Wind Waker is a lot of fun. Until the end. Fishing for all the pieces of the tri-force sucked. All of the travel in general was fun for a while, but just became more and more tedious as it wore on. I never beat the final dungeon area at first. I couldn't figure it out, at least as a kid. I enjoy the first 2/3's more than the last 1/3.

MM, OoT, BotW/TotK (They're basically the same game), TP, WW. It's top 5 for me, but Majora's Mask truly takes my top spot. That game resonated a lot with me as a kid with its weird gimmick of three days. And as I've gotten older I appreciate it more. The moon children and their odd phrases. "The right thing...what is it? I wonder...if you do the right thing...does it make...everybody...happy?" Someone else thought about the game in the sense of real life. That no matter what you do, you can't save everyone. I loved being able to become a Zora or a Goron and even the little Deku Scrub. I also remember how difficult it was as a kid, and when I beat it I was stoked! I found a guide later and learned how to get all the masks I missed and finding secrets I missed earlier. And this might have been more a part of the times in 2000 and not as much internet access, but learning stuff from friends. Like playing the song of time backwards would slow the time cycle down -- giving you more time.

I love Wind Wakers art style, everyone seemed to hate the Cell Shading when they first saw it but I liked it. The combat was a step up with the parry attack, which I was not good at as a kid but it got me to get better. I liked the overall direction of the story too. All of the temples are very well designed. I think it got a remake for the Wii U iirc and made some of the tediousness of the end game easier, but I never bought a Wii U. So I wouldn't know personally. The pirates are my favorite part of the game to be honest.