Now that, I'd like. I just can't get the hang of the 2-D titles--it's like, sometimes the shield works and when you need it to work most it betrays you. No Z-targeting or other ways for precise aim--I go through countless arrows because that darned evil thing won't stop moving.
-Never made it very far in the original, partially because neither PocketNES or nesDS allow me to save.
-I have a copy of Adventure of Link (gold cartridge, too). When I was able to get it to load... I don't think I have to explain. This was really my first Zelda game, so it discouraged me a bit until I played Ocarina of Time.
-I have A Link to the Past from the Virtual Console, also. I beat the first dungeon and didn't do much afterward. Sigh.
-Never played Link's Awakening or the Oracle games.
-I did, however, get pretty far into The Minish Cap (emulation, yoho) with lots of help from save states and a walkthrough, but I put it down at the beginning of the Palace of the Winds or whatever it was called and never picked it back up. It was all right but the two-button limitation for item usage really bothered me. The idea of shrinking in order to see everything there is to see was neat, though.
-And I've beaten Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and Twilight Princess. The Wind Waker is on hold at the Triforce search. I did use walkthroughs for the N64 titles but only needed two hints for Twilight Princess, one of which doesn't really count.
Conclusion: I don't know why, but I find the 3-D Zelda games to be infinitely more fun and exciting. I would buy 3-D remakes of the 2-D games with little or no hesitation, though. Depending on how much money I've got. ;D