As for me, it's the babes from Zelda II, we all knew how she's recovering Link's health

Combined with memorable characters like I Am Error, and the high-skill combat that is the best ever seen in the 8bit era, this might be one of my favorites.

You got to shield high or low and attack high or low, and be able to react within less than 1 second, it's way advanced for its time literally like Dark Souls tier combat 30 years earlier

A lot of people just can't handle that