Ranking Every Legend of Zelda Game

From the NES Zelda to Echoes of Wisdom, I've played and ranked every Legend of Zelda game!

Bathaniel Nandy ► @RealBathanielNandy
Nathaniel Bandy Live ► @NathanielBandyLive

Shoutouts to TetraBitGaming, Nintendrew, DPadGamer, and indiejacob for helping with the multiplayer recording!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Zelda's Adventure
5:38 Link: The Faces of Evil
9:45 Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon
11:03 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
14:16 The Legend of Zelda
17:41 My Nintendo Picross: Twilight Princess
19:08 Link's Crossbow Training
20:20 Link's Awakening DX
22:35 Oracle of Seasons
26:45 Oracle of Ages
29:01 Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
30:42 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
33:20 Tri Force Heroes
35:45 Link's Awakening (Switch)
38:30 Majora's Mask
42:33 Majora's Mask 3D
46:00 Phantom Hourglass
51:55 Spirit Tracks
57:23 Skyward Sword
1:05:17 Four Swords Adventures
1:09:01 Skyward Sword HD
1:11:32 Twilight Princess
1:16:39 Twilight Princess HD
1:18:03 Echoes of Wisdom
1:23:07 A Link to the Past
1:25:10 A Link to the Past & Four Swords
1:27:24 Ocarina of Time: Master Quest
1:29:04 Ocarina of Time
1:32:35 Ocarina of Time 3D
1:34:34 The Wind Waker
1:38:54 Tears of the Kingdom
1:55:40 The Minish Cap
1:59:56 A Link Between Worlds
2:03:53 The Wind Waker HD
2:05:57 Breath of the Wild
2:17:32 Outro

Remixed Music:

Additional Footage:

Channel Avatars by @Charriii5

[NathanielBandy]

What was my hottest take? Also a few things I wanted to note about the video!

- I know there are Tingle games. I did not count those because they're about Tingle and don't really have anything to do with The Legend of Zelda at all.
- There's a couple games where the aspect ratio on the footage will randomly have the tops and bottoms slightly cut off. That's from a compression error using Handbrake, the program got confused and I didn't realize until already deleting the original footage. So sorry about that!
- I'm aware of the 3DS version of Four Swords as well, but didn't think it was really worth bringing up or playing since it doesn't have that much new content in it

[spelv]

Best and worst list i’ve ever seen. You’ve laid out all your points very clearly and I can see where you’re coming from, so massive props. But as a certified MM cultist, execution is tomorrow.

[YoungAvJoe]

Hearing you talk about these games as a "non-fan" was incredibly interesting. Quite refreshing to see a new perspective on this series. I would love it if you ranked all the Metroid games, and see many of those games through a newcomer's perspective!

[TheSuperSmashBros]

“YOU’VE… KILLED… ME”
“Good”
AVGN: “Good (Laughs) You Killed Me, Good!

[janposekany]

Man i have just realized that the Zelda community Is one of the most indecisive communities ever. You can have any opinion you want And you would still piss of a lot a fans.

[qactustick]

I think it's great that Zelda's one of those franchises where pretty much every game is someone's favorite, while simultaneously being someone else's least favorite. It makes the franchise very resistant to turning into an echo chamber when it comes to discussion and you can't really be 'wrong' for liking or disliking a specific game.

[CrazyWeridoRH]

It's clearer in the 3DS version, but the Clocktown Banker gives you a stamp that tells you how many rupees you have. It is funny because in every subsequent timeline, you never actually deposited the rupees there. So in a way, Link is just committing massive bank fraud.

[Thew]

OMG i cant believe you put "insert game here" above "insert another game here"! List invalidated.

[mariomasterofficial]

As someone who has played barely any The Legend Of Zelda Games, I still find it entertaining to hear people talk about them

[alexander]

Nathaniel Bandy: puts majoras mask at 21
*Schafrillas Productions disliked that.*

[SnowFairy]

He really said : Majoras Mask is amazing - I hated every second of it .

[Pekechu]

Huge respect for putting out 2 massive videos in less than a week.

[vurvo]

This has been said before, but what I like about these videos is that they are your own opinions and separate from the consensus. I respect the honesty even if I disagree with some parts.

[musicalspirit]

Please remember - just because some random youtuber says a game "isnt worth going back to" doesn't mean YOU shouldn't play it.

[A_Ali]

This is gonna be the most toxic comment section in the history of Nathaniel Bandy

[KeithCarterEOG]

Never seen Zelda's Adventure in my life before this, and I hope I never see it again. I feel it is truly cursed

[dereklucht]

Lol I feel like people have been saying "majora's mask is underrated!" for so long that it's now become vastly overrated.

[GameofTobi]

You should get a reward for putting Minish Cap this high on the list. That game is beyond amazing

[lindabastiaensens]

"Y O U' V E K I L L E D M E E E
"good"
Has always been my favourite line in gaming history

[Gian]

The most divisive video, but gotta respect an honest opinion purely based on which you had most fun with