Best Handheld Zelda

I think Phantom Hourglass worked for me the best.

Link's Awakening DX, it was the first handheld game I played. Got it with my clear-purple Game Boy Color.

The final boss was insane and the whole story was good. It pretty much introduced me to the Zelda series next to Ocarina of Time (got them both around the same time).

The ending was quite disappointing since it was all a dream.

Oracle of Ages if probably my favorite Zelda game EVER... It was my first ever video game (after OoT actually) and holds a very special place in my heart.

I say the Minish Cap because it is fun to play and it makes it a bit more challenging for me because when I first played it, I was so confused and until I kept on playing it more, it got a lot more simplier and I just loved it.

Minish cap is best for me cuz it's the very first zelda game i played. I also like oracle of ages but i like MC better.

to tell you the truth...link's awaken is the best becuse well mc was barely playable (far to easy beat it in an hour) ph was just unbearable bad story
the orcles i enjoyed but yet the whole season change thing got me angrey (ages was fun though)

In my opinion, the linked version of OoX was pretty cool, the seasons portion being my favorite.

Interesting how I was the hundredth voter.

It has to be Link's Awakening. Nothing saddens me more than not being able to play it on my DS, forever it was the game I'd play in the car or wherever. Alas, time goes on, the Windfish must awaken...
The others are good though, I prefer OoA to OoS- I like puzzles and time travel as concepts, and it's less recycled from the original LoZ.
Minish Cap, very good, but short- could have done loads more dungeons given the whole new mechanic of big and small.
Phantom Hourglass was very enjoyable, handled beautifully and is exactly what the DS should have given as an experience.... but Venjek is right, the story was APALLING. I had no empathy for anything. Every other game with a one off bad guy, Majora's Mask, The Oracles, Link's Awakening, all had me really into the bad guys- their purpose, their goals, why we wante dto stop them. Bellum I couldn't give a crap about! He didn't seem to do anything except turn a whale into a human. And I would have been quite happy just to leave him like it how much he made me want to help. Not a lot. Shame, cause a very good game and not just a casual experience- I challenge anyone who says they found Maze Island easy.

i've only played PH, so thats the one i voted 4!

Definitely Link's Awakening. The original Game Boy version (although that's just nostalgia on my part). This game's ending nearly makes me cry, and that is an amazing feat for any handheld game, but even more so for a Game Boy game.

Originally Posted by Bucket Mouse

Definitely Link's Awakening. The original Game Boy version (although that's just nostalgia on my part).

This.

I love this game. It's the Zelda game I've beaten most often, more than Ocarina of Time. And it was my first Zelda game, so yes, a lot of nostalgia is in the picture.

But it's damn good. The story is simple, but manages to draw you into the game, because it's very easy to indentify yourself with Link in this game and to imagine to be in his position. Stranded on a mystery island, it's a classic. It's the LOST of all Zelda stories. It's great.

It's also the first game, where you have to solve a real quest first, before you can enter a dungeon. Because it's normally locked or whatever. And the game has some pretty nice quests, like the one with Kanalet castle. Some of them might be still the best in this category.

And the dungeons offer some really smart puzzles. Since the GameBoy wasn't able to compute too many enemies at the same time, the game had to rely more on clever puzzles to challenge the player. And some of them go against the usual thinking of a Zelda fan, which is pretty smart. Some puzzles have a real easy solution, but you just can't manage to find it, because you're approaching it wrong.

Overall Link's Awakening was perfect besides some minor flaws and it's in my humble opinion still the best handheld Zelda game up to date.

Out of those games I have only really played 3; TMC, LA and PH. I played the first 2 via emulator and didn't really grasp the atmosphere of those games. Out of those three games though I enjoyed either Minish Cap and Phantom Hourglass about the same but I was disappointed in the briefness that PH offered; so far I haven't finished Minish Cap but would say I could finish if motivated to. I have to say the addition of the 'cap partner' was nice and refreshing to see, over done partners are, I feel, getting old...its like the designers are saying, "Hey, this has come out great in the past, lets do it again".

Phantom Hourglass was also a bit awkward to play at times and found my hands getting in the way of the screen, that and it takes precis movements to the 'touch stick' to make the more extravagant movements. The addition of the fairy partner was and is a tad overdone now though, that and the shortness of the game (if you didn't do any of the side missions anyways) was what I thought failed PH.

All right, I only got to the second dungeon in MC, BUT IT WAS COOL!!!

The Oracle of seasons. It just seemed to have more side quests and options to do, rather than progressing the story's extent. Plus, Subrosian race was introduced, my favorite race of the Zelda series.

Subrosians where cool, but I don't get the mermaids, we already have Zora.

I think that The minish cap was the best handheld zelda, and maybe even my favorite gba game. i loved the graphics, liked the items and the gameplay was fantastic, and the storyline was Ok, only bad thing, I prefer Ganon(dorf) over Vaati.

I find them equal.

My personnal favorite is Link's Awakening. The game had an emotionnal feeling attached to it, a rare thing back then (I played the original one), which is what made it one of the best Zelda's in my opinion.

Link's Awakening was indeed the original and was the best in my view!

LA was a great Game. LA DX made me wanna buy it agian. =D