The Legend of Zelda

Tears of the Kingdom is my favorite, and before that it was BOTW. Third favorite goes to OOT or ALTTP.

Majora's Mask easily, followed closely by Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time, and Twilight Princess.

The classic style Zelda formula (that was introduced in the OG Zelda and then refined to perfection in ALTTP and OoT) is perfect and didn't need to be changed up.

I played only Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, BotW and TotK. Among these, I must say TotK is my favorite.

All games are memorable in their own way but I'm a sucker for open world and immersive sim and TotK scratches all my itches. There are somethings I liked more on BotW (story/characters and dungeons) but the new toys and much expanded map more than makes up for it.

Either BotW or TotK. I believe those games are absolutely incredible. It's designed so wonderfully! Everything in the game just makes sense.

Though I never fully played through them, OoT and MM have big nostalgia for me from watching my friends play them as a kid.

Twilight princess hands down. I adore that game

Wind Waker for me !

Ocarina was my first and absolutely loved it and MM

I was always torn as to weather my fav was ocarina or breath of the wild - but now I'll say confidently that my fav Zelda game is tears of the kingdom - I'm 90 hours in and feel like I haven't gotten that far through the whole game but I'm having a blast ⚡⚡⚡

Ocarina was my introduction so it will always have a place in my heart but it has to be Wind Waker! Just, everything, the story, the aesthetic, the music, it's all so perfect and gives me a warm happy place feeling. I wish so badly that it was more loved in the community (it received a lot of hate at the time) and I wish we could have seen the cut content and how different the story would have been.

Mine would be Links Awakening (the original one on Game Boy). It was the first one I played. As a portable Zelda game, it was awesome. The story was good and the game played really well. I also tried the DX version and that was great too.

a link to the past

i never got into the 3d Zelda games. after playing so long in 2d it just fundamentally changed things into a different game to go 3d. it doesn't scratch the same itch

Twilight Princess.

I'm not that much into the gothic designs and the slightly edgy, or any of the wolf stuff, but the storytelling and the presentation felt like an actual epic. Lots of scenes like the first horseback field chase, the chariot defense, the bridge horseback fight, are so infuriating to actually play (especially the first time each), but they're all so cinematic and fast while taking a big leap forward in the story, you get stakes, satisfaction, and awe, as you realize after the fact what just changed. And then the compilation of each combat types for the final boss for the final cherry on the cake, now that you can actually play it better, you're right there in the movie for its climax.

And the boss fights like the fire temple and the argorok are very simple but really cool.

It's basically Ocarina, and Ocarina was great, but everything in TP is enhanced, you take every aspect of it and you improve everything. Except Ocarina goes harder on the fairytale feel, while TP is a straight medieval epic.

In 2D, maybe Minish Cap, but LBW is to LttP what TP is to OoT, like, take a great classic and improve on every aspect of it.

BotW/TotK don't make the top for me because I'm more into the immediate story, and those two are the type to hit harder the more you think about various aspects of it, rather than while you're in it, it's more of a melancholic slow burn for me.

To avoid recency bias, I'm going to not say Tears of the Kingdom and say Breath of the Wild, which is my all-time favorite video game. Not counting the newest game, my top 5 are:

1. Breath of the Wild
2. Wind Waker HD
3. A Link to the Past
4. The Legend of Zelda
5. Twilight Princess

Ocarina was my introduction and has so much nostalgia associated with it that I'm not sure I can ever top it. BotW was my favorite experience since OoT, and now TotK might surpass BotW for me. Life is just so much different as an adult than it was as a 9 year old playing OoT with all of my cousins and friends... it's hard to compare the experiences objectively.

Breath of the Wild. We themed our wedding on it.

I'm in oldie, so my favorite would be a toss up between Link to the Past (SNES) or Link's Awakening (Game Boy). I go back and play LttP every few years, but Link's Awakening was my first. ❤️

Outside of TOTK, I really enjoyed playing Minish Cap. The story, I'm meh on, but the gameplay was a lot of fun! It's almost a tie between that and ALttP, but I actually haven't ever finished the later which means the former wins out, for me anyways.

Right now I'm still loving BOTW. Haven't yet tried out TOTK. Ocarina of Time will always have a special place in my heart since it introduced me to the Zelda series like many of us here. Something about the iconic opening piano notes being played as soon as you see the title screen just gives a sense of nostalgia