“A Link to the Past 2″ will not be the most impressive game graphically, as it retains a lot of the classic art styles and presentation, but it will still be a powerful game in other ways. The game is set to be one of the first major 3DS games to run at 60 FPS even with the 3D effects enabled.
In an interview with Edge magazine, Eiji Aonuma stated that 60 FPS was vital for obtaining a stable 3D effect, yet the game will not rely on these effects. This is nice for gamers who prefer to play with the 3D disabled.
The game runs at 60FPS, while all the 3D games up till now have run at 30fps. The faster the framerate, the more stable the 3D effect, so 60FPS is a big deal. Well, there are players who don’t like 3D and always keep it switched off, so there’s nothing in the game that absolutely requires 3D, like puzzles that can’t be solved without it.
Eiji Aonuma later commented on some of the title’s gameplay features, including the return of familiar icons, and what he coined as a “big surprise.” While the game is set to take place in the same world as A Link to the Past, things will still be shook up a bit to bring in some new features.
This new title will feature lots of things that are new to the series; right at the start of the game, there’s a big surprise that will shock players. We started out with the new play mechanics, such as Link being able to become a painting and walk along the walls, and then figured out from there how to build a story around them. Rather than forcing elements of the original story into this one, we’ve instead focused on bringing back the characters, so you can see what happened to them after the events of the first game.
We have already seen some new gameplay elements from the title’s reveal trailer. While Aonuma is promising some great new concepts, we know one mechanic will be making a return to the title. The ability to traverse between the Dark and Light World is returning. How this concept will be innovated has yet to be seen.
Part of what made A Link To The Past interesting was the way you could move between the Light World and the Dark World and solve puzzles, and we’re planning to bring that back in A Link To The Past 2 for sure. Link’s ability to become a painting will be related to that.
So far ‘A Link to the Past 2’ is shaping up to be another great outing for Link and Zelda. The mixture of classic and new mechanics will surely merge to create one unique adventure.
Source: Edge
