The Zelda games rated from Worst to Best

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If we're going by relative quality to time periods, then the DS Celdas and 4 Swords games are the lowest, followed by the NES games, Twilight Princess, Skyward, the GBA ones, Minish, and Celda Windwaker is the best of the bad Zeldas.

Best for their time:
1. Ocarina
2. Link to the Past
3. Majora's Mask
4. Awakening
5. Between Worlds