Originally Posted by
Grace
Start with an older one. A Link to the Past is the first one that actually told its story through the gameplay.
The lore and mythos of the Zelda franchise was a lot like how Final Fantasy's is, but in more recent times, the games were linked together chronologically, and all the newer games Nintendo have put out seem to be focusing on putting that story together.
Yeah, there's a lot of them. But they're damn worth it.
The first two for the NES you may not be able to get into, they don't really tell a story. But all of the other Zelda console games really are worth your time if you can get into an Action/Adventure Puzzle RPG.