The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Reviewer info: Mid-20 male, generally interested in more mature topics. Also I think that a score of 5 is not bad, but just the middle of a scale from 0 to 10. (Please keep that in mind, when reading this review.) Intro: Since I played the original LoZ:A link to the past on the SFC/SNES when I was much younger, I was pretty interested in reading this manga. I'm adding this piece of information, since I think it adds a great deal of enjoyment to this manga to have played the game, because this way the two stories click together like a jigsaw puzzle. Story: The manga of coursefollows a slightly different story than the game (because in the game you do a lot of fighting and puzzle solving which would be pretty boring drawn on paper), it adds new characters, alters a few storylines from the game and has a much steeper pace in the story telling*. I gave story a 7 because, despite it's shortness (and thus lack of potential), because it was overall very convincing and fitting if you've played the game. [MINISPOILER]*= (it took 20 pages to get all 3 amulets, about one chapter to rescue the seven princesses)[/MINISPOILER] Art: Difficult to rate, since it depends on one individual taste. The drawings itself a pretty solid and consistent post-2000-era digital drawings. The style aims a little bit in the kawaii direction, but is not cuteness overloaded. Most drawings feature a medium level of details, which is okay for this particular fantasy art style. A good 7. Character: As mentioned before, the manga itself is relatively short (4 chapters/180 pages) and thus doesn't leave much room for in depth character studies. Most characters don't need much explanation, because you already know them from other installations, but still, this is probably the weakest point of this manga. I sometimes had the feeling that they had a checklist of characters they had to include, even if it is just 2 pages. A tight 6. Enjoyment: As mentioned before I gained most of my enjoyment from revisiting a familiar story and learning some new backgrounds. Not that they'd really matter, but they are nice to know and make for a closer and warmer overall package. So a heavily personally biased 9. Overall: Nothing outstanding, but an enjoyable read, especially if you've played the games and want to refresh your memories.