# Put the Zelda games in order from your favorite to least favorite.

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**Created:** [September 5, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-zelda-games-in-order-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/765144 "2016-09-05T23:34:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-zelda-games-in-order-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/765144/1 "2016-09-05T23:34:44Z")

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For those you have not yet played, you can either just leave them off of the list OR rank them where you think they’d go based on how much you like the others.  
Here is a full list of Zelda main games, in chronological order.

The Legend of Zelda  
The Adventure of Link  
A Link to the Past  
Link’s Awakening  
Ocarina of Time  
Majora’s Mask  
Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages  
Four Swords  
The Wind Waker  
Four Swords Adventures  
The Minish Cap  
Twilight Princess  
Phantom Hourglass  
Spirit Tracks  
Skyward Sword  
A Link Between Worlds  
My ranking would be like this:  
Ocarina of Time  
Twilight Princess  
Majora’s Mask  
Skyward Sword  
A Link to the Past  
The Wind Waker  
Link’s Awakening  
The Legend of Zelda  
Phantom Hourglass  
The Minish Cap  
A Link Between Worlds  
Four Swords  
Four Swords Adventures  
The Adventure of Link  
Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages  
Spirit Tracks

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-zelda-games-in-order-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/765144/2 "2016-09-06T00:19:22Z")

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[We sort of just did this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=799427)

I ranked them like this:

1. Twilight Princess
2. Wind Waker
3. Link to the Past
4. Ocarina of Time
5. Oracle of Seasons/Ages - I played them back to back as one super game.
6. Minish Cap
7. Link’s Awakening
8. Majora’s Mask
9. Skyward Sword
10. Spirit Tracks
11. Phantom Hourglass

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**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-zelda-games-in-order-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/765144/3 "2016-09-06T16:08:52Z")

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Out of the ones I have played:

1. Ocarina of Time

2. Link to the Past

3. Twilight Princess

4. Legend of Zelda

5. Adventure of Link

6. Wind Waker

7. Majora’s Mask

8. Skyward Sword

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-zelda-games-in-order-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/765144/4 "2016-09-11T01:01:35Z")

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I missed a bunch of the n64 era stuff. I would go Twilight Princess, Link to the Past, the original, Skyward Sword, #2, Ocarina of Time (only played it briefly), and the the CDi stuff (yes I actually played those).

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-zelda-games-in-order-from-your-favorite-to-least-favorite/765144/5 "2016-09-11T14:56:05Z")

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A Link to the Past.  
That was the only one I played so it’s number 1.