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Waste of money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 26
Date: December 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

What a waste of money, this game is the same thing as the one for the original gameboy. That one is probably half the price maybe less.

Buy it secondhand on internet - first hand it is 2 expensive

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 34
Date: May 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

anno 2004, this game is depressingly ugly to look at, so ugly that it hinders my gameplay experience. the ratings for THIS zelda are far too high and imo only based on nostalgia. I have played (u)moria for hundreds of hours, so i'm not the type that sees graphics as the most important aspect, but come on, zelda, no. link moves waaay too slow, the selection system is unintelligible. it may be that is was among the first rpg's but that does not mean it is one of the best! The story may be great but playability is too low to grab me at once (in contrast to phantasy star, which is really far better and about the same age).

my advice : borrow it, and if you have no friends with gba, rent it. do not fool yourself and pay >$5 for it.

The SNES Version was better

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 24
Date: February 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'll admit that the gameplay and graphics were incredible but the game as a whole was just to darn hard! Nearly everytime i turned around i had to go to a website to find how to get out of someplace. It's also too long. I perfer games like Mario where the levels are orginized with a map but here it's just all laid out at once and it take you ten minutes to get from one side of the world to the other. For the serious gamers(the ones who collect Pokemon cards and dress up as Link for halloween) I'd tell them to buy this but for the average games(who live a life outside of video games)I'd highly recommend Mario 2 or Yoshi's Island.

And a decade later it returns?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 50
Date: October 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love Zelda games but this one was pubilshed for SNES, and GB. If you had GBs it would be useless!... Here are the ratings.

Graphics 6.3
Sound 9.6
Hard 10.0
Likeable 5.9

Thats really all.

I expect too much

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 20
Date: July 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I remember playing this game for about 30 seconds when I was a kid (on the SNES) and I didn't really care about it then. I figured that the pleasure the new Gamecube Zelda: Wind Waker gave me would renew my interest in the Zelda series. The graphics are lame (it being a port of the original SNES) and could have been updated to match the Four Swords graphics which are more like Wind Waker's (and much better looking/feeling). I'll stick to the scarrier Castlevania series which has never disappointed. Why didn't Nintendo make a new Zelda for GBA instead of porting the SNES one? They've been doing this a lot with the Mario series and other games. I think it is lazy. It's like repackaging our youth and selling it to us with a marked up price.

Multiplayer?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: June 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

As much as I love this game I could not force myself to give it anything higher than a three star rate.
The original game is a mindgripping one. However, this game (this version, The Four Swords) is just a way to pass the game in a day. The true purpose of ANY Zelda game (and I think most Zelda fans agree) is to pass the game alone.
The multiplayer function or whatever you want to call it is like using a strategy guide. It spoils the game.
The story line, in itself, is probably the best part. It is an intriguing story which takes you back and forth through time in order to solve the riddles and dungeons that lay before our hero in order to save the Princess Zelda from the evil claws of Ganon (Only Ganon, not Ganondorf as he has become in Ocarina of Time and Windwaker). Most people will agree with me that A LInk to the Past (original game and one player) is the best ZELDA game that has been produced.
Ocarina of Time is a somewhat short version of this game and Windwaker is the sequel to the game.
So, in conclusion, buy this game if you want to play a Link to the Past. But try to pass it by yourself. It is much better that way. Sadly, the original SNES game can not be found very easily.
The original game (A Link to the Past SNES version) would get five stars.

I don't know

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 16
Date: December 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It's not anything new, just another game that was remade for the GBA. Well the game play is fairly good, the story line is one of the best out there. Get this game if you are above the age of 10 if not don't get it, if you do you'll be really bored.

Pretty good game with a few flaws.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 18
Date: April 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Back in 1994 I got a copy of "The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening." To this date, it is my favorite video game. At the time, however, I no longer had an NES and did not have an SNES. I had to wait until 2002 to play "A Link To The Past"-- an eight year wait!

When I finally got it, it felt like the early 90s again. Its amazing to think that the graphics in this game were top of then, but 10 years later, they are portable! This game looks a lot more "cartoony" than any other Zelda game (save what I have seen of "WindWaker"), but that isn't a big deal. The game itself has a very good story line, and the prolouge is nearly a direct summary of "Ocarina of Time." Actually, "A Link To The Past" has one of the best Zelda stories (This game and Ocarina of Time are the most important stories to the series; the other game boy and N64 games are less important. I have not gotten my hands on an NES to try the originals-- but I can't wait!).

As far as gameplay goes, this is one of the harder games. I beat it in about a week without a guide, but I have been playing Zelda games for years and therefore can get through them pretty quickly. The puzzles weren't as hard as other Zelda games, but the enemies were very hard! It seems like every single guy took away like two hearts (I also had problems figuring out what some of the guys were supposed to be-- what was that bouncing circle with hair?)!

With that comes my biggest gripe. I found that I died about 75 times in this game, which shows how difficult the enemies were. But many times, it wasn't that the enemy was really hard, but that that were hard to dodge. Those green knights would get close to me, and walk over my three or four times, taking away four hearts! Then, if I tried to walk away, the knight would simply walk along with me, but he would STILL BE ON TOP OF ME!!! I got SO frustrated that I would have to take a break from the game. By the time the knight was slain, I would have lost 6 hearts! It was simply horrible! I can't think of any other games where the simplest enemy can take away that much health from walking on your character.

Aside from the "walking" health loss, though, the game was very good. The story was great, the graphics were decent, and the dungeons were memorable. The biggest complaint I have about the "Oracle of Ages/Oracle of Seasons" duology is the fact that the dungeons in those games were incredibly generic.

That was basically a review of "A Link to the Past." "The Four Swords" is VERY good. For the first time, two players can play Zelda at once! Not only that, but this game is a mix between cooperative and head to head-- you must work together to win, but in the end, the person with the most Rupees wins the medal. The game is truly worth getting this whole package for. The fact that two games are included is awesome. The one downfall of "The Four Swords" is that it is based on the "WindWaker" graphic base, and the graphics in "WindWaker" are sickening. Fortunately, on the GBA, you really can't tell.

If you like RPGs/Adventure games, even if you are a mild fan, GET THIS GAME. Its portable, its multiplayer, and its fun! Just avoid the green knights who will "Walk all over you (literally!)."

Back to the Basics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: May 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Back in the realm of the first gold cartridge game, Zelda was one of the best buys when we had the NES. That Game keep all of the family playing hard to try to beat it......... took over 6 months of part time play ( had to work sometimes ). The 2D gaming was the norm, and Saving was unheard of at that time.

Playing the N64 version was unreal...... the 3D was AWESOME

I just picked up a GBA SP, and also bought this game too......... because of the fun that I had many moons ago with the original.

This game has not disappointed....... I am still working on beating the game, and it will take time ( again, I have to work to support a couple of habits like eating, sleeping inside a house, etc.)

Another reviewer said that he died a lot..... yep the game is not the easiest.... and that is why I wanted to buy it... I want a game that is challenging, and this one foots the bill

As for people that are blasting the 2D graphics....... guess what.... for being a portable unit, the graphics are really better than expected........ unless you are wanting to lug around the 30"TV, game system, and the pwer cords to hook it all up.... at least I can play it in my car going down the Highway if I so desire

Great game, just as good as the original NES gold cartridge..........

Great classic; sound is a bit off though

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

An excellent rendition of a classic must-play game. My only complaint is that the sound is not very good on this port. While the GBA has always had limited sound capabilities, this game in particular has very poor sound compared to the SNES original (from 1992!).

Otherwise the game is a perfect port and great for getting that quick Zelda fix. Go back and play this once you're done with The Minish Cap ;)

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