I think it’s a matter of execution, not format.

The most memorable Zelda games are 3D though. Ocarina of Time, Majoras Mask, Wind Waker, Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Twilight Princess etc…

I think if you asked most Zelda fans to list their top 5, you’d get a majority 3D representation

I quite liked the 3D concept, it was pretty awesome. What I don't like is the shitty graphics and limited content.

Why do you think that Zelda should have stayed 2D? Some Zelda games, such as OoT, Majora's Mask and BotW to name a few, are considered to be some of the very best games ever made.

I’ve played every Zelda game and I’d rather replay A Link to the Past than any of ones you mentioned.

I've played every 3d zelda (most of them more than a decade after release and several playthroughs), and bounce off the 2d games every time I try.

Both are good, but I don't think either is capital B Better.

To some extent it probably depends on where you started with the games. I was about 6 or 7 when the original The Legend of Zelda came out. I had well over a decade of playing Zelda games before OOT came out, I was in college at the time. If I had been a kid when OOT came out then that, or one of the other 3D games, might have been my favorite.

I could never get into those. All the 3d Zelda games are not Zelda they are something else. Not saying they are bad, but they aren’t really Zelda.