Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask rank amongst my favorite games of all time. The N64 generation was definitely the best.
Poll: Favourite Zelda generation?
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Ocarina of Time was a masterpiece, but I didn't really like Majora's Mask so I have to give the best "generation" to the Game Boy games. Link's Awakening was my first Zelda and it was also the first game to really make an impact on me emotionally with its story and characters. Couple that with the scope and innovation of the two Oracle games, and it's really a no-contest.
Ages and Seasons, I did the whole secrete cross over thing and it's quite cool the little changes they make to the second game; like expanding the cave where you get the sword (in seasons)
Plus the magically boomerang in seasons is one of my favourite Zelda weapons, remote controlled baby!
Plus the magically boomerang in seasons is one of my favourite Zelda weapons, remote controlled baby!
Oracle of ages and seasons are the best by far! (seasons being my favourite) 8 caves and bosses, plus secrets from the other games, and Subrosia was soooooooo cool. 
Twilight Princess looks better, plays smoother, and is a better game than what came before it. Midna rocks as a character. Yes I know that I played that game before when it was called Ocarina of Time. Guess what: you have too when it was called a Link to the Past. Same basic plot structure in both. The only differences are the trappings and that is it.
Unfortunately, though I've been playing games for many, many years, I came to Zelda quite late. When I was younger, the schools I were at had this odd 'Zelda is a girl's game' thing going on, so I never got to play them.
As an unfortunate consequence, my literal first exposure to the games was with Ocarina of Time, which I loved. I never had a handheld, except an old, old GameBoy, but I only ever had three games before my mother gave it to my cousin for his birthday, and I've never been much of a handheld player anyway.
Unfortunately, I just haven't had the time to go back and play any older games, but I typically find it hard to go backwards.
That said, I liked OoT because it was my first Zelda game, liked Wind Waker because it was so nifty and different and liked Twilight Princess because for me it was a natural progression onwards. Just wish Nintendo would try and come up with some alternatives to the same weapons all the time, though I realise they're staples of the series from way back.
As an unfortunate consequence, my literal first exposure to the games was with Ocarina of Time, which I loved. I never had a handheld, except an old, old GameBoy, but I only ever had three games before my mother gave it to my cousin for his birthday, and I've never been much of a handheld player anyway.
Unfortunately, I just haven't had the time to go back and play any older games, but I typically find it hard to go backwards.
That said, I liked OoT because it was my first Zelda game, liked Wind Waker because it was so nifty and different and liked Twilight Princess because for me it was a natural progression onwards. Just wish Nintendo would try and come up with some alternatives to the same weapons all the time, though I realise they're staples of the series from way back.
*slaps ThatJagoGuy with a dead fish*ThatJagoGuy said:No Philips CDi option?? Awwww...!!
I liked em all actually although I found Phantom hourglass a bit lacking in chalenge.
I love Link's awakening DX (the GBC one for those to thick to figure that out) The added color and slightly better hardware of the GBC made the game almost as good as A Link to the past if not even better.
I loved the oracles, Ages was the first zelda game I played and one of the earlier ones in my general gaming life. I alos liked the link system I think they should do that sort of thing more often, though meybe sell the games slightly cheaper as you relly have to buy both.
The remake was actually for Game Boy Color - Link's Awakening DX - and colorized the game while adding a new dungeon that, when completed, caused the player to be able to choose either a red tunic (which doubled offense) or blue tunic (which doubled defense). However, both Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons had features only accessible through playing them on the GBA, so perhaps that's what your thinking of.Woem said:
Yes, except Ocarina of Time actually innovated by using a tweaked version of the Super Mario 64 engine to entirely reimagine the Zelda series in 3D, whereas Twilight Princess is essentially a rehash of Ocarina of Time's gameplay mechanics with a few gimmicks thrown in for good measure (the wolf parts, etc).malestrithe said:
For all practical purposes, there's really only ever been four Zelda games made - Zelda, Zelda II, A Link to the Past, and Ocarina of Time. Pretty much every 3D Zelda has borrowed heavily from Ocarina of Time while adding in obligatory novelties (the time-based gameplay and masks in Majora's Mask; cel-shading and sailing in Wind Waker), while pretty much every 2D one since A Link to the Past has copied it, though Link's Awakening and Oracle of Ages/Seasons did include platforming sections as an homage to Zelda II.
Personally, I think it would be cool if they made a Zelda for DS that carried on the tradition of Zelda II's gameplay - platforming sections punctuated by isometric travelling, and the game could be designed in the vein of New Super Mario Bros.
Man... I can understand Ocarina beating Link to the Past. I don't agree with it, but for anyone younger than me, Ocarina was probably one of the first games they played... but the Oracle games? Don't get me wrong, they're good... but better than Link to the Past? I think not. And can four swords really be counted in here? The GBA version of it was really just a remake of Link to the past.
And if it wasn't obvious here, Link to the Past is my personal favorite. It was the first game in the series to have a tangible story line, as well as introducing optional sidequests/inventory items. (IE: Bottles, Bombos Medallian, Ice Wand.) They introduced the flippers in this game, and this was the first game where you upgraded any item but your sword. I think this game did more for the series than any other game has yet. Yes, ocarina made the transition to 3D, but other than that, it didn't introduce anything new except maybe a race or two.
And if it wasn't obvious here, Link to the Past is my personal favorite. It was the first game in the series to have a tangible story line, as well as introducing optional sidequests/inventory items. (IE: Bottles, Bombos Medallian, Ice Wand.) They introduced the flippers in this game, and this was the first game where you upgraded any item but your sword. I think this game did more for the series than any other game has yet. Yes, ocarina made the transition to 3D, but other than that, it didn't introduce anything new except maybe a race or two.
Because only the most avid of collector's have even heard of, let alone played, the Game and Watch or CDi games. I personally have every Zelda game made, including those, but I am an obsessive Zelda franchise fan, and also a compulsive collector of video games. I also have the cartoon series and the comic books and even a box of Nintendo cereal.zombie711 said:
I will say though, in fairness, Link's Awakening and the Oracle games shouldn't be grouped together. Awakening was for the GB, whereas the Oracle games were for the GBC, and made quite a while later. Zelda DX was made before the Oracle games if I'm not mistaken. Which brings up another point, if you are going to include Four Swords (which is a remake) then why not include DX? Or for that matter, the classic series games for GBA which rereleased Legend of Zelda and Adventure of Link?
Twilight Princess on the Wii was literally a port from the GameCube, just like RE:4 was. The Wii doesn't have a real Zelda title on it. It's a GameCube game, so it would be redundant to have it again. Just like why A Link to the Past wasn't put up twice even though it was also on the GBA.rhyno435 said:
I voted for the NES era. I can't help it. They were the first games I had ever played, and both had an epic adventure for the time. The first Zelda was awesome, no one told you where to go, what to do, it was just you, your shield and the world (and your sword if you even got it). Zelda games these days are easy as piss to me when I think back to the challenge that was on the NES. NPCs and cutscenes tell you everything you need to do leaving nothing for you to figure anything out. Good god, you pretty much get your hand held the entire time while you slash at any passerby.
When I was a kid, Zelda II had to be the coolest thing I had ever seen. I don't care if people got angry about the huge leap in different game play, I thought it was awesome. It was literally an action-adventure. Fighting came down to challenging duels where precision sword strikes and dodges were core, and this was on a 2-d platform! Yeah, it's hard, but you can't help but love it no matter how much it kicks your ass.