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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_The_Minish_Cap
Twelveth. Man.
I think that the last game in the series I played was the fourth game, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, from 1993, 11 years before that.
EDIT: I did get the early version of that cartridge which had a neat screen-warp bug where if one hit Select just as one was transitioning across screens, once could skip across the entire screen and break the game in interesting ways, get into areas that one wasn't supposed to be in yet.
For anyone who hit the series much later, a timeline with YouTube playthroughs to see what they're like (excluding remakes on later systems):
The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo Entertainment System, 1986
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Nintendo Entertainment System, 1987
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, 1991
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Game Boy, 1993
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Nintendo 64, 1998
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Nintendo 64, 2000
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, Game Boy Color, 2001
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, Game Boy Color, 2001
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, Game Boy Advance, 2002
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, GameCube, 2002
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, GameCube, 2004
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Game Boy Advance, 2004
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii, 2006
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Nintendo DS, 2007
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Nintendo DS, 2009
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Wii, 2011
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Nintendo 3DS, 2013
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, Nintendo 3DS, 2015
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nintendo Switch, 2017
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo Switch, 2023
There might be someone one here who has played through all of them, though if I had to bet, I'd guess not. That's a pretty large library.
I've played most of them, and minish cap is definitely the best imo. The music, story, world, and nostalgia were all there for me. I also think LOZ was at its peak in the 2D era.
Also special mention, crossbow training for wii is C tier and LOZ CD-i is definitely A tier because Morshu