Even More Details for A Link Between Worlds (Spoilers!)

We’re bound to see a lot of new information about A Link Between Worlds as we creep ever closer to launch, but we’ll do our best to label spoilers going forward. This most recent batch does contains story spoilers, and while I consider them to be rather minor some may not, so be warned before you check them out.

• Need to complete different quests in the Light and Dark Worlds
• Free the seven sages trapped in the Lorule dungeons
• Princess Hilda will save you in person when first entering Lorule
• Hilda later communicates with you telepathically at different points
• Doesn’t look like you can travel between Hyrule and Lorule at will
• Need to find specific cracks in the fabric of reality
• Pass through in drawing form
• Portals are marked on the map as you find them
• Can place your own markers on the map
• Lorule has a few similarities to A Link to the Past’s Dark World
• There is similar music, but the map is different
• Lorule’s land is fragmented
• This means you have to get from location to location by traveling back and forth between Hyrule and Lorule
• Different lighting effects
• Dark Palace: home of the Helmasaur King
• The fortress has three layers of security before you can even get to the entrance
• Have to avoid detection or be thrown in jail
• Can escape from jail by turning flat
• Get past the guards by turning flat and hiding behind vines covering the walls
• The Dark Palace is light impaired
• Need to use your lamp
• Light streaming through windows and cracks open up other areas
• Floors and walls appeared and disappeared depending on whether the lights are turned on, creating treacherous labyrinths
• Must navigate some of them by finding hidden cracks through which to squeeze
• New puzzles and many familiar enemies in the Dark Palace like Goriyas
• Some puzzles involve dropping bombs to trigger a switch
• Bombs aren’t limited to just one plane, you have to throw bombs up onto ledges to complete puzzles
• Many floating platforms that you have to correctly judge movement of in order to jump down onto, especially in Death Mountain
• You’ll often be forced to seamlessly transition between 2D and 3D versions of Link since some of the platforms can be accessed only by sticking to their sides
• You can assign two items at a time, to X and Y
• B and A are for sword and context use
• Run with L
• Ravio’s items include the Wind Rod
• Many collectibles scattered throughout the land including Maiamai

My excitement levels continue to rise. If you’re still skeptical, care to explain why?

Source: NintendoWorldReport