Every Legend of Zelda Game Ranked From WORST To BEST
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Debuting in 1986 for the Famicom Disk System in Japan, The Legend of Zelda didn’t just serve as that system’s killer app; it became a sensation worldwide, helping to propel the NES to must-have status in the West and establishing Nintendo as one of gaming’s most important developers. Of course, with so many sequels and spin-offs, not all of them can be created equal. But don’t worry! We are here to tell you which games are better than which other games and by exactly how much. Here is Every Legend of Zelda Video Game Ranked from Worst to Best.
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin) & Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Philip J Reed (@NoNoiseChitChat)
Video Editor: Alex Winters (@MrSteakFace)
Featured Legend of Zelda games:
• BS Zelda no Densetsu (1995)
• BS Zelda no Densetsu Inishie no Sekiban (1997)
• Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda
• Dekisugi Tingle Pack (2009)
• Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland (2006)
• Hyrule Warriors (2014)
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020)
• Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip (2009)
• Link: The Faces of Evil (1993)
• Link’s Crossbow Training (2007)
• My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2016)
• The Legend of Zelda (1986)
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004)
• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition (2011)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (1993)
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (2000)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001)
• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009)
• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004)
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (2015)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006)
• Tingle’s Balloon Fight DS (2007)
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987)
• Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce (1992)
• Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (1993)
• Zelda’s Adventure (1994)
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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.
“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 RUclips 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!
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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.
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)
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.
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)
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
_"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.
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
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.
Skyward sword might not be the best in the series but it should never be THAT low
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.
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.
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) :).
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?
I played The Legend of Zelda as a child in 87, thanks for making me feel very, very old.
hahaha
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.
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.
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.
Twilight Princess deserves way better than 16.
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
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…
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
I honestly don't think breath of the wild is the best Zelda game, maybe #5 or #6 maybe
“I’m Ben and I’m Peter from Triple Jump”.
Is he called Ben or Peter? I’m so confused.
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
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.
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.
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
Majoras mask for life for me. If you get into the side quests and story, it’s an experience
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.
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
not surprised to see BOTW at the top. sometimes i feel like the only person that didn’t fall in love with that installment. And just as you predicted everyone is upset about how low TP is, which i think is fair because it is… really low. That being said, I love that MM is above OoT. MM has been my favorite since i was a little kid and i was always made to feel like i was wrong for thinking it was the better of the two.
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!
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.
Yeah I disagree with this list at almost every point.
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
I didnt know miyamoto fought skeletons as a kid! What a badass
Link between Worlds is one of my favorite Zelda games. This one, BotW, and the original are the only ones I can replay and not be bored.
Putting Breath of the Wild over Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask is just biased
Nah you’re just nostalgia biased, when comparing the games without bias BoTW is leagues ahead
@@rowk19 You're just recency-biased, when comparing games without bias BotW lags far behind.
See how easy it is to just dismiss someone's opinion by baking up a bunch of BS?
@@yourgameisstupid found yet another nostalgia-biased person (it’s been 5 years since BoTW come on, anyone with any sort of recency bias would’ve lost it like atleast 3 years ago)
@@rowk19 Totally failed to understand the point *and* upvoted your own reply. What a dunce.
@@rowk19 I hate the whole nostalgia bias argument whenever anyone says an old game is better than a new game. Just because a game is newer doesn't mean it's better.
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.
Putting Skyward Sword below Zelda II is such a terrible take lol
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
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 listened to this in pieces over 3 months just to get hit with Windwaker being described as "WATER great game". Thanks Triple Jump writers.
Twilight Princess deserves more
To provide a unique perspective, I grew a PlayStation kid and never played Zelda until acquiring an old DS on eBay for cheap and then buying Phantom Hourglass. I personally loved it and it got me thoroughly back into games, transforming me into a Nintendo guy (along with Pokemon Diamond & Pearl). I so into Zelda now that I got TOTK first day and have been working my way through the back catalog.
Zelda II should be much higher on the list. Such an underrated game.
i actually like skyward sword. yeah i have a lot of design problems with this game but i didn’t have a lot of problems with the motion controls like a lot of people apparently did. i don’t understand why it’s below one of the tingle games and zelda 2 though.
Man Twilight Princess is underrated
I recently translated the cards & manual for the Barcode Battler II Legend of Zelda cards.
The game is played by laying the cards out in a certain way and Link collects items and battles enemies one card at a time.
The Barcode Battler itself is used for the battles and saving Link's stats between battles.
It's a bit better than the base Barcode Battler II game, but the hardware's optional as you can also play with a D6 with slightly different rules.
It's almost as though they didn't play this version and based their opinion of it on the Barcode Battler alone...
I’m so glad to see twilight princess fans. I always see people talking about ocarina of time or skyward sword(one of my least favorite game btw)
Twilight princess gives everything that every other Zelda games don’t. It’s definitely my top game and it brings back so much emotional nostalgia
as someone whos favorite is twilight princess, second favorite is skyward sword, enjoys spirit tracks and triforce heroes a lot, and didnt really care for botw, this was mildly terrifying to watch
at least wind waker albw mm and oot get the love they deserve
I adored Breath of the Wild, but Skyward Sword deserves more love for sure
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.
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
The Barcode Battler game breaches a few of the guidelines you mentioned in the intro:
1. It's a "port" so to speak, of the Japanese Super Famicom game which became known as "A Link to the Past" in the West.
2. The Barcode Battler is an LCD based game.
3. It's more of a card game than a video game. The Barcode Battler isn't even required.
I get the feeling this game was only included to fill out the numbers and show everyone there's something even less fun than the CDi games.
The first on in 1986 changed my life.
Breath of the Wild at number one? Haven't played it (don't have the right system), but I've seen enough to be highly skeptical.
It has a loud vocal minority that can’t get on with its flaws but it is a masterpiece like GOW RDR2 and TLOU.
A deserved game of the year when it was released and recently voted as the best game of all time in Japan recently. It’s been praised by gamers, reviewers and many developers so no need to be skeptical at all, really. It deserves first place on yet another list even if you don’t get on with it if you play it.
It has clear flaws but like all good masterpieces it’s more than the sum of its parts.
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.
My Top 3: A Link to the Past, Minish Cap, Links Awakening
My worst 3: Breath of the Wild, Adventure of Link, TLoZ
note that its my opinion and that ive listed only main-line games except the multiplayer games
I think people's ranking are highly influenced by the era they were born.
The time and console they started playing on, and therefor the sentiment that's into play.
For me personally, as someone born in 1984, i started to play on a NES. And have played Zelda and Link both on the console.
However i really started heavy gaming when we got the SNES. I have played more hours of ALTTP than all the other Zelda games combined.
My personal favorites:
1: Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
2: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
3: Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
4: Legend of Zelds: Breath of the Wild (2017)
5: All the other ones, can't really place them... like them all, but not very wild about them.
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.
This has some of the best writing out of any video y'all have put out. Kudos
Y’all are usually pretty decent at these types of list.. however y’all botched this one so terribly it’s embarrassing.. also why did y’all use the Wii U version of the WW not the Wii U version of TP? Twilight princess remaster looks better than Wind waker
Yeah Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess were way too low. Also, I agree the DS games are some of the weaker games in the series but they shouldn't be ranked below Four Swords and a bizarre Tingle spinoff
Yeah they totally botched the list there was significant bias and troll rankings
Putting Zelda 2 above skyward sword and spirit tracks has made me flip a table in rage and nonsense. How could you call that a fair difficulty curve
I'm just glad that Zelda 2 is not at the bottom of the list. Yeah it's punishing and can be unfair at times but as a platformer is pretty darn good, and that battle system it's just so rewarding when you figure out enemies' patterns *chef's kisses*. Completing this game also gives you that great feel of accomplishment that not many games offer. And don't forget that most of the important NPC names came after this game (Ruto, Darunia, Nabooru, to name a few). I can keep praising what this game did good and what's to improve, and definitely is not for everyone however it remains an important game in the series nevertheless.
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.
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.
I love Wind Waker. I just wish they'd port it to the Switch
Breath of the Wild being #1 on this list just farther proves that recency bias you were talking about earlier.
BoTW has a lot of negatives which made it horrible to play (weapons all breaking - even Links long time weapon and shield, area's too open and empty, samey dungeons and enemies etc).
Orarina is of course the best, along with Majoras Mask, twilight princess and link to the past I haven't played but know it's one many are fond it. Skyward sword without wii controls could've been good.
WW and TP are always going to be the most controversial in any ranking. The thing is this is so easy to explain and understand. As was mentioned in the vid, WW is a coming of age story. So basically anyone from the ages of 6-15ish when WW came out tends to rate WW extremely high and thus TP lower. Counter that with anyone 18+ when WW came out rates WW lowerish and have TP much higher, 16th best game is just absurd btw.
Most content creators are going to be from this group of 6-15 when WW came out and their nostalgia for the game shows. TP obviously has its issues, especially in the early game, but it's mini games, collectables and thematic dungeons all tend to be much better done than WW when looked at objectively.
Now I am sure there will be some exceptions to this rule, but in general this age difference is why there are such wildly swinging opinions on the two games. What will be interesting is this next generation of content creators/gamers opinions on lists such as these.
If your top 5 list doesnt have Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, Wind Waker, Skyward Sword and Link to the Past, youre wrong.
It's kind of ironic that people wanted a realistic zelda similar to ocarina of time, but complained when they got it in twilight princess' release
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
#1 Majora mask
story, character, music and secret theory
I love how you say you are not going to cover any LCD games, then you immediately cover the Barcode Battler which is an LCD game.
Twilight princess is criminally underrated.
Agree with pretty much everything on this list apart from Twilight Princess. That rating is criminally low to me and TP ended up being in my top 3 Zelda games of all time. I thought the story, the soundtrack, and even the actual atmosphere in the game were top tier. Definitely needed to be higher
BOTW isn't even a Top 20 Zelda game for me. It's a pretty dull Ubisoft sandbox game, and I seriously do not understand the praise it gets. I guarantee people will not think so highly of it in 10 years when other Zelda games have come out.
people are just stupid bandwagoners
"It's a pretty dull Ubisoft sandbox game" The funny part is even Ubisoft of all people were making fun of lazy open world cliches like tower climbing (in Far Cry 5) only a few months after BotW was released.
So you have garbage taste, got it 👍
MM is behind OoT because of the visuals. Locations don't fit together well and don't transition into one another in a nice manner. I know that MM had to be made with important time constraints, but that removes much of its charm. Especially when it comes to the temples. They are so ugly!
Some locations had plenty of potential, like the swamp for example, but they didn't get the time to make them more detailed.
Think of how Hyrule field colors and shapes slowly transition es into Gerudo Valley, then into Gerudo fortress, and then into the haunted desert. Or think of how the Hyrule Field guides you into Zora's domain and then Zora's fountain. It's a super nice progression. The one exception is the ice cavern (which reminds me a lot of MM lol).
Otherwise, it's an amazing game, but because of its looks, it cannot top OoT.
(Not related, but that line about Satan pinching a pen between his buttcheeks had me laughing for at least 5 hours)
TripleJump: Sony is Nitendo's biggest competitior
Microsoft: (Cries in lack of exclusives)
I knew BotW was going to be #1 and I can’t help feel it’s down to recency bias. A great game, no doubt, but not a great Zelda game.
Imo I think it’s the opposite for a lot of people, other people rating the N64 games at the top is Nostalgia bias. In reality when comparing all the games BoTW is leagues above most other Zelda games and some people don’t wanna admit it
@@rowk19 In terms of gameplay mechanics, yes, but what else would you expect when it has 20+ years of lesson learning and experience over the N64 titles?
In my opinion, BotW falls well short on a lot of the key elements that make the Zelda franchise what it is. For that reason I couldn’t rank it at number 1 personally.
Realistically, the Zelda formula was perfected with ALttP so perhaps that deserves the top spot.
@@rowk19 Leagues above? It has pretty much nothing of what I love the Zelda series for. Yes it's a really great open world game, but as a Zelda game, it doesn't scratch that Zelda itch for me at all. It barely even has dungeons.
@@Lang7 But it's not really up to you to determine what a 'Zelda' game is supposed to be. Yes, ALttP ended up defining what many Zelda games would later become, but it's not like it created some magical set of rules that HAD to be set in stone from thereon out.
If you feel the game is flawed, that's 200% fine, but it's rather unfair to say that it somehow fails at being a Zelda game.
@@uldralawd4095 It is up to me, it’s my opinion. There was 30+ years of history prior to BotW and I’ve played the vast majority of those so I’m well aware of what constitutes a Zelda game.
BotW clearly changed the existing formula, yet wasn’t brave enough to totally abandon it. The result is a strange halfway house which vaguely harks back to what came before but is no where near as rich and, therefore, is a worse experience for it.
Not enough people talk about gems like phantom hourglass, it was literally my first game ever and I rarely see it get as much love as the game I see that shaped me into the humble gamer I am
Same for Spirit Tracks.
Phantom Hourglass was my first Zekda game that I owned
@@Anman999 For me, it was my second. Right after I got Ocarina of Time.
Phantom Hourglass was also my first Zelda game. When it said "enter your name," I did, and was shocked to later realize that the protagonist actually had a name of his own!
Sorry, you are not the protagonist of the world. The world doesn't have to worry about the first game you played.
The check the wiki bit got more and more funny
I literally just started eating Ravioli when Peter made that joke...
Wind Waker will always be number 1 for me. I personally don’t see what is so dull about the Triforce quest. It encourages you to be set free and go explore the map to find the pieces. And it’s not like it’s all too hard to actually get all the pieces either. The hardest part in the original is getting all the rupees you need. But the game does understand this and usually gives you plenty of opportunities to rack up thousands of rupees through the game especially if you actually take the time to go for the treasure charts. If you do that, it should be easy to afford the charts. In the remake, the swift sail and reduction of how much money you need to pay takes away any reason to complain about the quest. Unless your complaint is that you are forced to explore one of the most beautiful settings in a Zelda game for some reason. Like the rupees part wasn’t great but the remake completely fixed it and that honestly makes one of the best Zelda experiences ever.
Twilight Princess is top 3, mostly for the dungeon design. Probably third best only behind Windwaker and OoT. I mean BOTW is amazing for the open world which I guess substitutes for actual dungeons, but the divine beasts are extremely weak in terms of actual dungeon design besides the boss fights I guess.
Edit: Really you put Skyward Sword that low, bad take man. You voted a freaking Tingle game over it. A Link to the Past should be number 1 also.
Really? Twilight Princess is #16? 🙄🙄🙄🙄
I was hoping that one of the top 5 comments for me said this! Thank you! Four swords is #15?? 🤣🤣🤣
Ya twilights top 5 for me
Even though it was sadly predictable, I'm baffled as to how anyone can put Breath of the Wild as the best Zelda game ever (other than because it's the current thing). I wouldn't put in my top 5. I thought it was dull, bland and soulless. Other Zelda games have unforgettable, iconic, living breathing worlds and adventures, but Breath of the Wild just has terrain; lots and lots and lots of terrain. In terms of gameplay, dungeons, bosses, world, items, story, characters, music, etc. it falls in every category, but apparently, according to the hivemind, that makes it the best one...
Oracle of ages/seasons were really fun imo. Minish cap was great too!
I always loved twilight princess and thought the story is one of the best in the series.
A Link to the past will always be my favorite.
Faces of evil is one of my favourite Zelda games