Why A Link To The Past PERFECTED Zelda

[@Jesus.A.Torres83]

I usually don’t like sharing this story because it’s extremely personal but I figured I should. After wanting a Super Nintendo at age 7 I finally got one at age 11 and when I saw the game that I got I was extremely disappointed. I had never played Zelda nor did I like that genre of game design, my oldest sister said don’t worry let’s play together and up to that point she and I hardly even talked to each other since we were half siblings and she was 15 years older than I was, long story short we had a blast playing this game and our relationship became a solid as gold! She recently passed away due to breast cancer but every time I hear the sound when the tri force is uniting at the beginning of the game, till this moment I still get the chills. Zelda a link to the past is not only my favorite Zelda game but my favorite game of all TIME!

[@wyredaftsquall]

That's a sweet story. I know she watches over you and I know she's glad to see you still enjoying the game you both enjoyed playing together. I just started playing the GBA version on Switch since I've never played that version. Now when I'm playing it I'll be thinking of you two :) I'll dedicate this playthrough to both of you.

[@ScooterDoge]

Agreed. Best game ever made.

[@ScooterDoge]

@@wyredaftsquallthe 3DS version is really cool.

[@aaroncoffman88]

I'm glad you and your sister bonded over the game. I am sorry you have lost her

[@IDoubleJ]

One of the best games ever

[@konata8657]

the master sword, the only weapon capable of defeating aganimm....and the butterfly net

[@Chris-gx1ei]

Well, you can only break Aghanim's Barrier with the Master Sword, so fair's fair

[@globalistgamer6418]

Not sure if this could ever come up outside a randomizer, but you can reach Aghanim's chamber with the Magic Cape (to bypass the barrier) and the Fighter's Sword (you need some kind of sword to cut the curtain in front of his room).

[@konata8657]

@globalistgamer6418 it would only be on a randomizer. you need the titans mitt to get to the cape

[@ayoung198568]

If I remember right the cape is in kings tomb you need titans mitt which you get in blinds dungeon thieves town

[@EnjoySackLunch]

@@globalistgamer6418wow

[@toonlinkunknown7667]

I literally just beat this game for the first time yesterday. How would I describe it? Legendary.

[@jonathanroudebush5031]

Alttp is not just my favorite Zelda game, it’s my favorite game ever. This was a joy to watch, even if you didn’t play it back at launch it’s clear you get the hype. Now you gotta try out the randomizer for it lol

[@dogsbecute]

its my best friends favorite zelda, so i appreciate how much context he gives it in this video, and how he explains everything, and why he likes what he likes about it. this is a great video. I never bothered to play zelda until OoT but my best friend always swore by a link to the past, which is why i got OoT when it came out on the n64 and we beat that game so many times when we were kids lol.

[@TardustheToasty]

Yeah I agree. No other Zelda hits like this, my most replayed game in the series. Insightfull video, great watch!

[@jasonmatos2896]

My best friend had this incredible treehouse and he had a SNES in one of the rooms and in the summer of 1994 he got Zelda Link to the past for his birthday and we played and beat the game together that summer. The smells of summer , rain storms, swimming in the pool , waking up early and play Zelda in that tree house made for the best summer ever and why Zelda Link to the past is my favorite game in the franchise .

[@austinwilburn1772]

Ah man a Link to the Past was so good. I’m paraphrasing EgoRapter but I feel like it described it best. A Link to the Past feels like it’s the first game; the definitive Zelda game. That game is amazing.

[@IzunaSlap]

He had some valid points about OoT as well, but I forgive that game for its flaws. LttP perfected what came before, while OoT pioneered new ground, suffering from a few flaws while doing so.

[@groom_of_the_stools]

@@IzunaSlap A few flaws? It retold the story from ALttP in a worse way and used the Mario 64 engine in a worse way than Mario 64-- a game that came out a year before OoT! The game wasn't even rushed and yet the devs still couldn't make the game function properly after an additional year of development! I don't rank Majora's Mask in my top five, but I really don't see why people love OoT so much when MM did everything better. And the devs optimized the hell out of the engine!

[@logusbogus76]

@@IzunaSlapIn terms of gameplay, OoT certainly innovated quite a bit, pioneering 3D adventure games. In terms of the game's structure however, it is essentially a 1-to-1 replica of LttP. 3 easier dungeons in the past "light world" followed by six trickier dungeons in the future "dark world". Then you go to the final dungeon, play tennis, and then fight Ganon.

[@saricubra2867]

@@logusbogus76 Also Navi and the unskippable cutscenes and slow text annoyed me when i played the game for the first time (don't get me started with bad UI like the huge iron boots problem on the Water Temple), if i replay a 3D style old Zelda game it would be Twilight Princess (literally light and dark world again with a fortune teller and a similar map design), not Ocarina of Time. The N64 just aged terribly.

[@atman2]

Got a fussy feeling from christmas -92 when l played this. Probably the best holyday in my childhood thanks to this game.

[@tonyb4252]

Same here

[@Clery75019]

Same here

[@Ottophil]

Same here, except 91 when I got the snes maybe

[@atman2]

@@Ottophil Back in the days Europe got games months, sometimes years after.. Glad those days are over. :)

[@groom_of_the_stools]

I got it for my birthday in 1992. I had it for a good while, but hadn't beaten it yet, then one of my mom's co-workers told her it had monsters and it was evil. She returned it. I bought it again about a year later.

[@blueylewis9419]

It's pretty impressive how many of their series nintendo basically perfected on the SNES. Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, and Kirby Superstar are all like perfect games, and way ahead of their time.

[@Joe_334]

Something so impactful having to fight the first three bosses again in Ganon's Tower. It really shows you how far you came from the first bit of the game. For some reason, I always felt like this Link was just trying to find his way back home, as a kid.

[@McGomezAddams]

Legendary game

[@WWammyy]

Zelda 3 back in 92 without a guide was not an easy game. But it was an amazing experience it felt epic. I actually thought the game was coming to an end after the first 3 dungeons. The final boss in the castle. I got surprised when there's a whole dark world to beat. Also the Ice Palace was good because it only appeared linear the puzzle to actually go ahead made me feel really smart when I finally beat it and now after playing it ao many times it's easy 😋

[@alecbona4549]

This is also my favorite by a wide margin. It's the only Zelda I'd say that's deserving of a full remake

[@DSteinman]

Honestly it's aged so well I really feel like a remake wouldn't add anything

[@thetophatfreak5627]

boy do i have news for you

[@MajorPaign]

@@thetophatfreak5627 and? Left us on a cliffhanger! What’s the news?

[@thetophatfreak5627]

@@MajorPaign a link between worlds

[@piousminion7822]

I was introduced to Zelda with Oot, which was late given my age and I love it. If I had to choose between Oot and A link to the Past, I couldn't., They are both so amazing in their own ways.

[@matttyree1002]

A link to the past is also my favorite zelda game. I remember watching the commercials on TV and it ignited a fire in me to play it! and I was already a huge zelda fan, having been well versed in zelda 1 and 2 and the cartoon, and when a link to the past came out, I was over the moon with happiness!

[@groom_of_the_stools]

I don't remember ever seeing a commercial. I remember my dad's boss' son had the game. I'd go over to his house a lot. He was one of those kids who want you to watch and don't even think about asking to even touch the controller cord, much less anything else.

[@KelThaFunkeeGaming]

Damn as a kid, I couldn't figure out for the life of me how to get into the 2nd dark world dungeon, and was blocked off half the dark world map cause no hookshot. ...until I wandered into the woods in the light world and found a way into the portal without the Titan's Mitt. Mindblowing moment for me among many in this game, leading it to become my favorite Zelda game

[@dhknl193399]

I liked this retrospective a lot; you summarized this quite well.

[@My_trashtalking_account]

Man, when I was a kid I spent many hours drawing maps and item subscreens for my own idealized "Zelda 4". I'd still do that if I had more time.

[@hylianlikely6162]

An 'A Link To The Past' memory is honestly what started my entire love for gaming. This may be silly , but this memory is very important to me. When I was about 9 years old, I was trying to defeat Gannon in A Link to The Past. Most people who have played the game know that it's iteration of Gannon is possibly the most challenging in the series, and I was very young at the time, so this was probably one of the hardest things I'd ever done in life at that point. I was in the living room at my grandmother's house trying (for the hundredth time) to beat him, and it so happened that most of my close family was also there. Well, it finally happened! I beat him! I was so happy! My family did something very unexpected, they started cheering! It's not possible to overstate the joy and pride I felt at that moment. I had completed the journey, I WAS the hero, and the people I loved cheered me on for my victory. This might sound ridiculous, but I'm pretty sure that moment changed at least one aspect of my life. I became a GAMER, and to this day it's one of my happiest memories.

[@AB-vy8dv]

This was my first Zelda game and it was a bundled with the SNES. Best one ever

[@thatradiogeek]

just bought a hard copy for my SNES

[@tomvanderlinden5564]

Great video! Beautifully to the point! And good that you mention Takeda's artwork, it's so amazing, the thing that hooked me when I was younger. Those illustrations would be a perfect starting point for a more mature Zelda. I wish they would explore that style more. If I could give you one minor feedback: maybe you could tweak your narration style a tiny bit: take breaths / breaks, let it flow a bit more organically. It often feels a bit rushed and your sentences can kind of drag on for a bit. Taking a pause here and there also creates emphasis, especially if you want to underscore something. Also, if you give examples of the ingame OST tracks that you like, play a short snippet of them. I am very, very familiar with this OST, but not every viewer is. Cheers! Keep it up!

[@dogsbecute]

My brother, i have never played a link to the past, i started with OoT, but my best friend absolutely loved this game, so i know just about everything about it, and you clearly love this game. What an excellent video. You give great context for nearly everything, and you explain your opinions, and the entire video is very easy to follow. Great work. I subbed. I hope more ALttP fans stumble upon this gem of a video.

[@jerr0.]

Great video about my favorite Zelda game. I believe it's called "A Link to the Past" because it's supposed to be a prequel to the original LoZ and AoL. I remember seeing this in the player's guide and in game magazines back in the day. One nitpick is you said Zelda 2 "failed to properly adjust the formula to 2D", but the first 4 games are all 2D. I know you probably meant a side-scrolling perspective, but I also think it's worth mentioning how many ideas from AoL made it into ALttP like magic, towns, certain items (like the hammer), ect.

[@timmoman]

I don’t want to brag or anything, but being young and alive while games like these were released, playing them felt like a religious experience and I still have this game on it’s original box and even the manual still smells like it’s brand new :)

[@jakemiller1814]

Soundtrack in this game is an absolute banger. Wife goes nuts cause I’m constantly playing the songs on Spotify in the car lol

[@neonswift]

"It could also be a naming play on Link's name" ..., It definitely was. It doesn't have to be one or the other. It is clearly a play on the character's name AND a reference to the history of Hyrule.

[@aypapi1371]

Love this game so much I speedrun run it.

[@kroutonjr]

A link to the past has aged likr fine wine. Everything about it holds up extrememly well. And its still one of my top games of all time

[@ManicOpake]

I, too, believe this is the best Zelda game (it is the first Zelda game i played and completed). My favourite game is Wind Waker

[@danielalvarez0]

Great video. You should have 1 million subs! Keep up this quality content 🎉

[@ajtriforcegamerofhyrule8538]

ALTTP GBA was my introduction to the 2D Zelda this game was a masterpiece

[@groom_of_the_stools]

A bad version of a good game. Regardless, I'm glad you like it.

[@Ricardo7250]

Doesn't matter how many times you play it, the ganon tower is so much hype to go through. Also, all the scenes you get while the game credits play (after completing the story) is so awesome to watch.

[@Joshie-n8i]

3:38 Jesus number 1!!! 😄

[@KevinVeroneau]

Very well done review, I can't think of many or any details that you may have missed. It is a very thorough review.

[@anthonygillette]

I’d love to watch your Link between Worlds video. Keep up the good vids m8

[@all8273]

It seems this video might go viral given the number of views it has along with likes and subs this channel has and the fact it was somehow recommended to me. Good luck sir!

[@Ianmar1]

ooph ... I loved the Ice Palace

[@christopherwilliams5939]

I love this game. What I love about it is that you pretty much jump straight into the action, no long winded tutorial areas.

[@Clery75019]

Great video, you're really spot on. I did play both NES Zeldas as a kid but never went into them because of their very cryptic nature. Remember that in the 1980's there wasn't any internet to find out the solution. When I discovered ALTTP, that game was such a shock, a video game experience that I never felt was possible, relegating the 2 older games to the status of prototypes. ALTTP invented the Zelda formula, bringing the most to the lore of the franchise. That's why it is so important to the series.

[@scarmucci1918]

Amen, brother. ! I love BotW and TotK, but ALTTP is to this day my GOAT since I first played it 30 + years ago. ( And if you haven't played the randomizer, I highly recommend !!! )

[@jhoch311]

When i was growing up I was usually one of the last kids to get the newest console, when I finally got a Snes after everyone else it came packaged with A Link to the Past. Not being a stranger to the Zelda series and having played the first two on the NES this was really the Zelda game that made me a fan of the series for life.

[@gitgeronimo9375]

Great analysis. I’ve never heard anyone pronounce “bow” like you

[@blumax961]

In regards to the ice boss, instead of using the fire rod, use the Bombos medallion. Its attack will instantly shatter the ice protecting the boss

[@barrybondz4483]

This game isn’t just my favourite Zelda game, but favourite game of all time. I have 16 bit link tattood on my arm/he was my first tattoo. There’s just so much magic about ALTTP. The way randomizer works for this game is incredible too. 216 item locations and multiple ways to beat the game. It gives you a new experience to beat the game over and over.

[@yunlien]

23:20 There is also Turtle Rock in Link's Awakening where you have to exit the dungeon to obtain the small key dropped by the two dodongos 29:42 Like like are not present in the original SNES game, they're only present in the bonus dungeon of the GBA port 42:04 protip for this room : go to the two skulls, lift one, go on the right side of the other one, dash with your boots into the skull and *bonk*, you're on the other side ;)

[@IrrelevantPride]

Lionels are in the snes version of alttp

[@LennyPetrilli]

Dude, I totally agree with your perspective on LTTP. It certainly paved the way for the Zelda lore. Best LOZ in my opinion too!!! Honestly, I believe the Legend of Zelda line up are part of the best damn games to ever exist, hands down. Thanks for the hard work you put into this amazing video!! Subbed

[@Kioru]

Alltp has always been my favorite Zelda game. Great Video dude!

[@mike7652]

This game and Pick-A-Path books defined my childhood. I lived by a forest with a creek and made enough wooden swords to equip an army 😂

[@Aurora-qn2dx]

Agree 100 percent. A link to the past is also my favourite..it shares the 1st place podium with ocarina of time for me. Imagine a new Zelda game with todays graphics but with the a Link to the past atmosphere and story.

[@PipePhilosophy1377]

Huge agree! I was 12 when this came out. It was my favorite then, and still my favorite.

[@DLFLux]

This was the first game to truly capture my imagination. Spent hours on this as a kid, literally took memonths to finish the gane. Remember being overly excited when I finally beat Ganon, running to my parents shouting "I completed Zelda, I completed Zelda" 😂 I still have my very first save file on my SNES cartridge, where it shows you how many times you died, Inhave 326 times 😂 replayed it a couple of weeks ago and had zero, so slight improvement over 25 years 😂 Also had a big brain moment on my last playthrough, exited the dungeon right after getting the second glove, got the dwarve back to light world, had my sword tempered, went back to the dungeon, Blind went down like the girls on the whatever podcast 😂

[@strangedivine]

It was the first Zelda I played, and also the first one to complete. I’m definitely nostalgic about it lol. I introduced my 8 year-old niece to the franchise with this game. She has seen the previews for Echoes and is so excited about it! 🥰

[@Spring_SSS]

Link to the past link scares A baby away from the cornucopia.

[@Mindblazter80]

Yes, this game is a masterpiece. And the end music in this game is the best and most epic Zelda song ever made.

[@leohonkanen8430]

Recently played this for the first time and I agree with your points 100% without having nostalgia covering up its flaws (and its accomplishments).

[@CrashCraftLabs]

def my fav, grew up one the NES versions, between worlds is a very good direct sequel. the control the story, the enemies all great and the visuals hold up to this day for its style

[@mykbrooks598]

We need a game based on the Imprisoning War.

[@treys976]

Which Imprisoning War: Demises Imprisoning, Ganondorf 1's Imprisoning, or Ganondorf 2's Imprisoning 😆😆 Honestly though, I'd totally be down with that. Ganondorf 1's imprisoning would've been brutal.

[@groom_of_the_stools]

@@treys976 There's only one Ganondorf across all the games. He is either sealed away or resurrected depending on the game.

[@captaink5217]

A remake like Nintendo did with Link’s Awakening would be awesome 😊

[@IsaiahAmos017]

The first time I played I didn't get the moon Pearl and after defeating the wizard at the castle does transported to the pyramid has a bunny took me forever but eventually work my way back to the mountain After exploring every dungeon I completed so far it was agonizing

[@iantaran2843]

I have super strong nostalgia for Link to the Past Weirdly the games I have the fondest memories of playing were the Oracle of Seasons/Ages games 😅 It's so hard to make an argument in modern days for Gameboy Color games but god I still love them.

[@DejchS]

Im playing it now in 2024 old 41 years old. Late but it doesnt matter this game is still awesome!

[@Ore0219]

I was born in the year of Zelda, 1986. The first Zelda I ever played was the Wind Waker in 2003, due to the awful circumstances in which I grew up. A Link to the Past was the first Zelda game I had ever seen played and I didn't even know what it was called back then. I just wanted to get at some super bomberman with my sisters. So I missed out on the two most iconic titles (ALttP and OoT) upon their release. Maybe that's what enables me to be objective and say that the SNES game is the best in the series and OoT is 4th after Link's Awakening and Wind Waker. The only issue I have with A Link to the Past is the lack of a variety of dungeon music. That's really it... Everything else is absolutely top notch and holds up amazingly still. It's my second favorite game of all time after Tales of Symphonia

[@LettersAndNumbers300]

Love your work but why the rush?

[@ZetaCancri]

Still the best Zelda game, has always been my favorite since it's release in the 90s

[@greenfinger8690]

I played this with my first ever friend at 3 years old. Best game on the SNES hands down.

[@supiriornatural2]

I've been with zeda since the original. Alttp was a personal favorite. But minus a few bad timelines, it only gets better with time. Totk and botw are awesome. I do still run the originals though. Zelda is just awesome.

[@goldenphonautogram6141]

Hey man just wanted to say great video and I hope your channel continues to grow with quality videos like this (though just a heads up: there doesn’t need to be an apostrophe in “review’s” in your channel name! Sorry, I let the grammar nazism get the best of me)

[@groom_of_the_stools]

The voice over is an AI. The person who made the video probably doesn't speak English (or doesn't speak it well) and may not have even played the game at all. It's just a video driving engagement for the promise of monetization.

[@clintoncronin2504]

“Despite its flaws” …. Is how this guy talks about Legend of Zelda. I’ll keep listening , despite this guy being a few decades late to the Zelda party

[@ProjectRedfoot]

I think it might have been my first Zelda game.. either that or the very first

[@statisticalcomputing]

It’s my favorite zelda game and simply one of the greatest video games ever made. Your review summarizes it well.

[@Ovnuniak]

Woah! Terada *really* loved Moebius style!

[@TheAurgelmir]

Gameboy Advance, SNES and PS2 - those are my top consoles.

[@kryzethx]

I might be biased by my own nostalgia, having played OoT first as a kid, then LttP afterwards, but I think just because one game did it first, doesn't mean that game did it best. I think it laid the groundwork for which most other Zelda games would build from afterwards, but I think the 3D games all have at least some improvements over this original incarnation that's just a bit too archaic for my tastes. I can appreciate its existence in the same way that I appreciate SM64; it's established the genre for future games, but I wouldn't say they are worth going back to, after having played the more recent entries, without some.. mental preparation, for how older games function. They're just harder to go back to. Personally, I hated the overworld traversal. Just getting from place to place was a hassle, especially when enemies respawn the instant you leave the screen tile. Pegasus boots don't alleviate the issue enough, and the fast travel flute doesn't come early enough for me. Ocarina's fast travel also took about as long, but there were more shortcuts sprinkled throughout the world, connecting Zora's River, Goron City, and Lake Hylia, all through the Lost Woods, plus far fewer hindrances between important locations.

[@CrashCraftLabs]

"vert perspective" back then it was called "birds eye view" or "top down view" not sure if the industry ever changed the terms tho lol

[@PeanskeanENT]

man , this is the best one and need to be the remake, everything else came out again. I love this one

[@groom_of_the_stools]

Huh? There's no reason to remake this. The LA remake made sense because it was on GameBoy and a lot of people missed it the first time around.

[@HandlingSmilus]

My favorite Zelda is all! ❤

[@TheAurgelmir]

Always viewed "A Link to the Past" as a reference to the game being set in a time before the first two Zelda games.

[@ShadowWizard224]

My Controversial Top 10 Zelda Games 🛡️🙏 #1 Majora’s Mask #2 Twilight Princess #3 A Link Between Worlds #4 Ocarina of Time #5 Breath of the Wild #6 A Link To The Past #7 Minish Cap #8 Zelda 2: Adventures of Link #9 Link’s Awakening #10 Original Legend of Zelda

[@laurenkaitlyn6341]

I was so excited when I first played Tears of the Kingdom because of it's references to the Imprisoning war in the early game.

[@groom_of_the_stools]

Probably not the same Imprisoning War now because of how Zelda's time travel blew up the already existing timeline. Plus alien sex.

[@Sabretooth-Biggavel]

For me the art and concept art for ALTTP is the real zelda. OOT took it further and made is better aesthetically, but ALTTP feels like the most 'zelda' universe. I think cause how they have Link with brown hair, feels the most natural.

[@HeadacheCentral]

About Katsuya Terada's artwork: I thought that was mainly promotional artwork for the Nintendo Power magazine? If not, it's still cool as hell.

[@Matthew-cv4on]

Finally, someone finally said it !! Tloz alttp is the best in the series

[@dogwithoutw]

I never had played this game before, or any Zelda game aside Botw. When I played this for the first three hours, the first thing I searched on was this: "A Link To The Past is the perfect Zelda game"

[@Mikethebeard64]

Definitely my favorite Zelda game.

[@JohnnyFromVirginia]

So is anyone else taking a shot each time he says “A Link to the Past”?

[@benjaminlammertz64]

"So that was the imprisoning war..."

[@SS-rr7by]

I've been saying this shit for goddamn years now. Best Zelda

[@geordiedynes2088]

Link to the Past is 100% the best Zelda game, and easily in the top 5 greatest games of all time

[@PAPPADASH]

IDK if it's the best but it's my favorite and I think it's the best but that is debateable. Breath of the wild I played through a few years after it came out, and I really liked it but I thought it missed dungeons, and once I found out the completely limited amound of enemies that was dissapointing. I get why they did those two things it's because the world was so big and if they had dungeons the world would seem emtry so they put in shrines, and probably because of the hardware limitations they could only fit so many enemy types. If hardware limitations were better BOTW type game would be insanely good, it already was but just limited in some areas.

[@mrlizard6529]

LttP was the first Zelda game I ever played, and the second video game I ever played (preceded by Lost Vikings, awesome game as well). This game and its design are still great. It established a formula that is memorable and has tons of replay value. The only Zelda game I've played more than this is OOT. What I don't understand is why they deviated from what makes Zelda so great with TOTK and BOTW. Don't get me wrong, those games are great, but seeing videos like this make me sad for what could have been . Most Zelda games have great replay value, however after beating TOTK and BOTW I never picked them up again, and even my son is the same, he'll play the games again from time to time, but never all the way through, only mess around for a bit and maybe beat Ganon again. Which makes me think its not a generational thing, maybe its not wanting to go through the grind of building up your character again, maybe its the fact that the dungeons and shrines are super easy....not sure. Wind waker showed us that its possible to have an open world Zelda that still has cool items and fun and challenging dungeons, it doesn't have to be one or the other.

[@MogofWar]

Link goes into dark world, becomes bunny. Cops go into dark world, become piggies. What did Shigero Miyamoto mean by this?

[@OneTrueCat]

"You're gonna tell me there's a desert in the southwest at the same time there's a forest north of that?" Speaking as someone who lives in the pnw and has family in Nevada, I can assure you it's completely absurd, nobody would ever believe that nonsense, which is how you know this is a fantasy game.

[@semicharmedlife311]

A Link to the Past is the Master Sword of game design.

[@PopCultureMalpractice]

If I recall this story was supposed to move between past and present but then got changed to light and dark world. I don’t know why a link to the past was used but maybe as a reference to those original ideas?

[@chrisbg99]

From what I understand at the time of the game's release it was the earliest story in the series.

[@groom_of_the_stools]

The Legend of Zelda (NES) was supposed to be past and present, but the system couldn't handle that much rom data, given the chip shortage of 1987-1989. There are conflicting stories on what ALttP was supposed to be. One legend says it was an RPG with Link, a faerie, and an old mage. One legend says it had four different worlds before narrowing it down to two.

[@evgaming9390]

A link to the past was and is a great. It's not in my top 10 games. I played it when I was a kid and then when I was an adult. I'm glad it's perfect for you and glad you enjoy it. Many think Breath of the wild is the best zelda game ever, but that's where I disagree with many. Each is entitled to their own opinion.

[@davidburnett5049]

You can sword the first boss. The bow isnt necessary. At least thats how i remember it from wayyyyyy back

[@timpize8733]

0:28 Adjust to 2D? Both Zelda 1 and 2 are 2D. What a weird statement to start the video with. 😅 I assume you meant adjust to the sidescrolling parts, in which case I kinda agree but mostly the random encounters. It's adding JRPG mechanics which wasn't a good idea, not really the sidescrolling gameplay. In fact a fully metroid-like Zelda could work pretty well.

[@EnigmaThePhoenix]

why does every youtuber tell this wrong version of the magic mirror? it donst let you change from one version of the overworld to the other, it just lets you go back to the normal overworld if you are in the dark world and then places a potal back to the dark world that resets, if you use an other natural portal to the dark world and you use the mirror again to create an new portal back. whitin the normal overworld it does nothing. there are natural portals located all over the overworld, that lead to the dark world, but your only way back is the magic mirror. aghanim tells you after his first defeat, that he locks you away into the dark world, not knowing you have the magic mirror that lets you go back.

[@IDoubleJ]

One of the best games ever