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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)

Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3

Nintendo 3DS

4.31 from 3332 ratings · #100 top rated on Grouvee

6975 members have it in their collection · 280 playing now · 1683 backlogged · 1401 wish listed

How long? Main story 18h · with extras 20h · 100% 24h (from 67 logged playthroughs)

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 and gameplay elements. Unlike the series' tradition, many areas of the world are accessible from the beginning of the game … Read more
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 and gameplay elements. Unlike the series' tradition, many areas of the world are accessible from the beginning of the game and the dungeons can be visited in any order. Puzzles are encountered not only in dungeons but also in the open world, a part of them revolves around the game's 3D visual effect. The 3DS touch-screen display shows the world, dungeon or map depending on where you are. Read less
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Details

Developers
Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3
Publishers
Nintendo
Genres
Adventure, Puzzle
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Historical, Open world, Sandbox
Franchises
The Legend of Zelda
Series
The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Release dates

  • Nov 22, 2013 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
  • Nov 22, 2013 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
  • Nov 23, 2013 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo 3DS
  • Dec 26, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
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Featured in lists

The Legend of Zelda - Ranked by lingsdook · 33 games · 3
çöp by Rerogshi · 298 games · 0
Games, Ranked by Cukie · 112 games · 0
Top 100 by IzzyBoy · 101 games · 0
My Zelda Ranking by tylerisrandom · 12 games · 0
Nintendo 3DS by phantasy2004 · 90 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
1550
4 stars
1346
3 stars
375
2 stars
52
1 star
9
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Community All Reviews Statuses

lingsdook

Status lingsdook Mar 8, 2024

I think I remember now why ALBW wasn't in my top Zeldas. At the time I felt that the dungeons were too small, calling to mind the design of the Game Boy Zeldas rather than ALLTP. This is likely because the item system and non-linear design make it more difficult to have dungeons that build upon your …

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I think I remember now why ALBW wasn't in my top Zeldas. At the time I felt that the dungeons were too small, calling to mind the design of the Game Boy Zeldas rather than ALLTP. This is likely because the item system and non-linear design make it more difficult to have dungeons that build upon your previous inventory/knowledge. In retrospect, it feels like it was a hint towards the lessened focus on dungeons that was in the series' future.

Today though, I have to say I don't really mind the more breezy pace. I'm enjoying it a lot, even if it's weird to be able to tackle Turtle Rock the moment I set foot in Lorule.

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lingsdook

Status lingsdook Mar 6, 2024

I’m entering the endgame of my journey through all of the Zelda games. And for the record, I’m emulating this using Citra on my Steam Deck. Screw you, Nintendo.

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benhenry3

Status benhenry3 Jan 18, 2024

Really cool take on bringing fresh air to LTTP. The game is so satisfying to control and the combat feels great. I didn't really like how you get all the items from Ravio I prefer getting the in the dungeons. The game stayed true to LTTP in its dungeon format but differs in a lot of ways. Overall, a charming …

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Really cool take on bringing fresh air to LTTP. The game is so satisfying to control and the combat feels great. I didn't really like how you get all the items from Ravio I prefer getting the in the dungeons. The game stayed true to LTTP in its dungeon format but differs in a lot of ways. Overall, a charming game.

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sigrid

Status sigrid Jun 30, 2023

Decided to only bring my 3DS on holiday with me this year, to force myself to get to my 3DS collection. This was my first pick, and I’m having a really good time with this game so far.

The wall mechanic is really cool and fun, both in terms of gameplay and visually.

Downtime and travel time this holiday is …

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Decided to only bring my 3DS on holiday with me this year, to force myself to get to my 3DS collection. This was my first pick, and I’m having a really good time with this game so far.

The wall mechanic is really cool and fun, both in terms of gameplay and visually.

Downtime and travel time this holiday is gonna be fun with this in my pocket!

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GuardKnowledge10

Status GuardKnowledge10 Dec 11, 2020

A Link to The Past is one of my favorite games of all time, so a direct sequel is great. And it has really good reviews and only 3 1 star reviews which is really uncommon.

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Taiyed311

Status Taiyed311 Dec 6, 2020

I just completed my first Hero Mode playthrough of ALBW (2nd playthrough in total). I forgot how great this game is! I really enjoyed the puzzles in this one with the added 3D layers.

Hero mode itself wasn't too bad. It was annoying at the beginning when 2 hits would kill me and enemies would pop suddenly into the screen …

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I just completed my first Hero Mode playthrough of ALBW (2nd playthrough in total). I forgot how great this game is! I really enjoyed the puzzles in this one with the added 3D layers.

Hero mode itself wasn't too bad. It was annoying at the beginning when 2 hits would kill me and enemies would pop suddenly into the screen from the top or bottom due to the screen height. The extra damage wasn't really an issue again until the final boss, which I had to retry a few times to finally beat. However I did only have fairies and no potions so my health didn't fully refill.

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internpepper

Status internpepper Nov 12, 2020

I was nervous about a sequel to my favorite Zelda game, but this is still amazing, fun to play, and a delight to explore.

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Salomon

Status Salomon Mar 24, 2020

Collected everything in normal mode. Maybe I will play Hero mode someday because normal was just too easy for me.

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AbroadKew

Status AbroadKew Feb 17, 2019

I just finished ALBW after 19 hours and 52 minutes with collecting and upgrading all items and beating all mini-games. The Treacherous Tower advanced runs both took me just over 11 minutes. A Link to the Past was one of my favorite games growing up and one I recently replayed so it was nice to have some more of that …

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I just finished ALBW after 19 hours and 52 minutes with collecting and upgrading all items and beating all mini-games. The Treacherous Tower advanced runs both took me just over 11 minutes. A Link to the Past was one of my favorite games growing up and one I recently replayed so it was nice to have some more of that but with modern mechanics. I did find the game absurdly easy and I was just breezing through everything but this was another fine addition to the Legend of Zelda franchise.

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AbroadKew

Status AbroadKew Feb 15, 2019

I started playing this on the 13th of February, 2019. I bought my first handheld console since the Gameboy Color about 8 months ago when the SNES 3DS was on sale on Amazon. I bought Pokemon Sun and ALBW but after putting 11 hours into Pokemon, I put the 3DS down. I have been playing LoZ since I was a …

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I started playing this on the 13th of February, 2019. I bought my first handheld console since the Gameboy Color about 8 months ago when the SNES 3DS was on sale on Amazon. I bought Pokemon Sun and ALBW but after putting 11 hours into Pokemon, I put the 3DS down. I have been playing LoZ since I was a kid and last year replayed and beat the original game on the NES, Zelda 2 (the side scroller), A Link to the Past in preparation for Breath of the Wild but got burnt out on the Zelda formula after I finished BOTW.

Looks like I got the itch again!

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XanderCat

Status XanderCat Mar 28, 2018

I need to check on the status of my save file to see my completion percentage. I know I completed over 95% of the normal mode, with the possible exception of the hardest part of the chicken mini-game and maybe something else. I have not progressed much on hardmode, if at all.

TLDR: I saw the credits! But the game …

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I need to check on the status of my save file to see my completion percentage. I know I completed over 95% of the normal mode, with the possible exception of the hardest part of the chicken mini-game and maybe something else. I have not progressed much on hardmode, if at all.

TLDR: I saw the credits! But the game is not 100% completed.

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Cleowarbucks

Status Cleowarbucks Dec 30, 2017

Finished! Forgot how much I enjoyed the art and music for this game. Looking through my activity log on the DS, it seems I've played through a few times... but lost all save data. Oh well!

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Cleowarbucks

Status Cleowarbucks Dec 27, 2017

Having just finished a Professor Layton game, thought it would be nice to revisit this one. This will be my second play through and I'm excited as I remember really enjoying it the first time around.

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