I'm not saying that Zelda 1 is a bad game, because it was great for its time. But I think stuff like LttP and the Oracle games improved on its formula, and that's just for the 2D games. I wouldn't really feel like replaying it.
The newer stuff could take a page out of its book in terms of difficulty though, that is for sure.
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