No Resident Evil 2 invalidates that list
(I just checked, RE2 missed the cutoff by ONE point...)
Out of the ones in the list, these days my overall favorite is Ocarina of Time.
Historically though (and, still to this day) my sentimental favorite is
Tekken 3. The thing with Zelda is that it felt like a generational jump because it was -- it was literally on the next-gen console, compared to Link to the Past. Tekken 3 felt like a generational jump
on the same console as its predecessor. Gameplay is fast and fluid, with all sorts of crazy new moves and counters for returning characters; the new characters are well designed and appealing to play; graphics were jaw dropping at the time (and in my opinion, very much still hold up), and the audio design is fantastic, too. An improvement over Tekken 2 in almost every conceivably way -- and this is coming from someone who absolutely loves Tekken 2.
Another way in which it was a generational jump is that -- one of the only times I've ever witnessed this in a video game series -- the in-universe generation literally jumped, too. This industry, especially the Japanese side, struggles with the concept of age (which is why every other JRPG is full of fucking high schoolers, or why Kyo Kusanagi in King of Fighters looks exactly the same in 2021 as he did in 1994). But Tekken 3 dared to advance the narrative by actually advancing the passage of time. Returning characters (most notably Paul and Heihachi) were
old. Other characters (King 1, Kazuya, Jun Kazama, etc) were killed off, and a bunch of others (Baek, Marshall Law, Michelle Chang, etc) were retired, for story reasons.
It was a great balance between "throw a lot of the old cast out" and "keep things somewhat familiar to not entirely alienate your audience." Hence, Julia Chang -- a new character -- handles somewhat familiar to her predecessor, Michelle Chang. King 2 is a natural gameplay extension of King 1. Bryan Fury is similar to Bruce. This is how you succeed in generational jumps; while I prefer the Street Fighter III way (
throw everyone out, even in fighting style), it can be too alienating to series fans.
Tekken 3 is awesome.