zelda a link to the past?

[mint301]

what does the title mean, there is a link to the past or link (main character) goes to the past?

[darthmix]

IIRC the title was just Nintendo's way of establishing that this game takes place before the NES games. In retrospect it turns out to be a little confusing because Ocarina has a time travel motif, whereas LttP doesn't, really.

[The shoemaker]

Um you could have asked this question in the link to the past discussion just a few threads down.

But really it should be called a link to the darkness. But I guess he's going to the past, he is going to the dark world of gannon, never mind I forgot my point. =p

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

The game itself is a link to the Zelda series's past, because it depicts legendary events that took place long before the events of the previous two games. The "link" in the title is also a clever pun for the character's name, but it doesn't mean he goes to the past.

[slangman]

It just means the game takes place before the last two zeldas that are on the NES.