The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
It feels like the Zelda series has had multiple “new blueprint moments” over its life, and Ocarina of Time was that for the 3D games. The original Nintendo 64 game might feel a bit generic in the face of years of innovation, but for its time, Ocarina of Time revolutionized the series in the jump to 3D, much as Super Mario 64 did. Its design DNA can be felt even in games like Breath of the Wild, and it established baseline truths about the world of Hyrule and its cultures that became the foundation for what we know the Zelda name to mean.
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