For me personally, I like Zelda, but it ranges significantly based on the particular entry.
A Link to the Past I absolutely love and is one of my favorite games of all time, the rest though isn't quite on par. Twilight Princess is decent, Ocarina of Time was very good, Skyward Sword has excellent dungeons but too much filler, and I've never particularly enjoyed Majora's Mask because it was excessively convoluted to the point of needing a game guide for a number of things and Wind Waker, while I liked the art style, came across as a bit too kid friendly and simplistic, plus sailing was tedious. And I hate the original NES Zelda because of the lack of a proper map, too many areas that look the same and extremely bland/repetitive dungeons. (Granted, yes, Zelda NES was a revolutionary idea for the time, but it has NOT held up well in retrospect even remotely. I respect what it tried to do, it's just not any fun to revisit.)
(I don't like handheld games, so I'm not even going to comment on those even though I've played most of them.)
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As for the types of games I like to play. Oddly enough most of my male friends seem to sit around lecturing me about how important story is and find action boring in games. Where as for me, I love action games, platformers and RPGs purely for the interactivity factor. I like the frenetic pacing and list of combos in action games, acrobatic reflex-driven navigation of environments in platformers, and building custom characters and influencing the world around me in RPGs.
That said, I play a lot more than just that, but the general point is I'm far more likely to be sitting on my bed cackling as a ram a chainsaw through a fictional character's head than anyone of my male friends I know. I also tend to role-play evil, manipulative, power-hungry ***** characters in RPGs.
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When it comes to Film and TV though, my tastes are completely opposite, with my male friends preferring action and eye candy and me enjoying drama stuff and bored out of my mind with action films.
(In case anyone is wondering why this is the case, it's because I enjoy the interactivity factor of video games and focus almost entirely on that. Where as with film I get nothing from "watching people do cool stuff" and feel that it generally needs to be able to hold itself up entirely based on memorable characters, plot and atmosphere.)
I'm a female gamer who does not like the Zelda franchise. I don't hate it or anything like that, it's just not my cup of tea. Every game feels the same to me and I've never quite understood the appeal. I can see they're quality games, I just don't like them, nor play them. In fact, it's been a very long time since I've played any Nintendo game.
