I thought it was going to be better than standard controls, and I was pleased to find this to be true.

Never played it. But I can't imagine it'd be as boring as Skyward Sword.

I have a tough time saying any 3D Zelda title is the "worst". Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Ocarina, Majora's Mask, and Wind Waker all had elements that trumped the other entries, while all having their own set of drawbacks. I guess if I had to choose, I'd say Twilight Princess is the probably the 3D Zelda title that I have the least amount of care to go back and replay, but seeing as how I've still completed it twice, it's still better than most video games I've tried.

I will say this though. Gameplay aside, Twilight Princess had an absolutely hideous art style, definitely the worst in the series IMO. Even regular Hylian characters looked like monsters (see Malo), and characters that were supposed to look attractive in-universe, like Ilia and Twili Midna, just looked ugly to me. Skyward Sword and Wind Waker trumped TP's style in both design and range of character emotion, and I'm honestly relieved that the next entry is keeping with the more cel-shaded style.

Nah, I think people geuninely like it because of its atmosphere. But for me, it has the worst collection of dungeons of any of the 3D games (with the Stone Tower Temple being the only exception), and the dungeons are always my favourite part of the series, so when they don't live up to my expectations, the game as a whole does not.

Yeah, one of my favourite things about Skyward Sword was its more concise, short-and-sweet dungeons that never got annoyingly labyrinthine or outstayed their welcome.

Well Wind Waker's my favourite of any Zelda, and the only dungeon that I find kind of annoying is the Tower of the Gods. I love the other 4, especially the Earth and Wind temples. Majora's on the other hand, were beyond boring, with the Great Bay Temple being boring and stupidly annoying. Absolutely hate that dungeon.

Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess have my favourite collection of dungeons, with Snowpeak Ruins from TP being my favourite dungeon from any game, but I still like Wind Waker overall more because of the gameplay and how I personally find it very fun to explore the world.

Skyward Sword's dungeons I actually found kinda forgettable, but I sort of attribute that to the fact that I've only beaten it once, while I've replayed OoT, WW and TP multiple times, and beat MM for the first time last week. The only dungeon in SS I really remember was the Sandship, which was an awesome dungeon.

Completely agreed! Ancient Cistern, Sandship, and Sky Keep all rank among the best dungeons not only in the series but in the genre for me.

Zelda U has some huge shoes to fill...

I can't judge fairly since WWHD was my first Zelda that I actually committed to. The others were more like me demoing them.

With that said, I've watched my bro play them all. Skyward Sword looked the worst

I lean more towards skyward sword. Twilight Princess has long stretches of dull and is nothing but mediocre, but skyward sword is deliberately dumbed down in order to accommodate the controls, which are functional but doesn't add enough to the game to make up for what it took away.

The worst Zelda game is still better than most other games out there, so it seems strange talking about the worst one. But if we are limiting it to the mainline 3D games, there are only 5, so one of them has to come in last. I haven't played Wind Waker yet, so for me:

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