Current Events > Wind Waker is still the best Zelda game.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword especially were poor follow-ups.
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I always get hate when I say this, but TP was one of the worst games I have ever played. Never played SS

WW is really good, but I preferred MM. OoT and LttP are both about tied with WW for me.
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I liked WW a lot
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Almost have to agree. I'm not sure if I can pick a favorite Zelda, but Wind Waker has such a charm to it that I absolutely love it.
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I didn't really like Wind Waker at all. Twilight Princess is my favorite.
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SpriteLimit posted...

I always get hate when I say this, but TP was one of the worst games I have ever played. Never played SS

WW is really good, but I preferred MM. OoT and LttP are both about tied with WW for me.

Majora's Mask is my second favorite, probably because it was the first Zelda game I owned and completed, but the worldbuilding and its dark atmosphere were also great. And the mask transformations added more layers to the standard gameplay.
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I didnt mind tp, but i love how advanced ww really was
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the good thing about WW and BotW artstyles is that they'll still look good 10+ years after their releases

and yea, I really loved Wind Waker. the game was really charming, and I liked how expressive the characters could be, and the seafaring sense of adventure was dope

it also had my favorite version of Ganon(dorf)
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It shouldn't have even been a Legend of Zelda game.

With those cel shaded graphics, it should've been Kirby's Wind Waker.

On tonality alone, Wind Waker is at best second place behind Ocarina of Time.

_Lyonidias posted...

I liked WW a lot

Its great and innovative but I would have liked to see it complete as planned instead of the rushed third act.
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I don't know if I'd call WW the single best Zelda game, but it's #2 or #3 at absolute lowest. It definitely has the best story and characters, tons of memorable moments, and some excellent boss fights. It also has some of the most forgettable dungeons in the series (Tower of the Gods is pretty good, but that's it). I personally enjoyed the sailing aspect and vastness of the world, but I can understand why it's divisive.
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I thought WW was very average. I put in maybe 10 hours, mostly in 2003, and didn't enjoy it that much. I thought the graphics were underwhelming, the game got hard too quickly, and it just wasn't that much fun.

I never made it past the Forest Temple. I played it for quite a while, then gave up.

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Solar_Crimson posted...

Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword especially were poor follow-ups.

I played Twilight Princess a little bit but it was unplayable so I gave up. I never played Skyward Sword because I gave up on the Wii entirely (due to its main releases being unplayable).
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I love the sense of adventure, the story (for a Zelda game at least, particularly the ending) and the world, but there are quite a few annoying aspects (e.g. being turned back if you go the "wrong" way for about the first half of the game, the Triforce hunt, relatively slow sailing, etc.) and disappointments (like the number of proper dungeons and their quality).

Overall, it's still a great game, but certainly not my favorite Zelda (or even 3D Zelda).

boxington posted...

the good thing about WW and BotW artstyles is that they'll still look good 10+ years after their releases

True. Cel-shaded games or games that don't try to go for a realistic style always age better than those that do. I'd argue that the original GCN version of Wind Waker aged better than even some more recent PS3 releases.

The-Apostle posted...

I played Twilight princess a little bit but it was unplayable. I never played Skyward Sword because I gave up on the Wii entirely (due to its main releases being unplayable).

Did you play Twilight Princess on GCN or Wii? It's decent on GCN, but the motion controls were shoehorned in on the Wii version, in addition to the entire game being mirrored because most people are right-handed.
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OoT and Lttp beat it for me, but its easily my #3 zelda game.

Granted, I haven't played TP, SS or BotW yet and i also haven't really played most of the handheld zelda games.
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The U version is great. Fixes the tedious sailing

Solar_Crimson posted...

Did you play Twilight Princess on GCN or Wii? It's decent on GCN, but the motion controls were shoehorned in on the Wii version, in addition to the entire game being mirrored because most people are right-handed.

It was the Wii. It likely would've been fine on Gamecube but I never owned a Gamecube. I always wished I did but I went exclusive PS2 that generation. I'm right handed so that wasn't the issue. My issue with the Wii was that I have cerebral palsey, which affects my left side. Having to hold the controls in separate hands was very uncomfortable for me. I need to be able to hold one control in both hands.

With the Wii I would have to move Link a couple steps, stop, attack, repeat. If I didn't get attacked, replace attack with adjust my thumb. Mario Baseball and Wii Sports were the only games I liked on Wii. With Mario Kart I crashed too much.

I hated every game that required the nunchuck, so must games, because I couldn't play them, which is why I consider the Wii the worst console ever (and I started with Atari). I traded the Wii in for a 360 and loved it. This gen I'm Xbox exclusive, though I'd love a.PS4.
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MM = BotW
TP = OoT
WW
SS
L'sAw
OoA/OoS
LttP
TLoZ
LA

imo
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The-Apostle posted...

It was the Wii. It likely would've been fine on Gamecube but I never owned a Gamecube. I always wished I did but it went exclusive PS2 that generation. I'm right handed so that wasn't the issue. My issue with the Wii was that I have cerebral palsey, which affects my left side. Having to hold the controls in separate hands was very uncomfortable for me. I need to be able to hold one control in both hands.

:/

you always could have bought the gamecube version of it, which is playable on the wii with backwards compatbility. Can definitely understand why you'd have issues playing actual wii games though. Skyward sword especially was probably one of the most complex/precise of the wii motion control games (it even had an extra controller addon) so it would definitely be a no-go
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I've been replaying both WW and TP on the Wii U this month for the first time in 10+ years. WW still sucks.

OoT >>> MM > TP > BotW > WW > SS

Personally, my favorite Zelda games were Ocarina of Time and Link to the Past.
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SpriteLimit posted...

I always get hate when I say this, but TP was one of the worst games I have ever played.

As somebody whose least favorite 3D Zelda is easily TP, this is an absurd statement

Sunhawk posted...

I thought WW was very average. I put in maybe 10 hours, mostly in 2003, and didn't enjoy it that much. I thought the graphics were underwhelming, the game got hard too quickly, and it just wasn't that much fun.

I never made it past the Forest Temple. I played it for quite a while, then gave up.

your opinions are laughable

Link to the Past
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I liked TP more than windwaker. Hated the whole triforce pieces collecting. I havent played the wii u version but hope it gets ported to switch since I heard it fixes it.
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