A Link to the Past also takes concepts from The Adventure of Link, such as the Lamp. For instance, arrows are now separate items, as bombs are in the original, instead of using a Rupee to fire an arrow. While A Link to the Past still uses mechanics and concepts from the original game, it also introduces new elements and innovations. Instead of using the side-scrolling perspective introduced by Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, A Link to the Past reverts to an overhead perspective similar to that of the original The Legend of Zelda. Gameplay Ī specific area in both the Light World (top), and the Dark World (bottom) a dilapidated parallel Hyrule. A spiritual successor, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013.

It was subsequently re-released on the Wii, Wii U, and New Nintendo 3DS via the Virtual Console, the Nintendo Switch via Nintendo Switch Online, and the Super NES Classic Edition. It was ported to the Game Boy Advance as A Link to the Past and Four Swords in 2002, and sold 6.5 million copies across both platforms by 2004. Released to critical and commercial success, A Link to the Past was a landmark game for Nintendo and is considered one of the greatest video games of all time. It introduced series staples such as parallel worlds and items including the Master Sword. It returns to a top-down perspective similar to the original The Legend of Zelda, dropping the side-scrolling gameplay of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. The player assumes the role of Link as he journeys to save Hyrule, defeat the demon king Ganon, and rescue the descendants of the Seven Sages. The story is set many years before the events of the first two Zelda games.

It is the third game in The Legend of Zelda series and was released in 1991 in Japan and 1992 in North America and Europe. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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