Okay, here's a significant change to my current consideration list:
1) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
2) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3) Ico
4) Super Metroid
5) Assassin's Creed
Final Fantasy completely drops out, and I got interested enough in replaying Ico and Shadow of the Colossus for that series to land in at #3. I decided to increase the list to 5, leaving the door wide open for the debut of Assassin's Creed.