One of the core gameplay components from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past was the existence of the dark world. It was a twisted kind of Hyrule that reflected the evil heart of Ganon and his desires, and truly stood out as a defining feature for the early SNES title. Now the Hyrule from A Link to the Past is back at the 3DS, however the Dark World got a brand new, decidedly cheesier, name.

As was previously revealed, Link can develop into a chalk drawing and become a 2D figure at the walls of his surroundings. At certain areas, he can also travel in the course of the walls and are available out in another style of Hyrule called Lorule. (Get it?). This alternate world even has a princess named Hilda that appears like exactly like Zelda, except that she has black hair.

As for the remainder of the trailer, Nintendo lays the nostalgia on thick. The 3 magic pendants, now bearing the symbols of the 3 goddesses, make a comeback as Link removes the Master Sword from its resting place within the Lost Woods. It even uses a similar classic opening jingle from the SNES classic accompanied by a brand new orchestral opening song.

What’s new is that there seems to be a brand new villain this time around that bears no resemblance to Ganon or Ganondorf. On the time of A Link to the Past, Ganondorf had lost what remained of his humanity and entirely transformed into the pig creature everyone knows as Ganon. He was capable of invade Hyrule by possessing the wizard Agahnim so perhaps the brand new villain in A Link Between Worlds is in an identical situation.

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