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Aug. 28, 2024

S2E10: The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past -or- Top Down Downright Done Right

Zelda streamers RiRiYells and SSJ3Butch return to clash swords with Mike and Jaymo discussing The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, 1991) and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords (GBA, 2002), continuing their epic quest to research and review every retro game in the Nintendo Switch Online catalog!

In this episode, we’ll take our first step into trying to understand the wild world of Zelda randomizer runs, try to figure out if Link to the Past is better on the SNES or Game Boy Advance in NintenDISorDAT, and the best and worst of Link to the Past’s cavalcade of enemies.

Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our catchy new theme song! Subscribe to The Old Switch-a-roo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on ⁠⁠https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com⁠⁠, where you'll find access to our Discord, voicemail, and so much more!

Game on, everyone.

 

(0:00) Intro  

(1:19) Welcoming RiRi

(1:51) Welcoming Butch 

(5:02) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

(44:32) Mini-Game Minute

(1:01:13) NintenDISorDAT

(1:28:19) Four Swords

(1:44:22) NintenDO or NintenDON’T  

 

Follow RiRi on Twitch at RiRiYells

Butch on Twitch at SSJ3Butch

 

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past manual

The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past and Four Swords manual

 

Discussion Between Miyamoto & Horii - originally from Game Staff List Association Japan

The Top 100 Games of All Time (2007) | IGN

IGN (2007) The Top 100 Games of All Time - Readable list | Video Game Canon

Special Bonus Contest - Nintendo Power Issue 16 (September/October 2007)

Gallery: A Link to the Past Enemies | ZeldaDungeon.net

Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past SNES Japanese Commercial #1

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RiRi

Streamer / Zelda Consultant

RiRi is a variety streamer focusing on indie and and cozy games, with a healthy amount of co-op games thrown in. She also loves Zelda randomizers and multi-worlds. She studied astrophysics in grad school with Mike and they've been friends for over 10 years!

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SSJ3Butch

Professor of Dragon Ball and Power Rangers

Wisconsin native who loves all things Dragon Ball and Power Rangers. I am a story driven streamer on Twitch who plays multiple different games and genres.