The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is the first Zelda game made exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS. It is an indirect sequel to A Link to the Past with the same version of Hyrule but with new characters…

92 22 November 2013

Adventure Puzzle Action Fantasy Historical Open world

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is an adventure developed by Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3, released 22 November 2013 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 16.8 hrs to finish.

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What The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is an adventure game developed by Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3 and released in 2013. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After capturing Princess Zelda and escaping through a rift into the parallel world of Lorule, the evil sorcerer Yuga plan to use the power of the Seven Mages to resurrect the demon king Ganon. The young adventurer Link is called out to restore peace to the kingdom of Hyrule and is granted the ability to merge into walls after obtaining a magic bracelet from the eccentric merchant Ravio, which allows him to reach previously inaccessible areas and travel between the worlds of Hyrule and Lorule.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the The Legend of Zelda series

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is the 63rd of 133 entries we hold in the The Legend of Zelda series. The next entry was NES Remix in 2013. Its critic score of 92 is 6 points above the series average of 86. The highest-rated entry is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past at 100.

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How it was received

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 97% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 90, across 736 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 16.8 hrs.

What it launched against

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds launched on 22 November 2013, within three weeks of Super Mario 3D World, Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition, XCOM: Enemy Within and Call of Duty: Ghosts. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Super Mario 3D World, Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition, XCOM: Enemy Within, Call of Duty: Ghosts.

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