Search for dungeons, search for items, search for heart containers, search for little creatures to return to their mother. Instead, you will have to search every nook and cranny of both worlds. No sign pointing you to your next goal, no list telling you the order in which to tackle the dungeons (most can be accessed at any time). You’ll find few instructions or hints here. You see, “A Link Between Worlds” eschews the hand-holding of modern video games and, instead, embraces the mantra of the original Zelda games: discovery through exploration. If that thought intimidates you, it’s likely you’ll find the overall scope of the game too much to handle. Mindlessly running about killing things just won’t cut it. Therefore, players must really think to traverse the two worlds. As in the different eras from “A Link to the Past,” traversing the parallel dimensions allows Link to reach areas on the map that are blocked in one dimension or the other. To save the Seven Sages, Link must slip through cracks that allow him to travel between dimensions. Still, this wouldn’t mean much if the overall game design didn’t deliver. This opens a cornucopia of mind-bending new puzzle possibilities and forces players to think in new ways. In painted form, Link can slink across walls and other smooth surfaces or corners and even slither between cracks. Fortunately, Link happened to recently acquire a bracelet that not only allowed him to escape his painted fate but also to transform back at will. In the process, Zelda (of course) was also trapped inside a painting, as was our hero Link. This time, however, an evil wizard has captured the Seven Sages (one of the big nods to the original game) and has turned them into paintings, capturing them and releasing Gannon from his long slumber.
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