RETROCANON

A Link Between Worlds

2013 · Nintendo 3DS

Mainline2D Zelda

What it is

A 2013 3DS follow-up to A Link to the Past where Link can merge into walls as a flat painting, slipping through cracks to approach familiar dungeons in entirely new ways.

Releases & editions

PlatformYearEditionDetails
Nintendo 3DS2013Standard

Where it sits in the story

Fallen Hero Timeline · fallen branch

Where it sits for newcomers

For fans

One of the best 3DS games ever made, best appreciated after A Link to the Past since it revisits that world with a brilliant wall-merging mechanic.

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