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The best of them all... That's one way to put it. This game came out about three-and-a-half years after the somewhat criticized Zelda II, which had put people into two camps about the game. One camp thought of the game as an unusual but very worthy successor. The other camp believed it was a lousy game with no real connection to the series design, which is partially true. This game was going to be the original, but supercharged, and that delighted all Zelda fans. In April 1992, Miyamoto released one of the greatest epics in all of Video Game history. Within three minutes, you knew this was one for the ages, and that Miyamoto had done it again.
The story is before the original by about 100 years. The world has been changed because of the legendary triforce that resides in a golden land. People went in to find it, but no one came back. Then, evil forces came out of the Dark World. A mysterious wizard named Agahnim arrived and drove the monsters away. Then, with the king under his confidence, he took control and began to build his power base and to open the Wise Men's seal between this world and the Dark World, which is controlled by the evil sorcerer Ganon. Zelda, the last of the descendants of the wise men, sends a telepathic message to Link, whom she believes can save this world. The story is the darkest of them all because there is a lot of mystery to it.
The graphics of this game are much cleaner and sharper than in the original and the second one. There is more to see and more to play around with, like the chickens, the game's gulitiest pleasure, by far. The dungeons are very well designed. This game has some of the best graphics for the SNES.
The controls are very easy to get a handle on, which is comforting because if they were an less, there could be a major problem. The hit detection in the game is also perfect. There are no cheap hits on either end and that is also a real comfort for the gamer. Access to the item subscreen is also really easy.
The music is the best of the series, by far. The old-school feel is really there, and the dungeons' music is also excellent, and it is eerie, in its own way. The towns' music is also distinct and instantly memorable.
The overall gameplay this game is absolutely flawless. There is nothing wrong with this game in any way. Miyamoto knew the stakes were very high for this game, and he delivered in a big way, just like always. He became a legend with this game. Mario 3 might have made the top developer, but this game dropped into a whole new category.
The game went on to win fourteen awards, and the game got all of the majors. None of them posed a challenger. This game would be named Game of the Decade in several magazines. -- Chris Vavra, PGNx Media
---- Sep 14, 2002
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