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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Four Swords
Game Boy Advance
Released On: Dec 3, 2002
8.9
All Platforms
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
95
97% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
95
97% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The puzzles are still clever, the dungeons are still brilliantly laid out, the control is spot-on, and the graphics still look sweet. [Jan 2003, p.64]
"Four Swords" is the perfect multiplayer Zelda game. It combines amazing cooperative gameplay with competitive gameplay at the same time. The end result is a multiplayer game like no other.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 811 User Ratings
8.9
89% Positive
721 Ratings
721 Ratings
7% Mixed
56 Ratings
56 Ratings
4% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 811 User Ratings
8.9
89% Positive
721 Ratings
721 Ratings
7% Mixed
56 Ratings
56 Ratings
4% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
Undoubtedly the greatest game of all time. It not only redefined the concept of gaming but remains unmatched in atmosphere, aesthetics, and innovation.
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Game Boy Advance
El mejor juego de la saga en 2D, es una aventura magistral e irrepetible a día de hoy
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Game Boy Advance
While Zelda Advance is really two games on one cartridge, each is brilliant and very solid in its own right.
"Four Swords" is the most fun I've ever had with a four-player GBA game. [Jan 2003, p.212]
A great handheld port of one of the greatest games ever released for Nintendo's 16-bit system.
To the untrained eye, the Link To The Past cartridge may well appear to be nothing more than another videogame for kids and others who refuse to grow out of childhood. However, it is much more than that, being as worthy a narrative as many popular books out there can be.
Gran juego, esta dotado de una gran aventura llena de la esencia que nos encanta a los fans de zelda y de los rpg. Indispensable experiencia
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Game Boy Advance
One of the best games the SNES has to offer, now only even better on GBA with the addition of Four Swords. The game measures a good balance between the openness and exploration of the first LoZ game while also offering just enough direction to make the game more approachable. The world is full of useful items, collectibles and other secrets to discover, and dungeons are similarly well designed. The nonlinearity of the dungeon order is mostly a positive too. While it does unfortunately limit the dungeons more than other Zelda games due to being needed to be completed in a wide variety of orders and can't utilize items from other dungeons, the replay value and freedom this offers to the player makes those limitations worth it, especially when the dungeons are brilliantly laid out regardless. Sprite quality is very visually appealing and the soundtrack and sound design are great and one of the most important in relation to the LoZ series. While I don't think this game has of high of highs as some other amazing Zelda games, there's also not much bad you can say about it. My only real criticism might be the combat which can be pretty limited, but its also not the focus of the game and holds up well enough due to not being at the forefront of the player's challenges.
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Game Boy Advance
This game is good, but it is very dated. The game design is solid, with clever puzzles, solid (if not simple) combat, and a pretty pixel-art world to discover. Secrets are abundant and make you feel like a genius every time you prod at something suspicious or engage in a bit of outside-of-the box thinking. However, there are progression points that are incredibly unintuitive, and I feel demand outside help or previous knowledge of the game. The game has a hint system using fortune tellers, but it is terrible and almost never provides you the information actually necessary to progress. This happened to me on 4 occasions, and I wasted hours of my time trying to figure them out on my own, only to defeatedly look it up and find a solution that I never would have found. An example of this is the part of the game where you buy the flippers. The hint in game says something along the lines of "go to lake area and find a Zora". I do this and scour the entire area multiple times, only finding dead ends and look it up online. Turns out in one of the dead ends you have to stand in front of a waterfall in a specific place for the Zora to appear. Design like this is fine for 2002, today its just annoying. The music in this game is decent, but is sorely lacking for a Zelda game. If the hint system actually worked my score would probably be at an 8-9, but a game that requires you to look things up to beat it is a flawed game.
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Game Boy Advance
Definitely has not aged well. The first half of the game is pretty ok, nothing too special however. The dungeons are pretty simple, but inoffensive, I was waiting for the more interesting dungeons to come later. However what I got later was the Ice Palace, and Turtle rock. Not bad dungeons puzzle wise, in fact the Ice Palace in particular has a very nice puzzle near to the end. However what makes this dungeon unbearable is the ice physics, mixed with enemy spam. That's this ganes idea of difficulty, just putting too many enemies on screen. Both of these dungeons have boss rooms you can't leave, and you need magic to defeat them. If you're out of magic, you're out of luck. Its simply a frustrating mess in the endgame, and an inoffensive, but nothing special early and mid game. Links Awakening on the GameBoy is better than this.
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Game Boy Advance
terrible hit box, you only swing on one side of your body, if enemies are circling you you have to wait for them to get to the right side of your body. You can die real quick, and save spots are very far and few between. Disappointing uninspired boss fights as well. Its just frustrating. The whole dark world thing is super overrated as well, oh boy! You turned into a pink rabbit! Isn't that trippy? Its soooo cheesy and uninspired, and does not belong in Zelda.
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Game Boy Advance
Summary
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- Game Boy Advance
Initial Release Date: Dec 3, 2002
Developer:
- Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
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