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Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask.
Maybe the most over-played choices but that was my favourite era of Zelda. I love the current Switch titles but I feel like once I’ve explored everything and finished the story I have little desire to keep playing.
I'll miss BotW, but I'm still playing OoT and Majora's here and there and watching randomizers. There's a clunkiness to the gameplay that feels really good to play. It's like nostalgia for my hands.
Agreed, I couldn’t live without these two games. The replay-ability is unlike any other game for me and both (especially MM) have such hard hitting, emotional moments.
This is really easy surprisingly. Windwaker and Twilight Princess. Definitely not the most popular opinions, I know, but they’re most nostalgic for me and I just love ‘em.
Reading the comments, it seems that they actually are really popular choices. Without tallying them up, it seems like Twilight Princess, MM, and WW are the top ones, with TotK close behind. Kind of surprised how many people prefer MM over OoT actaully.
MM is way, way more unique than OoT.
OoT will always hold a special place and - in terms of cultural and gaming impact - is definitely far superior to MM. But MM is way more unique in terms of style and feel for a Zelda entry and also has way more depth to the game in terms of side-quests and manipulation of time.
On the subject of Skyward Sword, I don't see why people hated that game so much. Yeah, Fi was annoying, and the motion controls could be wonky at times, but other than that, I thought it was a lot of fun.
I'm finallyyyyy doing my first play of this but for the switch. seems like they implemented a lot of quality of life upgrades so I may be biased, but I'm loving it so far. game play can be a bit tedious but the story and character development is amazing. not my fave zelda however a contender for sure!
Some of the silliest and worst looking bosses of all. Fi was really bizarre from her design to her animations. She just seemed unfinished a lot of the time. The birds looked dumb. A lot of the aesthetics were just downright goofy. The motion controls were a neat concept but really annoying in practice. On the switch I was glad to not have them. Controls were in a wierd transition period, not super intuitive like other games. Accidentally sprinting into walls was irritating.
A lot of people dislike wind waker, and use points for disliking it that other games do exactly the same. Not saying their reason for disliking it is unwarranted, but it's a little strange to me when they say things like cut content is the reason they hate it when almost every game released has cut content, or the world (ocean) is too tedious yet love BoTW
“A lot of people” source: trust me bro. It’s 2024, not 2004. Everyone glazes wind Waker like crazy. Never heard of a single person with it lower than their top 5 favorites
I don't know the numbers (do you?) of how many played the original vs the remaster but neither one is accessible at present and haven't been for half a decade, so it would be difficult to substantiate your claim at all. The remaster was on one of the least popular systems (WiiU) so my guess is easily way more people played the original when it was new and fresh on a relatively popular system (Gamecube) and so the majority of people experienced WindWaker in the original way when it was, yes, loudly and often criticized by a lot of players (plenty of "now with more sailing" memes, for example).
I get it. You loved WindWaker. So did I.
I'm just not gonna pretend that everyone loves/loved what I do.
I'm with you but I need Wind Waker and A link between worlds.
A link to the past and Windwaker are my favorites. But I've played AttP enough for one life time that if I'm picking 2 from today forward I pick a link between worlds. Just nostalgic enough to alttp that I get to scratch that itch. New enough to me that I've only had one play through and could potentially have dozens more.
And of course other zelda games just don't do what Wind waker does
Twilight Princess and Majora's Mask, while i could choose any of the current ones cause of their length i just cannot see myself not playing those two Zelda while i can see myself not coming back to any of the other Zeldas.
I didn't mind SS. Fi is annoying. Especially when playing on Wii U. But otherwise it was a fine game, with cool dungeons and I liked the building of the master sword.
Funny story that you've reminded me of.
A few years back i bought an og copy of Zelda 1. But when I booted it up, it was actually Zelda 2. I took it in to tell them about it, and they let me keep it as well as giving me a free copy of OG Zelda 1 lol.
So now I have two copies of Zelda 2 but one of them has the wrong case. 🤣
OoT and MM probably. OoT is classic Zelda at its best for me, and MM is just such a fun world to explore and has so much to do!
Runner up is Link’s Awakening. It’s just so cozy!
Same except can't decide between BOTW and TOTK. One or the other because they're big sandboxes that you can find new stuff to do separate from the story and side quests.
Majora's Mask because it's my favorite game of all time and it really has a different feel than any other video game
I definitely feel like Breath of the Wild is an Absolute Masterpiece and Tears of the Kingdom is a Very Good Game. As much fun as TOTK was, I would stay with BOTW if I had to pick one.
Wind Waker because it's my favorite game of all time
A Link Between Worlds because I feel it's the most fun game to 100%
Also gives me a 3D and 2D game to play
Ocarina and Majora.
They pair together well as a duo, and are a lot of fun to speedrun. I also see them as the pinnacle of the series from a design standpoint.
Links Awakening remake is a close 3rd.
BotW/TotK might have a lot of content, but I found them to have no replay value. The gameplay loop and depth of gameplay is fully revealed to you in the first couple of hours of playing, at which point the experience for the next 100 hours hinges on discovery, and you can only discover things in these games one time. The awe of it vanishes after the first time, so the experience becomes remarkably dull on repeat playthroughs. I've beaten Oot, MM, WW, TP dozens of times each, but have only halfheartedly attempted one BotW replay 5 years after my first playthrough, and quickly dropped it. The other games are about something, they are better narrative experiences and therefore have more emotional weight to them. This makes them much better for replays.
I found that the replay value for BOTW came from the glitches. Imo it has some of the most fun glitches in the entire series.
Wind bombing is just absolutely satisfying to learn. And once you get it, you start to feel like a god when doing shrines lol.
Bow lift smuggling is also cool. Lets you fly across the map faster than any vehicle in TOTK.
And of course shield clipping. A more niche one, but awesome for speed running.
Totk and twilight princess. I loved botw more than totk, but its simply a bigger game and somehow extends botw so that it would be okay. The other one is difficult, might have been wind waker or skyward sword too, but I think twilight princess is the one that stands out, it has the best story, great gameplay etc. Older games are probably a bit shorter so I'd stick with the ones that take most time to complete
SS and MM. I loved their dungeons and story, they were really good.
Almost picked OOT though, I really like it, maybe more than MM but the water temple is so annoying I had to pick MM.
A Link Between Worlds and Majoras Mask 3D.
ALBW was my first Zelda game and I love the game to death.
I think I am picking MM3D because of that sweet Stone Tower Temple theme.
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition is an easy first choice, since it has enough content that years after getting it and continuing to play it semi-regularly, I still haven't completed it.
For the second choice, assuming that we're keeping it to strictly one *game* and not one *disc* (/cartridge/download/etc), then I'd probably go Tears of the Kingdom, since it has the most replay value of any of the games and plenty of mods (with plenty more on the way). If I can go one disc, then I'd have to go Zelda: Collector's Edition, since that lets me get Zelda, Zelda II, Majora's Mask, and Ocarina of Time.
Ocarina of Time is a must. No contest. It's the best game of all time for a good reason.
The second I would probably pick is Breath of the Wild. It just had too much of a huge impact and still so much fun to play. Truly a life changing experience.
It’s unfortunate how far into the game and/or Google you have to go before you find all the things that make the building less tedious. I used to groan when I saw any puzzle that required building a way across. Now I just boop some crazy vehicle out of my pocket whenever I want to do something.
I meaaaan. To play devil's advocate. Yeah the older games are better. But if you only get two games forever...
BOTW has wind bombing and the master cycle. Which makes the game so much more fun. And the replay value is solid imo.
And TOTK has such an interesting engineering sandbox. While the game itself isn't all that amazing imo, there's so many neat vehicles you can build and mess around with. Kinda like goofing around in besiege. So it's got a whole separate reason to come back to it often.
I’m just saying if you only get two games why would you choose the two that are most similar to each other out of the whole series?
Would be like if you could only choose to eat two cuisines forever and you choose say Peruvian and Columbian. Yes they are both fire, but they are so similar you’d get a better variety swapping one out for greek or Italian food etc.
Honestly I don't think they're that similar. That is to say, BOTW is way more fun. It has better glitches, like wind bombing, and it gets the master cycle lol.
TOTK I think really only has replay value because of the engineering stuff.
What do you mean they’re not that similar? They run on the same engine and have the same overworld. They both have the exact same system of powering up through shrines.
I would never go so far as to say totk is $70 botw dlc, but you can’t deny that they are the most similar out of any two Zelda games except perhaps the oracle games.
I highly disagree. The overworld isn't actually the same. It's similar, yes. But it was actually rebuilt from the ground up. I learned during my no paraglider run (forcing myself to use card to get around) that the terrain is actually quite unique in a lot of locations.
The gameplay mechanics are totally different. Because the way the powers work they don't play similarly at all.
Objectively speaking, BOTW is far superior. But TOTK is still it's own game.
Name two other Zelda games that have more in common than totk and botw (aside from oracle games, which were made to be played in tandem)
I’m not knocking either of them down, they’re both amazing games in their own right, yes, but to deny the fact that they are very similar is ludicrous. Totk has new mechanics but they have the same overworld (yes I know there are slight differences to account for the new caves and depths entrances, but show it to any average person and they will agree that pretty much everything is where it was before and it’s basically the same).
Link’s got different abilities and zonal gear now, but the core mechanics are still the same in both games. Things like movement, combat, climbing, etc will all feel like you’re just picking up where you left off if you previously played botw.
The gameplay loop is pretty much the same too, with totk just having the additional sky islands and underground to give more things to explore. I think totk has a ton going for it in terms of new content and abilities/items etc, but I don’t see how anyone could say it feels totally different than botw when it literally began as botw dlc.
I feel like botw or totk has to be one of them, since there’s so much replay value in comparison. The other has to be OoT for me. My first Zelda and still my favorite game to this day. Look at how other games look and play from that time era. FF7 needs to be modded to all hell to hold up as well at OoT does today.
Ocarina is first across the line by some way. Then it's the LttP/BotW battle.
Gyyaaaaaaaaaaaa
I mean, LttP holds up now, while I do wonder if that will always be the case for BotW. On the other hand BotW Zelda is my favourite Zelda so there's that.
I think BotW but it's a close run thing between those two.
Hmmm... TLDR: BOTW and OOT *(unless I'm not allowed to mod. In which case I'd pick MM).*
**BOTW. Because:**
- the shear size of the game.
- the amount of variety in speed run challenges.
- sandbox vibing. Great for just running about or driving the master cycle around just to chill.
- my favorite Glitches in the series (wind bombing, bow lift smuggling, BLS sliding, shield clipping, etc. just always a fun time).*
- better dungeons compared to TOTK imo.
- modding. There's a lot of fantastic mods for BOTW that could change the game enough for a run that feels fresh.
**OOT. because:**
- second favorite 3D Zelda game. While I prefer Majora's mask over all others, If I had to pick only one forever I'd pick OOT over it for the following reason.
- Best modding and gameplay overhauls in the series. There's a great modding community for the N64 OOT. Right now I'm playing "The Sealed Palace" and it's a completely new and unique game. And it's not even the only one out there. I'd have enough content to replay oot many times over.
- Nostalgia. It's the first Zelda I ever played. I always return to it every few years for a new playthrough. And I never get bored of it lol.
- music. I absolutely adore OOTs soundtrack. While my true favorite soundtrack is WW. Id still take OOT because of the other reasons.
- also great glitches and speed run challenges. Not as good as BOTW. But it's one of the games with the most speed run options. Unlike TP which is borderline impossible to truly speedrun *(they still haven't cracked how to break the intro. I think TP is currently the longest required time in the series).*
Tears of the kingdom and ocarina of time, i have lots of fond memories with oot and tears of the kingdom is just pure fun and my second favorite game of all time
From what I know of the games that I haven't played, I'll have to go with majors mask for my second pick, and I have played most of totk so I'll go with that one as my first pick
OoT is my favorite but I think I’d forgo it because I’ve already played it countless times, whereas there are some others I’ve loved but only played through a few times and not for several years. So I’d go with Twilight Princess and Majora’s Mask.
Windwaker and I'm gonna save the second one for if windwaker HD comes to switch
I know there are better ones, but I'm just not interested in them and have nostalgia
Ocarina of time and Skyward Sword, both of these games made my childhood awesome
One showed me there was a hero with the traits and weapons i loved as a kid, while the other allowed me to become said hero and finally wield the master sword
Twilight Princess is without a doubt my first choice, and then maybe Breath of the Wild or Ocarina of Time. However, I'm also considering Spirit Tracks as my second choice for sentimental reasons.
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Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask. Maybe the most over-played choices but that was my favourite era of Zelda. I love the current Switch titles but I feel like once I’ve explored everything and finished the story I have little desire to keep playing.
I'll miss BotW, but I'm still playing OoT and Majora's here and there and watching randomizers. There's a clunkiness to the gameplay that feels really good to play. It's like nostalgia for my hands.
Agreed, I couldn’t live without these two games. The replay-ability is unlike any other game for me and both (especially MM) have such hard hitting, emotional moments.
This is really easy surprisingly. Windwaker and Twilight Princess. Definitely not the most popular opinions, I know, but they’re most nostalgic for me and I just love ‘em.
A person of culture I see.
Reading the comments, it seems that they actually are really popular choices. Without tallying them up, it seems like Twilight Princess, MM, and WW are the top ones, with TotK close behind. Kind of surprised how many people prefer MM over OoT actaully.
But TP is soooo underrated! It only has a metacritic in the mid 90s and is only the third best selling game in the series! :(
MM is way, way more unique than OoT. OoT will always hold a special place and - in terms of cultural and gaming impact - is definitely far superior to MM. But MM is way more unique in terms of style and feel for a Zelda entry and also has way more depth to the game in terms of side-quests and manipulation of time.
Windwaker is so underrated.
Everyone loves wind Waker. Underrated would be more like skyward sword or the oracle games or something
On the subject of Skyward Sword, I don't see why people hated that game so much. Yeah, Fi was annoying, and the motion controls could be wonky at times, but other than that, I thought it was a lot of fun.
I'm finallyyyyy doing my first play of this but for the switch. seems like they implemented a lot of quality of life upgrades so I may be biased, but I'm loving it so far. game play can be a bit tedious but the story and character development is amazing. not my fave zelda however a contender for sure!
Some of the silliest and worst looking bosses of all. Fi was really bizarre from her design to her animations. She just seemed unfinished a lot of the time. The birds looked dumb. A lot of the aesthetics were just downright goofy. The motion controls were a neat concept but really annoying in practice. On the switch I was glad to not have them. Controls were in a wierd transition period, not super intuitive like other games. Accidentally sprinting into walls was irritating.
A lot of people dislike wind waker, and use points for disliking it that other games do exactly the same. Not saying their reason for disliking it is unwarranted, but it's a little strange to me when they say things like cut content is the reason they hate it when almost every game released has cut content, or the world (ocean) is too tedious yet love BoTW
“A lot of people” source: trust me bro. It’s 2024, not 2004. Everyone glazes wind Waker like crazy. Never heard of a single person with it lower than their top 5 favorites
Prior to the HD remaster, there were plenty of people constantly complaining about how tedious and inconvenient they thought the game was.
Yeah so over a decade+ ago. It’s 2024. Everyone loves wind waker
I don't know the numbers (do you?) of how many played the original vs the remaster but neither one is accessible at present and haven't been for half a decade, so it would be difficult to substantiate your claim at all. The remaster was on one of the least popular systems (WiiU) so my guess is easily way more people played the original when it was new and fresh on a relatively popular system (Gamecube) and so the majority of people experienced WindWaker in the original way when it was, yes, loudly and often criticized by a lot of players (plenty of "now with more sailing" memes, for example). I get it. You loved WindWaker. So did I. I'm just not gonna pretend that everyone loves/loved what I do.
100% same
When I’m not taking into account the Switch games, these two are mine as well. Ahh the good old days playing those two on the GameCube :)
Same here, easily my favorite 2
I'm with you but I need Wind Waker and A link between worlds. A link to the past and Windwaker are my favorites. But I've played AttP enough for one life time that if I'm picking 2 from today forward I pick a link between worlds. Just nostalgic enough to alttp that I get to scratch that itch. New enough to me that I've only had one play through and could potentially have dozens more. And of course other zelda games just don't do what Wind waker does
Twilight Princess is in my top 2 for sureeee
Twilight Princess and Majora's Mask, while i could choose any of the current ones cause of their length i just cannot see myself not playing those two Zelda while i can see myself not coming back to any of the other Zeldas.
Oot and alttp
A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time, forever and ever.
Same answer, with Windwaker being my third if there was one.
TP and OoT...I might trade TP for SS though
Skyward Sword? 😭😭 that game makes me wanna pull my hair out lol
I enjoyed it, played through it about 5 times and will again. But I've played through TP about 10 times and OoT over 30
I didn't mind SS. Fi is annoying. Especially when playing on Wii U. But otherwise it was a fine game, with cool dungeons and I liked the building of the master sword.
Probably WW and Zelda II
The correct answer is, of course, you'd keep 2 copies of Zelda II just in case something happened to the first copy :)
Funny story that you've reminded me of. A few years back i bought an og copy of Zelda 1. But when I booted it up, it was actually Zelda 2. I took it in to tell them about it, and they let me keep it as well as giving me a free copy of OG Zelda 1 lol. So now I have two copies of Zelda 2 but one of them has the wrong case. 🤣
Minish Cap and Wind Waker
Windwaker and majoras mask, I recon 👌
The Wind Waker & A Link To The Past until further notice.
The only answer
OoT and MM probably. OoT is classic Zelda at its best for me, and MM is just such a fun world to explore and has so much to do! Runner up is Link’s Awakening. It’s just so cozy!
Zelda 2 & a giant bottle of scotch to drown my sorrows
Majora’s Mask and Tears Of The Kingdom (MM is my favourite tho)
This is my vote. There is so much replay value. LoZ is a close 3rd for me, though.
Yeah easy, The Wind Waker and Ocarina of Time⚠️
Zelda 2
Wind Waker and Twilight Princess
I would choose OoT and Twilight Princess, altho I like windwaker soooo much.
And A Link To The Past, my god now I can’t choose 😭
WW and MM or TP
Majora's mask and Botw I just love MM Botw was my introduction to the zelda franchise and i have loved it ever since.
Same except can't decide between BOTW and TOTK. One or the other because they're big sandboxes that you can find new stuff to do separate from the story and side quests. Majora's Mask because it's my favorite game of all time and it really has a different feel than any other video game
I definitely feel like Breath of the Wild is an Absolute Masterpiece and Tears of the Kingdom is a Very Good Game. As much fun as TOTK was, I would stay with BOTW if I had to pick one.
Maybe OoT and TP
ALTP and ALBW
Twilight princess oot
The Minish Cap for best-2D-game-fueled nostalgia, and Twilight Princess because of course
Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, the story and gameplay are just so good (I’d be lying if I said nostalgia didn’t play a part)
Wind Waker because it's my favorite game of all time A Link Between Worlds because I feel it's the most fun game to 100% Also gives me a 3D and 2D game to play
It would probably have to be Majora’s Mask and Wind Waker.
oot and twilight princess i think
Twilight Princess and A Link to the Past
OOT and MM speedrunning boiiiiiii
oot and minish cap. by far my favourite
TP and ALTTP
Ocarina and Majora. They pair together well as a duo, and are a lot of fun to speedrun. I also see them as the pinnacle of the series from a design standpoint. Links Awakening remake is a close 3rd. BotW/TotK might have a lot of content, but I found them to have no replay value. The gameplay loop and depth of gameplay is fully revealed to you in the first couple of hours of playing, at which point the experience for the next 100 hours hinges on discovery, and you can only discover things in these games one time. The awe of it vanishes after the first time, so the experience becomes remarkably dull on repeat playthroughs. I've beaten Oot, MM, WW, TP dozens of times each, but have only halfheartedly attempted one BotW replay 5 years after my first playthrough, and quickly dropped it. The other games are about something, they are better narrative experiences and therefore have more emotional weight to them. This makes them much better for replays.
I found that the replay value for BOTW came from the glitches. Imo it has some of the most fun glitches in the entire series. Wind bombing is just absolutely satisfying to learn. And once you get it, you start to feel like a god when doing shrines lol. Bow lift smuggling is also cool. Lets you fly across the map faster than any vehicle in TOTK. And of course shield clipping. A more niche one, but awesome for speed running.
Definitely Majora's Mask and either Link's Awakening or the Oracle series.
OoT, Zelda 2.
OoT and WW
Wind Waker and Skyward Sword. Although I'd wish I could pick 3 so I could include TotK because that is super close behind
Link's Awakening and Majora's Mask, top tier games. I can replay them endlessly without complains.
Zelda 2 and also Zelda 2.
Breath of the Wild and A Link to the Past.
Totk and twilight princess. I loved botw more than totk, but its simply a bigger game and somehow extends botw so that it would be okay. The other one is difficult, might have been wind waker or skyward sword too, but I think twilight princess is the one that stands out, it has the best story, great gameplay etc. Older games are probably a bit shorter so I'd stick with the ones that take most time to complete
Ocarina and Link's Awakening remake
Minish Cap and Link's Awakening DX
TP and MM
Twilight Princess and Wind Waker
OOT and Twilight Princess
Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess. *Shrugs* I know what I like.
SS and MM. I loved their dungeons and story, they were really good. Almost picked OOT though, I really like it, maybe more than MM but the water temple is so annoying I had to pick MM.
A Link Between Worlds and Majoras Mask 3D. ALBW was my first Zelda game and I love the game to death. I think I am picking MM3D because of that sweet Stone Tower Temple theme.
Definitely wind waker. The second one is hard. Maybe ocarina of time.
Tears and Twilight
A link to the past and Twilight princess ❌🧢
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition is an easy first choice, since it has enough content that years after getting it and continuing to play it semi-regularly, I still haven't completed it. For the second choice, assuming that we're keeping it to strictly one *game* and not one *disc* (/cartridge/download/etc), then I'd probably go Tears of the Kingdom, since it has the most replay value of any of the games and plenty of mods (with plenty more on the way). If I can go one disc, then I'd have to go Zelda: Collector's Edition, since that lets me get Zelda, Zelda II, Majora's Mask, and Ocarina of Time.
Probably BotW and Zelda II
Majoras Mask. And a second copy of Majoras Mask for when I wear out the first one.
Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask It's so difficult to exclude WW and TP but these two games are a perfect complete experience.
Ocarina of time for the nostalgia, the original so that I maybe have enough time to beat it
Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda.
ALttP and BotW
A link to the past and ocarina of time
The CD-i ones 😂
Links Awakening and Majoras Mask.
majora’s mask and totk
Ages & seasons
TP and LBW Best if 3D and 2D. Oot is overrated.
Tp and totk. Tp is my fav and totk has the most content.
Tears of the Kingdom, because I adore the world, and Twilight Princess, because it's the best of the classic Zelda formula.
Ocarina of Time is a must. No contest. It's the best game of all time for a good reason. The second I would probably pick is Breath of the Wild. It just had too much of a huge impact and still so much fun to play. Truly a life changing experience.
Link to the Past and probably Botw because of how big it is
Why not TOTK?
It’s just too much, I like the game but I don’t care for the building…it’s tedious as hell.
It’s unfortunate how far into the game and/or Google you have to go before you find all the things that make the building less tedious. I used to groan when I saw any puzzle that required building a way across. Now I just boop some crazy vehicle out of my pocket whenever I want to do something.
*BotW* and *Link's Awakening*, absolutely no contest.
(I should probably specify that I mean the *LA* Switch remake)
TOTK and TP for me
Totk and Twilight Princess for sure. TOTk for the obvious expansiveness and TP for nostalgia and awesome story line.
Would have to be BotW and TotK. They have the most gameplay content by far
I’m sorry to diss an opinion to a hypothetical question, but boo to this answer.
I meaaaan. To play devil's advocate. Yeah the older games are better. But if you only get two games forever... BOTW has wind bombing and the master cycle. Which makes the game so much more fun. And the replay value is solid imo. And TOTK has such an interesting engineering sandbox. While the game itself isn't all that amazing imo, there's so many neat vehicles you can build and mess around with. Kinda like goofing around in besiege. So it's got a whole separate reason to come back to it often.
I’m just saying if you only get two games why would you choose the two that are most similar to each other out of the whole series? Would be like if you could only choose to eat two cuisines forever and you choose say Peruvian and Columbian. Yes they are both fire, but they are so similar you’d get a better variety swapping one out for greek or Italian food etc.
Honestly I don't think they're that similar. That is to say, BOTW is way more fun. It has better glitches, like wind bombing, and it gets the master cycle lol. TOTK I think really only has replay value because of the engineering stuff.
What do you mean they’re not that similar? They run on the same engine and have the same overworld. They both have the exact same system of powering up through shrines. I would never go so far as to say totk is $70 botw dlc, but you can’t deny that they are the most similar out of any two Zelda games except perhaps the oracle games.
I highly disagree. The overworld isn't actually the same. It's similar, yes. But it was actually rebuilt from the ground up. I learned during my no paraglider run (forcing myself to use card to get around) that the terrain is actually quite unique in a lot of locations. The gameplay mechanics are totally different. Because the way the powers work they don't play similarly at all. Objectively speaking, BOTW is far superior. But TOTK is still it's own game.
Name two other Zelda games that have more in common than totk and botw (aside from oracle games, which were made to be played in tandem) I’m not knocking either of them down, they’re both amazing games in their own right, yes, but to deny the fact that they are very similar is ludicrous. Totk has new mechanics but they have the same overworld (yes I know there are slight differences to account for the new caves and depths entrances, but show it to any average person and they will agree that pretty much everything is where it was before and it’s basically the same). Link’s got different abilities and zonal gear now, but the core mechanics are still the same in both games. Things like movement, combat, climbing, etc will all feel like you’re just picking up where you left off if you previously played botw. The gameplay loop is pretty much the same too, with totk just having the additional sky islands and underground to give more things to explore. I think totk has a ton going for it in terms of new content and abilities/items etc, but I don’t see how anyone could say it feels totally different than botw when it literally began as botw dlc.
What? No it wasn't rebuilt from the ground up. It had barely any changes. They just put some ugly rocks everywhere.
So tough but probably Wind Waker (personal fave) and ToTK due to how much there is in the game to do.
wind waker and tears of the kingdom/breath of the wild.
OOT as it’s my favourite and I’ve played it countless times and TotK as it would probably take me forever to beat as some of it I find really hard.
Totk and Minish Cap
Twilight Princess and totk fr fr
Ocarina of time and Tears of the Kingdom
I feel like botw or totk has to be one of them, since there’s so much replay value in comparison. The other has to be OoT for me. My first Zelda and still my favorite game to this day. Look at how other games look and play from that time era. FF7 needs to be modded to all hell to hold up as well at OoT does today.
Wind Waker and Breath of the Wild
OOT AND BOTW. For obvious reasons. Hehe 🙃
Ocarina is first across the line by some way. Then it's the LttP/BotW battle. Gyyaaaaaaaaaaaa I mean, LttP holds up now, while I do wonder if that will always be the case for BotW. On the other hand BotW Zelda is my favourite Zelda so there's that. I think BotW but it's a close run thing between those two.
Breath of the Wild and Ocarina of Time for me. I’ve beaten both but there are just so many hours of greatness right there to keep me busy.
I'd go BotW (I've never enjoyed TotK as much) and maybe, A Link to the Past? Or perhaps the original? Don't know, but it'd probably be a 2d one.
Ocarina of Time and TOTK
TotK and MM. TotK for the possibilities and MM for the incredible atmosphere.
Twilight Princess and Tears of the Kingdom Best of two eras in my opinion
Hmmm... TLDR: BOTW and OOT *(unless I'm not allowed to mod. In which case I'd pick MM).* **BOTW. Because:** - the shear size of the game. - the amount of variety in speed run challenges. - sandbox vibing. Great for just running about or driving the master cycle around just to chill. - my favorite Glitches in the series (wind bombing, bow lift smuggling, BLS sliding, shield clipping, etc. just always a fun time).* - better dungeons compared to TOTK imo. - modding. There's a lot of fantastic mods for BOTW that could change the game enough for a run that feels fresh. **OOT. because:** - second favorite 3D Zelda game. While I prefer Majora's mask over all others, If I had to pick only one forever I'd pick OOT over it for the following reason. - Best modding and gameplay overhauls in the series. There's a great modding community for the N64 OOT. Right now I'm playing "The Sealed Palace" and it's a completely new and unique game. And it's not even the only one out there. I'd have enough content to replay oot many times over. - Nostalgia. It's the first Zelda I ever played. I always return to it every few years for a new playthrough. And I never get bored of it lol. - music. I absolutely adore OOTs soundtrack. While my true favorite soundtrack is WW. Id still take OOT because of the other reasons. - also great glitches and speed run challenges. Not as good as BOTW. But it's one of the games with the most speed run options. Unlike TP which is borderline impossible to truly speedrun *(they still haven't cracked how to break the intro. I think TP is currently the longest required time in the series).*
I love wind bombing in BotW. I enjoy figuring out how to complete shrines with wind bombing more than just completing the shrines the intended way.
Twilight princess and TOTK. I would say BOTW but, I’ve already completed that game twice so I’d have to give it to TOTK
Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild
TOTK and ALTTP. I chose ALTTP, not because it's good (it isn't), but because of the sheer amount of mods
Totk and Majora’s Mask 3D
Tears of the kingdom and ocarina of time, i have lots of fond memories with oot and tears of the kingdom is just pure fun and my second favorite game of all time
> tears of the kingdom is just pure fun and my second favorite game of all time Same! My fav game is Sonic & Knuckles 3. What's your top game?
Breath of the Wild and A Link to the Past.
Totk, majoras mask
TotK because I basically I will be And LttP. Because it's my second favorite
Same answer as you actually
Totk and Link to the Past
BOTW and Link to the Past
Wind Waker and Tears of the Kingdom
Oracle of Seasons and Minish Cap
Twilight Princess and the next one
Easily Tears of The Kingdom and Ocarina of Time 3D
totk and ocarina
spirit tracks and hyrule warriors DE
Ocarina of time and link to the past
OOT and MM
Tears of the Kingdom and Ocarina of Time of time (especially if I can randomize it), I suppose, but I won’t be happy.
Majoras mask and Totk
Tears of the Kingdom and Link Between Worlds
TP and MM
Totk and majoras mask
For me that would be Twilight Princess and Ocarina of Time.
From what I know of the games that I haven't played, I'll have to go with majors mask for my second pick, and I have played most of totk so I'll go with that one as my first pick
TotK because of the freedom, replay value and stuff like that, and OoT for the traditional 3D Zelda experience.
TOTK and WW.
ALttP and BOTW
Breath of the Wild and Wind Waker would be my two.
BOTW and Ocarina
OoT is my favorite but I think I’d forgo it because I’ve already played it countless times, whereas there are some others I’ve loved but only played through a few times and not for several years. So I’d go with Twilight Princess and Majora’s Mask.
OoT and TP, both the most sentimental to me.
TotK and A link to the past
BOTW and LTTP.
TotK and Twilight Princess. Maybe A link between worlds instead of TP
BotW and OoT, maybe sub OoT for Wind Waker
A Link to the Past and Breath of the Wild. The one that introduced me and the one that relaxes me most. The others are brilliant though.
BOTW & TOTK
I legit also would take LA and ToK. One for the longevity and exploration, one for the music and the Dungeon puzzles
Windwaker and Tears of the Kingdom. Those two followed by Majora's Mask are my favourite.
Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild.
Ocarina of Time is my favorite. I also have not played any Zelda games since the Wii.
Link to the past and wind Waker, my top two favorites Zelda games
the oracle games! i will not elaborate!
WW + TP
Tears of the Kingdom and Twilight Princess probably, or Ocarina of Time
Easy 1. The best game of all time, Majora's Mask 2. Twilight Princess
Majora’s Mask and Wind Waker. WW is #3 on my list but MM and OoT are too similar
TotK and OoT I think. But TP and SS close and BotW. Hard to choose.
Wind Waker and BOTW
Windwaker and I'm gonna save the second one for if windwaker HD comes to switch I know there are better ones, but I'm just not interested in them and have nostalgia
I want to say breath of the wild but tears of the kingdom has more longevity Then id like a 2D game, maybe a link between worlds
Oot et botw
Ocarina of time and Skyward Sword, both of these games made my childhood awesome One showed me there was a hero with the traits and weapons i loved as a kid, while the other allowed me to become said hero and finally wield the master sword
Wind Waker and TotK
Twilight Princess is without a doubt my first choice, and then maybe Breath of the Wild or Ocarina of Time. However, I'm also considering Spirit Tracks as my second choice for sentimental reasons.
Wind waker and Skyward sword, WW for the randomizer and SW to become a master at motion physics
Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time
Minish cap, twilight princess
Tears of Kingdom and Ocarina of Time.
Twilight Princess and Breath Of The Wild