Oh lemme wrack my brain for a second:
- Zelda I: Managed to thrift the cartridge and have played it casually; haven't beaten it yet but I made it pretty far! I think the second or third dungeon.
- Zelda II: Also thrifted this one! It's a bigger jump in difficulty because of the gameplay changes but it's such a cool game and severely overhated in my opinion! That being said I haven't gotten far in this one lmao, though I love running around and encountering random monster screens.
- ALTTP: Bought the cartridge when it was cheaper and made 3/4ths of the way through the game! It's super engaging and I love the style/graphics. Pink-haired link for the win! lmao
- Link's Awakening (Switch): Ngl, this one didn't capture my attention as much as I thought it would. The gameplay's solid but the story didn't do it for me.
- OOT (3DS): Classic! I understand why it has the hype that it does, I had fun playing through the whole game and appreciate it's HUGE community, but it's not a game I would come back to. Story and gameplay is solid, though!
- MM (3DS): Borrowed this one from a friend. I wish I could play this game without being mentally stun locked by the timer; it's more stress inducing than it should be lmao. Other than that, this is such a beautiful game and I love it so despite my inability to play it! Definitely top 5 for me.
- WW (GC): Didn't get really far in this game, but the sea fairing mechanics, story and style is so charming and fun! Not for me personally though.
- Minish Cap (GBA): LOOOVE this one! This is my WW for WW fans lmao. I wasn't expecting to love this game as much when I first started playing it. Zelda is full of energy and personality, Vaati as a villain really captured my heart and he'll forever be in my top three zelda villains, the gameplay is eerily similar to ALTTP with a bonus shrinking mechanic that I deeply enjoyed playing through. I tried to do a 100% run I loved it that much, but I got stuck in the very final Vaati fight, and that last chicken returning game for the last piece of heart lmao. Love love looove this game!
- TP (Wii, GC): My first Zelda game and by far my favourite one! Took me over ten years of on and off play to beat it, which is the only downside I ever had to this game. The story, graphics and style, the engaging characters and gameplay; everything about it just screamed fun for me! I remember just faffing around the beginning farming village for hours on end rp-ing stuff in my head before even progressing the story lmao! Midna is the best companion by far in the series, Zelda also holds for one of the best in the series in my opinion, Ganon, Zant, Illia; it's just such a beautiful and amazing game to me.
- PH & SP (DS): Borrowed these from the same friend; I got soft-locked in one of the first dungeons in PH since something about the cartridge was broken so I didn't get very far or that engaged with it. SP was the same engagement-wise, though I love how they incorporated Zelda in a more hands-on role with Link in this game!
- SS (Wii): Didn't get far in this game, and I didn't understand the hype for it when it first came out. I appreciate the lore and what it adds to the franchise, Ghirahim is a fun villain that I enjoyed, but overall it wasn't for me.
- BOTW/TOTK (Switch): BOTW was a mixed bag for me, I didn't buy the game until a year after it's release just to make sure it wasn't a similar situation to SS lmao, since I was very skeptical of Nintendo at the time. But once I bought it (from encouragement from my friends) I had an utter blast! It's a game I would definitely return back to, which isn't something I would say about TOTK. I understand they wanted to expand on the game since it was so popular, and I love the sky/underground maps they added to the game, but it didn't really hit it for me like the first game did. It's a solid play, but not for me.
I do love the speedrunning community for this franchise, so I've seen most if not all of the games in the series being played through, but I thought I'd list the ones I actually played lmao