Every The Legend of Zelda game, ranked
Depending on your criteria, there are 17 standalone mainline entries in The Legend of Zelda series. The franchise spans decades—nearly the entire history of video games. Playing them feels like more than just playing a sequel; it is like returning to an old favorite tale to find new discoveries: characters, themes, and adventures.
Nevertheless, they don’t all hit the same for everyone. Maybe you’ve played them all and want to see if our rankings match your own, or perhaps you’re newer to the series and need some help deciding which title might capture the magic for you first. Either way, we’ve got you covered with our list of all 17 mainline The Legend of Zelda titles from best to worst.
1) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeOcarina of Time took the series from 2D to 3D and showed players that the fully fleshed-out world living inside their imaginations could also exist on the screen. Sure, that might sound like we’re looking at the game through rose-colored glasses, tinted by the memory of what it was like to see such a huge leap forward in video game technology. Ocarina of Time continues to hold up today.
It was a major blockbuster for Nintendo with all the series’ high fantasy hallmarks, yet it still managed to feel intimate with its quirky sensibility. On top of all that, the time mechanic—changing young Link to adult Link—was a surprising and innovative mechanic. The series really grew up with this masterpiece from 1998.
2) The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s MaskIf Ocarina of Time is the pinnacle of Zelda, then Majora’s Mask is a dark horse. The series often takes strange and quirky turns, but none more so than Majora’s Mask. It moves away from the high fantasy stuff in favor of something darker and dreamier, and it
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