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I love how impactful Bob's tierlist was to the point that Wood actually had to make this video just to set the universe back on track after the mess that that tierlist was lol. That podcast episode was hilarious and painful at the same time, I absolutely loved it! lol
I actually liked Spirit Tracks and it was my first Zelda. Maybe I'm just biased because of that. I actually didn't mind the touch screen controls and blowing into the microphone I thought it was cool.
I really loved Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks too! Growing up I couldn't play the 3D Zelda games on TV consoles. I had a coordination problem that was helped if I could see my hands in my peripheral vision, so the GameBoy games I could play and love, but I could only watch my siblings play Ocarina of Time, Windwaker, etc. When I was in my twenties, I received a second hand DS lite and Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. For the first time ever, I was able to play in an expansive, 3D adventure too. It was so thrilling! Sometimes I wonder if people's experience of Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks differs because of what games they played before those two titles and were able to compare them to. Comparing Phantom Hourglass to Windwaker versus comparing it to the Minish Cap and Oracles games probably gives one a very different perspective.
@@zeldakasumi I am so glad that someone else has the problem of seeing their hands... For me the handheld component is key because I get nauseous with playing on the tv. This is an issue with 3D rides for me too. I'm ok if I can see the mechanics of the ride but without them it's too much. I've never heard of anyone else like that before.
@@KevinAccetta wel with phantom hourglass the controlls where realy annoying and what i hated was keep having to go to the same dungeon over and over again redo all the ANNOYING puzzles till you got to a new section get out and at the next plotpoint go trough it again then go out again then come abck again etc. and no shortcuts either nope having to redo the same annoying parts over and over again at 1 point I just said f this I am done
I honestly love Spirit Tracks. It's such a step up from Phantom Hourglass in terms of presentation, story, music, and exploration. It also doesn't make you replay parts of the main dungeon to get to the new stuff. It's S or A for me (I'd put Phantom Hourglass in B or C).
He really did spirit tracks (and ph) dirty, are the ds games the best of the series? certainly not. Are they worse than gba four swords and tri force heros? absolutely not.
The original Zelda is *_NOT_* 2 hours long. 😮 It took people back-in-the-day a *YEAR* or two to beat. No guides, No cheats, no internet, no save states etc... Maybe if you know the game *INSANELY* well. 2 hours? Are you out of your GODDAMN mind!?!
@@mannymoo I played all (well mainline) Zelda games blind for the first time before BOTW and I just straight up thought I was gonna loathe the series. Never beat or wanted to beat Zelda 1 or 2. Gave em a good ol try and didnt like. With no guides Zelda is not a fun time. I would say its not with guides either
@@jimmywarner7559 sure. With tutorials, walkthroughs, cheats etc... developed over decades of course people can beat most NES games fast. I'm Talking _LEGITIMATE_ Gameplay.
Yeah , I felt that way when I was about 12. I had a friend sleep over....he says, "let's beat Zelda. ...then proceeds to beat the whole thing in about 3 hours. I was amazed.
I’m biased because I used to watch my dad play this in 97/98 when I was 6/7 years old. But it’s some of my greatest life memories. The nostalgia and how accurately I remember the sound effects etc is almost too much if I play it now. Game play wise it’s simple yet so creative at the same time, incredible. Has to be SS tear.
For some reason I still go back every now and then to rewatch your old Zelda retrospective video. Not the one you redid, but the one you cringe at. It’s actually quite relaxing to me. Love when you talk Zelders
Not nostilaga. It was an incredible game that really pushed the ds hardware. Full zelda game with tons of awesome little quirks that scream DS. Phantom hourglass didn't disappoint. Really wish I got to play spirit tracks. It's 80$ everywhere I look now
I vastly preferred phantom hourglass to spirit tracks. I just did not like the train and much preferred the boat so at least I could plot my own course.
Windwaker definitely deserves to be in one of the S tiers, It is my favourite game too and the music, dungeons and story in this are amazing. Whenever I go to my dads house I always load it up on his Wii and sit there for hours on it. Honestly I think windwaker has aged amazingly as even looking at it now compared to our latest Zelda games it isn't grainy or anything, just colourful and fun. (also I rank Totk a B I got bored pretty fast as it is quite similar to Botw)
That sux, have high hopes for TOTK, BOTW was a let down for me. Got all the way to Ganon and lost all interest. Didn't even fight him, simply lost enthusiasm for it. I've heard mixed reviews on TOTK, mostly due to the added mechanics. Wish devs understood what made LOZ so great, and it was mostly the adventure(story, the "heros journey" immersion)/characters/weapons (i.e mechanics vs NPCs and environments) all of which added life and soul to the game. Loved all the games up to Skyward Sword excluding BOTW. Def have my favs but they all showed that beautiful lively LOZ soul many of us OGs love. Haven't played Skyward Sword yet but it looks pretty neat. It's a toss up of that or TOTK.
the dungeons are the best of any zelda game they where not just something could do had to think about it and find ways to do it i think is SS for shure and wind temple is most underated temple of any zelda game i lost so many times and the challenge was there even today i can pick it up and play it and it feel new every time
Idk I think your wrong compared to Ocarina of Time it’s not up there I don’t even think it’s as good as A link to the past. It’s like Skyward sword level
i think there is something wrong with me i don't like this game as much as other zelda games, but then again my type of game is more mario and luigi rpg type game and also paper mario.
Wrong Edit: I don’t even know why I ever said this, I’ve never even played the game. That’s just your opinion. Edit 2: I have only played a link between worlds and ocarina of time 3d.
This is the first time I overall agree with a Zelda ranking/tierlist. I remember my uncle and me playing Ocarina of time for the first time. I was 9 years old and had a blast but he was in awe because there simply hadn't been anything comparable; an absolute masterpiece.
@@dankburrito8502outdated mechanics 😂 the mechanics are better than most games out now for the PS5 and series x 😂 Ocarina of time is a solid 10/10 game! It’s incredible
@@Trevlad11 It is incredible but the mechanics are definitely outdated. The z targeting is not good & having to use that as the horizontal camera axis and having to stop to use the vertical axis is bad for todays standards. The rest is amazing! 10/10 for me too
The Legend of Zelda - 8 The Adventure of Link - 7 A Link to the Past - 10 Link’s Awakening - 9 Link: the Faces of Evil - 2 Zelda: the Wand of Gamelan - 2 Zelda’s Adventure - 1 Ocarina of Time - 10 Majora’s Mask - 9 Oracle of Seasons - 8.5 Oracle of Ages - 8.5 Four Seords - 5 Four Swords Adventures - 6 The Wind Waker - 9 The Minish Cap - 8 Twilight Princess - 8.5 Phantom Hourglass - 5 Spirit Tracks - 6 Skyward Sword - 7 A Link Between Worlds - 8 Tri-Force Heroes - 5 Breath of the Wild - 10 Tears of the Kingdom - 10
Zelda 2 is severely underrated and actually is the blueprint for the modern games. Open world, towns, with NPCs, multiple quest, and somewhat strategic combat with the use of spells. Just because its a side scroller doesn't make it a black sheep. Once you get past the initial grind and beginning the game gets better and you can actually see how it influenced the other games.
I just played this game for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I love it. Fun fact is also that it inspired the Smash Bros Link with the 2d combat attacks like downward thrust and upward thrust
@@carlospandette8001Glad to see people share my opinion that OoT is the most overrated game ever. People say I’m “nostalgia blinded” for thinking TP is the best game in the series, meanwhile they’re calling OoT is the best game ever made. And then they get mad when people don’t like the game.
The original Zelda was revolutionary, it was so novel in many aspects. I remember when the map first was published in Nintendo Power, I was baffled when I realized that I had just discovered like 10% of secret passages. Good times.
I really liked Zelda 2 🤷🏻♂️. I’ve replayed it multiple times. It’s different and I appreciate it as a change of pace. I like the rpg qualities of choosing where to dump my points as well.
Yeah, same. And the whole “what if Z2 had been the first game?” argument - Hollow Knight devs said they took inspiration from Z2. I think you can see it in the combat. So there were definitely great ideas to come out of this game. I’m not saying I wanted it to be the Zelda template, but it’s cool to series try bold new directions. It wasn’t just a lame attempt to cash in on Mario-style like this guy seems to think. Not the best in the series, but in no way a F tier game. I’d give it a solid B.
One day I will find someone who has nostalgia for Phantom Hourglass as I do. As a kid who grew up in love with Wind Waker on my favourite console the GameCube and was also a die hard handheld gamer Phantom was like a portable wind Waker to me and although some of the mechanics were batshit frustrating I still loved it thoroughly and it might actually be the first Zelda I completed
I don’t have nostalgia for phantom hourglass but I do love it 8 think it’s better than Spirit tracks. I still wouldn’t put it on the level of the A tiers but it’s at least a B tier for me.
You have Hyrule Warriors but no Age of Calamity or Cadence of Hyrule. Both are great games that deserve to be on the list since you included Hyrule Warriors.
I disagree with the placement of orcale of time and oracle of ages. They were awesome. If you combine both games you get an entire extra story to play, which is something many do not know about.
I just played Skyward Sword for the 1st time, on the Switch. It was even better than I hoped. Along with Majora's Mask, it has some of the best dungeons in a Zelda game. Zelda II had some problems, but it's still a classic. The Oracle games were disappointing to me, because there was too much inventory management. Capcom made those games
I was initially turned off by Link’s Awakening (remake) because of the art style but somewhere along the way of sort of forcing myself to play through it, I fell in love with it. I’ve probably played 5 or 6 Zelda games and it is right up there with my favorites, maybe right behind Ocarina of Time
the Oracle series were my first introduction to Zelda, and how I fell in love with the Zelda series. Those 2 definitely deserve an S or higher rank for adventure and story!
Twilight princess would be SS for me personally I loved the dungeons and the puzzles and fishing, the boss battles weren't very easy. The story was great too me the game was really big. The side quests was great and challenging.
Definitely SS tier. Best "traditional style" Zelda imo. Only thing is for me the combat and boss did seem pretty easy, even when I replayed it last year on Hero mode on the HD port
@@rieyyan9039 you do understand he’d get more views before it’s release correct? If he waited till afterward. More than have his fan base wouldn’t even see the video
The thing about twilight princess explains a lot!! When I was younger I used to play it on the wii, I recently bought it for the GameCube and was very confused because I remembered everything being flipped the other way 😂
He is not realizing alot of stuff, especially saying that before OoT all games looked like NES platformers and OoT became first of a kind. Guy has very poor knowledge.
I do think it's a top 5 game of all time, and easily either 1st or 2nd best Zelda game ever, but man.. Breath of the Wild will probably go down in history as THE best game ever if it hasn't already. Such a huge fan of Link to the Past. It was beyond revolutionary and remained better than pretty much any game to come out throughout the 90s, period (Edit: other than the Pokemon games which are my personal favorites of all time).
I love everything about Majora's Mask, except playing it... Best story of any in the series, best atmosphere, best villain... goddamn chore to play. And he nailed it with BotW. That game feels now how the original felt back then. As a kid, I felt the original game was this overwhelmingly huge, expansive adventure and no other game felt like that again until BotW.
I think phantom hourglass gets a lot more hate than it’s due. I think it held up quite strongly as a follow on from windwaker considering it was released for the DS. I probably had the most immersive fun on a handheld device with phantom hourglass when it comes to zelda. All the others i’d put down for a week maybe only to pick them up and wander round aimlessly trying to figure out what i was last doing 😅 phantom hourglass was simple fun that let you draw on the map to keep track of what or where you were last thinking of and that really helped to pick it back up at any given time 👌
You can really see that he hasn't played majoras mask that much, or at least it's been a long time by this quote of his The day and night system is basically only significant in the first 1h30 of the game, before the link returns to normal I don't know if I agree with Majoras being below Ocarina of Time but they are two great games and the list was also good
yeah. and now that I finally learned patience while playing games (taught to me by the souls series), it's not even that challenging. but it is fun. there are a few too many cryptic bits and things you cannot find without button mashing (they should have had some twinkle sprite or something). but I memorized those all as a kid, so they're not a big deal for me anymore.
Great list! For me personally I would put “A Link to the Past” as a AA. This game was my “Ocarina of Time”. When “A Link Between Worlds” released with its special edition 3DS I was beyond excited.
I’m not sure if I’m wrong but you forgot Age of Calamity, I think it’s a really good game with a nice alternative story to give us more of the champions!
Yeah and iam still butt hurt that it’s not canon in My Honest Opinion AOC had a way better made story then Breath and tears put together I wish Nintendo would do more of that of Zelda story build up wise of AOC
I loved phantom hourglass. They tried something new, having two screen bosses were amazing, and the puzzles were very interesting. My 3DS broke and I could not play spirit track. Sad. Lol
I actually think Link to the Past is the most important Zelda game of all time. Because IT solidified what Zelda was supposed to be like. People say Ocarina did that, but I heavily disagree with that sentiment. Ocarina blew our minds because it was 3D. But in terms of structure, it was just following what Link to the Past did. It even had a dark world of its own by going into the future. Its also incredibly weird that Link to the Past have never been remade or remastered yet it plays and looks great even today.
I grew up on NES Zelda and got ocarina of time for Christmas one year and I was obsessed with that game. It’s my fav game ever made. Sure, I was stuck on the water temple for almost a year. But I enjoyed finally figuring it out and beating the game 😂
Every single action game that has a lock-on feature owes this to Ocarina of Time. Nintendo basically wrote the bible of 3D game world navigation basics with Mario 64 and OoT.
OoT came out when I was in 6th grade, I used to wake up an hour early than normal so i could play it before school. Flawless game. Also, you’re not wrong, earthbound is peak gaming
As someone who’s first real Zelda game was Breath of The Wild, I feel like I’m gonna have a hard time getting used to the other games since there’s no climbing necessarily, open world and Blue Link
Do not worry friend, theres no such thing as a zelda bad game, they are all flawless, just think of the time and technology at the moment, dont compare them to botw
What I really love with the Zelda games is how they keep pushing innovative gameplay, and consequently how rich the whole Zelda collection is. I don't have any other "franchise" in mind coming close to it.
Good list, I would now put tears of the kingdom in SS and move breath of the wild down into S. I also think that phantom hourglass is severely underrated, B tier absolute minimum, probably A tier IMO
Im so shocked and surprised phantom of hourglass and spirit tracks in D Tier wtf. I didnt know i was driven by nostalgia this much. I had it as one of my best adventure growing up and i saw it as a S tier banger.
I love how you actually love link between worlds and put it on S tier since most people never talk abt this game and it's very fun. The only thing against it was it was pretty easy that i never even died lol. But i kinda feel attacked you put seasons on A and ages on B since imo, ages was far better than seasons but it's okay. It's your opinion and you said u haven't played it yet haha
Re: The Oracle games. They are completely different games. Much more than, say, the Pokemon titles, they should not be considered one title. So, it makes perfect sense for them to potentially be on different places on a tier list. (They should have separate sales numbers as well, tbh.)
I always got stressed out by the timer/moon in Majora's Mask as a kid. I do remember getting all 3 masks without beating a temple and feeling like I "tricked the game".
Second edit: Aonuma confirmed in an interview that link is Ambidextrous, meaning he is neither left-handed or right-handed. First edit: Link used to be left-handed. Ever since Twilight princess on the Wii, he's been right-handed, so I think it's fair to assume that he's neither left-handed or right-handed. Twilight Princess is the only game where Link is left-handed. In every other game, he's right-handed.
No, Wood's right. Aonuma may have made up an excuse later on, but all Link's up until that point (and some directly following - Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks, probably to provide consistency with Wind Waker) were left-handed. Just look at Ocarina, Majora's, Wind Waker etc. All left-handed. They have only kept to right-handed since they had to switch it with Twilight Princess, which argues against him being ambidextrous, especially as they kept the DS ones following Wind Waker consistent.
I think it's really interesting that you preferred SS on the Wii over the Switch, because I felt the opposite. The motion controls really kept me from engaging with the Wii version, but the more standard controls on Switch worked well enough that I could really enjoy the game for what it is (also they made Fi interrupt less).
BOTW doesn't deserve to be anywhere near OOT or MM, it's a brilliant classic yes, but no SS tier, the story was way too disjointed and broken, BOTW was actually so broken at its core you could miss 99% of the game and go straight to the end lol, that's not what LOZ is about imho.
Theres no way BOTW is better than OOT. BOTW has amazing mechanics and the world is fun to explore. The characters are mediocre, the story is bad, the dungeons are trash, collecting mushrooms and making meals gets tedious after the 3rd or 4th time. Awesome tech improvement for the franchise, but its A at best.
Windwaker was literally my favorite game growing up but never got to finish it. Luckily just got the game again today and looking forward to finally completing it after 20 years 😭
My List would be this S-Tier (in order) The legend of ZELDA - Majora's Mask The legend of ZELDA - Ocarina of Time The legend of ZELDA - The Wind Waker A-Tier (in order) The legend of ZELDA - Breath of the Wild The legend of ZELDA - Link's Awakening (DX) The legend of ZELDA - Twilight Princess The legend of ZELDA - Tears of the Kingdom The legend of ZELDA - A Link between Worlds B-Tier (in order) The legend of ZELDA - Oracle of Ages The legend of ZELDA - Oracle of Seasons The legend of ZELDA - A Link to the Past The legend of ZELDA - Skyward Sword The legend of ZELDA - Four Swords Adventures The legend of ZELDA - Hyrule Fantasy C-Tier (in order) The legend of ZELDA - The Minish Cap The legend of ZELDA - The Adventures of Link The legend of ZELDA - Four Swords (Anniversary Edition) D-Tier (in order) The legend of ZELDA - Spirit Tracks The legend of ZELDA - Phantom Hourglass E-Tier The legend of ZELDA - TriForce Heroes But each list is probably shaped a lot by when a game was played.
I don’t think it’s fair when people say that Ocarina of Time is only loved because of nostalgia. I first played it on my 3DS when I was 13, and it was my third Zelda game. It completely blew me away. I loved it so much, that I even cried listening to Zelda’s Lullaby after that because of my emotional attachment to the game. In my opinion, it deserves all of the hype it gets.
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I would put Breath of The Wild at F Tier
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Trick question/ video lol. There legit is no worst or bad Zelda game to ever exist 😅
Put age of calamity in A or S tier.
I love how impactful Bob's tierlist was to the point that Wood actually had to make this video just to set the universe back on track after the mess that that tierlist was lol. That podcast episode was hilarious and painful at the same time, I absolutely loved it! lol
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I 100% agree. 👍
Well technically talked about it and already did the rating while on a stream and cut it down to make a UA-cam video in order to double dip on the $$
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I actually liked Spirit Tracks and it was my first Zelda. Maybe I'm just biased because of that. I actually didn't mind the touch screen controls and blowing into the microphone I thought it was cool.
I really loved Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks too! Growing up I couldn't play the 3D Zelda games on TV consoles. I had a coordination problem that was helped if I could see my hands in my peripheral vision, so the GameBoy games I could play and love, but I could only watch my siblings play Ocarina of Time, Windwaker, etc. When I was in my twenties, I received a second hand DS lite and Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. For the first time ever, I was able to play in an expansive, 3D adventure too. It was so thrilling! Sometimes I wonder if people's experience of Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks differs because of what games they played before those two titles and were able to compare them to. Comparing Phantom Hourglass to Windwaker versus comparing it to the Minish Cap and Oracles games probably gives one a very different perspective.
Don't worry, you're not the only one who likes ST (and Phantom Hourglass). I love those games. Idk why the hate towards them 😅
Spirit Tracks was far from my first Zelda game, and I still love it to this day.
@@zeldakasumi I am so glad that someone else has the problem of seeing their hands... For me the handheld component is key because I get nauseous with playing on the tv. This is an issue with 3D rides for me too. I'm ok if I can see the mechanics of the ride but without them it's too much. I've never heard of anyone else like that before.
@@KevinAccetta wel with phantom hourglass the controlls where realy annoying and what i hated was keep having to go to the same dungeon over and over again redo all the ANNOYING puzzles till you got to a new section get out and at the next plotpoint go trough it again then go out again then come abck again etc. and no shortcuts either nope having to redo the same annoying parts over and over again at 1 point I just said f this I am done
I honestly love Spirit Tracks. It's such a step up from Phantom Hourglass in terms of presentation, story, music, and exploration. It also doesn't make you replay parts of the main dungeon to get to the new stuff. It's S or A for me (I'd put Phantom Hourglass in B or C).
Spirit Tracks music slaps! I remember having so much fun tooting my train horn in time to the overworld music when I traveled anywhere lol
I hope they port it to Switch some day. Zelda and trains? Sign me up!
Honestly it was a lot of fun such a good game that main song gets me excited still
I agree. I loved spirit tracks, one of my favorites.
He really did spirit tracks (and ph) dirty, are the ds games the best of the series? certainly not. Are they worse than gba four swords and tri force heros? absolutely not.
The original Zelda is *_NOT_* 2 hours long. 😮
It took people back-in-the-day a *YEAR* or two to beat. No guides, No cheats, no internet, no save states etc...
Maybe if you know the game *INSANELY* well.
2 hours? Are you out of your GODDAMN mind!?!
I was thinking the same thing. I spent a few days on it even with guides because of the difficulty
@@mannymoo I played all (well mainline) Zelda games blind for the first time before BOTW and I just straight up thought I was gonna loathe the series. Never beat or wanted to beat Zelda 1 or 2. Gave em a good ol try and didnt like.
With no guides Zelda is not a fun time. I would say its not with guides either
It’s like 2 hours long for the average person now. Most everyone I’ve met plays that game with a guide they found online lol
@@jimmywarner7559 sure. With tutorials, walkthroughs, cheats etc... developed over decades of course people can beat most NES games fast.
I'm Talking _LEGITIMATE_ Gameplay.
Yeah , I felt that way when I was about 12. I had a friend sleep over....he says, "let's beat Zelda. ...then proceeds to beat the whole thing in about 3 hours. I was amazed.
Well thought out. I loved Majora’s Mask for its depth of characters so I would have put it in SS but that’s just me. It was great 👍🏻
A Link to the Past = Masterpiece
should be in SS
@@tafscornershop Yeah that one's a SS for me, it's the perfect 2D Zelda game
My first Zelda game
@@YourAverageBritishIdiotMy first game on a console I owned, I think I might have been 10 years old or something.
I’m biased because I used to watch my dad play this in 97/98 when I was 6/7 years old. But it’s some of my greatest life memories. The nostalgia and how accurately I remember the sound effects etc is almost too much if I play it now. Game play wise it’s simple yet so creative at the same time, incredible. Has to be SS tear.
For some reason I still go back every now and then to rewatch your old Zelda retrospective video. Not the one you redid, but the one you cringe at. It’s actually quite relaxing to me.
Love when you talk Zelders
Spirit tracks is super good. It even has one of the best OSTs in the series. I also love Phantom Hourglass, but that's mostly nostalgia.
I agree phantom hour glass for me is at least A tier.
God the whole Malladus fight theme (Phase 1 to 3) gives me life
Phantom hourglass is one of my least favorite Zelda games in my opinion
Not nostilaga. It was an incredible game that really pushed the ds hardware. Full zelda game with tons of awesome little quirks that scream DS. Phantom hourglass didn't disappoint. Really wish I got to play spirit tracks. It's 80$ everywhere I look now
I vastly preferred phantom hourglass to spirit tracks. I just did not like the train and much preferred the boat so at least I could plot my own course.
Windwaker definitely deserves to be in one of the S tiers, It is my favourite game too and the music, dungeons and story in this are amazing. Whenever I go to my dads house I always load it up on his Wii and sit there for hours on it. Honestly I think windwaker has aged amazingly as even looking at it now compared to our latest Zelda games it isn't grainy or anything, just colourful and fun.
(also I rank Totk a B I got bored pretty fast as it is quite similar to Botw)
I agree, my biggest gripe was the dungeons not being on the level of something like TP or OOT
It’s criminally underrated.
That sux, have high hopes for TOTK, BOTW was a let down for me. Got all the way to Ganon and lost all interest. Didn't even fight him, simply lost enthusiasm for it. I've heard mixed reviews on TOTK, mostly due to the added mechanics. Wish devs understood what made LOZ so great, and it was mostly the adventure(story, the "heros journey" immersion)/characters/weapons
(i.e mechanics vs NPCs and environments) all of which added life and soul to the game. Loved all the games up to Skyward Sword excluding BOTW. Def have my favs but they all showed that beautiful lively LOZ soul many of us OGs love. Haven't played Skyward Sword yet but it looks pretty neat. It's a toss up of that or TOTK.
Naw ima have to put it in B Those last temples devolve into hot garbage.And sailing those seas gets boring.
the dungeons are the best of any zelda game they where not just something could do had to think about it and find ways to do it i think is SS for shure and wind temple is most underated temple of any zelda game i lost so many times and the challenge was there even today i can pick it up and play it and it feel new every time
Twilight princess SS tier period.
100%
I agree
TP kinda lacked 'soul' in a way, don't know how to put it into words.
Idk I think your wrong compared to Ocarina of Time it’s not up there I don’t even think it’s as good as A link to the past. It’s like Skyward sword level
The dark theme is done better by majoras mask
Link between world was SUCH a good game and the reveal at the end genuinely surprised me. Such a great game
Same.. LBW is so great traveling 2 worlds.
The wall mechanic was a great gimmick. Maybe my favorite Zelda gimmick. I'd love to see it revisited in a future game. Maybe a 3D one.
I loved it too
one of my favorite games
i think there is something wrong with me i don't like this game as much as other zelda games, but then again my type of game is more mario and luigi rpg type game and also paper mario.
A Link To The Past is one of the all-time greatest games ever.
Good to see people who respect this masterpiece
@@Longbranchking YES!!! "Masterpiece" is spot on. Definitely my favorite in the entire franchise, with Ocarina of Time being a close 2nd.
Wrong
Edit: I don’t even know why I ever said this, I’ve never even played the game. That’s just your opinion.
Edit 2: I have only played a link between worlds and ocarina of time 3d.
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This is the first time I overall agree with a Zelda ranking/tierlist.
I remember my uncle and me playing Ocarina of time for the first time. I was 9 years old and had a blast but he was in awe because there simply hadn't been anything comparable; an absolute masterpiece.
Nah it sucks. Maybe back then, but it has NOT aged well.
@@lukewomack9575I agree. Easily the most overrated game ever made.
@@AlqhemyAExplain? I’m playing it now & other than the outdated mechanics the storyline is amazing.
@@dankburrito8502outdated mechanics 😂 the mechanics are better than most games out now for the PS5 and series x 😂 Ocarina of time is a solid 10/10 game! It’s incredible
@@Trevlad11 It is incredible but the mechanics are definitely outdated. The z targeting is not good & having to use that as the horizontal camera axis and having to stop to use the vertical axis is bad for todays standards. The rest is amazing! 10/10 for me too
The fact that ST is under TH and in D is just foul
The Legend of Zelda - 8
The Adventure of Link - 7
A Link to the Past - 10
Link’s Awakening - 9
Link: the Faces of Evil - 2
Zelda: the Wand of Gamelan - 2
Zelda’s Adventure - 1
Ocarina of Time - 10
Majora’s Mask - 9
Oracle of Seasons - 8.5
Oracle of Ages - 8.5
Four Seords - 5
Four Swords Adventures - 6
The Wind Waker - 9
The Minish Cap - 8
Twilight Princess - 8.5
Phantom Hourglass - 5
Spirit Tracks - 6
Skyward Sword - 7
A Link Between Worlds - 8
Tri-Force Heroes - 5
Breath of the Wild - 10
Tears of the Kingdom - 10
Phantom Hourglass is an amazing game that used different aspects of the DS in really neat ways and I believe that it is a great sequel to Wind Waker!
Zelda 2 is severely underrated and actually is the blueprint for the modern games. Open world, towns, with NPCs, multiple quest, and somewhat strategic combat with the use of spells. Just because its a side scroller doesn't make it a black sheep. Once you get past the initial grind and beginning the game gets better and you can actually see how it influenced the other games.
Couldn't agree more. It's not a perfect game but it is a personal favorite of mine. I still go back and play through it every couple of years.
The combat is actually pretty good for its time once you get the hang of it.
I've beaten it (Zelda 2) on Zelda Game & Watch 35th Anniversary :)
I just played this game for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I love it. Fun fact is also that it inspired the Smash Bros Link with the 2d combat attacks like downward thrust and upward thrust
I would love a remake
I'm impressed how you mostly kept your cool and let Bob have his opinion.
Why should he lose his cool to what bob said? It's not the end of the world for saying ocarina of time sucks, which it is, go cry about it LOL
@@carlospandette8001 it is sucks
It doesn't its a major lore game in the series
@@carlospandette8001Glad to see people share my opinion that OoT is the most overrated game ever. People say I’m “nostalgia blinded” for thinking TP is the best game in the series, meanwhile they’re calling OoT is the best game ever made. And then they get mad when people don’t like the game.
@@AlqhemyAhave you ever played through OoT?
The original Zelda was revolutionary, it was so novel in many aspects. I remember when the map first was published in Nintendo Power, I was baffled when I realized that I had just discovered like 10% of secret passages. Good times.
I really liked Zelda 2 🤷🏻♂️. I’ve replayed it multiple times. It’s different and I appreciate it as a change of pace. I like the rpg qualities of choosing where to dump my points as well.
Yeah, same. And the whole “what if Z2 had been the first game?” argument - Hollow Knight devs said they took inspiration from Z2. I think you can see it in the combat. So there were definitely great ideas to come out of this game.
I’m not saying I wanted it to be the Zelda template, but it’s cool to series try bold new directions. It wasn’t just a lame attempt to cash in on Mario-style like this guy seems to think. Not the best in the series, but in no way a F tier game. I’d give it a solid B.
Zelda 2 is A or S tier for me . The music is great, it’s challenging, and the combat is really fun.
Yea the game has a really popular speedrunning scene now
Apparently this guy has never played the zelda games on the Phillips CDI.. I think if he did, he would reconsider putting Zelda 2 in F tier😂
Yep, one of my favorite Zelda games.
Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks are the games that got me into Zelda.
Sorry to hear that
@@SuperSikarlo Spirit tracks is one of the best in the series
@@Adum no it's not. Stop lying.
@@SuperSikarlo you didn't play it bro
spirits tracks have one of the best art styles in the series, but gameplay is boring
Spirit tracks in my opinion is DRAMATICALLY better than phantom hourglass. I actually think it’s the most underrated Zelda ever
A Link to the Past was my very first Zelda game - it will always be my SS tier! Such awesome memories!
yeah, had to dislike the video because he only put it in S
Facts
Yeah putting BotW and OoT in SS tier but not LttP is criminal
Well, Nostalgia aside, it's unfortunately not nearly as good as Ocarina of Time, Majoras Mask or Wind Waker.
@@Force-of-Will it’s still better than oot
“It’s not the worst game, it’s just not what I like for a Zelda game.” That’s how I feel about BOTW and TOTK. To each their own
I really don't like BOTW for a Zelda game. Totally agree.
Green Tunic and Green Hat or no thanks , , at least my stance 😂 🎃👍👍
Yeah botw and totk are an open world games masquerading as zelda. Give me back huge dungeons. A linear story with a cool companion. Unlockable items.
@@3ericw wasn't "Ocarina of Time " basically open world once you leave Kokiri Forest ???
@@wyldelf2685Agreed. And wasn’t other titles like Windwaker also open world? To be truly “linear “ Zelda would be a side scrollerish game
One day I will find someone who has nostalgia for Phantom Hourglass as I do. As a kid who grew up in love with Wind Waker on my favourite console the GameCube and was also a die hard handheld gamer Phantom was like a portable wind Waker to me and although some of the mechanics were batshit frustrating I still loved it thoroughly and it might actually be the first Zelda I completed
Phantom Hourglass was my introduction to Zelda games and I still like to play it
@@Michelle-nl5xl same
I don’t have nostalgia for phantom hourglass but I do love it 8 think it’s better than Spirit tracks. I still wouldn’t put it on the level of the A tiers but it’s at least a B tier for me.
I love Phantom Hourglass i played it as a kid a 100 times 100% it was my first zelda and its one of the best
You have Hyrule Warriors but no Age of Calamity or Cadence of Hyrule. Both are great games that deserve to be on the list since you included Hyrule Warriors.
The music remix in cadence of Hyrule are chefs kiss.
I disagree with the placement of orcale of time and oracle of ages. They were awesome. If you combine both games you get an entire extra story to play, which is something many do not know about.
I just played Skyward Sword for the 1st time, on the Switch. It was even better than I hoped. Along with Majora's Mask, it has some of the best dungeons in a Zelda game. Zelda II had some problems, but it's still a classic. The Oracle games were disappointing to me, because there was too much inventory management. Capcom made those games
SSword is awesome, I really like it :) Majora's is and will always be my favorite and the best Zelda game in my opinion
Skyward Sword was my first Zelda game that I actually played through and I loved it.
I was initially turned off by Link’s Awakening (remake) because of the art style but somewhere along the way of sort of forcing myself to play through it, I fell in love with it. I’ve probably played 5 or 6 Zelda games and it is right up there with my favorites, maybe right behind Ocarina of Time
the Oracle series were my first introduction to Zelda, and how I fell in love with the Zelda series. Those 2 definitely deserve an S or higher rank for adventure and story!
agree and not to mention they were also made by Capcom, for me capcom made better Zelda than Nintendo outside Ocarina of Time of course
Twilight princess would be SS for me personally I loved the dungeons and the puzzles and fishing, the boss battles weren't very easy. The story was great too me the game was really big. The side quests was great and challenging.
Yes 100% an ss
Definitely SS tier. Best "traditional style" Zelda imo. Only thing is for me the combat and boss did seem pretty easy, even when I replayed it last year on Hero mode on the HD port
Yeah. Bob was spittin facts when he said OoT was C tier. TP is way better.
Ss for twilight princess and s for ocarina of time for me , yes ocarina of time is good but wayyy to overrated
@@DeathcoreHuskyI agree with you. I don't hate oot, it's just that there are better zelda games. For me, I put WW and TP better than oot
It’s about time!
Nah should've rated it when totk came out
@@rieyyan9039 you do understand he’d get more views before it’s release correct? If he waited till afterward. More than have his fan base wouldn’t even see the video
Here before this comment blows up
Wood, which hand do you swing swords with? Left or Right?
I’m pretty sure now that skyward sword is the MOST underrated zelda game in my opinion
One of my favourites
100% agree
Wildwakers introduction to sea exploration and nautical themes make it an ss for me. It's so grand!!
yeah I wihed they made a realistuc seafairing Zelda... or even no realistic, cell-shaded but wayyy more epic
The thing about twilight princess explains a lot!! When I was younger I used to play it on the wii, I recently bought it for the GameCube and was very confused because I remembered everything being flipped the other way 😂
8:30
Woody not realizing that all this praise he's giving to OoT is actually more accurately ALttP's praise. OoT is essentially ALttP in 3D.
He is not realizing alot of stuff, especially saying that before OoT all games looked like NES platformers and OoT became first of a kind. Guy has very poor knowledge.
As a kid in the 80’s and into the 90’s, A Link to the Past is one of the greatest games ever for SNES. Brings back those childhood memories😁
Deserves a expansion
I do think it's a top 5 game of all time, and easily either 1st or 2nd best Zelda game ever, but man.. Breath of the Wild will probably go down in history as THE best game ever if it hasn't already. Such a huge fan of Link to the Past. It was beyond revolutionary and remained better than pretty much any game to come out throughout the 90s, period (Edit: other than the Pokemon games which are my personal favorites of all time).
I love everything about Majora's Mask, except playing it... Best story of any in the series, best atmosphere, best villain... goddamn chore to play.
And he nailed it with BotW. That game feels now how the original felt back then. As a kid, I felt the original game was this overwhelmingly huge, expansive adventure and no other game felt like that again until BotW.
I think majora’s mask is a game that heavily values replayability. You can immerse yourself a lot more once you know the game route
Phantom hourglass was my first Zelda game and I loved it
I think phantom hourglass gets a lot more hate than it’s due. I think it held up quite strongly as a follow on from windwaker considering it was released for the DS.
I probably had the most immersive fun on a handheld device with phantom hourglass when it comes to zelda. All the others i’d put down for a week maybe only to pick them up and wander round aimlessly trying to figure out what i was last doing 😅 phantom hourglass was simple fun that let you draw on the map to keep track of what or where you were last thinking of and that really helped to pick it back up at any given time 👌
this is facts i havent played but 4 zelda games but phantom hourglass was my first one and it was so fun and unique on the ds
Same with spirit tracks
Thank you for acknowledging how amazing a link between worlds is!! I barely ever hear people talking about it
Me too. I really enjoyed playing it
You can really see that he hasn't played majoras mask that much, or at least it's been a long time by this quote of his
The day and night system is basically only significant in the first 1h30 of the game, before the link returns to normal
I don't know if I agree with Majoras being below Ocarina of Time but they are two great games and the list was also good
Ocerina of time is the best videogame ever made, although the second best Zelda game on the 64 ;-)
I don’t understand why adventures of link gets so much hate. It’s challenging but fun. One of my favorites.
yeah. and now that I finally learned patience while playing games (taught to me by the souls series), it's not even that challenging. but it is fun.
there are a few too many cryptic bits and things you cannot find without button mashing (they should have had some twinkle sprite or something). but I memorized those all as a kid, so they're not a big deal for me anymore.
for me twilight princess is one of the best zelda games ive ever played
Never played twilight princess, and I always wanted to try it. Hope we get a switch port soon.
Or you could just get it on the Wii U.
Or by a pirate ;)
@zachtwilightwindwaker596 wiiu eshop has been shutdown and good luck finding a physical copy for less than $100
@@Seegrump I got a phys copy for 30 bro
@@Seegrump The Wii U can be hacked and you could get it that way.
Great list! For me personally I would put “A Link to the Past” as a AA. This game was my “Ocarina of Time”. When “A Link Between Worlds” released with its special edition 3DS I was beyond excited.
"You think this little guy is a chicken chaser?" Love the OG Fable reference :D
Dragon Roost Island hits.
Wood: *Dances in Charles Manson*
Thank you! Bob's list drove me crazy. I can't wait for your "Merrio" list.😂
Bob was spitting facts. OoT is a C tier game. The game isn’t nearly an SS. TP is so much better than OoT.
TP was kinda boring in my opinion (I only tried it for like 1 hour at my friends home) but no offense lol
I’m not sure if I’m wrong but you forgot Age of Calamity, I think it’s a really good game with a nice alternative story to give us more of the champions!
Yeah and iam still butt hurt that it’s not canon in My Honest Opinion AOC had a way better made story then Breath and tears put together I wish Nintendo would do more of that of Zelda story build up wise of AOC
I loved phantom hourglass. They tried something new, having two screen bosses were amazing, and the puzzles were very interesting. My 3DS broke and I could not play spirit track. Sad. Lol
I think the blueprint for further games is a link to the past
I actually think Link to the Past is the most important Zelda game of all time. Because IT solidified what Zelda was supposed to be like. People say Ocarina did that, but I heavily disagree with that sentiment. Ocarina blew our minds because it was 3D. But in terms of structure, it was just following what Link to the Past did. It even had a dark world of its own by going into the future.
Its also incredibly weird that Link to the Past have never been remade or remastered yet it plays and looks great even today.
I love the Adventures of Link. I've spent so much time on that game over the years. Sad to see it get so much hate.
yeah, it's a really good game. play the recent PC port. it rules!
How the f can you put Spirit Tracks in D tier, its such a good game!
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I needed this after the monster that was Bobs list
I grew up on NES Zelda and got ocarina of time for Christmas one year and I was obsessed with that game. It’s my fav game ever made. Sure, I was stuck on the water temple for almost a year. But I enjoyed finally figuring it out and beating the game 😂
Every single action game that has a lock-on feature owes this to Ocarina of Time. Nintendo basically wrote the bible of 3D game world navigation basics with Mario 64 and OoT.
OoT came out when I was in 6th grade, I used to wake up an hour early than normal so i could play it before school. Flawless game.
Also, you’re not wrong, earthbound is peak gaming
Dude I used to do the same thing! Sometimes go fishing or run around hyrule. Even played Majoras Mask too.
A Link to the Past should definitely be at the top of this list, its at the top of my all-time video games list. Its a perfect game...a masterpiece!
Link to the past is the goat.
A LINK TO THE PAST is SSS!
I have never played it but I would love to hear why people love it so much.
Four swords adventure for gamecube was ahead of its time. Amazing game with beautiful soundtrack. Recommend giving it a try
I will always stand by this game :)
thanks for recognizing that LBW is actually good
Wind Walker is an underrated gem
No it's not. It's a bad game
better than tp :)@@arekmg0003
@arekmg0003 it's a great game.
I agree with pretty much everything. Only change would be to move Link to the Past to SS.
the adventure of Link an F! WTF!!! it was a gem of it’s time! and the soundtrack!!!💯👌🏼
I agree, its more like an eldin ring than Zelda but for him throw it in F so fast and easily is like ... really?
As someone who’s first real Zelda game was Breath of The Wild, I feel like I’m gonna have a hard time getting used to the other games since there’s no climbing necessarily, open world and Blue Link
Do not worry friend, theres no such thing as a zelda bad game, they are all flawless, just think of the time and technology at the moment, dont compare them to botw
@@smasher2265 Majoras Mask and Ocarina are really good btw
What I really love with the Zelda games is how they keep pushing innovative gameplay, and consequently how rich the whole Zelda collection is.
I don't have any other "franchise" in mind coming close to it.
Good list, I would now put tears of the kingdom in SS and move breath of the wild down into S. I also think that phantom hourglass is severely underrated, B tier absolute minimum, probably A tier IMO
Im so shocked and surprised phantom of hourglass and spirit tracks in D Tier wtf. I didnt know i was driven by nostalgia this much. I had it as one of my best adventure growing up and i saw it as a S tier banger.
It’s not nostalgia
I love how you actually love link between worlds and put it on S tier since most people never talk abt this game and it's very fun. The only thing against it was it was pretty easy that i never even died lol. But i kinda feel attacked you put seasons on A and ages on B since imo, ages was far better than seasons but it's okay. It's your opinion and you said u haven't played it yet haha
Re: The Oracle games. They are completely different games. Much more than, say, the Pokemon titles, they should not be considered one title. So, it makes perfect sense for them to potentially be on different places on a tier list. (They should have separate sales numbers as well, tbh.)
Your list is really good, only thing I would personally change is put Majora's Mask in SS.
I always got stressed out by the timer/moon in Majora's Mask as a kid. I do remember getting all 3 masks without beating a temple and feeling like I "tricked the game".
Windwaker is by far the most underrated zelda game
Second edit: Aonuma confirmed in an interview that link is Ambidextrous, meaning he is neither left-handed or right-handed.
First edit: Link used to be left-handed. Ever since Twilight princess on the Wii, he's been right-handed, so I think it's fair to assume that he's neither left-handed or right-handed.
Twilight Princess is the only game where Link is left-handed. In every other game, he's right-handed.
No, Wood's right. Aonuma may have made up an excuse later on, but all Link's up until that point (and some directly following - Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks, probably to provide consistency with Wind Waker) were left-handed. Just look at Ocarina, Majora's, Wind Waker etc. All left-handed. They have only kept to right-handed since they had to switch it with Twilight Princess, which argues against him being ambidextrous, especially as they kept the DS ones following Wind Waker consistent.
@@charliefen there have been some New games where link is left-handed, like in echoes of wisdom.
Been on a Wind Waker kick lately. You vid popped up…clicked just to see where you put Wind Waker. You are a man of culture and good taste 🫡
You put OOT, BOTW, MM, TP, WW among the best. I'm happy about that !
I think it's really interesting that you preferred SS on the Wii over the Switch, because I felt the opposite. The motion controls really kept me from engaging with the Wii version, but the more standard controls on Switch worked well enough that I could really enjoy the game for what it is (also they made Fi interrupt less).
And it looks SOOOO MUCH BETTER (HD on wii U)
The chasm between ocarina of time and everything else is such that if OOT is SS, everything else is an F. Fight me.
You are off your meds. Take them daily because Zelda II is the bomb.
You need to get off that zaza. Only a high person could say that TLOZ II is the bomb.
@@KPC008It's a masterpiece.
Then do your own ranking video 🤣🤣🤣
Stop
idk why..but every time i see an online zelda discussion..it ALWAYS gets heated lol but this is actually pretty chill
BeatEmUps guy - I’m a huuuuuge Zelda fan
Also BEU guy - I don’t know if LoZ is in Hyrule, I actually don’t know the story. 🤦🏻♂️
BOTW doesn't deserve to be anywhere near OOT or MM, it's a brilliant classic yes, but no SS tier, the story was way too disjointed and broken, BOTW was actually so broken at its core you could miss 99% of the game and go straight to the end lol, that's not what LOZ is about imho.
John 3:16 For God so loves the world that he gave his only begotten son so that who ever believes should not perish but have everlasting life.✝️
no one cares
I’m an ordained pastor and I’m confused why you felt the need to post this comment
Hail satan🔥👹🔱🔥👹🔱🔥👹🔱👹🔱👹🔱🔥🔥🔱👹
Amen
Monogenis does not mean begotten
i think i might be the odd man out here.....i could not get into the breath of the wild games
I would really like to see a Zelda lore / timeline explained video from you
A link to the past was the first video game I've ever played. Guess I was about 5 years old back then.
Theres no way BOTW is better than OOT. BOTW has amazing mechanics and the world is fun to explore. The characters are mediocre, the story is bad, the dungeons are trash, collecting mushrooms and making meals gets tedious after the 3rd or 4th time. Awesome tech improvement for the franchise, but its A at best.
Majora's mask NOT in SS tier? No credibility, unsubbed, blocked, and undergoing electroshock therapy to forget you exist.
How could you not put Skyward Sword in SS? It literally is SS
wat
Windwaker was literally my favorite game growing up but never got to finish it. Luckily just got the game again today and looking forward to finally completing it after 20 years 😭
same bro i need to get back on that beautiful game
Same here. Finally finished the game yesterday and Im glad because the dungeons just gets better. Amazing game
My List would be this
S-Tier (in order)
The legend of ZELDA - Majora's Mask
The legend of ZELDA - Ocarina of Time
The legend of ZELDA - The Wind Waker
A-Tier (in order)
The legend of ZELDA - Breath of the Wild
The legend of ZELDA - Link's Awakening (DX)
The legend of ZELDA - Twilight Princess
The legend of ZELDA - Tears of the Kingdom
The legend of ZELDA - A Link between Worlds
B-Tier (in order)
The legend of ZELDA - Oracle of Ages
The legend of ZELDA - Oracle of Seasons
The legend of ZELDA - A Link to the Past
The legend of ZELDA - Skyward Sword
The legend of ZELDA - Four Swords Adventures
The legend of ZELDA - Hyrule Fantasy
C-Tier (in order)
The legend of ZELDA - The Minish Cap
The legend of ZELDA - The Adventures of Link
The legend of ZELDA - Four Swords (Anniversary Edition)
D-Tier (in order)
The legend of ZELDA - Spirit Tracks
The legend of ZELDA - Phantom Hourglass
E-Tier
The legend of ZELDA - TriForce Heroes
But each list is probably shaped a lot by when a game was played.
Honestly this list is amazing
@@ZayV.3Thank you! =)
L, spirit tracks hater 🤓☝️
Breath of the wild before ocarina? what ? Bruh
Zelda 2 is one of my favorite
Link to the Past and Orcania of Time are a must but everything else is optional. Nuff said.
where's Age of Calamity? it's technically apart of the official Zelda timeline...
I don’t think it’s fair when people say that Ocarina of Time is only loved because of nostalgia. I first played it on my 3DS when I was 13, and it was my third Zelda game. It completely blew me away. I loved it so much, that I even cried listening to Zelda’s Lullaby after that because of my emotional attachment to the game. In my opinion, it deserves all of the hype it gets.