ULTIMATE GUIDE THE LEGEND OF ZELDA A LINK TO THE PAST TM

Sometimes developers can make things just a bit tricky for themselves, and even Nintendo is no exception – just take a look at The Legend. At the beginning of development, the team had to decide what a third game should look like. That was a simple goal with no easy solution, as the first two games had played quite differently and each acquired its own followers. Some fans of the first game were not happy with the sequel’s change away from the top-down perspective, but players of the second game could well regard a return to that perspective as a step backwards. The third option of creating another radically different game could alienate everyone.