Why have so many people just randomly got this recommended this now?

Honestly, Nintendo has always listened to the fans when it comes to Zelda. Zelda II wasn’t praised like Zelda I, so Zelda III (or Link to the Past) is basically a return to form. Since people wanted Ocarina of Time 2 (and the backlash against WW’s style), they made Twilight Princess (and with a more realistic style). EVERYONE complained about the linearity of Skyward Sword, so they made Breath of the Wild an open-world sand box.

Oh hey! Schafrillas posted a zelda? Awesome! *sees it was posted 2 years ago* ... Oh

1:48 top ten jump scares in horror moivies No joke that actually scared me

"There's only one thing on planet earth I like more." Shows picture of Hamilton That's how you know this video came out before Tamatoa existed. (GUYS I MADE THIS COMMENT WHEN I WAS LIKE 12 I KNOW DONT REMIND ME

Once I saw wind waker at 4 I knew you were gonna be the type of have Majora at 1

Its so hard to pick a favorite Zelda game with the radical evolution the series has gone through over the years, each generation is practically a different genre. When I want to sit down and experience an *_Epic_* I load up Twilight Princess. When I don't have much time to play, I like to pick up majoras mask anywhere, see what I can do in a day or two in my bombers notebook. And now with Breath of The wild I can just roam and explore freely, climbing the monster food-chain until I hit the peak with powerful weapons and armor... And stare at Kass too.

I once fought the Imprisoned, smacked his toes off, and he fell backwards with his head clipped through the wall. Obviously I couldn’t hit his weak point, so I waited for the insane amount of time the developers set before he decided to get back up, and start walking... In place. So he was invincible.

Twilight Princess is SO underrated, it's arguably one of the most cinematic Zelda games out there.

Regardless of the games themselves, the twilight princess link has remained my favourite link for a long time.

You know, from a certain point of view, the Imprisoned really does its job of being the manifestation of all evil if you hate it that much.

I can’t believe he forgot Link’s Crossbow Training. Also, how dare he call Skyward Sword’s Zelda the best when Spirit Tracks exists.

also why is everyone here suddenly getting this recommended

0/10 didn’t include Link’s crossbow training

My first Zelda was Twilight Princess, and so far remains my favorite. Tho Botw 2 might overtake it if the story and dungeons are good. Edit: It did not, but was still good, though getting spoiled on the Dragon twist a week before playing didn't help.

Despite being subscribed for over a year, now, I had no idea that you already ranked your favorite Zelda games. Not only did I enjoy this list, and hold an almost identical ranking save for numbers 1 and 2, but I really appreciate you going back, taking this original material and giving Ocarina and (eventually) Majora it's due credit in a full video. Thank you for the entertainment!

Honestly, I thought the Imprisoned looked kinda menacing during the first part of the game, until I actually fought it and I realised it had legs. Just... the legs made it look stupid. It doesn't stop Skyward Sword for being my favourite (because for me story is more important than gameplay) but I completely understand the numerous flaws it has and that the Imprisoned is awful

I think Majora's Mask isn't about growing up. Link is already an adult for all intents and purposes at the end of Ocarina of Time. His experiences made him into one, regardless whether he has now the body of a child again (which is quite ironic; it's the opposite of his situation at the end of the first part of Ocarina) Majora's central theme is grief, loss, and how to cope with it. Termina literally comes from terminal, the end, the final. The different stages of grief are all on display one way or another. The skull kid kickstarts the plot partially because he is angry at the giants because they won't spend time with him anymore. The townsfolk are initially deeply in denial over their impending moon doom. You impersonate the dead friends of other characters, by playing songs and helping them let go of their pain, their deaths, and move on. The Deku King is angry because his daughter was stolen, and is taking it out on innocent people. The gorons mourn their fallen leader Darani, and he in turn tries to bargain for the player character to bring him back to life. Lulu shows depression after losing her eggs. Anju lost her lover, and vice versa. Acceptance comes in many forms. Some people have argued that Ikana Valley, its theme of death, and Link's confrontation with his own mortality is a form of acceptance, as well as Link's cleansing of the place. The townsfolk accept their fate in the final day (even as it is averted by you). The skull kid realizes his mistakes and understands that partings are a part of life. And finally, this is just a theory, but it is speculated that Link's reason for being in the lost woods to begin with was to find his lost friend, Navi. If that's the case, perhaps his adventure in Termina allowed him to get some closure.

I'm the only person in the world who enjoyed the flying in Skyward Sword.

"This is easily the most likable Zelda has ever been" *sad spirit tracks noises*

"there's no Zelda companion that comes close to Midna" Linebeck: allow me to introduce myself

6:50 credit to PBG

The only game that has matched majora for me was the original dark souls for it equally as detailed world and the fact that the entire game can be interpreted as a metaphor about depression and putting in the effort to get through it. Funny that two of my favorite games are about preserving hope in the face of death and incredible hardships respectively I’ve really made it through a lot because of those two

Just for fun and because it's also my favorite video game franchise, I'm gonna rank the entire canon since I've played them all. 19. Phantom Hourglass 18. Four Swords Adventures 17. Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link 16. Four Swords 15. Tri Force Heroes 14. The Legend Of Zelda 13. Twilight Princess 12. Oracle Of Seasons 11. Skyward Sword 10. The Minish Cap 9. Spirit Tracks 8. Ocarina Of Time 7. A Link Between Worlds 6. Oracle Of Ages 5. A Link To The Past 4. Link's Awakening 3. Breath Of The Wild 2. Majora's Mask 1. The Wind Waker (my favorite video game of all time)

0:48 "I'm only gonna be taking into account the remakes of these games, because I consider them the definitive versions" Majora's Mask 3D is considered to be inferior to the original for several reasons.

The #4 Ocarina fake had me going. I was gonna be pissed

Twilight Princess was my first Zelda game.

Wish SS had more attention given to it’s surface. Don’t like feeling forced to revisit an area the same way every time

Finally, someone else gets how amazing Majora’s mask is! People judge it too much from how it was developed and it’s mechanics

Actually i started to get mad when you where about to announce the fourth place. You got me in the first half im not gonna lie.

Majora's mask 3d isn't the definitive version of Majora's Mask. It changed too much from the original unlike ocarina3d when they stayed as faithful as possible.

"Every single time I replay it, I discover something new". Thank you. I never see anyone bring up how MM has the best replayability because every single time you do, you become and even greater master of time and the world around you. New ways to sequence side quests and dungeons. Every time I replay it I pick a cycle where I attempt to do as mu h as possible. Shit like upgrading your sword to gilded while using a deku stick to beat woodall temple in order to do the race against the butler and also somehow save the ranch. Try it for yourself. See how well you know to world to make the most of every second.

Man, I think that Skyward Sword dungeons are some of the best in the game.

1. Twilight Princess 2. Majora's Mask (Though it kinda overlaps with Twilight Princess as my favorite.) 3. Ocarina of Time 4. Wind Waker 5. Skyward Sword (I haven't even played this one yet.)

Here's my unwanted list 1.) Wind Waker 2.) Majora's Mask 3.) Skyward Sword 4.) Twilight Princess 5.) Ocarina of Time

First off, I love all these games. That being said, my list goes: 1. Majora's Mask 2. Twilight Princess 3. Wind Waker 4. Ocarina of Time 5. Breath of the Wild 6. Skyward Sword Again, I love them all and some of my picks are biased. (Ex. Wind Waker was my first Zelda).

The one thing that he likes more than Majora's Mask, In Song Form! "Well Tomotoa hasn't always this glam, he was a drab little crab once."

Fun fact: I used to look up playthroughs of random games. A lot of times I would get bored and stop watching. The only two I watched all the way were the first Mario and Luigi game and Majoras mask.

Don't worry. Skyward Sword was my first Zelda too.

Dude majoras mask is my favorite Zelda and video game of all time... words can not describe how much I love this game... the nostalgia and history I have is insane

My subjective list and the subjective reasons why I adore each game: 1)twilight princess (feels Tolkien af, strong linear progression, alot of detail in the small things, it's variety ) 2)breath of the wild (amazing world building, great character progression, non linearity executed well.) 3)wind waker (ganondorf, the story in general and how easy going the game is) 4)majoras mask (it's tone, impressive game design and ability to do alot with a little) 5)skyward sword (satisfying af combat, very creative dungeon design, groose) 6)ocarina of time (it's amazingly executed themes, great 2nd half and climax, how easy it is to pick up)

If Majora’s Mask never existed, I feel like OOT Link wouldn’t be half the tragic hero we see him as now. OOT had such a solid story, and of course at the end, Navi flies away and sets up Link’s journey at the beginning of MM. But if there was no MM bookending Link’s story, he wouldn’t be tragic. Just a thought.

Clicked on this video 6 years later and I find it funny because now Breath of the Wild's sequel is out and thats the hype

Twilight Princesscess is my favorite Zelda game just because of how gritty it looks, and that's just my type of genre

" There's only one thing on earth I like more!" Me: SHREK 2

Final Hours... One of the most Emotional and Tear Jerking Songs in Music History. Knowing that Doom is Upon the World of Termina, the People of the Land just Waiting in Absolute Fear as the Moon is falling, you get a Sense of Hopelessness, Dread, and Sadness as the Hours Pass and the Earth Quakes. There's another Feeling or More that I cannot Describe, but I, and you, can Feel them when we Hear this Song.

discovered this pearl 6 years later.

This is my list but I like twilight princess more than majoras mask

my ranking of all the zelda games ive played: 1. twilight princess 2. skyward sword (dont kill me) 3. breath of the wild 4. majoras mask 5. wind waker 6. ocarina of time 7. a link between worlds 8. spirit tracks 9. minish cap 10. phantom hourglass 11. links awakening 12. four swords adventures

The fact that he used footage from the Wii version of TP just makes me so happy.

Skyward Sword is my favorite Zelda game of all time because it was my first Zelda game, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. I love the gameplay, the characters, and basically everything that was mentioned in the video. I do agree that the Imprisoned royally sucks, but it's a little easier to beat him if you jump off of the tier above him and hit the seal that way, instead of trying to knock him down first.

Majora's Mask is honestly a god-tier game. I remember playing it on the wii virtual console almost a decade ago. It left such an impression on me.

Skyward Sword is still my favourite Zelda. I think you put it well when you said it has its flaws (what game doesn’t?) but it’s highs are just so damn higher than any other Zelda.

Twilight princess is always gonna be my favourite

I love ocarina of time I played it in 2019 BEST. TWIST. EVER. I’m not nostalgia blind either. Beaten it like 6 times. Love it.

As _games?_ 5) Skyward Sword, 4) Wind Waker, 3) Majora's Mask, 2) Twilight Princess, 1) Ocarina of Time. OoT and TP's dungeon and boss design is still dang solid years later. But TP's story loses steam four dungeons in and OoT's is pretty simple by modern standards. As _stories?_ 5) Skyward Sword, 4) Twilight Princess, 3) Ocarina of Time, 2) Wind Waker, 1) Majora's Mask. MM transcends video games to be a compelling story _period,_ while WW tells a simple but beautiful tale of regret and hope. (It'd make an excellent animated film.)

Twilight Princess is by far my personal favorite, despite the lack of added overworld features and side quests

Twilight Princess was my first Zelda game. I don't know too much about the others (I'm playing Majora's Mask for the first time atm) but Twilight Princess's atmosphere and even soundtrack is so great to me. Running through Hyrule Field is fine because of how adventurous it feels, and even the sidequests aren't too agonizing! I don't really play video games often so I like how more straightforward it is, and the dungeons were easy enough while still being creatively awesome. Majora's Mask awesome too, but TP is my top!

1:33 *Immediately turns off video out of protest*

Majora's Mask is one of my favorites as well, and as such I'm still mad at nintendo for not basing Young Link more off of MM in Smash when there is literally a Great Bay stage and the bunny hood

he pronounces ocarina like macarena

My top 5 -1 cdi games 0-crossbow training 1-botw 2-majoras mask 3-twilight princess 4-a link between worlds 5-ocarina of time

People really over explain the motion controls in Skyward Sword. It's very responsive, and I also found it to be such a magical getaway.

Dude Ik this is three years old but I’m gonna do my ranking! 5. Ocarina of time (don’t @ me) 4. Windwaker 3. Skyward sword (again don’t @ me) 2. Majors mask 1. Twilight princess

"I consider the remakes to be the definitive versions" he says, with Majora's Mask 3D on the screen

Is this coming up in people recommended again? Not complaining, great video

Thank you for putting Majoras Mask 1st. Personally, MM is a masterpiece, both 64 and 3Ds. ❤️❤️❤️

1. Ocarina of Time 10/10 2. Majora's Mask 10/10 3. Tears of the Kingdom 10/10 4. Breath of the Wild 10/10 5. Wind Waker 10/10 6. Skyward Sword 10/10 7. Twilight Princess 10/10

My list is 6. Skyward Sword 5. Windwaker 4. Ocirina 3. Twilight princess 2. Majoras mask 1. Breath of the wild

I didn't own the n64 version of majora's mask but it's still my favorite Zelda as well. Twilight second ww third ss fourth and ocarina fifth

I was lucky to grow up with OOT and MM when they got released! for sure MM is the nr 1

05. Wind Waker 04. Skyward Sword 03. Twilight Princess 02. Ocarina of Time 1. Majora’s Mask

1. Wind Waker 2. Twilight Princess 3. Majora’s Mask 4. Ocarina of Time (fight me) 5. Skyward Sword

Majora’s Mask gives me ptsd flashbacks to the horrors of the game

"The owl who eats your Tootsie Pop" is probably my favorite joke in one of your vids!

1. Majora's Mask 2. Twilight Princess 3. Wind Waker 4. Ocarina of Time 5. Skyward Sword

Why does this only have 510 views?

1. Majoras Mask-Nothing more to say about this masterpiece. 2. Wind Waker-This is more a very personal oppinion.. I just love to organise things. And in Wind Waker, there is so much to remeber, so much to find, so much to do, I love the fotoquest, the constant progress feeling when collecting tresaure maps, I love the minigames, I love Tetra, I really enjoy every single dungeon, its just such a fun journey. 3. Skyward Sword-I know, I know..But when I played this game, I just felt a single feeling: satisfaction. Everything in this game satisfies me. I love the music, the dungeons, I absolutly praise the controls, I love the creativity. Just.. the imprisioned. Fuck him. Fuck him so much 4. Twilight Princess-What should I say about this game..It´s okay. I love the dungeons, I love Midna, I love most of the Items, but..I can´t remeber a single good sidequest, the overworld isn´t appealing to me at all, and the beginning is just.. urgh. 5. Ocarina of Time-In my opinion.. One of the most overrated Games of all time... It´s just like a pizza with only cheese. It´s tasty, but it would taste so much better with something else. Great Potential for more, but on its own..It´s just not enough compaired to the rest. When I played it I was so fucking disappionted, questioning myself "Thats it? This is called the best Zelda by so many?"

Thinking about it, what makes Ocarina so widely beloved is, in my opinion, its simplicity. Everyone can play it, everyone can understand it, the plot and combat system is as simple as it gets, and thus everyone can enjoy it. Which is an achievement in off itself and one of the greatest strengths of the franchise. The problem that i see is that for modern standarts, the game has become almost too simple. In a world where videogames have complex plots, deep characters and challenging but engaging combat systems it simply can not compete anymore. It simply didnt age well.

"I can't praise Midna enough." Somebody kiss this intellectual! (:

My list: 5.Skyward Sword 4. Majora's Mask 3.Windwaker 2.Ocarina of Time 1. Twilight Princess

You need to do one of these for metroid when prime 4 comes out.

"I'm only gonna be taking into account the remakes of these games, because I consider them the definitive versions" I am of the opposite opinion.

No hate but I’d literally put this list in reverse hahaha, fell in love with the story, art style and combat of skyward sword

Hehehhe wait until Breath of the Wild 2 (or whatever it’s gonna be called) is released

literally every one has had a remake except skyward sword.

Wow... This was made back in the ''Shitposting'' era of Schaffrillas Productions, as I like to call it, and one of the, if not *the* first properly edited review he has ever done. This video still absolutely has all of James' charm and his incredibly iconic and fun voice present in his most newer videos, and ones unfortunately not present in his shitposts, which feel like factory-produced shorts and edits to farm views from (Except for the song edits. Those slap hard, my favorite is the King Dice's song except with Oogie Boogie, just because of the Cuphead bias, obviously). ''Remind me to never do a countdown again.'' Heh, this is your life now James, you can never get away from that fact, and I couldn't be happier about it. Once a countdown creator, ALWAYS a countdown creator. There is no escape!.. Also because you apparently enjoy making these now, so yeah.

majoras mask (specifically the masks) gave me nightmares when i was 3. i thoughtd he was trapped in there and would never come out. also i was afraid of dying. and that's why i only played windwaker and i only went to outset island, dragon roost island, forest haven, and windfall island.

But wait, the 3DS remake of Majora’s Mask broke so many things in the game! Still number 1* Huh...neat.

5. Skyward Sword 4.Twilight Princess 3. Majoras Mask 2. Ocarina of Time 1. Wind Waker

The character and emotion put into the world of Majoras Mask is unmatched in any game I've seen since, I really do find it hard to put into words how well the story and atmospheric elements of this game work together. The groundhog day esque 3-day cycle, combined with terrible events and circumstances allow the writers to just plain bring the characters to life in a way that any media can rarely do. Something about that 3 day cycle is deeply oppressive, it snuffs out the hope of a future and a course towards progress and fixing the world. All you have is every characters possible paths through that short period in exquisite detail- their last three days on earth, and most of them know it before the end. This is betrayed by some harrowing lines that you can seek out by exploring the nearly to be annihilated world. You can only provide temporary relief, solve some problems then see your work undone when you are forced to revert to the first day. It takes the formula of gradually fixing the world and beating back evil one step at a time (perfected in OOT) and shoots it in the head. You don't fix anything in this game for good, you just use the rewards to increase your own power until you can eventually fight back. The world doesn't get better, it remains unfixed and deeply pained. Even in final victory much of the damage wrought by the Skull Kid is outside of your power to fix. You can't bring back the Deku Butler's dead son as he was killed before the 3 day cycle started, neither can you make Kafei turn back into an adult for his wedding day, all you can do is reunite the pair for a bittersweet wedding ceremony hours before a death they know is coming. The intensely bleak themes of the game and the 'realness' of the characters however makes your interventions just feel so much more meaningful, reuniting the couple, healing Pamela's father, saving the ranch, and eventually, stopping the end of the world. It's one of the only games (perhaps THE only) that I would class as a legitimate work of art, due to it's depth, emotional impact and uniqueness.

Schaff going on #4 got me like "true, true, oh YOU FU-"

This list is the exact opposite of my 3D Zelda list (but that’s ok!) 😃

"Remind me to never do a countdown again." (Does some more countdowns in the future) Not complaining, just saying

I love how you have the Legend of Zelda, 25th anniversary (8th movement) Ballad of the Goddess with your intro. One of my favorite pieces of music ever.

Fun fact: the day this comment was uploaded 4 years after this video released So happy 4th anniversary for the legend of Zelda: breath of the wild

Skyward sword is my favorite, though I know that it's not that good of a game.

For me it's: 1. Majora's mask 2. Wind waker 3. Skyward sword 4. Twilight Princess 5. Ocarina of time Yes skyward sword is better than both oot and tp

I've Never been able to get in to Majora's mask for some reason the time limit makes it kind of unfun for me

I agree with your top three, even with Ocarina of time in second place. HOWEVER, I put Twilight Princess and Majora's mask at a tie for first because I feel the story of both are just that great. And as you've said, you get invest with the characters and the world as a whole and want to save them all that much more.