
Originally Posted by
Del Murder
1. A Link to the Past - 2D is better than 3D Zelda, and this was the climax of 2D.
2. The Legend of Zelda - The original Zelda is probably the single most robust game of all time and it holds up well even today.
3. Ocarina of Time - They somehow got the 3D right the very first try.
4. Link's Awakening - This side story of sorts was really fun and opened up the gameplay by simply allowing you to map both buttons to sub weapons.
5. Twilight Princess - The true successor to OoT and it was beautiful
Too lazy to post reasons for the rest:
6. Majora's Mask
7. Link Between Worlds
8. Wind Waker
9. Skyward Sword
10. Oracle of Ages/Seasons
All the rest follow. They're all good really. Zelda II is probably at the bottom since it changed the formula a lot (which they quickly changed back and haven't really touched since).