# Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is great **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 23, 2013, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-a-link-between-worlds-is-great/674609 "2013-11-23T09:41:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-a-link-between-worlds-is-great/674609/21 "2013-12-21T22:30:29Z")
You upgrade your items by collecting the little octopus guys. For every 10 you return, you can choose an item to upgrade. There are a few upgrades separate from this as well. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-a-link-between-worlds-is-great/674609/22 "2013-12-22T04:16:31Z")
Oh, that sounds like filler ass pain. Are any of the upgrades worth the effort? I’m most of the way through the final castle so I can’t imagine they will help me much now. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-a-link-between-worlds-is-great/674609/23 "2013-12-22T05:59:55Z")
The bow upgrade is decent, it makes the bow shoot 3 arrows in a fan. The fire rod and ice rod are also pretty OP, since it seems to be a general damage and AOE upgrade. I’ve heard that the helicopter leaf one is also pretty great (I never used it). You can purportedly completely break the combat using nothing other than upgraded Fire Rod+Tornado Rod. The hookshot, boomerang, and sand rod upgrades seem fairly useless. Bomb and hammer are decent, but nothing to write home about. Really one of the best upgrades is the one you get for getting all 100 MaiMais The Great Spin Attack, which fairly drastically increases the range, charge speed, and damage of your spin attack. It’s all pretty academic, though. I don’t think any of them will help you that much. I mostly got them for completion’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-a-link-between-worlds-is-great/674609/24 "2013-12-22T19:02:27Z")
You can definitely get by without the upgrades. These things seem like they’re more balanced based on hero mode rather than the default. With all the upgrades, you’re pretty unstoppable. Even the tower challenge is pretty trivial then. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-a-link-between-worlds-is-great/674609/25 "2013-12-24T17:59:41Z")
Beat it and traded it towards Luigi’s Mansion. Liked it alot but don’t generally replay zeldas. Luigi’s is pretty cute so far. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-a-link-between-worlds-is-great/674609/26 "2014-01-03T01:59:39Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > You will not max out your wallet. I maxed mine out with 3 dungeons left to go (not counting Lorule castle) and with all rental items bought. > [@Leaper](#): > > So, the Streetpass fights have achievements (Challenges) associated with them. Reading through them, I noted that there are many for winning with a weapon and winning with an upgraded weapon. Does that mean that one you upgrade a weapon, the winning with the “normal” version achievement becomes lost? Same with the shield? The upgraded weapon counts for both. I wasn’t playing against real streetpasses, though. Even if you don’t streetpass occasionally a Dark Link will show up near your house or sanctuary or somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-a-link-between-worlds-is-great/674609/27 "2014-01-08T20:10:04Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Beat it and traded it towards Luigi’s Mansion. Liked it alot but don’t generally replay zeldas. Luigi’s is pretty cute so far. Luigi WAS good. I really enjoyed it. Link Between Worlds is a good, even great Zelda entry, though for some reason I’m having difficulty getting motivated to finish the last few dungeons I need to progress. The next 3ds game I’m looking at is probably Bravely Default. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-a-link-between-worlds-is-great/674609.md?page=1)