Nintendo of America has confirmed The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past’s arrival on the Wii U virtual console through this week’s Nintendo Download. So if you were feeling a little green-eyed at the European Wii U owners when it arrived last month, you no longer need to fret. A Link to the Past can be downloaded direct from the North American eShop for $7.99.
Elsewhere on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, you can purchase Mario Bros. on the virtual console for $4.99, as well as Castle Clout 3D – a puzzle strategy title from developer Teyon – also at $4.99. And if either of those didn’t quite take your fancy you can grab Ohno Odyssey for a discounted price at $3.99 until 9 a.m. PT on February 20.
whoohoo im buying it :)
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Meh, already have it on GBA and Wii virtual console.
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Already have it on snes
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I don’t have it on either so it works out well for me
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Never played it before, looking forward to it.
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you haven’t lived
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Goddammit. you know i was really hoping it was gonna say for 3DS
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Yea… This, Minish, and Earthbound are my biggest wants for the 3DS. I don’t want to mail my SNES or buy a Wii U for VC titles.
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seriously there are people that never played this epic game b4? your in for a treat :)
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well, having this on 3DS feels better, but the fact LBW is already out, it seems pointless to me, unless they make a pack asle of both ALttP and LBW
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what are your acronyms
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Link Between Worlds
and
A Link to the Past
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okay, you missed an ‘A’
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yeah, in that case aLBW
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ALttp = A Link to the Past
LBW = Link Between Worlds.
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Why would it seem pointless? They’re not the same game. LBW is a sequel to ALttP, not a remake. If anything, having ALttP on the 3DS’ eshop would make more sense than on anything BECAUSE of LBW. You want to play the prequel to go along with your sequel.
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Hm. I may be a bit unique in the fact that I actually liked ALttP better.
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the HD remake of this game kind of makes the old one redundant X)
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is not a remake
while it uses similar elements, the story even tells you about the events of the old game
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the irony is that on japan, LBW is called “A link to the Past 2”
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it is a remake tbh
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I dont see it as a remake, specially since a lot of stuff is not on the same place the other, spcially Dungeons
Also, since Ganon is not directly the antagonist, it is more a sequel to me
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Agreed, it’s a sequel not a remake.
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she’s totally winding you up
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lol
as if that really bothers me
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btw, SHE?
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i thought it was a she?
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you both sound like little girls anyway.
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It’s not a remake. You obviously have not played them both. Stories taking place in the same world happen all the time in PC games. They are called expansion games, not remakes.
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i obviously haven’t because im stuck with a ds lite -_-
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My sympathies </3
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She or probably a he with a she wannabe attitude, is a whore, an attention seeking WHORE!
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yeah yeah burn the witch she’s a slut. been there heard that please stop.
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i have to defend him(or her)
you are seeking more attention by posting that statement
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Be careful, it is rough to play it after playing albw! The game feels a lot less dynamic!
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agreed, lol
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Well, I will get it so I can play it on the gamepad.
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Do we get a discount if we own it on Wii? (like the other VC games?)
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Suppose to I hear, would be stupid if not.
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im pretty sure that’s a general rule
“Wii owned VC get discount on WiiU”
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whats the difference between a wii and wii u?
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there are save point options and full gamepad support
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how come DS owners dont get a discount on 3DS?
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You DO. It’s called “Not having to pay $250 for the 3DS … Like I did. Now you can get the xL for less than I paid for the original. Congrats.
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Sony’s credit rating cut to “Junk”: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-01-27-sonys-credit-rating-cut-to-junk
NO ONE REPORTS THIS ‘CAUSE OF THE NINTENDO HATE BIAS!
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maybe because this is a Nintendo News site?
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Its about damn time
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3DS eShop has the LoZ Four Swords Anniversary Edition available for the next four days for free. Nice little something for those who didn’t have it from when it was last available.
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WOW!!! A GAME WE ALL READY PLAYED 1000 TIMES!?! MUST BUY!!!
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Sigh… was really hoping for the Poke’mon transfer tool…
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Why are we recycling news from over seven years ago?
Oh that’s right, they’re just releasing this game again, for another price again. All because they don’t put their games on a shared platform system where gamers who already bought the game on the Wii can simply redownload the game on the Wii U. You might claim that ALttP was coded differently, therefore it must be released anew every single time, but that’s bullshit; it can exist on any platform through emulation, so its code is definitely not the reason why they have to keep releasing the same damn game with its own price over and over again.
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Is it downloadable only in north america? Since im in indonesia (southeast asia)
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