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A Link To The Past
is a 1991 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the third game in ''The Legend of Zelda'' series and was released in 1991 in Japan and 1992 in North America and Europe. The story is set many years before the events of the first two ''Zelda'' games. The player assumes the role of Link as he journeys to save Hyrule, defeat the demon king Ganon, and rescue the descendants of the Seven Sages. It returns to a top-down perspective similar to the original ''The Legend of Zelda'', dropping the side-scrolling gameplay of '' Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''. It introduced series staples such as parallel worlds and items including the Master Sword. ''A Link to the Past'' is considered among the greatest video games ever made, with particular praise for its presentation and innovative gameplay. It was ported to the Game Boy Advance as '' A Link to the Past and Four Swords'' in 2002, and sold 6.5 million copies a ...
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Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
commonly abbreviated as Nintendo EAD and formerly known as Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department (abbreviated as Nintendo R&D4), was the largest software development division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. It was preceded by the ''Creative Department'', a team of designers with backgrounds in art responsible for many different tasks, to which Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka originally belonged. Both served as managers of the EARD studios and were credited in every game developed by the division, with varying degrees of involvement. Nintendo EAD was best known for its work on games in the ''Donkey Kong'', ''Mario (franchise), Mario'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', ''F-Zero'', ''Star Fox'', ''Animal Crossing'', ''Pikmin'', and ''Wii (video game series), Wii'' series. Following a large company restructuring after the death of company president Satoru Iwata, the division merged with Nintendo's Software Planning & Development division in September 2015, be ...
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The Adventure Of Link
''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link'' is a 1987 action role-playing game developed and published by Nintendo. It is the second installment in the ''Legend of Zelda'' series and was released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System on January 14, 1987—less than one year after the Japanese release and seven months before the North American release of the original ''The Legend of Zelda''. ''Zelda II'' was released in North America and the PAL region for the Nintendo Entertainment System in late 1988, almost two years after its initial release in Japan. ''The Adventure of Link'' is a direct sequel to the original ''The Legend of Zelda'', again involving the protagonist Link, on a quest to save Princess Zelda, who has fallen under a sleeping spell. The game's emphasis on side-scrolling platformer and role-playing elements is a significant departure from its top-down predecessor. The game was a critical and commercial success and introduced elements such as Link's "magic meter" and th ...
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A Link Between Worlds
''The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game is the 17th in ''The Legend of Zelda'' series and is a sequel to the 1991 title ''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past''. Announced in April 2013, ''A Link Between Worlds'' was released in Australia, Europe, and North America in November, and in Japan a month later. The story is set many years after the events of ''A Link to the Past''. Players assume the role of Link (The Legend of Zelda), Link, who sets out to restore peace to the kingdom of Hyrule after the evil sorcerer Yuga captures Princess Zelda and escapes through a rift into the parallel world of Lorule. Yuga desires to kidnap the Characters in The Legend of Zelda series#Sages, Seven Sages and use their power to resurrect the demon king Ganon. Shortly into his adventure, Link obtains a magic bracelet that grants him the ability to merge into walls as a 2D painting, which al ...
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