Nintendo’s official Zelda website lists The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds as playable with Nintendo Switch Online. The Nintendo 3DS game has a red subscription-service badge in its history-page entry. Nintendo hasn’t announced a Switch release.
The label appears when you open the game’s “Learn more” panel on Nintendo’s US Zelda history page. It sits beside the original Nintendo 3DS platform label and November 22, 2013 release date.
Reddit user vertexjrpg shared a screenshot on November 13, before the listing reached r/GamingLeaksAndRumours.
The history page has other mismatches. Oracle of Ages lacks the Switch Online label, despite Nintendo adding it to the service in July 2023. A Link to the Past is also incorrectly listed as a Nintendo Entertainment System game rather than a Super NES release.
Nintendo’s current Switch Online support page lists its available classic-game libraries, including GameCube on Switch 2 and Virtual Boy, but no Nintendo 3DS collection.
The 3DS Zelda Behind the Listing
A Link Between Worlds follows A Link to the Past, returning to Hyrule with the ability to turn Link into a painting. Merging into walls lets him slip around obstacles and reach places he couldn’t access on foot.
The original game also works in 2D. Nintendo’s product page notes that the game displays in 2D on Nintendo 2DS systems.
Ravio’s shop lets players rent or buy items such as the Hookshot, bow, and hammer early on. Having those tools available gives them more freedom to choose which dungeon to tackle next.
Featured artwork: Nintendo.
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