Reviews from

in the past


This is the best top down Zelda, I was compelled to 100% it, and I still want more, such a well rounded game, such fun dungeons and progression, a Must Play!

Beat this instead of doing finals on a cheese wedge. I remember getting really into it while fighting the final boss and being unhappy when the game ended.Pretty great

When I first played A Link Between Worlds, I was a bit skeptical. I had never gotten into 2D Zelda before this game, and honestly had no intention of going back.

But soon into my first playthrough of the game, it took me over. I played this as much and as often as I could. I wanted to do everything and see everything. Much of that is thanks to an extremely tight world design where you're never on a screen that has no point of interest.

Link's toolset is also one of his best to date, and I love all of the interactions that each item has with the mechanics of the overworld as well. The game's world design explores depth in a way most 2D games only scratch the surface of.

I really like the two worlds angle this game goes for from a level design perspective and hope that the Zelda team doesn't only stick to remakes of 2D games from here on, I would love to see them tackle a new 2D Zelda at some point. While 3D Zelda will always remain my preference, A Link Between Worlds absolutely earns a recommendation and is part of the reason the 3DS has such a strong library.

Link to the Past if it was A Link Between Worlds


2D Zelda'lardan açık ara favorim. O kadar favorim ki uzun süre bitirmemek için oynamadığımı biliyorum bu oyunu, o derece. İki dünya arası gidip gelmeleri, "duvar resmi" mekaniğini, bulmacalarını, dungeonlarını... Genel olarak her şeyini sevdiğim bir oyun ya A Link Between Worlds. A Link to the Past'in ruhani devamı ve onu sevdiyseniz bunu da kesinlikle seversiniz.

Fun game with fun dungeons and a fun story.

i lied about a link to the past this is the best 2d zelda

my second favorite 3ds game!!! a AMAZING iteration of the link to the past map IMO BETTER!!! no bunny link tho :<

basically a link to the past, but way better.

Really good zelda game and by far surpassing Link to the Past and all other handheld zeldas

While I might prefer Link to the Past atmospherically this is still a more than worthwhile follow-up.

Probably my favourite Zelda adventure to date. Fun bosses, innovative dungeons with great item versatility!

A solid entry into the Zelda franchise. Not only is it a return to the tried-and-true 2D style of Zelda games, but it takes an already familiar world and adds a new approach to its exploration and puzzles. The story itself was pretty decent and the overall game itself was quite enjoyable. It looks nice and the music was as you'd expect from a Zelda title and had decent remixes of the themes in A Link to the Past.

Loved replaying this. Idk how I did lost woods as a kid without smashing my 3ds into a million pieces. Might go back and get all the maimais.

It is a perfect mixture of freedom to choose the order to tackle the dungeons after you have beaten the first half of the game and acquired the Master Sword.

It puts you straight to the gameplay as they decided to focus way more into the freedom you want to approach areas and the dungeons have a smart design in which all of them feel doable and there isn't any particular difficulty spike as it is quite friendly for all kinds of players. Don't let your guard down in Hero Mode, though.

One key thing you must remind whenever you feel stuck somewhere is to remember that you have the merging mechanic, when you don't know what to do and your items don't work, merge must be the solution for most cases.

The music is amazing and high quality as you can expect and I can't say much more for this games, it wonderfully acomplishes what it sets out to do.

does not get talked about a lot probably because its on the 3ds but what a amazing game

the GOAT of 2D Zelda and I'm tired of pretending

sleeper top tier zelda game, it's REALLY good and unfortunate that it's "trapped" on the 3ds cause you don't hear about it as much as you should. but man it is incredibly enjoyable

I gotta be an old head or something but...LTTP better.

A delightful fantasy adventure in a familiar world, link between worlds delivers both a phenomenal Zelda experience full of laugh out loud characters AND surprising twists from start to end.

This is the best 2D Zelda, and it’s clear that it was the last Zelda before Breath of the Wild. It’s both the true sequel to link to the past AND the playground for what they end up doing in botw. It’s fresh but classic. It revisits but innovated.

The best handheld Zelda and potentially the best game on the 3DS. The art style, the mechanics, the characters, all of it works so well and fits perfectly. A definite must buy if you own a 3DS or enjoy the Zelda series.

First Zelda game I ever beat on my own. 9 year old me was the most proud I’ve been in my whole life.

Talvez volte quando eu ter os culhões pq achei muito tedioso, mas estou disposto a dar outra chance depois

This is one of the most masterfully crafted game design I've ever seen. It's shorter than the others, but it's as short as it needs to be. Definitely one of the more impressive game in the series.


It's good but a bit too similiar to "A link to the past" and it's on the easier side.

More A Link to the Past? I can't think of anything better

I love the presentation here. Such a good revival of 2D Zelda