10 Most Essential Japanese Video Games

2. The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

A tale of pure adventure inspired by creator Shigeru Miyamoto stumbling upon a cave while in a forest behind his hometown, yes you can point to the original Zelda or Link to the Past as must-plays, but that's after you've played the game changed it all.

Ocarina of Time has sumptuous music, fun boss design and a surprisingly weighty twist when Link accidentally dooms all of Hyrule and has to save it, but alongside you had Nintendo showing the world how combat could work in 3D.

Inventing "Z-targeting" so we could move "into" and away from enemies alongside jumping and strafing, this basic ruleset on how to engage enemies or juggle groups of foes is still implemented across the industry today.

As mentioned you have an archetypal fantasy adventure seeing a young elvish Hylian child saving the land one sword swipe and shield-deflect at a time. There are fairies to meet, skeletons to defeat, dungeons to explore, chests to open and one final evil menace to defeat at the end.

It might have been aped to death now, but there's nothing like your first playthrough of Ocarina of Time.