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Depuis plus d’un an maintenant, je prĂ©sente, sur un jeu de sociĂ©tĂ© coup de coeur, mon Jeu du Lundi. Temps de confinement, temps de faire de nouvelles choses. Tous les jeudis et jusqu’au retour Ă  la normale, je prĂ©senterai ici un jeu vidĂ©o et, pour reprendre les mots de ma chronique du lundi Qu’il soit rĂ©cent ou sorti il y a 50 ans, le jeu sera tout le temps un coup de cƓur personnel. Tout amateur de jeux vidĂ©o qui a possĂ©dĂ© une console Nintendo a son Zelda prĂ©fĂ©rĂ© et, plus souvent qu’autrement, c’est le premier auquel il a jouĂ©. Pour ma part, je ne dĂ©roge pas Ă  cette rĂšgle ». Mais! Il faut savoir que le mien a une place particuliĂšre dans mon coeur car c’était mon premier jeu vidĂ©o en français
 et je dois avouer qu’à 8 ans jouer Ă  The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past dans sa langue maternelle ça n’a pas de prix. Et donc, qu’est-ce que c’est que ce jeu? The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past est un jeu d’aventure trĂšs fidĂšle Ă  un genre qu’on pourrait appeler les Zelda-Like ». C’est un mĂ©lange de monde ouvert que l’on peut explorer et de donjons Ă  rĂ©soudre. Cependant, le monde ouvert est trĂšs fermĂ© au dĂ©but et c’est grĂące Ă  des armes et autres objets utiles que l’on peut accĂ©der Ă  de plus en plus de zones. Et la structure du jeu est telle qu’un objet rĂ©coltĂ© dans un donjon sera immĂ©diatement utile pour passer au travers de celui-ci. Ainsi, on apprend Ă  utiliser ces objets, voire Ă  les combiner avec d’autres. Évidemment, le jeu cache plein de secrets Ă  dĂ©couvrir, des moments rigolos, des clins d’oeil, des mini-jeux et bien plus. Pour un jeu de cette Ă©poque, c’est un monde qui semble immense et on a envie de fouiller chaque recoin pour dĂ©couvrir des nouveaux passages secrets qu’on aurait manquĂ©. Je ne vous parlerai pas des heures que j’ai passĂ© Ă  scruter le moindre bout de mur Ă  l’aide de chacun de mes objets. D’ailleurs un des grands plaisir du jeu est la collection de ces objets hĂ©tĂ©roclites. Si certains tombent sur sous le sens bombes, Ă©pĂ©es, arcs, etc. D’autres sont plus singuliers, mais tout autant utiles un livre, un miroir et mĂȘme un filet Ă  papillon! CĂŽtĂ© narration, le jeu est par contre un peu simpliste, mais pour le jeune que j’étais Ă  l’époque c’était bien suffisant. Certes, il y a beaucoup de dialogues, mais grossiĂšrement l’histoire se rĂ©sume Ă  la princesse est dans un autre donjon ». C’est peut-ĂȘtre un peu trop simple dit comme ça, mais il y a certains moments trĂšs drĂŽles et d’autres touchants oui, touchant
 dans un jeu aux graphismes 16-bits. Globalement, un jeu qui mĂ©lange dextĂ©ritĂ© motrice, mais aussi rĂ©flexion car de nombreuses Ă©preuves dans le jeu ne se rĂ©solvent qu’en en comprenant la logique. Et parfois mĂȘme, il existe plusieurs solutions toutes plus originales les unes que les autres. En somme, un jeu qui m’a emportĂ© Ă  l’époque et auquel je retourne toujours avec grand plaisir. À essayer si Vous avez jouĂ© Ă  d’autres Zelda et ĂȘtes curieux d’en dĂ©couvrir plus sur l’univers. Vous voulez dĂ©couvrir une diversitĂ© de donjons et d’épreuves. Vous recherchez un jeu avec une difficultĂ© honnĂȘte pas trop facile mais ni trĂšs punitif. À Ă©viter si Les jeux en 2D vue de haut vous rĂ©vulsent. Vous recherchez un jeu avec une histoire profonde et riche. Vous n’ĂȘtes pas prĂȘt Ă  vous gratter la tĂȘte sur certaines Ă©nigmes. BONUS Ça a pas trop rapport, mais en faisant mes recherches, je suis tombĂ© lĂ -dessus et je me suis dit que je ne pouvais pas ne pas partager avec vous

level1. yolopenox. · 5m. Link to the past is definitely easier to navigate. If you’re liking the beginning of the game, you’re gonna love the rest of it. Acquiring all upgrades and heart pieces requires using some imagination with no clear hints, but imo that’s how it should be. 8.

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Alink to the past Identifiant : 91824 Scénario : Himekawa, Akira You have freed Zelda from her jail cell, and now the two of you must escape from Hyrule Castle. Reach the First Floor Find the Secret Passageway Go through the Secret Passageway Reach the First Floor If you don't have the Lamp, be sure to open the chest in Zelda's jail cell to get it. After you talk to Zelda and she starts following you, exit Zelda's jail cell and go back the way you came. When you reach B1, keep going south until you have gone up the stairs in the southwest corner of the room with the two green soldiers. Go east along the ledge, then north up the narrow stone walkway, then go east to the next area. Follow the path to the next screen and jump off the ledge. Go north up the stairs and through the door. Go north up the stairs and you will reach the first floor. Find the Secret Passageway Go east to the next room, then go north up the stairs, and walk south along the upper path, then jump down to the lower area and go through the south door. Go south and follow the carpeted path to reach the first room of the castle. Zelda will tell you to go to the throne room to find a passage leading to the Sanctuary. Go north up the nearby stairs and find the door in the north wall. Go through it. Quickly go north up the stairs to avoid a fight with the blue soldiers, and continue north until you reach the thrones. There is an ornamental shelf behind the thrones. Zelda asks if you have a Lamp, then says to push the shelf from the left. Note that if you never picked up the Lamp along the way, you won't be able to push the shelf, and you will have to go back to Zelda's jail cell to open the chest there to get the Lamp before you can proceed. If you haven't already, walk behind the thrones and go to the left side of the ornamental shelf, and push it to the right. Then go through the door behind it. Advertisement Continue Reading Below Go through the Secret Passageway The room is dark. Be careful to watch for rats. Rats often drop high-value rupees, so you may want to take the time to kill the rats that you encounter. Go north, then east when you can, then north again, and you will find stairs leading down. Go down them. In this hallway there are Ropes snakes coming from the west, so carefully go west past them, then go north down the stairs. There are more Ropes here, as well as some Keese bats that will fly around if you get close to them. Go north and then east to find a chest. Open it to get a key. Then go west and north to the locked door, and go through. Zelda says that you are in the sewers and are close to the Sanctuary. Go north, then west, and go through the door in the west wall. Advertisement Continue Reading Below Go north, then west, to find a Keese. Go west from it to find a door in the north wall. Go through. Go west and kill the rats in this area. One of the rats is carrying a key. Kill the rats until you find the key, then go east, then north, and kill the Keese, then go north through the locked door. Go north to find a block puzzle. Push the top middle block up and continue up the stairs. In this wooden room, go through the south door. Zelda tells you to pull the switch "over there" but doesn't tell you which one. The correct switch is on the right side of the screen. When you approach it, Zelda will explain how to use it walk up to it and hold A, then press down. This will open the door to the Sanctuary. Go through. You will be asked to visit the Village Elder. Needa manual for your Nintendo SNES The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past? Below you can view and download the PDF manual for free. There are also frequently asked questions, a product rating and feedback from users to enable you to optimally use your product. If this is not the manual you want, please contact us.
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So, the time has finally come to climb Mount Tamaranch and wake the Wind Fish. In this final part of our Zelda Link's Awakening walkthrough, we’ll cover everything you need to know to navigate to the final boss and do damage to each of its forms. Additionally covered how to find the Color Dungeon. Mount Tamaranch How to Read the Dark Secrets and Mysteries of Koholint’ If you head to Mount Tamaranch and enter the Wind Fish’s Egg you will find yourself in an endless dungeon with no clear path forward. You should head to the library in Mabe Village first instead – if you visited there at the beginning of the game, you may remember a book in the lower right corner that you couldn’t yet read. The key to reading this book is the Magnifying Lens item. If you do not yet have this item, please read the trading sequence recap below and return when you are done. Otherwise, skip ahead to the directions. The Link’s Awakening Trading Sequence Recap A Link to the Parts If you do not yet have the Magnifying Lens, check out what we had to say about the trading sequence guide. Get Directions Through the Wind Fish’s Egg Dungeon Read the “Dark Secrets and Mysteries of Koholint” and you will see the following Round and round, the passageways of the egg
 [A sequence of eight directional arrows] Hmmmmmm, this book reeks of secrets
 Unfortunately, there’s no point us giving you the sequence we received while writing this guide – the directions each player must head are randomly generated when the game is started, so you will have to read the book for yourself! Bonus How to Find the Color Dungeon Using ’The Hidden Power of Color” Back in 1998, after nine years of monochrome handheld gaming, Nintendo updated the Game Boy line to include a shocking new development color or colour’ for commonwealth readers and fans of the superfluous u’. They commemorated this startling invention with the original Zelda remake, Link’s Awakening DX, colourising the original release and adding a ninth dungeon – the color dungeon. 21 years later, and gaming handhelds look a little different. But the color dungeon is still accessible, even if its main gimmick is even less revelatory. To access the color dungeon available any time after the Key Cavern, dash into the bookcase on the top wall of the Mabe Village library and read the book you dislodge. “The Hidden Power of Color” “There’s a new world of color under the five gravestones” “3 Up 4 Right 5 Up 2 Left 1 Down” “Try with all your might and you may open a new path. Are you worthy to receive the power of color?” What’s this “world of color” about? Maybe you should try it and see! Head to the Graveyard and look for the only group of five tombstones they’re in the south east corner. Push them in the order indicated clockwise, starting in the lower right and in the directions indicated by the arrows. We’ll let you tackle this one on your own – get to the end and you can choose between a red tunic doubles attack power or a blue tunic doubles defence power. Wind Fish’s Egg Walkthrough Entering the Wind Fish's Egg The path to Mount Tamaranch can be found up the first ladder by the cliffs above Manbo’s Pond. Climb the ladder and walk all the way up to the egg at the peak. En route to the Turtle Rock, the Owl mentioned that Marin had made her own attempt to wake the egg – by singing the Ballad of the Wind Fish. Play your own rendition with the Ocarina learnt from Marin. As you continue your Ocarina song, the Siren’s Instruments you claimed from Koholint’s Eight Dungeons begin playing along. Suddenly, cracks appear in the Egg – forming a doorway. The owl lands atop the egg and encourages you onward The time has come
 The Wind Fish awaits
 Enter the egg
 Hoot! Hoot! Wind Fish's Egg Maze Directions Head up in starting screen and then drop into the abyss in the next room. Once you land, head upwards again. Next, you will journey through a series of identical looking, four-exit rooms. This is where you should follow the sequence of directions you read in the “Dark Secrets and Mysteries of Koholint” again, as mentioned above, these are generated when starting the game, so you will have to read them yourself in the Mabe Village library. If you follow the correct sequence of directions, the ninth room will contain a hole in the ground and you will hear a chime confirming that you’re in the right place. Step into the abyss to enter the boss chamber. Defeating the Shadow Nightmare As you arrive in the boss’ chamber, a voice calls out to you We were born of nightmares
 To take over this world, we made the Wind Fish sleep endlessly! If the Wind Fish doesn’t wake up, this island will never disappear! We would have been the masters of this place
 But you had to come here and disrupt our plans! Heh heh! You can never defeat us! Let's rumble! Something pitch black forms below Link’s feet and sneaks to the opposite side of the room, reconstituting itself into a ball of darkness and shadow – this is the Shadow Nightmare, and its gimmick will be to take the form of familiar enemies and bosses across five forms, each with a different attack pattern and weakness. The first form bounces around the room like a Zol the common blob enemy, however it is apparently impervious to all of your weaponry simply disappearing with no sign of a hit. Your key tool is your magic powder. Chuck some powder as it lands and it will soon take on its second form. The second form is the shadow of Link to the Past’s Agahnim – he will throw a red ball of magic at you which can be deflected back with your sword, provided you are facing the shadow. Sometimes four smaller magic balls will be thrown your way – these cannot be deflected and should be dodged/jumped instead. The third form is a repeat of the Moldorm miniboss, though it is stronger overall and moves quicker in its critical phase. Hit the end of its tail to send it packing. Form number four is the Shadow of Ganon. He will twirl his double-ended trident and summon several blazing bats for Link to dodge. Once the bats have been avoided, he will throw the trident, spinning it in place – use this opportunity to aim a pegasus boot-enabled dash attack straight at him. In the fifth phase, the shadow nightmare returns to a blob-like form, leaving a trail behind it as it slides across the floor. Charge a spin attack to damage it. Defeating the Final Boss’s Final Form, Dethl Finally, the shadow will take on its ultimate form – a huge, usually closed eye set in a large body with two spiked arms that sweep up and down. The goal is to wait for the eye to open and shoot it with an arrow or the boomerang while jumping over the arms as they move. Once you’ve done enough damage, the defeated Shadow Nightmare will mournfully say This island is going to disappear
 Our world is going to disappear
 Our world
 Our
 world
 Ending Cutscenes And that’s it – you’ve completed Link’s Awakening. The Owl calls to you, unseen 
Link, you have beaten all the Nightmares! Climb the stairs before you! Stairs appear at the top of the screen and you automatically climb them. The Owl hovers above a platform in a starry sky. Hoot! Young lad
 I mean, Link, the hero! You have defeated the Nightmares! You have proven your wisdom, courage, and power! 
 
 
 
 As part of the Wind Fish’s spirit
 I am the guardian of his dream world
 But one day, the nightmares entered the dream and began wreaking havoc. Then you, Link, came to rescue the island
 I have always trusted in your courage. I knew that you could turn back the nightmares. Thank you, Link
 My work is done
 The Wind Fish will wake soon. Goodbye
 Hoot! The owl disappears and the Wind Fish materialises and finally makes its appearance 
 
 
 
 I AM THE WIND FISH
 LONG HAS BEEN MY SLUMBER
 IN MY DREAMS
 AN EGG APPEARED
 IT WAS SURROUNDED BY AN ISLAND, WITH PEOPLE
 ANIMALS
 AN ENTIRE WORLD! 
 
 
 
 BUT, VERILY, IT BE THE NATURE OF DREAMS TO END! WHEN IT DOST AWAKEN, KOHOLINT WILL BE GONE
 ONLY THE MEMORY OF THIS DREAM LAND WILL EXIST IN THE WAKING WORLD
 SOMEDAY, THOU MAY RECALL THIS ISLAND
 THAT MEMORY MAKES THE DREAM WORLD REAL
 
 
 
 
 COME, Link
 LET US AWAKEN
 TOGETHER! PLAY THE EIGHT INSTRUMENTS! PLAY THE SONG OF AWAKENING! The Siren’s Instruments play and we see a montage of scenes in Mabe Village, fading to white, ending with Marin singing by the wind vane. Then Koholint Island is seen in a calm sea – and slowly, it disappears into nothing. Link meanwhile is carried through the starry sky by a jet of water. A circling seagull squawks and Link wakes at last, draped on a part of his destroyed ship. Suddenly, the Wind Fish flies overhead and Link watches it fly off over the horizon. The credits roll. Bonus Scene If you managed to complete the game without dying being revived by the secret medicine is allowed, you will see a smiling Marin against the sky, singing the Ballad of the Wind Fish. A bird – perhaps the seagull she wished to be – flies off into the blue. Completed Save File You can reload your completed save file to mop up any of the last secrets heart pieces and secret seashells, dungeon challenges or other side-tasks you haven’t yet completed. Thanks for using our Zelda Link's Awakening walkthrough, we hope you found it useful!

Thekicker comes once you enter Hyrule Castle for the first time and hear this chilling tune echo down its overrun hallways. There's a real sense of dread in this song, once that mirrors what Link

A Link to the Past was one of the finest 2D Zelda games, but what really sets it apart is the vertical nature of its dungeons, Nintendo's Bill Trinen said. So, the 3DS sequel will be "taking advantage of elevation" in a big way. The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past stands as one of the highlights in a franchise known for quality. More than 21 years after the game's original release on SNES, Nintendo is finally making a sequel to the classic. And while many would likely be content with a game that simply takes the LttP formula and adds more dungeons, Nintendo is aiming to "really take that classic 2D Zelda gameplay and make it fresh," Nintendo's Bill Trinen explained. A Link to the Past was one of the finest 2D Zelda games, but what really sets it apart is the vertical nature of its dungeons, Trinen said. So, the 3DS sequel will be "taking advantage of elevation" in a big way. The new 3DS Zelda expands upon the concepts introduced in the top-down Zelda-inspired level from Super Mario 3D Land. The top-down camera emphasizes height, an effect made all the more prominent by the system's built-in 3D screen. It's a game that's clearly been designed with 3D in mind. The height of objects is far easier to discern in 3D than in 2D Many of the puzzles involved playing with height, at least in the dungeon I played. For example, one solution required Link to be atop a depressed pillar before hitting a switch, so that he could be elevated to the proper height. Another puzzle demanded Link hammer the floor in the right place so he could land on the appropriate platform below. The vertical focus of the new Zelda will likely result in some devilish dungeon designs. Even in this demo dungeon, there were some head-scratchers. The demo we played had 13 floors, and we wouldn't be surprised if that number only grew higher for the game's more challenging levels. Some secret areas involved taking some major leaps of faith-dropping three or more levels by stepping off an elevated platform. The new Zelda feels like a LttP sequel in many ways Beyond the top-down perspective, there are many elements that make this new game feel like a classic LttP game. For example, Link once again has a magic meter that depletes as you use items. Arrows aren't consumable, but you can't spam them-you'll have to wait for that meter to recharge. And like in the classic games, Link's Master Sword also shoots a projectile whenever his health his full. In addition, although Link can move around in 360 degrees, it seems that his attacks aren't analog. Instead, he can only aim in eight directions around him. But while the game largely feels like a sequel to LttP, one element of the game did feel out of place. Link's newfound ability to flatten himself as a drawing on the wall is used to great effect in the dungeon design, but I couldn't help but feel it's a gameplay mechanic better suited for Paper Mario-or at the very least, Toon Link. I found myself constantly forgetting about that ability which also drains the aforementioned magic meter. Although it felt out of place, I will say that the ability is utilized in clever ways. Turning into a drawing felt a bit out of place A Link to the Past is cherished amongst many. And with two decades of nostalgia built up, it's hard to imagine any sequel being able to recapture the same magic of the original. The new Zelda game looks to be a clever, inspired addition to the franchise. But, it has incredibly large shoes to fill. Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

Cettecollection de thĂšmes de The Legend of Zelda sĂ©rie est conçue pour la performance solo de guitare avec la notation complĂšte et TAB. Chaque chanson est arrangĂ©e dans les clĂ©s de guitare facile Ă  un outil facile - niveau intermĂ©diaire, et toutes les piĂšces sont adaptĂ©es pour des rĂ©citals, des concerts et des spectacles en solo The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past is not my favorite game of all time. If I had to narrow it down, it’d probably be Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, or Super Mario RPG; those are all games I have specific memories and feelings tied to, and all of them have had some profound effect on my life in terms of personal aesthetic preferences, artistic style, and even the friends I’ve made. While I loved it, Link to the Past just never had the effect on me that those games had, the one that led me down the path of game design the insistent, demanding feeling that I had to have more, and if there wasn’t more coming, then I needed to make it Link to the Past isn’t my favorite game of all time. I think it’s something else entirely. I think A Link to the Past is objectively the greatest game ever is not a decision I came to lightly. “Greatest Game Ever Made” wasn’t a vacuum that I felt needed to be filled, a title that needed to be handed out to SOMETHING, so it might as well be LTTP. Particularly for really contentious artistic rankings, I don’t see that there’s any reason to hand out “Greatest X Ever” awards unless there’s a clear runaway winner, like there is with “Greatest Forgotten Nintendo Franchise” winner it’s Popeye, motherfucker.I’m also not just a huge Zelda fan or nostalgia buff that feels a Zelda game should have the top spot. The Zelda series is incredible, but between the fandom and a critical community that feels the Zelda games are a “safe choice” for top spots in just about any list you can think of, the series as a whole tends to have flaws overlooked in favor of its importance at the time of its release or its test my hypothesis, I did a recent 100% playthrough of the game with the plan of going through it with a fine-tooth comb looking for any flaws I could find. Here’s a breakdown of my most important thing that makes the game so perfect is how absolutely foundationally solid it is. Process improvement is my strong suit, and even with my favorite games I always find plenty of places for improvement. With Link to the Past, that’s not the case; I can’t think of a single thing that could be improved upon. The mechanics, the difficulty, the length, everything is fine-tuned to perfection. They even make it possible to compartmentalize side quests, thus negating the worst part of any Zelda game the tedium of central design philosophy of the Zelda series is built around the idea that you should always be exploring, whether you’re exploring a dungeon or looking for secret items spread out across the world, and Link to the Past is the best expression of this. It always feels like you’re exploring or searching for something particular, and rather than holding your hand or directing you where to go, it gently pulls you along, giving you a breadcrumb trail of new items and immediately familiar areas without the sometimes unfairly obscure layouts of the other 2D Zelda games or the obtuse puzzles and tedious navigation of the 3D entries in the series. Considering the sheer size and number of areas in the game, it’s amazing how they managed to make the game difficult without being a chore to walk through or a confusing maze at any of making the game a joy and not a chore is how balanced the combat is. The Link of Link to the Past may have the best arsenal of any of them when it comes to sheer combat, with screen-clearing spells, not one but two items that make you invincible, a hookshot that one-hit kills several enemies, and canonically the most powerful sword in the series. It would’ve been easy to make him a walking tank, especially by the end of the game. But the amount of care that went into making sure the enemies were still a threat to Link led to some interesting solutions to the problem; rather than taking the easy way out and padding the end of the game with enemies that do a ton of damage, you find enemies with unique attack patterns or who require special techniques to defeat, leaving you to change up your tactics rather than relying on the same couple of attacks throughout the entire game. It’s a subtle nuance, but it has a powerful effect on the overall quality of the the game is one of the high water marks of the SNES, despite coming out so early in its life cycle. The soundtrack is likely the best work of Koji Kondo’s storied career; alongside certified classics like Kakariko Village, Zelda’s Theme and the Fairy Theme all making their first appearances here before being featured more prominently in later games, particularly Ocarina of Time, tracks like the Dark World and Lost Woods themes manage to be evocative of their settings while also eminently hummable. The Church theme, in particular, is stunning, an often-overlooked piece of music that fits the ambience of its scene while also standing on its own as a beautiful, emotional piece of music. The game is impressive visually as well; the world is vibrant and colorful, but never oversaturated, and very detailed. The game’s bosses, in particular, are still among the best uses of the Super NES’s Mode 7 sprite scaling, which, again, is quite a feat for such an early to the Past is also notable for being the point where the Zelda lore really came into its own. The first game introduced Hyrule and a cast of memorable items and enemies, but did little to set itself apart from other fantasy settings of the time. The second game didn’t introduce many lasting changes to the series, serving more to flesh out the world seen in the first game. It was LTTP where most of the tropes associated with the series were first seen; the Master Sword, the Seven Sages, and the concept of a “Dark World” parallel to the hero’s own were first seen here. It introduced the idea of a timeline of events in the series that not only stretched back eons, but forward as well, to the events of the first and second games. Perhaps most importantly, it sets up the concept that Link is an idea, a hero who is reborn over and over throughout the ages to fight Ganon and protect Hyrule; this became the foundation of the stories of the series as a whole and allowed Nintendo to change the setting and characters at will without worrying about muddling a continuous story thread. It also made the game as a whole feel much more epic in scope. You weren’t just a kid trying to save a princess; you were a major player in a millennia-old battle against to the Past is the epitome of every element of good game design. It is a beautiful, finely-balanced epic of a game. It’s the product of the greatest developer in the world firing on all cylinders, obsessing over every detail and really showing the world what it can do. It’s the product of skill compounded by passion and time and budget and organization, and it’s a piece of art that only comes along once in a lifetime. It is the greatest game ever still not my favorite though. D1lT.
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