Note: Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, and A Link Between Worlds *are* run in 3D, yes, but they have a gameplay style more in line with the 2D titles, and a fixed camera angle, so I'm counting them here.

@pillowcat I count those as 2D zelda games, since they have the top-down gameplay style rather than the mobile-camera thing the others do

@Felthry completely arbitrary distinction and falls apart when applied to ALBW, but whatevs

@pillowcat Hmm, I guess it does, I forgot about the wall merging sections

Anyway I was going to list all of the zelda games and they didn't all fit (this instance has a limit of ten poll options) so I had to split them somehow, so I went with the full 3D ones and the not full 3D ones, since they have distinct play styles

@pillowcat (by that logic adventure of link should have been in its own category but a poll with one option is kind of pointless)

@Felthry It's strictly 2D because even though it has different planes upon which the gameplay occurs, neither of those planes have any particular relativity to each other or even the slightest bit of cohesion in a 3D space. The same is pretty much true for the original Legend of Zelda, Link's Awakening (when counting the remake as more of a 2.5D game), and Oracle of Seasons, all of which contain 2D side-scrolling segments.

@Felthry i guess, we just kinda get heated with this topic 'cause this is a common arbitrary distinction commonly used to devalue the games in the "2D" list as inferior, or not mainline Zelda games (that or, Console Zeldas vs. Handheld """spin-offs""")

even though there's a larger amount of better games on the 2D/Handheld list than the 3D/Console list

@pillowcat oh no I'm not calling them inferior in any way--i'm just saying they have a different style of gameplay, and that i can't fit all of them into a single poll

@Felthry Yeah, well, you still forgot Four Swords.

@pillowcat Again, limit of ten. I didn't know what to do with four swords or triforce heroes and so I just kinda left them out because I didn't think anyone would pick those anyway

@Felthry you could've added the 3D games to the 3D list~ ; 3

Look, you just fell victim to one of the classic gaming blunders, okay? Perhaps the most famous of which is, "Never get involved in a console war in a game forum," but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never get into a game design argument against us when Zelda is on the line."

@Felthry (though yeah, we suppose Four Swords and Triforce Heroes being nearly completely inaccessible to play probably hurts their popularity)

@Felthry something something Doom is 2D game