Mine would be Occarina of Time because it introduced me to the series.
Wind Waker for me !
Definitely one of my favorites! I’ve been playing Zelda games since the OG Legend of Zelda on NES, and Wind Waker, particularly the HD remake left me with that really great sense of big world adventure. It was this game that pushed me to get a full sleeve tattoo themed completely around Wind Waker! It’s currently in progress and almost complete. Maybe a few more sessions to get it done. Such a great game!
Breath of the Wild. We themed our wedding on it.
Any photos to share? 🥺🥺
Not publicly, but I will tell you we bought a pile of silk stargazer lillies and hand painted all of them to look like silent princesses. All of the floral was otherwise white, so it was very striking.
Awesome 💕💕 any Zelda music?
I played only Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, BotW and TotK. Among these, I must say TotK is my favorite.
All games are memorable in their own way but I’m a sucker for open world and immersive sim and TotK scratches all my itches. There are somethings I liked more on BotW (story/characters and dungeons) but the new toys and much expanded map more than makes up for it.
a link to the past
i never got into the 3d Zelda games. after playing so long in 2d it just fundamentally changed things into a different game to go 3d. it doesn’t scratch the same itch
Tears of the Kingdom is my favorite, and before that it was BOTW. Third favorite goes to OOT or ALTTP.
Majora’s Mask easily, followed closely by Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time, and Twilight Princess.
The classic style Zelda formula (that was introduced in the OG Zelda and then refined to perfection in ALTTP and OoT) is perfect and didn’t need to be changed up.
To avoid recency bias, I’m going to not say Tears of the Kingdom and say Breath of the Wild, which is my all-time favorite video game. Not counting the newest game, my top 5 are:
- Breath of the Wild
- Wind Waker HD
- A Link to the Past
- The Legend of Zelda
- Twilight Princess
Twilight princess hands down. I adore that game
For nostalgic reasons, mine is also Ocarina of Time, for sure. Majora’s Mask is a close second.
I think Tears of The Kingdom is my favorite gameplay-wise.
The Link’s Awakening remake gets an honorable mention, cause that game is amazing.
Ocarina was my first and absolutely loved it and MM
I was always torn as to weather my fav was ocarina or breath of the wild - but now I’ll say confidently that my fav Zelda game is tears of the kingdom - I’m 90 hours in and feel like I haven’t gotten that far through the whole game but I’m having a blast ⚡⚡⚡
Tears of the Kingdom does have a nasty habit of sucking all of your time in exchange for fun. I’m amazed at how fun it is to play this game.
I finally finished the main story but still have SO much to do and every time I play, I look at the time and wonder how the hell it became 5am so quickly!
Mine would be Links Awakening (the original one on Game Boy). It was the first one I played. As a portable Zelda game, it was awesome. The story was good and the game played really well. I also tried the DX version and that was great too.
Did you play the one on the Switch ? If so, what did you think about it ? I only played the new one on the Switch and it played very well, but I wondered what someone who played the original would think.
I never played the one on the switch. I played the game boy versions only. Even then, they were great.
Do you mean links awakening on switch?
Zelda 3 / link between worlds semi-remake/ reimagining was on 3DS , and was amazing 💕
Ocarina of time was awesome, my first proper 3D Zelda. However they are all awesome. Windwaker was underrated in my opinion, and the new ones are awesome if in a different way.
Growing up I played ALttP and OoT, then later I really got into TP, and then as an adult I did the same with BOTW. But then I played ALBW and that’s when Zelda finally clicked to me and I became a fan of the series. Went back to play and finish the other games with the newfound love of the series, but ALBW is still my favorite. I really love OoT, MM and TP now too, though.
Either BotW or TotK. I believe those games are absolutely incredible. It’s designed so wonderfully! Everything in the game just makes sense.
Though I never fully played through them, OoT and MM have big nostalgia for me from watching my friends play them as a kid.
I played most of the games since OOT, but I think the ones I enjoyed the most would be Twilight Princess and Breath of The Wild. When TP came out I was in my teens, and I loved the vibe of it, and the sheer size of the environments. Breath of the Wild at the time was really as groundbreaking as OOT.
(I think if I was born ten years earlier, OOT would def be on the list too, but I only really got to play it after the later games)
I was 14 when Ocarina of Time came out and it was my favorite video game for a decade or more. Now, I rank it kind of middle of the pack. I don’t think it holds up as well as the 2d games or most of the 3d games, but it was groundbreaking at the time.
