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In today’s video I dive in and analyze The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the SNES. Enjoy!
Additional games shown in this video:
The Legend of Zelda
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
©2019 Kris Genthe
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All the 100% playthroughs of this game over the last ~25 years and I never knew the Magic Cape would protect you from the Wallmaster. Wow. Old dog, new tricks.
There's more, if you grab a wall when using the Cape, your magic doesn't go down.
@@yunlien What!? Awesome!
24:50 - I really liked the fact that you were expected to talk to everyone. It actually made seeing new people exciting. One problem with BOTW was the there were so many people that I couldn't be bothered to talk to any of them after a while as 90% said nothing useful.
I love this video analyzing my FAVORITE Zelda game, but I'd like to tell you how the game clues you in to the flute upgrade. Apon the flute boy's death, he tells you to play his flute for his father in the bar. After playing it, he tells you to play the flute near the statue.
The game originally came with a lot of help material packaged with the game. It had a huge poster of the light world map with the three light world dungeons all mapped out for the player. The manual was huge and listed all the items and was a source of hints. Plus it had a hint booklet that told you how to get through some of the toughest spots that most players would get stuck.
The physical light world map is still one of my most fun experiences with a video game, it was perfect because you could mark stuff down yourself like where you found certain heart pieces, where you found other interesting things to check out later, where warp tiles were found, etc. It also worked as an immersive tool actually where it made me feel like it was really my adventure because I would check an actual physical map.
Wow, look at that. TH-cam recommended a quality channel.
Justin Yeap - Amazing, isn’t it?
Indeed. It first recommended to me the Metroid series... then this video in particular. I, uh... think that says something about my speedrun viewing habits...
Man, you never fail to surprise me with how detailed and well-written your videos are. Keep up the great work!
No not well written....I hate reading....lol
Boy I saw this channel on a whim when TH-cam recommended it to me as "Gaming Channel on the rise" and I was not disappointed thanks for giving me a huge time sink my college work did not need.
Haha, thanks for the kind words, and sorry about your studies!
This is by far my favorite Zelda game the game holds up very well.
Have you tried A Link Between Worlds?
I agree. Its the first Zelda game I fell in love with but not thr first one I liked.....if that makes sense lol
dito. Majora and Skyward , i like too.(OoT the music and storytelling is cool, but thats all)
For the most part I completely agree with everything you said about this game, on both the critique and the praise side of the things. Here are my limited gripes with your commentary on the game.
I'll give you that the story does kind of stop after the first third of the game, but there are snippets here and there as one progresses even up to the end. It's not a lot but the maidens add a little bit to the story, and the blacksmiths, the lumberjacks, the flute boy and the other side characters have their own stories that give the game a level of depth I never expected from a Zelda game, especially in 1992. Yes, looking back on it, there certainly seems to be a major shift from the relatively story-heavy beginning to the story-scarce middle and end of the game. It definitely slows down once the player gets to the Dark World, however, this never occurred to me until I played through it in the late 2000s and the story-laden Zelda games of recent had become the norm in the series. Just look at Zelda 1 and Zelda 2, there is almost no story in those compared to LTTP, so I think they did a pretty solid job of slowly revealing bits of story as the game progresses.
My other gripe is your characterization of the Overworld as "careless." I don't think it was careless at all, you yourself admit that most of the game has a high degree of polish. Do you really think they just willy nilly laid out the two respective Overworlds and called it day? The reason why they put the tablet that gives the only medallion the player doesn't need in the obvious spot is the same reason why they place stones in various points as barriers or why the player has to figure out they can cut through curtains and ivy. I think they also expected the player to go exploring, and, yes, that means the player essentially has to memorize both the Light and Dark Worlds. It's not like we are talking BOTW here; I was able to explore, memorize, and beat this game at 9 years old. Yes, it took me forever (several months, if I remember correctly), but again, back then, that was ok. In fact it was desired. I wanted to explore; I was exhilarated when I finally figured out how to get into the 6th dungeon! And then the same style emblem is found at the 7th dungeon, but the task to achieve the emblem is different, but not too cryptic. All the player has to do is read the signs, it isn't that difficult, but maybe by today's standards is undesirable and not easy enough to figure out.
All in all, though, great job as usual; you're critique really seems to have a mix of current and nostalgic perspectives and I really appreciate that it isn't too heavy to either side. Keep up the good work young sir!
I agree with you about the layout of the overworld. I honestly think pretty much everything about it was very much deliberate and honestly kind of similar to how BotW laid out the structure of the adventure. You start by having to complete a functional tutorial, meaning you are essentially locked into a starting portion of the game but you are taught through actually playing the game instead of being forced to do meaningless tasks. After the first area though, you are given a marker on the map and told that's where you progress the story. However most of the game is unlocked for you at this point. You are free to explore and in some respect even encouraged to do so. You can follow the way the game tells you to go up until right after the first dungeon. After that you need to either talk to people or explore in order to find the book of Mudora. This is the game telling you that there's stuff to find and that you are expected to explore. Over the course of the game you'll hear NPC's talk about different parts of the map and eluding to there being useful stuff there, most notably the cave with the Ice rod.
The game consistently encourages and rewards exploration, for example no one ever directly tells you how to get up on Death Mountain, when you enter the first cave it's a dark maze and all you have is you lantern. There are plenty of sections that show you that there's more to be found up on the mountain after you have gotten the medallion. Heck by the time you are at the Tower of Hera it's easy to just see what's on the bridge to the left there and if you have played the game you should be familiar with the squiggly lines so you know to use the book of Mudora. At that point you are told that you need to return with the master sword and you will get some cool magic called Ether.
Similarly the placement of the Quake medallion is in the same area in the dark world as where you got the flippers in the light world and where you find the waterfall of wishing. By that point you already know that in many ways the two worlds are rather similar, important places in the light world also tend to be important places in the dark world, not always but it's definitely a trend. While you are at the stone circle the sign itself even goads you to throw something in there.
This game, instead of telling you things outright via tutorials or annoying automated help prompts, tells you what to do via it's very intentional world and level design. There are tons of visual cues and suggestive clues to be found all throughout the game subtly telling you what to do and where to go.
Man, I really need to stop taking breaks from this channel. I love it so much!
No, the buttons aren't that much fun. But back in the 90s it felt like you were being clever and infiltrating a secret dungeon that's supposed to be off-limits to outsiders. That was satisfying.
Tree boy in this game made me tear up when he said " After wandering into this world I turned into this shape. But it looks like I can't play my flute any more. Please take it. If by chance you go to the village I lived in, please give it to a tired old man....... Please let me hear the sound of the flute one last time...". I was so sadden by this moment in the game.
It was harsh ye, also is his hair pink or is it part of his hat?
@@chloemorgan9098 pink hair. hes supposed to have orange-brown colour hair like in the booklet that comes with the game but I think it would have blended too much with the tunics later on in the game so they made it more pinkish
Me too. I felt so bad.
I still get emotional over this
@@Cookberg I wonder if we'll be seeing a version of this sad moment in the upcoming live action series?? It is coming to Netflix as right now.
I have a snes with this game. Even though I played it millions of times, I never used the map, probably because I forgot that you could use X to see it... but I obviously used the overworld map on my first play through, just I never used the dungeon maps
Edit: also I actually learned some stuff from this vid because when I first played this game I was like 4 so I couldn’t read, and I just used my memory to play the game
Edit2: 11:30 you don’t need to dash to jump off those...
Edit3: 12:45 you can just pull it from behind. lol I like pointing out this stuff for some reason
Edit4: 15:52 you forgot the one behind the milk shop or whatever
I love the cryptic nature of the overworld (and the game in general). When I was first playing I had no idea where to go, but I think that added a lot. This made it worth my time to explore this fairly large world. In my book this will probably always be the greatest game of all time. While it gets compared often to Ocarina, I wasn't really a fan of the 3d nature and graphics of the game.
Also, if you haven't looked into the speed run/GDQ community for this game, I recommend you do. The game has unbelievably *perfect bugs* (which you will only find an odd phrase until you watch a speed run).
dito.although MajorasMask and Skyword were very nice crafted games
The entire run up to the Master Sword is the tutorial, hence the hand holding stops after you get to the Dark World.
Probably the only other Zelda game that comes close to being as perfect as this title would have to be "The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening" on the Game Boy, which happens to be my other favorite game in the series. :)
Casey Decker Ocarina of Time...
The dgtdbfg.
Tttfr. .
Try try it uuh
Man, your videos are always so well thought-out and comprehensive. Great work as always! One of the best channels around.
Thanks pacbilly!
People are so quick to praise this game and call it perfect, but I appreciate how genuine your complaints and criticisms are, your opinions really feel like your own. Lot of reviews to me feel like they parrot the same points and opinions so I appreciate how your reviews stand out because you’re never afraid to be honest with your feelings about a game.
Excellent and very informative video. As a first time viewer of your videos I really look forward of watching your other stuff . Thanks!
Great video as always! I love that you pay attention to certain details that many don't bother with or take for granted.
Thank you!
I was just recommended your channel as a creator on the rise. Very happy I checked you out, I love your content!
Thank you very much!
This will always hold a special place in my heart...container
Just discovered this channel and it’s so charming! Love channels like these! Keep up the great work :D
Will do, thank you!
Everyone got stuck at some point playing this game. I played this game when I was 8 or 9 years old in the 90’s. I did not know a word of English so I literally spent A LOT of time trying to figure things out. Spending all that time, really made me appreciate and love this game so much. Many years later, once I learned English, I remember playing this game again but this time I UNDERSTOOD the reasons why things were happening. Can you imagine that? Loving a game when you are a kid simply because of the game mechanics, music and fun factors?! I remember feeling like I was playing this game for the first time again when I actually understood the story. This is the reason why I consider this one the best Zelda game ever. It is so nostalgic.
Yeah, finally. I agree with your verdict. A Link to the Past is a wonderful game and a wonderful journey. I especially like how smooth the difficulty (and thus learning) curve is. The game becomes quite challenging but, as you pointed out, the player gets (almost) all of the information to overcome the games obstacles right on time. A great game and a great review, as always.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
@@implantgames I enjoyed it but u didn't thank me
Think this was the first game I stayed up all night playing when I was a kid. And then I got sick the next day lol
Parade The Gospel
"Sick"?
Haha, that is awesome :)
One of my favorite games, my brother and I beat it several times consuming many many hours of our elementary school afternoons :) Great video!
Greg N me too but it was the neighborhood kids for me my sister didn't like games back then haha
Come home from school game until 5. Come home and do homework and eat dinner. On fridays I could go back and play for a few more hours
Honestly took us months to make it to dark world
This will always remain one of my fondest and most remembered games I've ever played. One of the very first video games I ever played as a child.
I’ll always remember my mate Denzil getting this game right before I was due to pick it up from the game store that had only one copy. I went to his house like daily to get to play it so in a way I saved money but really still wanted it at the same time
This is also how I fell in love with RC Pro-am and Sonic 2 haha :) I didn't own them, but played the hell out of them out a cousin's house.
This channel is ridiculously underrated.
You're too kind, thank you!
@@implantgames I absolutely love the quality of your videos. Keep it up, man!
I can't wait for the next Zelda video!
I just got recommended this video I'm now a days I love a link to the past and I like your analysis of the game you got a new fan great job!!!!
Thank you very much!
I love the adorable Chibi designs on the Zora enemies..... just too cutesy!
Well the map is fairly small so I don't think memorizing things or getting lost is an issue with that game. I don't think I felt that way anyway when I first played the game, but I've played it so much and that was so long ago so I don't quite remember but I just don't think I had issues with the map.
This brings back memories. Congrats on being Creator on the Rise!
Thanks man!
Just discovered your channel and binging all the classics. Have made my way through SMW, Zelda 1, and Zelda 2. This one was great too and looking forward to Zelda: LA, Zelda: OoT maybe, and all the DKCs. Great insight and really appreciate the critical lens you take.
Thank you Victor, glad to hear it!!
Great as always. Thanks for the awesome content.- Sincerely, a 90's kid.
Awesome video. I recently replayed this game so it was still fresh in my mind as I was watching. Good stuff.
Thanks James!
These videos don’t have nearly enough views. I love this channel
Just found your channel and I'm digging it hella. Keep it coming!
Thank you, glad to hear it!
The arrow squares don't require the boots to jump, you just walk up to them
You gotta be kidding me?!
You do great work, man. Keep it up!
Thank you!!
Zelda games makes you feel clever, and completing a dungeon gives a real sense of accomplishment.
To me makes the game one of those that linger in ur memory fondly not just fun and then forget.
When I was a kid it took me a while to learn how to play this game. I remember finding the master sword in the woods but I had no idea how to get it.. it was the coolest thing
the full orchestral versions of the music is absolutely stunning
The Pegasus Boots aren't needed to jump across platforms in the Palace of Darkness.
One of my favorite games ever. Such happy childhood memories.
Dude, I'm glad that after finding the master sword the game didn't keep holding my hand and telling me where to go. I liked the exploration and adventure. Memorising the lay of the land in both worlds was a treat
I tried this game last year, but I stopped when I got to the skull woods temple. I don't know, I had a hella time trying to figure out where to go after getting the master sword. In that regards, I agree with your critique~ I will try again when I finish a few other games
Zelda LttP, and Castlevania SotN are my two favourite games of all time. Dessert Island games, for sure. Nice work on the video.
This is one of the few games that I've achieved 100% completion in. I was born after this game came out (I'm 17), so I played it without rose-tinted glasses, but I can say with utmost certainty that this is not only one of the most well designed games ever made, but that it arguably holds up better than any other Zelda released. And it came out over 20 years ago...
I think it’d be interesting to here your thoughts on how A Link between worlds compares to this game.
Near the end when you were going under the long bridge there is a cheat you can do with emulation.
If the emulator allows turning off different layers separately you can turn off the upper layer with the bridge and see the hidden blocks below.
Then you can easily see where the obstacles are.
Have you ever tried the randomizer mod?
It changes the position of where items are in chests. You may not get the lamp right away.
as a kid I found that the legend of Zelda A Link to the past was the first game that tricked me into thinking I beat it all to find out that I was only halfway through, maybe not even halfway through since there's more than double the dungeons in the Dark World than in Hyrule
I always believed that the telepathic message was for Link’s uncle.
This was my first legend of Zelda game and I had a great time playing it hope you enjoyed your time
I'm kinda glad I experienced this Zelda first before any other title, as this is a vast improvement in both gameplay and storyline from the previous 2 entries. It's quite a bit more challenging later on in the game than Ocarina of Time, but I'd highly recommend playing this game FIRST before going to another Zelda title, since it establishes lore that all further Zelda games play on.
I came from the trending tab. Nice work.
I figured out everything on my own when i played it on the gba. I loved the puzzle of the 4th dungeon when the demon was disguised as the wise
I died my hair pink because this game is so amazing.
Captain Yasopp
Dyed
This was my pack in title for my SNES. One controller bundle. I played it until the battery save function no longer worked
I was the 21,850th subscriber. Very cool
This made me LOL :D
Back in my childhood I remember wanting this game on the gba and my Mom got it for me. I gotten pretty far in it too but I must have gotten tired of the game back then since I no longer have the gba version which is a shame but in it's place I have the Snes version which was included in with a vintage Snes game storage case and 28 other Snes games that I gotten from one my cousins several years ago (What I did with the 29 games is another story). Yeah, Super Mario kart and the Donkey Kong Country trilogy (plus a lot of other games) were what I mainly grew up with. Since A Link to the past was released back 1991 and I was born in 1994 I guess I was born when the Snes was still popular but it was almost on its way out so the N64 could take its place therefore aside from SMK and DKC I missed out on some of the Snes's best earlier games.
You could find SNES games and some NES, GAMEBOY games on the Nintendo eShop on either the 3DS or SWITCH.
@@sammylane21 what games are on the switch?
Sammy Lane Except that you're only renting those games on the Switch with the crappy Nintendo Switch Online.
@@sammylane21 I have some Snes games but what I meant by missing out was that I missed F-Zero and so on out of the earlier Snes titles.
@@chloemorgan9098 About 300 variants on Pokemon, about 10 CAPCOM games (MEGA MAN, STREET FIGHTER, FINAL FIGHT etc) and their sequels, all the NINTENDO games, DONKEY KONG COUNTRY 1,2,3, DKC TROPICAL FREEZE, COTRA 3, SUPER C, ADVENTURE ISLAND, SUPER ADV. ISLAND, THE LEGEND OF ZELDA series and more. It is a 50/50 chance the game you wanna play is on it.
Yeah, it would have been fair to put the medallion's symbols on the places you get them. That way you could make an intuitive connection when you see the same symbol at a dungeon entrance.
The leaps in programming and game design were huge from the time Zelda 1 was created just to the time Zelda 3 was created. The memory for games also greatly increased, and the programmers filled memory as much as they could within time restraints. It’s not that Zelda 1 could have better combat mechanics, it just wasn’t possible nor imagined then. Please realize the times these were made were very different than now.
One of the best games I've ever played.
I just started replaying this game yesterday
I can’t wait to finally play this game. I’ve played the first 30 minutes or so to try it out, but I’m currently playing Skyward Sword. I want to finish that game first before moving on.
I've been waiting all day for this hell yeah lol
they fix the overworld map in link's awakening. it is the one thing i think could improve a link to the past
I think playing the game randomized helped reinforce the main game for me, personally. Challenging the memory of every item location has its charm, but nowadays starting a randomized run just makes me want to play the main campaign again, and see how smart the game really is.
Apparently for the longest time with sprites Nintendo claimed that coloring was limited and or difficult to depict certain colors. Most notably blonde hair. Which is why alot of the older NES heroes and heroines had brown hair but suddenly had blonde in later games. For some reason Nintendo while animating Link in artwork of strategy guides and game box art with dirty blonde hair his sprite instead featured pink for whatever reason. Which I found an odd excuse considering the Super NES featured games with prominent blonde characters such as Ken in Street Fighter.
Excellent review Kris! IV been wanting to give this a go for about 10 years but haven't got round to it but I really want to after seeing this. What did you play/record this footage on?
SimmyBassline
He has a a SNES and it's not the GBA version, so my guess is a SNES. I know he uses a framemeister for upscaling as well.
@@wschippr1 he also has a analogue super Nt
This was recorded with the Super Nt and a retail cart. I really do dig the Nt, it greatly simplifies the recording setup haha.
My first Zelda 2 years ago, then Wind Waker 1yrs ago and now Breath of The Wild, next I'm between Link's Awakening and Ocarina of Time
I've really never been able to get into this game. I respect the hell out of it, but there are too many little things about it that bother me for it to crack my top five.
have you played a link between worlds? im not even a huge fan of the series but that one blew me away
I hope you do each one, there are many great ones like the ages and seasons and obviously the n64 duo
GREAT GAME! First Zelda game I beat but not the last
Favorite game ever but in retrospect it's obvious they didn't give you much guidance because they wanted you to buy the guide.
I finished half this game before I could read. Just going from place to place trying different things in different areas. Only after I could read could I actually finish the game but I still love the aspect of just trying different items in different areas in Zelda games. That’s why botw kinda disappointed me but it was still an amazing game. But a link to the past will always be my favorite
Thank God you're getting popular
Talking to NPCs, on the first run I kinda talked to everyone and would often return to town after a dungeon. Now that I know the game pretty well, i almost never go to town except of course when I have to for an item. So many of these tips and dialogues are there, but the player kinda has to search out them out. This carries back from Zelda 2 actually a bit, how the towns folk actually tell you almost everything you need to know, even if vague or badly translated at times.
Maybe a better way about this would have incentivize the player to return to town more often to restock on things or something, of course not having ammo drop in the wild could have made things alot more tedious so idk.
Great video. And about this game. Few things I do not like about it - never ending fetch quest. First - 3 talismans, after - 7 maidens. They could make something more interesting. For example in Landstalker you always in search of treasure and in my opinion it is much more engaging.
Also, Zelda: Four Swords Adventures - superior game in my opinion. Even if a little different. :)
That was the point the story line to this game is very similar to the history of our world 1300 years ago with the 7 men that restored order and knowledge.
Why is that every video I see that features footage from Zelda 2, the player is seen trying to kill a flying skull. The reason they take a billion hits to kill suggests you're supposed just to avoid them.
I can’t help myself. This is probably my favorite way to level up early in Zelda 2. Patience is a virtue.
MultiTarded
I don't think that's bad game design. Don't get me wrong, there are lots of things poorly designed in Zelda II, but that isn't one of them.
The flying skull offers 50 XP, which is absolutely insane at the beginning of the game. That is why everyone spends the time taking them out.
I love this game & this was a great review of it. I played Ocarina & Wind Waker before this so i thought going from those to a 2D Snes game wouldn't be impressive but damn i was wrong, this sucked me right in. Didn't work for Zelda 1 & 2 tho, could never get into those. Played this on an emulator on Xbox as didnt have a Snes at the time.
Is there a trick to controlling the Staff Of Samara's cart sequence in Mt. Death Mountain?? Cause every damn time I go there, I have to use a lot health potions just to get through that part.
Some of the tracks go "over" or "under" each other making it so you cannot turn when you expect.
@@implantgames One time I got stuck going to the top right for like 10 minutes straight, I was so glad to be done with that area.
Just got a Genesis yesterday and seeing this game makes me want a SNES now too!
Get the SNES Mini then. It has this game.
TomboyPlayer1993
Or the Super Nt and a SD2SNES
@@wschippr1 I know. I doubt the SNES console will still hold on since its nearly 30 years old. And there's a possibility that you'll have to replace another battery for a copy of LoZ a Link to the Past. And I know that Nintendo re-released these games on the Wii, U, and N3DS VC. And they did a remake on the inferior GBA.
DecimoWhite, what about playing The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past through a emulator on your PC?
I was an 80s kid I had nothing to do all summer 80s and 90s
I was NOT a smart child. When I first played LttP I was maybe 8 or 9, and I NEVER figured out where Agahnim disappeared to after poofing Zelda to the dark world. I never owned the game at that point, only borrowed it from a friend, but I literally had someone explain it to me like 4 years later and I felt so silly for not realizing it
I don't think I ever killed one of those mirror moving guys by moving them into arrows...
Congrats for being "Gaming Creator on the Rise
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Thank you!
@@implantgames welcome
Wait this game has more gameplay than 5 minutes? That's how long it took me to beat it my first try.
I have literally never heard anyone complain that LttP's overworld is "too open" and suggest more hand-holding is needed.
-10 points.
Eric
I don't think he said it was too open, just that it was too cryptic.
YAAAAAS I love this game
The favorite game reviewer reviewing my favorite game 🤗
You're too kind!
Honestly, this is one of the best Zelda games!
please consider Diddy Kong Racing, The Simpsons: Hit n Run, and Pac Man Fever!
congrats on the mention from youtube! glad the nintendo community is getting some attention :)
"it would be awesome to see where the player HADN'T been yet."
stay tuned for this implant :v
Link's Awakening to the rescue!!
First game I ever played. like, ever. I love it so much, that much like how robin williams named his daughter zelda, i wanna name my daughter Marin.
i wonder when they going to make a remake of this game with the graphics we have now that will be awesome