When a series as sprawling and storied as The Legend of Zelda celebrates a major milestone, people tend to notice – so you may have already spotted that the nearly peerless Nintendo franchise turns 40 this week. That's a staggering timeline, going all the way back to the NES, and underlines that it's one of the most important and influential gaming series of all time.
As that big birthday got closer, it had us thinking here at T3 about the Zelda games that we love the most, and while I don't ever want to be accused of recency bias, there was really only ever going to be one pick for me.
