What's the best Zelda to start with, should I start with Zelda 1 or Breath of the Wild?

theres a couple tech trees
botw -> totk
lttp -> links awakening -> oracle of ages/seasons -> minish cap
ocarina of time -> majoras mask -> twilight princess -> skyward sword

>>715098415 (OP)
They're all movie games. The popularization of the save file marks the invention of the movie game.

oh zelda 1 after lttp and windwaker after twilight princess too
zelda 2 kinda looks like shit but i never played it
theres also four swords adventure which i have never played, regular four swords (comes with link to the past on gba) that requires 2 players and really is the most fun with 3 or 4, and a bunch of dogshit nobody really likes like phantom hourglass and spirit tracks which you can probably just skip

>>715098415 (OP)
Start with the original Move on to LttP. Ocarina. Majora's, and all the moderns. They're fine.

>>715099167
shut the fuck up

>>715098415 (OP)
In case you aren't trolling, which is about 0,01%: start with a link to the past if you aren't a zoomer who can't handle 2D, else with OOT.

>>715099167
Better opinion than most faggots have on here but you're still wrong

>>715099167
OoT marks the invention of movie games, this is Shiggy's own intention for the future of video games, and why Aonuma saved us that fate

>>715098867
OP do the latter 2.
botw and totk are Zelda in name only.

>>715100193
They're the best ones though

>>715100193
>muh not zelda
let it go old man

>>715099934
How? The save file is an entirely degenerate paradigm of game design. It takes the game from being performance driven, like a musical instrument or an arcade, to being progression driven, like a book or a movie. All games with no scoring system, that rely on the ability to save your progress, are movie game trash.
>>715099995
Even LttP was a movie game. NES Zelda was like Dungeons & Dragons or Zork in the sense that it was designed for you to use a pen and paper to beat it.

Every influential Zelda game ever made has had an extremely negative impact on trends in the gaming industry.

Zelda 1 - save files
OoT - walking sim
BotW - open world

>>715100193
running around an open area using your tools and ingenuity to find heart pieces and rupees is a staple of the zelda formula though
i will say those games sort of lack the punch that comes from having 3-8 big sprawling dungeons, cool items with unique effects, bomb bag size increases, and boss fights

>>715101054
i dont think there's anything wrong with guiding the player through a progression of your game's mechanics, but I agree it sort of feels all-for-nothing without a separate mode that doesn't have those guard rails

>>715098415 (OP)
Zelda 3 if you want 2D
Wind weaker if 3D
Ignore the rest.

>>715098415 (OP)
I have barely played Breath of the Wild but I am very impressed by like the 1 or so hour I did play of it. I had no idea the game was like this. Its so open ended and its pretty much like a complete sandbox. No wonder why it got such high praise. I'm going to have to get used to Link being Spider-Man but I think I can manage.

Is Skyward Sword HD any good guys? Been wanting to collect only the basest games for Switch.

>>715101830
fuck no
skyward sword is beyond terrible
taking out the motion controls does not fix it
it's fucking wolf bug hunting from twilight princess but thats the entire game

>>715098415 (OP)
OoT, or Link to the Past/Link's Awakening. Zelda 1 is still worth playing, it's a good game in its own right, but if you want to know what Zelda as a whole is, then it's not a great introduction to that.

>>715101704
>completely random contrarian opinion
you're somehow worse than the botw/totk fags

>>715102413
Weird they do an HD remaster of that one but not Wind Waker or Twilight Princess.

>>715101481
>bomb bag size increases
TP had three bomb bags, with increases for each one, and multiple types of bombs. Never seen anyone praise it.

>>715101579
randomizer for Wind Waker feels pretty much perfect. It skips the intro, starts you in the ocean on the boat, and removes nearly every cutscene. You just explore, never knowing where you will find progress, which dungeon order you will play through, or even if you will have to do dungeons.

>>715101054
>open world
negative? a seamless game world that prioritizes player expression is a negative?? put down the crack pipe

>>715098415 (OP)
LttP or OoT are the ones to start with.

>>715103607
You have to be 18+ to post here

I would say either pick LTTP, OOT or BOTW as your first. You can check the others out later.

>>715101054
>save files
>negative
Shut the fuck up.

>>715098415 (OP)
Just start with BotW to get into it easily. But IMO you won't understand why Zelda games are "masterpieces" before you've played Ocarina of Time or A Link to the Past.

>>715103402
its not something i would ever praise but it is certainly something I miss in botw
just because the only items you get in the ENTIRE GAME that aren't consumable are pieces of armor, the master sword, and a couple DLC items

>>715103531
yeah thats what im talking about
but i think randomizers in general suck because they are TOO random

>>715098415 (OP)
Zelda 1 is much better than BotW

LTTP or OOT

>>715098415 (OP)
LTTP
Links awakening
Both oracle games
Minish cap (some romhacks fix some issues like making the dogshit trade quest less awful)

I can't really recommend the 3d games because they aren't for me, but they are good enough. They all feel a lot slower and have worse pacing than the 2d games in my opinion.

>>715103531
Randomizer for wind waker just showed me how empty and boring the game is.

>>715098415 (OP)
I'm still a newfag myself, but started briefly with Zelda 1, noped out at the NES titles, and went on to LttP which I liked way more than I ever expected. Time among other things has been fucked so I still haven't gotten around to LA but somehow I'm beginning to believe it can be that good despite being on the Game Boy. Really looking forward to it.

>>715106497
Link awakenings biggest issue is how often you have to stop the gameplay to switch equipment. Otherwise it's just LTTP lite if I can be honest (this is a good thing)

>>715106450
it happens

>>715104681
You cant handle the truth scrub