The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

A Link Between Worlds

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Release
Platform	Date
Nintendo 3DS	November 2013 2013 Early 2014 End of 2013
Credits
Developer	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
Producer	Eiji Aonuma

In-depth guide: A Link Between Worlds Walkthrough

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース2 — The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods 2) is a new game for the Nintendo 3DS in the style of A Link to the Past. Development started in early 2011, and the game is currently set to release in November 2013, just one month after The Wind Waker HD.

The game uses a top-down perspective and an art style similar to A Link to the Past. It takes advantage of the 3DS to add vertical motion as an important element of the gameplay. In contrast, it also allows Link to become a flat image on a wall to travel in a 2D space a la Flatland.

Setting

Using the same overworld as A Link to the Past, this game presents a new story that occurs hundreds of years after the events of the SNES title, telling what happens to the characters from that game.^{[citation needed]}

Development

At the 25th Anniversary Symphony Concert in London, Aonuma told the Portuguese e-zine MyGames that he is currently working on a new Zelda title for the 3DS, and that it will be an original title, not a remake. Shigeru Miyamoto mentioned a "new Zelda" he was producing in April 2011. Shortly afterward, he expressed interest in seeing the world of A Link to the past with a layered 3D effect, which suggests that the idea existed at that time but hadn't yet found its way into the development of Zelda 3DS. However, this likely happened shortly afterward, since Eiji Aonuma was able to give a specific hint that "having 3D will mean something," showing that a solid vision of the game was in place. Miyamoto further teased A Link to the Past as a base for a new game in 2012:

"I think the answer would be the same if we're talking about just porting, but I think I'd be even more interested in creating something new maybe based on, or starting from, A Link To The Past. I think it's important to bring some really new software."

— Miyamoto

Media

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Videos

E3 2013 Reveal Trailer

Nintendo Direct announcement featuring both 3D and 2D platforming

August Nintendo Direct

References

1. ↑ ^{1.1 1.2} Nintendo E3
2. ↑ ^{2.1 2.2 2.3} Nintendo Analyst Briefing
3. ↑ ^{3.1 3.2 3.3} Nintendo Earnings Release for Q2 2013
4. ↑ ^{4.1 4.2} "『ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース2』を、ニンテンドー3DS向けに開発中。2014年初頭発売予定。 (The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods 2 under development for the Nintendo 3DS. Will be released early 2014.)", Nintendo Japan tweet
5. ↑ ^{5.1 5.2} Japanese E3 page
6. ↑ MyGames, March 11th, 2011
7. ↑ ^{7.1 7.2} "I am currently very busy producing a new Zelda, a new Mario and a new Mario Kart on 3DS and a new Pikmin." — Shigeru Miyamoto, Gameblog.fr, April 21, 2011
8. ↑ "From a story perspective there are connections, so it does fall after A Link to the Past. And it's set in the same world[...]" — Bill Trinen, Joystiq, April 17, 2013.
9. ↑ MyGames, March 11th, 2011
10. ↑ "The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past could be one [adaptation of an older Nintendo game for the 3DS console]. I think it would be good to see that world with a layered 3D effect.", The Observer, April 30th, 2011
11. ↑ "I'll give you one hint, but maybe you won't understand it. It will be a game in which having 3D will mean something." — Eiji Aonuma, Game Informer, October 2011
12. ↑ Edge, April 12th, 2012