The main series of games constitutes those core Zelda RPG adventure games set in and around Hyrule, the games and their stories are canon to one another and relate and tie in, whereas the spin off games are entirely standalone and may fall into categories such as hack & slash (Hyrule Warriors) or First person shooters (Link's Crossbow training). Link is the protagonist of the main series games and in the early games moreso than the modern is tasked with rescuing Zelda from the evil Ganon, the main antagonist of the series.
We have a page for every main series Zelda title ever created, simply click it's title screen below to visit it's page; they are arranged chronologically from the very earliest games at the top, to the very newest at the bottom - most people would probably do that the opposite way round, but there was something a lot more magical about those older, original titles ;-)
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| The Legend of Zelda (1987/NES) |
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1988/NES) |
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992/SNES) |
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993/GB) |
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| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998/N64) |
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000/N64) |
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2000/GBC) |
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2000/GBC) |
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| The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords (2001/GBA) |
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003/GCN) |
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004/GBA) |
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2005/GCN) |
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| The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006/GCN/Wii) |
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007/NDS) |
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009/NDS) |
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011/Wii) |
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| The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013/3DS) |
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017/Nintendo Switch/Wii U) |