Review: THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST

In honor of the release of the Nintendo Switch, I'm making this a month of video game manga!  Video games and manga are not a radical nor recent combination.  Indeed, today's review covers a beloved adaptation of an equally beloved Nintendo franchise from an equally beloved Nintendo magazine.

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST (Zelda no Densetsu), by Shotaru Ishinomori.  First published in North America in 1992.

PLOT:

On a dark and stormy night, Link is roused from a sound sleep by a strange voice calling him to the king's castle.  There he finds the Princess Zelda under attack from the evil sorcerer Agahnim.  He wants to use Zelda's life force to summon Ganon and thus take over the world.  In order to save Zelda, Link must find a legendary sword and traverse all the dangers of both his own world and the Dark World where Zelda is being held.