Posted October 23, 2013 I've had this urge to play a classic 2D Zelda of late - was wondering how people ranked them. I never played ALttP or Oracle of Ages, so will probably give one of them a go (on VC on 3DS VC). I loved Link's Awakening and Seasons. As a side note - is there no retro board now? If there is and I've missed it, mods feel free to move this over.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) 1st: Zelda ALTTP 2nd: Link's Awakening 3rd: The Minish Cap 4th: Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link 5th: Zelda 6th: Zelda: Oracle of Ages 7th: Zelda: Oracle of Seasons Four Swords Adventures is also a brilliant game (as is the original Four Swords game), but that's a very different beast to the other 2D titles, so I'm not including it in these rankings. Oh and just in case you're wondering, I'm also counting the DS Zeldas amongst the 3D games, despite them mostly taking place from a top-down perspective because significant portions of those games utilise 3D perspectives. Edited October 23, 2013 by Dcubed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 23, 2013 1st: A Link to the Past 2nd: Link's Awakening 3rd: The Minish Cap 4th: Legend of Zelda 5th: Oracle of Ages/Seasons (I count them as one, but if I had to pick one it would be Seasons) 6th: The Adventure of Link Moved thread to General Gaming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 23, 2013 ranked in order?! thats no easy feat 1:ALTTP 2:Minish Cap 3:Oracles 4:Links awakening 5:LOZ 6:Adventure of Link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 23, 2013 A Link to the Past closely followed by Link's Awakening. They were my first 2 Zelda games, I must've played through them countless times. I enjoyed the Oracles games a lot at the time, but I can barely remember anything of them strangely. Played Seasons at least twice using the password system too. My memory of Minish Cap is also very limited, I know I didn't think it was that great though. I've only had a brief go on Zelda 1 and 2 on the collectors edition disk. Having started gaming with the SNES, I find NES games too old and creaky to enjoy playing. If it was the first thing I'd played as a kid, I'd probably have much more appreciation for them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 23, 2013 My top 5: 1 Link's Awakening 2 The Minish Cap 3 Oracle of Ages/Seasons 4 Legend of Zelda 5 A Link to the Past Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 24, 2013 1. The Oracle games (as a single game/experience) 2. Link's Awakening 3. Minish Cap 4. Oracle of Ages 5. Oracle of Seasons 6. Link to the Past ... No, LttP never clicked with me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 24, 2013 1 aLttP. What else, right? 2 Link's Awakening. 3 Orcale of Seasons (haven't played Ages). 4 Minish Cap. I'd llke to point out I think all 4 are amazing games. ^^ Zelda 1 and 2 I gave up, however. Didn't like'em. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 24, 2013 Unnng. So many people who've only played a single Oracle game! Christ, you guys are missing out! Gogogo 3DS VC downlooooaaddd. AS for me, LttP was my first so I'm biased and I've also not even really thought about this but; 1. LttP 2. Oracles(both together) 3. Minish Cap 4. Link's awakening 5. Zelda 6. Zelda 2 But really they're all awesome. I assume Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks aren't being counted? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 24, 2013 yeah what do we count them as? 2.5D? if i had to add them into my previous list they'd be at the end mind you, terrible games, awkward control system, poor in every sense Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 24, 2013 From what I've played: 1. Minish Cap 2. Phantom Hourglass 3. Spirit Tracks 4. The Legend of Zelda 5. Zelda 2 (although there's a big gap between 1 and 2) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 24, 2013 1 - The Minish Cap 2 - A Link to the Past 3 - Oracle of Ages & Seasons 4 - Link's Awakening 5 - Zelda 1 6 - All of the rest ---------- Something like this, yes. Minish Cap is also my 3rd favourite Zelda game out of all the Zelda games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 24, 2013 Confession time: I've never touched Minish Cap despite having it ever since they released it for free on the 3DS Ambassador Program... One of those 'oh I'll get round to it' things. I'm still stuck in the Ice Temple on LTTP 11 years on. I absolutely adore Link's Awakening DX though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 24, 2013 This is going to be tricky, but here goes A Link to the Past Links Awakening The Legend of Zelda The Minish Cap Oracle of Ages Oracle of Seasons Adventure of Link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 24, 2013 Confession time: I've never touched Minish Cap despite having it ever since they released it for free on the 3DS Ambassador Program... One of those 'oh I'll get round to it' things. I'm still stuck in the Ice Temple on LTTP 11 years on. I absolutely adore Link's Awakening DX though. The ice temple is awesome, it still stumps me until i remember how to solve the puzzle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 24, 2013 The ice temple is awesome, it still stumps me until i remember how to solve the puzzle Yeah, it's having to go to the different floors and push the blocks down a level which always gets me, despite me playing through the game a stupid amount of times. You also have to try and make sure you have hit the right switches so you can actually access the right blocks to push! 1. LTTP 2. Minish Cap The Oracle games, Links Awakening, The Legend of Zelda, 4 Swords and The Adventure of Link order changes depending on what mood i'm in but the top 2 always remain the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 24, 2013 The ice temple is awesome, it still stumps me until i remember how to solve the puzzle 100% the same. Precursor to the Water temple without a doubt. I'm sure I've done it at least 5 times, yet every time I've still gotten stuck. Hell I might have another LttP runthrough sometime soon just for the sake of seeing if I get it straight away! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 1, 2013 This is a really tough list... A Link To The Past Oracle of Ages / Seasons (definitely need to play both for the full experience) Link's Awakening Phantom Hourglass Minish Cap Spirit Tracks The Legend of Zelda Zelda II: Adventure of Link You can't really go too far wrong with any of them. I wasn't a fan of Zelda II, and both the NES games are incredibly tough. I'm not sure whether you'd put Four Swords Adventure in the list, as it's so different to the others (levels instead of an over world for instance). Going through the list again though - what a great series! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 9, 2013 (edited) 1: A Link To The Past 2: Link's Awakening 3: Oracle of Ages 4: Oracle of Seasons 5: Minish Cap 6: Phantom Hourglass 7: Spirit Tracks 8: Adventure of Link 9: The Legend of Zelda I'm still stuck in the Ice Temple on LTTP 11 years on. I remember getting stuck in the first room. I tried everything against that ice guy, then suddenly BOOM. Fire Rod. Edited November 9, 2013 by EEVILMURRAY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
