Rank Them Zelda Games

...yeah. i've broken mine down into categories of good and mediocre. the ones not included are the ones i haven't played. i am aware that there are two number threes.

inb4 1. Link: The Faces of Evil

Kick-Ass:

1. Majora's Mask (it's MAJORA'S MASK)
2. Link's Awakening (**** the haters)
3. Ocarina of Time (haven't played in a very long time, so take the ranking however you want)
4. The Wind Waker (fetch quest be damned, it was still fantastic)

Meh:

5. Twilight Princess (Jeff was right)
6. A Link to the Past (this is me having played the other games first than it actually being meh...too dated for me)
7. The Legend of Zelda (see above)
8. Minish Cap (boring as hell, terrible items, lame gimmick)
9. Zelda II (legitimately **** even without the Zelda name)

1. ALTTP
2. OoT
3. TP
4. WW

TheBassinator lols at your meh list. Besides Zelda II, it deserves to be there.

Okay, I've probably made this list 100 times but never in GUFU, so

1. Majora's Mask

2. Ocarina of Time

3. Wind Waker (the boat was fun, shoot me)

4. Minish Cap

5. Twilight Princess

6. Spirit Tracks (I'm like halfway through, but it's already better than Phantom Hourglass)

6. Oracle of Seasons

7. Phantom Hourglass 

Ones I haven't played enough omitted. I suck too much at LoZ and Adventure of Link to get anywhere in them. LttP I played a long time ago and got stuck in some desert dungeon. Link's Awakening I never played.

3. TP

IronBass

this is all i saw before i started laughing my ass off

1. Majora's Mask

2. Ocarina of Time

3. Wind Waker

4. A Link to the Past

5. TLoZ

6. Oracle of Seasons

7. Oracle of Ages

8. Phantom Hourglass

9. Twilight Princess

10. Spirit Tracks

11. The Adventure of Link

Didn't play Minish Cap

this all i saw before i started laughing my ass off -The-G-Man-

You have OoT, which is basically the same game (far less polished and more clunky) in the same position.

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"] this all i saw before i started laughing my ass off IronBass

You have OoT, which is basically the same game (far less polished and more clunky) in the same position.

Yep, I don't get OOT love and TP hate. 

1. Ocarina of Time

2. Majora's mask

3. Twilight Princess

4. Link to the Past

5. Everything else

6. Wind Waker

What now. 

1. Wind Waker
2. Twilight Princess
3. OOT
4. Link to the Past
5. Minish Cap
6. Link's Awakening
7. Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages
8. Spirit Tracks
9. Phantom Hourglass
10. Zelda 1
12. Zelda 2
13. CDi games
14. ???
15. Majora's Mask

1) Ocarina of Time

2) Majora's Mask

3) A Link to the Past

4) Wind Waker

5) Twilight Princess

6) The Legend of Zelda

7) Phantom Hourglass

8) Minish Cap

Have yet to play the others but I'll get to em

It's always so hard for me to rank games

1. Zelda 2

2.  Ocarina of Time

3. TP

4.  Majora's Mask

5.  Wind Waker

6. Zelda

7.  Phantom Hourglass

Really from this point on I don't know which ones I like best. In truth I have never played a Zelda that I did not love. 

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"] this all i saw before i started laughing my ass off IronBass

You have OoT, which is basically the same game (far less polished and more clunky) in the same position.

[QUOTE="IronBass"]

3. TP

-The-G-Man-

this is all i saw before i started laughing my ass off

I peronsally loved TP. It's one of my favs of this gen. 

[QUOTE="IronBass"]

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"] this all i saw before i started laughing my ass off -The-G-Man-

You have OoT, which is basically the same game (far less polished and more clunky) in the same position.

Like most sequels.

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

[QUOTE="IronBass"]

3. TP

HarlockJC

this is all i saw before i started laughing my ass off

I peronsally loved TP. It's one of my favs of this gen. 

I consider it a GC game still, seeing as I bought a GC for it, but if we're counting it as this gen, I agree.

1. Wind Waker
2. Twilight Princess
3. OOT
4. Link to the Past
5. Minish Cap
6. Link's Awakening
7. Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages
8. Spirit Tracks
9. Phantom Hourglass
10. Zelda 1
12. Zelda 2
13. CDi games
14. ???
15. Majora's Mask

Teufelhuhn

What kind of mad man are you?!?!

Anyways, on my list of Zelda games. (There's no meh list, get real.... you just hate G-man :P )

1. Majora's Mask

2. Link's Awakening (The Ballad of the Windfish will forever remain in my head)

3. Oracle of Seasons/Ages 

3. ALttP

4. OoT

5. Wind Waker

6. Zelda 1

7. Phantom Hourglass

8. Minish Cap

9. Twilight Princess

10. Zelda II

*I have not played Spirit Tracks yet, so no comment. 

Sorry I deleted my first post. Had to rethink about what I said.

Awesome:

-OoT

-MM

-Link's Awakening

-Phantom Hourglass

-Oracles

-Wind Waker

-Four Swords Adventures

-Zelda I

Not that awesome, but still fun:

-Zelda II

-Twilight Princess

Surprised anyone can put Phantom Hourglass over Twilight Princess, I mean that had to be the most mind numbingly repetetive Zelda ever.

Who makes you repeat a dungeon like half a dozen time and having to do the puzzles EACH TIME? 

1. WW

2. TP

3. ALTTP

4. MISHCAP

5. Zelda

those are all the ones i've played in order. 

1. A Link To The Past
2. Ocarina of Time
3. Majoras Mask
4. Twilight Princess
5. Windwaker
6. The Legend of Zelda
7. Zelda II

Surprised anyone can put Phantom Hourglass over Twilight Princess, I mean that had to be the most mind numbingly repetetive Zelda ever.

Who makes you repeat a dungeon like half a dozen time and having to do the puzzles EACH TIME? 

 

110million

1. A Link to the Past

2. Oracle of Ages/Seasons

3. Wind Waker

4. Oracle iof Time

5. Majora's Mask

6. Phantom hourglass

7. Twilight Princess

8. The Legend of Zelda

9 Everything else.

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"][QUOTE="IronBass"]

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"] this all i saw before i started laughing my ass off IronBass

You have OoT, which is basically the same game (far less polished and more clunky) in the same position.

Like most sequels.

so are we admitting it's painfully mediocre?

so are we admitting it's painfully mediocre?-The-G-Man-

Hmm, no. I said it was indeed fairly similar to its prequel and that its "gimmick" worked as well (or badly) as TMC's did, and that that is quite common in the industry.

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]so are we admitting it's painfully mediocre?IronBass

Hmm, no. I said it was indeed fairly similar to its prequel and that its "gimmick" worked as well (or badly) as TMC's did, and that that is quite common in the industry.

how does "being common" make it passable? we still complain about terrible stories when a game tries and fails to tell a good one, yet it's common that game stories are terrible

My list is subject to change over time.

All I know is that Majora's mask and Ocarina of Time are on top and Twilight Princess and Wind waker is somewhere in the middle. 

 Zelda is pretty much my favourite game series, so here we go.

Wind Waker has the best NPCs and graphics. Dungeons were disappointing and the game felt unfinished at parts (trifoce quest). But the side quests were great, and the game felt alive in many ways. Seriously Nintendo, the Wind Waker artstyle is perfect for Zelda (except on DS, yuck. Skyward Sword is pretty close though, really happy with the style they went with.

Spirit Tracks had great dungeons, boss fights, items and the best Zelda. Too bad the overworld and train transportation got repetitive and stopped being fun pretty fast.

Phantom Hourglass was...Well the boat was superior to the train. Lineback was alright too. Dungeons weren't that good, and it was too easy. Multiplayer was fun for a bit. Probably the worst Zelda I've played.

 Twilight Princess had the best dungeons in any Zelda. Still think the game has some neat graphic effects, but it hasn't aged too well. Midna is a great character, side quests sucked and the overworld felt empty and barren. Unlike Wind Waker, this game felt dead in many ways. But still the dungeons, puzzles and bosses were fantastic. 

Ocarina of Time is a classic. Even though the new Zeldas are superior in many ways, I still think this is the most polished and balanced 3D zelda. A lot of great memories have been made because of this title too.

Even though Majora's Mask only has 4 dungeons, and only one of them is really great, this is still the best 3D Zelda. The groundhog day mechanic is genious, the world felt more alive then any other game, and you get to roll around as a freakin' goron.

Link To The Past is the perfect Zelda game. That is all that needs to be said.

So basically my list is

Link to the Past>Majora's Mask>Ocarina of Time>Wind Waker=Twilight Princess>Spirit Tracks>Phantom Hourglass.

I never really understand how people can complain about the Zelda formula being the same over the past 10 years or so, when the dungeon formula is so good and hardly any other developers even attempt it. I also think this "realization" has been made because of Twilight Princes, and how it doesn't really set an identity for itself, it is pretty much OoT 2.