Poll: Favourite Zelda generation?

[EzraPound]

...I'm going to have to go with the Game Boy/Game Boy Color - after all, it had more Zelda titles than any other console (3), and Link's Awakening and Oracle of Seasons/Ages were really, really good. Plus, I never really liked this franchise as much once it went 3D - though Ocarina of Time was good, it seemed like the new graphical style resulted in myriad complexities that never hampered the 2D titles (and I want a manual jump, damnit).

On the flipside, while the original NES Zelda is great, the game is nonetheless a tad on the rudimentary side (it can be pretty baffling at the outset), and Zelda II was something of a letdown. Neither of these complaints can really be made of A Link to the Past, though I never understood why so many gamers feel it's better than Link's Awakening or Oracle of Ages/Seasons. I mean, more innovative, yeah - it's the first refined 2D Zelda - but better? I don't think so.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

Well, seeing as Link's Awakening was the only one I played to completion (Multiple times), I'll go with that.
Dammit, that was a brilliant game.

 

[Kajin]

I've always liked wind waker the most. I know for a fact that I'll be in the minority but wind waker had a feel that was certainly more visceral than any other zelda game I've ever played. Combat was actually fun instead of tedious as it is with other zelda games.

 

[lostclause]

Since Link to the past is also on GBA, I went with that.

 

[EzraPound]

I've always liked wind waker the most. I know for a fact that I'll be in the minority but wind waker had a feel that was certainly more visceral than any other zelda game I've ever played. Combat was actually fun instead of tedious as it is with other zelda games.

Actually, I've never found combat tedious in any Zelda game except perhaps, intermittedly, Ocarina of Time (I haven't really played the other 3D ones...), simple as it is. But I guess it depends what you compare it to: I'd far rather play a game like the original, 8-bit Zelda with real-time combat than, say, the first Final Fantasy.

 

[Woem]

My vote goes to the 8-bit version of Link's Awakening. Especially compared to the other Gameboy games of that period the graphics, cutscenes and music was absolutely amazing! It's definitely one of the best GB games I've every played, and even compared to Ocarina of Times one of the best Zelda games.

 

[EzraPound]

My vote goes to the 8-bit version of Link's Awakening. Especially compared to the other Gameboy games of that period the graphics, cutscenes and music was absolutely amazing! It's definitely one of the best GB games I've every played, and even compared to Ocarina of Times one of the best Zelda games.

One thing that can be said about Link's Awakening, even if much of its gameplay is lifted from A Link to the Past, is that no Zelda title occupied such a dominant place in its respective console's software library at the time of its release (indeed, even at the time of OoT's release it was possible to debate whether Super Mario 64 or GoldenEye 007 was better). That's rare.

Of course, by the time Oracle of Ages/Seasons were released, the Pokémon franchise had emerged to challenge Zelda for the title of the most successful series on the Game Boy, and even Wario Land II & 3 offered some competition. But I digress: Link's Awakening is awesome.

 

[Dark Knifer]

For me it was ocarina of time because it was one of my first n64 and indeed one of my first console games. It's still one of my favourite game's of all time.

 

[Woem]

My vote goes to the 8-bit version of Link's Awakening. Especially compared to the other Gameboy games of that period the graphics, cutscenes and music was absolutely amazing! It's definitely one of the best GB games I've every played, and even compared to Ocarina of Times one of the best Zelda games.

One thing that can be said about Link's Awakening, even if much of its gameplay is lifted from A Link to the Past, is that no Zelda title occupied such a dominant place in its respective console's software library at the time of its release (indeed, even at the time of OoT's release it was possible to debate whether Super Mario 64 or GoldenEye 007 was better). That's rare.

Of course, by the time Oracle of Ages/Seasons were released, the Pokémon franchise had emerged to challenge Zelda for the title of the most successful series on the Game Boy, and even Wario Land II & 3 offered some competition. But I digress: Link's Awakening is awesome.

Exactly, and that's why I specified the 8-bit GB. There was also a remake of the game for GBA with an extra color-based dungeon, but I never got around to playing that version since I never owned a GBA.

 

[end_boss]

I'll admit to being a bit closed-minded. I loved the games up to A Link To The Past, but by the time the N64 Zeldas came out, I was going through a phase where I disliked my favourite 2D franchises making the jump to 3D with extreme prejudice. I never gave the 3D Zeldas a chance, and I never got around to rekindling my interest in the series.

 

[JaneDoe]

Links Awakening was the first game I ever played. I loved it and always shall.

 

[stinkypitz]

I loved oracle of ages/seasons, those games had an undeniable charm and aura of adventure about them. The original nes titles were fantastic too, if only for the nostalgia factor.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

No Link to the Past - No Fallout 3

It really is that influential.

The first ever true open world in a game.

And such a perfectly formed, gorgeous one to boot.

 

[IckleMissMayhem]

Link's Awakening (first game I ever owned and completed) & Ocarina of Time.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Oracle games for me. Have yet to play Ocarina of Time, though.

 

[Trotgar]

I liked the 64 games, But I love Twilight Princess. It's somewhat like Ocarina, but has new ideas etc.

 

[TelHybrid]

N64 for me. Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask all the way!

 

[Gigaguy64]

This is hard.
i loved them all but, Links Awakening will alwase have a special place in my heart.
(Ballad of the Wind Fish begins to play in the background)
Marin.........sigh.

 

[soulasylum85]

im going wiith a link to the past because it was my favorite. but i dont think you should group an awesome game like twilight princess in with a horrible game like windwaker