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Same debates every time this comes up, and yet I still end up defending it every single duel.
Game entry
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
2013 · Action-adventure, Sandbox, Puzzle · Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is ranked no. 214 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,782 and 76% of duels won. The pairing that comes up most often sets it against Dishonored: 4 duels settled, 4 to 0. In its strongest family it holds position no. 9 out of 210 (2013).
World rank
no. 214
ELO score
1,782
Wins
76%
Duels played
321
About The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is the first Zelda game made exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS. It is an indirect sequel to A Link to the Past with the same version of Hyrule but with new characters and gameplay elements. Unlike the series' tradition, many areas of the world are accessible from the beginning of the game and the dungeons can be visited in any order. Puzzles are encountered not only in dungeons but also in the open world, a part of them revolves around the game's 3D visual effect. The 3DS touch-screen display shows the world, dungeon or map depending on where you are.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,782 ELO points over the last 170 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Dishonored 100% 4 duels played · 27 points behind
- against The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 100% 4 duels played · 60 points behind
- against Twelve Minutes 100% 2 duels played · 221 points ahead
- against Super Mario 64 50% 2 duels played · level on score
- against The Talos Principle 100% 2 duels played · 67 points ahead
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Ranking of 2013 games
Every The Legend of Zelda game, ranked
Around this spot
The games The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds sits between in the world ranking.
- 211 Return of the Obra Dinn 1,784
- 212 Super Mario 64 1,782
- 213 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes 1,782
- 214 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds 1,782
- 215 Inscryption 1,782
- 216 Kirby's Adventure 1,782
- 217 Borderlands 2 1,781
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The standing
Where The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 9 out of 210 (2013).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 214 | 5,035 |
| Action-adventure | 32 | 329 |
| 2010s | 84 | 2,050 |
| 2013 | 9 | 210 |
The community
The debate
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Audreanne_1999
Same debates every time this comes up, and yet I still end up defending it every single duel.
karina32
Funny how the win rate rarely gets mentioned even though it's the number that should matter most here.
harber_cordia
It rethinks the structure of the series without throwing away what made it work, and that balance is rare enough that fifteenth feels almost low for what it accomplishes on a handheld.
SilentMaster
I picked this up during a rainy week off work and barely put it down until the credits rolled.
CosmoSniper3
wait, only a week? what made you stop right there instead of dragging it out longer?
FrameRex2
Replying to CosmoSniper3
pareil, l'été total
ArcadeLegend3
The freedom is real, though it also means some dungeons feel undercooked compared to how tight the older structure could be.
LuckyLegend1984
The dungeon order being open from early on changes how you approach every puzzle, since you never quite know what tool you'll have when you get there, and that uncertainty rarely gets old.
SaveByte40
The ELO number keeps climbing every time I check, which says more about how it holds up in ACTUAL duels than any list ranking it low ever could.
McClure30
top 15 for this? el orden libre de mazmorras no lo justifica todo