's Awakening DX and Hyrule Warriors that had its rerelease even get a mention, but oh well, it is what it is
I mean just because I like a turd on my living room floor more than one on my favorite chair; it doesn’t make it any less of a turd
I hated the Wii version, and I also hated the Switch version, but I did at least manage to force myself to beat the Switch version. Man I hated it though. I tried so hard to like it, too.
@@GoneFishingAmalgam I mean it had issues but I never thought it was that bad to resort to using that analogy lol, it's just that mileage varies. I like the dungeons, artstyle, and story more than something like BOTW (I liked that game a lot, but I'm really not one for open world games and I'm a bit sad that's the direction they're seemingly taking going forward) and while I don't care much for the hyper linearity and padding SS has, I also don't think it's that much of a dealbreaker to make me flat out hate the game. But I respect your opinion.
Only beaten Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time , Majora's Mask, Windwaker, A Link Between Worlds 3DS ,these games have given me some of the best videogame memories.
Skyward sword might not be the best in the series but it should never be THAT low
Twilight Princess to me is kind of like another version of Ocarina of Time. They added new elements and feel but it very much plays the same way. Windwaker however was very unique in how it played, the art direction, feel… it remains as the Zelda that broke from the formula the most and most successfully.
BOTW is by far the Zelda game that broke the traditional formula
TP is all grey and brown. The overworld is not open and sucks. The wolf parts are incredible bad
Yes Windwaker is very unique in adding the expanded element of "waiting" until you finally reach the island of your destination.
Ocarina of Time will probably always be my favorite but this Series has continued to impress me ever since I was a kid and I always get excited when there's a new entry.
Twilight Princess took over Ocarina of Time as my favorite a long, LONG time ago, i'm one of the few fortunate people that played it on the Gamecube (Wii version is bad).
I 100%ed TP 3 times without using strategy guides, just Midna and the Fortune Teller. I played OOT many times only for Ganondorf, Shiek, dungeons and music, i don't like the rest of the game as much, still my second favorite game.
@@saricubra2867 I played twilight princess on the gamecube as well and it's probably my second favorite behind ocarina.
@@bigkmoviesandgames I forget about Ocarina at this point, it's held back by the N64 so hard.
@@saricubra2867 I have to disagree. However if the n64 is the problem the 3ds remake is great as well.
@@bigkmoviesandgames 3DS version is basically the same as the N64 original. Navi and Keapora Gaebora will forever be Fi before Fi, Golden Skulltulas haven't been fixed, and i never liked Hyrule's layout itself.
Hyrule Castle town should be on the center of the map like A Link To The Past did 7 years before, that solves the rolling meme problem or missing Hyrule Castle Town's gate as child link.
Maybe i'm nitpicking, but OOT was the first 3D game and usually transitions in gaming always had rough stuff.
OOT was originally intended as an N64DD game, it kinda had a messy production that was saved.
I wonder if the N64DD was sucessful, we would have a better hyrule than what we got back then, or Navi and Kaepora Gaebora would be good characters...
Who knows.
Nice to see minish cap held in such high regard.
It's a Great game!
yup, a great game sadly overlooked by many, since many GBA owners were too fixated on Pokemon to notice most other games.
Highly underated
Very understandable list. I have played 16 of these games, pretty much the majors. Personally, I feel Zelda 2 and Twilight Princess are too low here but as mentioned, these are mostly all great games Unholy Triforce aside.
i agree that TP is too low on the list, but considering what games are above it that's not saying all that much, TP and above are great games with few if any flaws.
I think Zelda 2 was ranked way too high, tbh
Twilight Princess has the unique distinction of making me emotionally tense as I have to, with motion controls, physically confront giant spiders. I played this on a giant screen before those were as commonplace. The crossbow game plays really well on a giant screen also, great for parties...I should know. Age of Calamity was fun but a very different game from Breath of the Wild...I guess Link was a Jedi Master before he (almost?) got killed by Ganon, because wow, his fighting ability is crazy. ;) Finally in my opinion, Breath of the Wild is the one game that makes the Switch worth it, even if you don't buy any other game.
The real fun in the first Legend of Zelda is repeat playthroughs. The game allows the player to go where they want from the start. It allows the player to take on more dangerous foes and get upgrades early, by knowing your way around and the movement/timing/place of each enemy(type). It is pretty easy to go into the first few dungeons destroying everything in your path contrary to the first time you play through it, dying in the first dungeon a few times.
Fair list for me Orcarina of Time Will always be number 1 because of how much of an impression it made on me as a kid, how well it still holds up, and how iconic it is. But the top 3 you listed I think could be put in any order and would each have their justifications.
Unfortunately just because you were a kid when u played it and have nostalgia for it doesn't make it the best Zelda game
@@calum2324 no it is the best Zelda game. He's right.
@@calum2324 lol this is such a stupid comment. I said "for me" so yes because of all of those things it does make it the best Zelda game, again "for me" feel free to like which ever Zelda game you like most.
@@kalleb92 ok sorry I've never played it, it's just so annoying whenever people try and act like a shitty game they played when they were young is better than a recently released game that's amazing. My bad.
@@calum2324 bruh ain't no way you just made your argument against OOT without even playing it. And I know you didn't just claim it to be a shitty game💀💀
Oh my... I m trying to be open minded about other opinions
But seeing Skyward Sword, even though it is the worst 3D title, and Twilight Princess ranked below multiplayer entries and tingle spinoffs is cringe
Looking back, it’s insane how good and influential Majora’s Mask is.
I wouldn't push such a rushed game on a high pedestal when Twilight Princess (for the Nintendo Gamecube) and Ocarina of Time are lightyears more polished and well rounded.
I think you meant to say Ocarina of time
@@saricubra2867 didn’t say it was the most polished or well rounded, but it had so many ideas that influenced future games. I remember people criticized the time cycle aspect when it first came out, but 2021 was the year of the death loop games. I know it didn’t start with Majora’s, but you cannot deny the resemblance.
@@saricubra2867 Majora is much more fun than TP
@@corrces Ehh?
Y’all are criminal for how you treated twilight Princess and skyward sword. TP is top tier
Twilight Princess deserves way better than 16.
Link to the Past is my personal number one, but I have no problems with this list. Great watch, thanks guys!
Link To The Past is a masterpiece
The 2 of you have come a long way since WhatCulture & it warms my heart to see Ben & Peter's dynamic still as entertaining & hilarious as ever. Love your work guys.
Hopefully, someday, TripleJump makes a list of ranking Pac-Man games from worst to best (with approximately a half-hundred games, I think Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 will be at the bottom of the list, the Pac-Man World GBA games, Pac-Man World 3, Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze and the post-2014 games will be closest to the bottom and the rest, even the ones they might as well consider to be a lot of fun if more flawed (than the ones that are higher than the middle of the list) like Pac-Man World 1 (PS1), Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, Pac-Land, Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, Jr. Pac-Man, Pac-Man Dash, the original 8-but Pac-Man for the arcade and NES and Pac-Man Fever. And of course, as for the rest of w Pac-Man games on the list, which is most of them, I think TripleJump will love with a burning passion (especially Pac-Man World 2, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 1 & 2 and Ms. Pac-Man: Maze Madness, mainly the Dreamcast and PS1 versions) as if Pac-Man were one of the most underrated gaming franchises from 1983 - 2014).
There's 3 of them now!
I didn't know that's where they started, broke away to start something new. It was def the right move.
Agreed. Jules is the only one left at Whatculture that's still likable. Jess is ok, but it's kinda obvious why she's there.
Wait... this is two guys? I swear it sounds like one.
So nice to see Awakening and Majora's Mask on their deserved positions. Awakening is particularly my most beloved Zelda game, it's responsible for me loving this franchise so much. But I can never understand the hate for Skyward Sword, it surely had its mistakes, but its such a great adventure, and so beautiful for it's time, had a blast with that one. Well, but that is just my opinion, as at the end I really enjoy this list, really well thought, cheers, mate!
Literally the only mistake skyward sword had was the controls was kinda lame. But after got used to it it’s by far the most linear Zelda game. But in a good way, the linearity allowed them to make one hell of an adventure.
If your top 5 list doesnt have Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, Wind Waker, Skyward Sword and Link to the Past, youre wrong.
M.M and OOT here! Botw is good but I do not really consider it as a full on Zelda game (I have been playing Zelda since Link to the past so this affects my experiences a lot) :).
Skyward sword is my favorite Zelda game I never had any issues with the controls. Love the way it looked loved the story and it was difficult enough to be more fun than if it had different controls.
This game is bar none the worst mainline Zelda game. You can like it if you want, but it's not good.
@@thisisfyne how is it bar none the worst mainline one 😂 are you only counting the 3D games because maybe I can see that. But it’s better than the DS games and arguably better than a lot of the 2D games and other 3D games
I feel very proud of beating the original Zelda and Link to the Past just recently. Ocarina of Time was very impressive at the time, and watching all the beta videos was really cool
I love your complex method of deciding which ones are better.
_"Link's pink haired punk rock phase..."_
I still want a Link to the Past amiibo that will let you turn Link's hair pink in BotW. DO IT, NINTENDO, I DARE YOU.
Twilight Princess for UA-camrs: 🤮
Twilight Princess for ordinary people that play through the game: 🔥🔥🔥😤
Link to the Past is still my favorite Zelda game 🎮 😊
I think it's arguably the best Zelda title.
@@jankmedia1985 like with many things, once you look at the very top of the hill, it all becomes a matter of preference. Can we say that AlttP is *objectively* better than OoT ? No, but it’s absolutely understandable if someone prefers it over OoT, that doesn’t make it *better* however.
@@frantschou2369 yea, that's mostly why I said arguably. My favorite Zelda is Twilight Princess and then OOT as a close 2nd. I just think LttP is the best Zelda game overall when it comes to the series as a whole. I've actually had my N64 on pause for almost a year. I think the battery is dead in my OOT cart and I'm worried the game won't save. I'm right outside Ganon's castle, need to go back and record the last bit of the game for my channel, lol.
My favorite will always be the oddball Zelda 2. It is purely nostalgia. One of the first video games I ever played and I remember I couldn’t even get to the third town. Once I was a teenager, I got it on my game boy advance and beat it there. Now 33
Putting Skyward Sword below Zelda II is such a terrible take lol
The fact skyward sword and twilight princess are so low is an actual crime. They are some of the best zelda games
Absolutely loath skyward sword, I only put spirit tracks lower as far as mainline games
yea i love skyward sword. the story is sooo good
Skyward sword is ASS
My list is soooo different from this, skyward sword and twilight Princess are way higher, and Botw is lower
BoTW at number 1. wow. im shocked. really im not even close to joking. anyone else feeling the same shock as i for sure am right now at seeing BoTW at 1?
Although I disagree with Twilight Princess being so low, it’s good to see people appreciating the earlier titles and the mid-way 2D titles. I also agree about Majora’s Mask. That game is a misunderstood piece of art.
Breath of the wild #1? Really? Don't get me wrong it's a great game, but it's so different from the other games, they focused so much for it to be universally popular and to attract a new audience, that it made it lose it's touch and it looks like a whole other company made it. The real Zelda fans would pick OOT, MM or TP
Skyward Sword (on Switch) is criminally underrated.
I’d put it in my top 5 Zeldas easily.
Best dungeon designs in the whole series, plus perhaps the most emotional story to date.
One phrase. Ancient Automaton: Koloktos
@@ces3lg straight outta dark souls. Sweeps any boss from botw by a mile
Am I the only one that thought breathe of the wild is not fun nothing I do feels fulfilling In that game it feels like I'm cleaning my room I cant be the only one that felt like this while playing.
I would definitely flip Ocarina and Majora… it was solid, but just felt a bit gimmicky as opposed to a full new adventure. The story was moving and dark, but perhaps less epic than in Ocarina of time.
Ocarina is a simple coming of age hero’s journey - it’s done well, but it’s nothing new. Majora is so much more unique and daring in my opinion.
@@SaberRexZealot
Unique and daring ≠ better game
Skyward sword is in my top 3 do to its superior dungeon design.
And story
Yess those dungeons are amazing and fun! Good music too and yes story for sure! ❤️🔥
A Link to the Past is amazing. I loved it! Also, Link's awakening remake for switch was a lot of fun, I played it 4 times already.
56:03 - I always liked the Triforce fragment hunt quest in Wind Waker - to me it's just a homage the the series roots in the original Legend of Zelda where the Triforce is a **literal** object you need to gather and find as opposed to being more of a spiritual metaphor that we see in most other games. I don't think we've had a game since where you hunt down fragments? It's a bit of a shame IMHO...
I didnt mind it in my second playthrough of the game.... but the first time i wasnt feeding the fish to fill out the map... that backtracking was the most tedious thing ive ever done in any video game
It speaks to the overall quality of the series when you can make legitimate arguments about the placement of multiple games on this list.
I have opinions about certain choices, but this video mostly reminded me of just how much I’ve enjoyed almost all of these titles. Thanks for that.
Ocarina of Time is 1# in my list because it is the game that marked a total revolution on videogames, playing it on release was an experience like never seen before, a true landmark on videogame history.
While I don't agree with this order, I can respect it. Great video.
I think botw is great but I’d have majoras mask over it. Botw falls down for me a bit due to repetitive shrines, poor story etc. Still, a landmark game and a great list 👍🏻
Agree with this. BotW is overrated. Four dungeons that all feel the same. Bosses that don’t feel unique. Majora’s mask is the best.
I don't even think BOTW is great.
I fail to see why they felt the need to give up the golden formula rather than improve it.
We finally had the tech for what OOT once wanted to be and they just didn't even try.
I would have put Twilight Princess in my top 10, other than that, good list.
wait, so TP isnt even in the top 10?? FFFFFFFFFF----
Bruh it's in my top 3
@@Seamusvg between 5-10 would be fair
Majoras mask for life for me. If you get into the side quests and story, it’s an experience
Oh yeah...the most boring is #1.
Wow I'm so edgy and different I love the old ones hate the new.
Great list for one of my favourite franchises. My sister is currently playing through BotW for the first time and I am really enjoying watching her tackle the game.
The 3DS has a lot of Legend of Zelda games if she is interested in the series. Like Link Between Worlds, LoZ II, Oracle of Ages, Ocarina of Time, Triforce Heroes, and more.
@Googlesucks Who
@Googlesucks I agree. I freaking hate that game
I think you reversed Seasons and Ages when talking about combat/puzzles. Seasons was definitely more combat based, and Ages focused more on puzzles.
I've always been weird towards MM. It's undoubtedly a masterpiece, but to me it's not very replayable. It's a very daunting and stressful game (by design), and I don't play zelda to be stressed. I play it to relax and go on a big adventure. So yes it's a masterpiece, but it's also one of my least favorite to actually play. Is that weird?
It isnt weird, in fact it is a very popular opinion in the latin world where building the entire game around time limit and time managment is the reason Majora's Mask rarely makes it anywhere near the top 5. Since english and japenese countries have way more monochronic cultures, the time limit tends to get way more praises than it does elsewhere goro
You’re absolutely right. MM is WAY too high on the list.
MM is a good game but anyone who played both Ocarina and MM when they first came out would immediately understand MM is almost an expansion to Ocarina and while good, is not on the same level by any metric. It’s also much less replayable.
I gotta say, i mostly agreed with your ranking until Twilight Princess, i don't know if that's because of emotional value or something else. but i absolutely adore the game, to it's atmosphere, character development, world design, and so much more! i feel like this game is unfairly forgotten by most people, but it did took previously set boudaries and expanded upon them. combat variety is an example... although my favorite part about it has to be the Ocarina of Time paralels. i mean, hero of time quite litteraly trains his predecessor, and that's equally awsome as it is touching... So, here's my two cents on this subject. as you can see, i really love the game :P
So yes, it’s because of your emotional attachment.
You forgot a third thing in common with Sonic, a sword! Thank you very much, Sonic and the Black Knight.
Skyward Sword has amazing dungeons though no? Like the one that uses time? (Straining to remember). I played the Wii U version so I guess the game wasn't tainted by the controls.
@@adamphillip5305 that’s right! I now own a Wii U and it’s so cool, it’s like 2 consoles in 1. Plus I have virtual consoles games as well.
Sand Ship is probably the one you're thinking of. Lanayru mining facility too, to a lesser extent.
The video lost all credibility when it listed Four Swords Adventures ahead of Twilight Princess. Twilight Princess and Wind Waker were the REAL GameCube games. They were main series entries. Four Swords Adventures was basically a GBA game. Plus you needed friends with GBAs just to get good use out of it. And even then it was nowhere near Twilight Princess. Imo.
I absolutely loved TP when it came out, but man has it aged poorly imo. To me none of the things it did differently are good, and all of the stuff that was retreading familiar ground was done much better elsewhere. And it's just all so forgettable, like as soon as it's done nothing about it sticks with me besides the admittedly great Midna and the opposite of great early 2000s edgelord cringe.
4 Swords didn't have the lofty goals of a mainline Zelda game, but what it did it did really well. And is still a blast, if you can play it, and still a unique game so many years later.
same thing with Skyward Sword
It lost credibility when they put Skyward Sword as the worst Zelda even behind tingle spin offs
When it’s actually one of the greatest.
@@latetothepartygamingright I wouldnt say its one of the greatest but no singleplayer zelda game deserves to be ranked below any multiplayer titles goro
imma just do mainline games
#16. Phantom Hourglass
#15. Spirit Tracks
#14. Adventure of Link
#13. Oracle of Ages
#12. Oracle of Seasons
#11. The Legend of Zelda
#10. Wind Waker
#09. Breath of the Wild
#08. A Link Between Worlds
#07. The Minish Cap
#06. Skyward Sword
#05. A Link to the Past
#04. Link's Awakening
#03. Majora's Mask
#02. Ocarina of Time
#1. Twilight Princess
20: Tri-Force Heroes
19: Phantom Hourglass
18: Spirit Tracks
17: Four Swords
16: Four Swords Adventures
15: Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
14: Skyward Sword
13: The Legend of Zelda
12: Oracle of Seasons
11: Oracle of Ages
10: A Link Between Worlds
9: Twilight Princess
8: Link’s Awakening
7: The Minish Cap
6: The Wind Waker
5: Majora’s Mask
4: Breath of the Wild
3: Tears of the Kingdom
2: Ocarina of Time
1: A Link to the Past
“I’m Ben and I’m Peter from Triple Jump”.
Is he called Ben or Peter? I’m so confused.
A link to the past is the greatest zelda game.
*OH YEAH HERE WE GO ZELDA TIME...I've never played a Zelda game.* Not out of choice, just never had the chance since I started liking RPGs ('97 when I got FFVII, never owned anything Nintendo once I got a PS1).
But I do want to play through a fair few of them at some point, the list will help me decide which.
Oracle of seasons and ages, period
If you have a PC, you can play all of them, even up to breath of the Wild for free with emulators. Takes some setting up, but it’s worth it
My #1 is still Wind Waker, and has been since its original GC release. My opinion was always the unpopular one.
Same here!! It's my FAVORITE, but arguably not the BEST.
I didnt know miyamoto fought skeletons as a kid! What a badass
Just wanted to say that, as someone with garbage hearing, I really appreciate the subtitles - especially in a video this long and dense.
Link's Awakening will always be my favorite at #1.
After that it's Twilight Princes, Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time, and Breath of the Wild.
And, I'd probably rank A Link to the Past and Majora's Mask below that.
My Favorite Zelda games are The Legend Of Zelda : A Link To The Past SNES, The Legend Of Zelda Link's Awaking GB, The Legend Of Zelda II The Adventures Of Link NES and The Legend Of Zelda NES 1986 and I really love Oracle Of Seasons and Ages and love to link up the game
Still haven't played Majora's Mask, I think the timed nature of everything would do my head in. I've never felt like trying it as much until after your glowing approval of it though
Look up KingK's video on it. He does a great job in his retrospectives.
You can slow the time down and its much better. Play MM
Don't worry
You can start a new 3 day cycle at any time
If you play with a slow cycle you can easily clear each new region in one 3 day cycle
You're incorrect on why fans were surprised by Wind Waker's big graphical change. Nintendo showcased many upcoming Gamecube games at Spaceworld 2000, and the demo they had for Zelda was with OoT graphical models fully updated for the next generation. Nintendo themselves baited us
BOTW is not a Zelda game; it's assassin's Creed meets fallout with hijacked Zelda species in it. End of story.
No dungeons, no Zelda soundtrack, virtually zero storyline, no lasting personable characters, no boss fight variety (just different ganons) and did I mention NO DUNGEONS?!?!!... you know the thing that made Zelda games standout as a Zelda game...
Great game, not a Zelda game. It's like when ppl say, "so-n-so at work is a great person, but they are a horrible, lazy, unreliable etc etc worker." Same thing: Great game, horrible Zelda game bc it has no Zelda qualities...
You know how you can tell someone didn't get into Zelda until 2017? They vote BOTW as the best Zelda ever
Zelda 2 is a really fun game for people that can actually play games that don't hold your hand.
I agree that it’s overhated but its not better than skyward sword which is also overhated for being harder than other zeldas.
People just hate not having their hand held I suppose…
I just can't get into Breath of the Wild, no matter how many times I try. It just doesn't make me feel anything. Ocarina is my #1.
Zelda II should be much higher on the list. Such an underrated game.
When you put Breath of the Wild at the top you know the list is wrong. The start was ok, but Minish Cap did an AMAZING job of playing with the world and not focusing on Ganon as the villain. Ocarina over Majoras mask every day of the week.
BOTW should likely be #3 at best
Twilight being as low as it is is a crime.
Geeeeez, you clearly have a bias against Twilight and Skyward Sword. Those games should be way higher and are easily top five. They are ridiculously low!
While I find this list to be... highly disagreeable... I respect you for posting it.
The disrespect to Skyward Sword and Spirit Tracks. I also find it interesting how often people either rank the Oracle games as one entry or put them back to back. I think Ages is significantly better because of its dungeons. My ranking of the main series would be:
19. Four Swords - D
18. The Adventure of Link - C
17. Tri-Force Heroes - C
16. Four Swords Adventures - C
15. Phantom Hourglass - B
14. The Legend of Zelda - B
13. Oracle of Seasons - B
12. Link's Awakening - B
11. Spirit Tracks - B
10. Oracle of Ages - A
9. A Link to the Past - A
8. Twilight Princess - A
7. The Minish Cap - A
6. Skyward Sword - A
5. A Link Between Worlds - S
4. The Wind Waker - S
3. Breath of the Wild - S
2. Ocarina of Time - S
1. Majora's Mask - X
:o that ranking, four swords is much better than tri-force heroes. Also you must have had a functional wii mote to rank skyward sword so highly, to this I am jelly. Finally, I'm guessing the cdi games get below an F on this scale.
Regarding Oracles, I feel that splitting the core aspects of what makes up Zelda into individual games was a neat idea on paper, but a weak concept in practice. Seasons could thwomp ya in the boss room, but went way too quickly and never seemed to truly challenge outside of it. While Ages had some good puzzles, but never let me break a sweat over fighting. The time travel was fun in ages, and controlling the seasons like a Shinto god was pretty clever in Seasons, but both concepts felt like they were missing something. And the story had some decent moments, but also very weak beats in both of them- weak beats that had answers in the sibling title. If there’s ever a remake of these, I’d best hope that they combine the two, taking place in both Labrynnia and Holodrum.
Ps: You got the Oracles confused with each other: Seasons (red) is the combat focused one, while Ages (blue) is about puzzles.
Anyone who places Cadence of Hyrule over Twilight Princess loses all credibility in my book.