A Link to the Past is probably the best game in the series, with MM being a close second. Definitely play either one of those, and whichever one you choose - play the other one next.

I'm personally torn on this one. I think it all come down to nostalgia vs superiorly refined mechanics and framerate. OoT 3D is the superior version of the game - I don't think anyone can deny that, but regardless there is a certain charm to the original too and playing it on a TV is a benefit over a handheld no matter how you spin it. Also the lighting is too bright at times in the 3DS version. Ganon is less imposing because of it.. but that's just me.

MM64 is better than MM3D though, at least in my opinion. Less hand holding.

Yeah well I couldn't really say that anyway, since the game grumps playthrough revealed some secrets for me already when I watched last year. lol I just didn't wanna keep backtracking and driving myself nuts trying to find the last two.

Found all heart pieces in A Link to the Past besides two. Spent a day searching for them - found out they were in two places I'd have never even thought to look, because I already checked there. [Cave in Kakariko, Turtle Rock]

Am I a filthy cheater? I usually don't use guides for anything so I'm super ocd about this sort of thing.

Amazon just billed me for $22 and shipped Xenoblade.

My god...... words can't even describe it.

@Collie_Lover: I hope so too. I've had a very lucky year so far when it comes to game bargains. [MGSV and Arkham Knight for free baby~] so this would really top it off nicely.

Happy belated! There hasn't been a system half as good as you since you left store shelves.

@Juub1990:

"Again, ALTTP has virtually no AI and the combat has no flow whatsoever, enemies don't react, they don't defend, they don't react, they don't do shit actually" They don't react in OoT either. Only Dark Link. I fail to see what you're point is - because the same logic can be applied to OoT as well, because the only noticeable difference between the AI in both games is that the enemies in OoT have a pattern. An incredibly predictable pattern that you can exploit without the enemies changing up their strategies, mind you.

"Block, attack, dodge...yeah well it's a fight, do you expect much more?" Yes. I expect enemies to be an actual threat to me, and I expect combat to require more out of me than simply waiting for them to bonk my shield so I can attack them. Seriously, as long as you have z targeting with your shield up, enemies will NEVER be a threat to you. ALTTP's AI is *unpredictable*, sometimes that makes enemies dumber and causes them to run into attacks, but it can also do the exact opposite which forces you to throw away your expectations and react to what an enemy does in the moment. In OoT, the pattern is so predictable that enemies can't hurt you. It's so baffling to me that you can't comprehend this simple fact, but I'll continue repeating myself regardless.

"What the hell are you on about? It's been sitting on 97 score for over a decade. It was the highest rated game at the time of its RELEASE. It has nothing to do with nostalgia. I don't even think it's the best game ever. It's not even in my top 10 but there definitely is an argument for it being the greatest game ever considering it's REGARDED as the best game ever."

Again - who gives a shit? It has everything to do with nostalgia - because better games have come and gone since OoT came out and there's literally no getting around that. Twilight Princess did everything Ocarina of Time did and better, yet you don't see people hailing it as the best game of all time. Why is that? Nostalgia - plain and simple.

And that goes back to what I said previously. Why are you even bringing up the Minish Cap? We're not comparing ALTTP to TMC, we're comparing ALTTP with OoT. Every single time you mention TMC from now on, I'm gonna bring up Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, which completely improve on the combat of OoT in every sense imaginable.

And you know what? The combat isn't even the most important part of a Zelda game so I don't know why we're putting so much time in analyzing it. As I said before, Zelda is an adventure game - and OoT doesn't require you to explore to move through the game. ALTTP does. ALTTP has bosses that don't follow a set pattern of > use item at right moment > attack. The flow of the battle is decided by you and you alone, because the bosses are always vulnerable - but so are you. In nearly every aspect of both games, ALTTP does it better - besides maybe combat and puzzles, and then it's completely debatable anyways. The fact remains that OoT set standards that shattered the core spirit of the Zelda series and it went from an adventure to an uber-linear, guided tour. That's something that simply can't be disputed.

Also, I have a question for you. You've seen Egoraptor's sequelitis video right? If not, go watch it - because he explains it better than me, and you'll probably see things very differently after you're finished with it.

@turtlethetaffer: If I do that they might be like, "Oops looks like there was a glitch in the system I'll change the price back to normal"

@YearoftheSnake5: That's just the thing though.. I didn't reserve it for that price, the price somehow glitched out and changed after I cancelled one of the orders attached to it, or maybe just out of the blue.. I can't pinpoint when it happened, but it wasn't during checkout. Do they still have to honour it under these circumstances, or can they just say, "Oh sorry sir there was a glitch in the system but we changed it back to it's proper price. If you aren't satisfied with the price, I can cancel the order and you can buy it at a later date" or some stupid customer service bs?