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Xbox X|SWe've documented 18 accessibility features for The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, including Large Subtitles, Large Text, Play Without Hearing, Visual Cues and Audio Cues. Its accessibility is strongest in Reading and Navigation but it also has features in Getting Started, Visual, Audio and Controls to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds accessibility 2 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
Navigation is provided on the map with destinations marked and you can also zoom in on the bottom 3DS screen. You can also place your own markers on the map for easier navigation.
You have to hold a button for the spin attack, and to use your shield.
The game offers a Hint Glasses option that enables you to find ghosts that offer hints, although you do need to them pay with coins to access these (coins acquired by walking in the real world with the 3DS in your pocket).
Game Details
Controls
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Controls in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds which deals with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
Gamepad
Can play with the following:
Multiple Buttons & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale (12 Controls Features)
- Minishoot Adventures (8 Controls Features)
- Korine (7 Controls Features)
- Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas (7 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds which deal with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play. The following games are similar to The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Minishoot Adventures (2 Difficulty Features)
- Cassette Beasts (2 Difficulty Features)
- Legend Of The Skyfish (2 Difficulty Features)
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds which deal with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.
Assistance Getting Starting
These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.
Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
Assisted Progress With Hints: The game notices if you get stuck (or you can press a button) and provides information to help you progress. This can offer hints or tutorials popping up during play. This includes hints after you have died, where it can suggest strategies or difficulty settings to adjust or offer to skip past problematic levels.
Save Progress Anytime: The game automatically saves progress or you can save any time. This doesn’t mean you never lose progress, but it does mean you can stop whenever you want (without having to get to a save point) without losing progress.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale (7 Getting Started Features)
- Garden Story (7 Getting Started Features)
- Lonesome Village (6 Getting Started Features)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 6 accessibility features for Reading in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides visual and audible access to the text and whether subtitles and captions are a good fit for purpose.
Reading Level
How much reading is required to play the game's main path or story and how complex the language is. The presence of voiced characters doesn't reduce this requirement, as it's recorded as a separate datapoint.
Moderate Reading: Moderate reading required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a high school student (14-year-old) would appreciate.
Text Visibility
Large Clear Text: All essential text is large and clear or can be adjusted to be. The general text used throughout the game in menus, instructions and other key information (excluding subtitles that are assessed separately) is at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height on landscape screens and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters.
High Contrast Text: Text colour contrasts to the background or can be adjusted to be. The text in menus, instructions and other information is presented in high contrast with a solid background.
Subtitles
Large Clear Subtitles: Subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast. They are at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height of a landscape screen and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens, or can be adjusted to be. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters. Considered separately from the general text of the game, the subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast.
All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game): All spoken content has subtitles, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to hear spoken dialogue or narrative to play the game.
Captions
Speaker Indicator: Textual captions indicate who is speaking (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or placing text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.
Navigation
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Navigation in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds which deal with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces.
Head-Up Display
Head-Up Display Navigation: Indication of where to go next with overlaid arrows, minimaps and waypoint markers. This supplements in-game visual and audible cues with additional guidance about where you are and where you need to go.
Adjust Head-Up Display: Resize and adjust the content of the head-up display. This enables it to be made more visible. It can also enable the removal of too much information that can be distracting or confusing.
Game Map: View a map of the game world during play, with the landscape, points of interest and missions highlighted throughout the entire game. This enables the orientation of the player and the world, confirming a direction of movement and the location of destinations or points of exploration.
Menu Navigation
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (7 Navigation Features)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild (7 Navigation Features)
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale (5 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Visual in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
Interactive Elements
Large Game Elements: Game characters and other elements are large and distinguishable. Enemies and player characters are at least 1/6 of the height of the screen. Or there is a zoom feature to make them larger.
Audio Cues for Visual Events
Audio Cues for Visual Events: Audio is provided to indicate visual events. Game events or progress highlighted by visual icons, effects or animations are also accompanied by audio to signify that progress. This is useful for blind players.
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale (7 Visual Features)
- Minishoot Adventures (6 Visual Features)
- Korine (6 Visual Features)
- Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds which deal with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see.
Audio Events
Visual Cues for Audio Events: Text or other visual indicators of audio events. This mirrors audio indicators of progress in the game with a corresponding visual indication.
Play Without Hearing
Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Korine (3 Audio Features)
- Legend Of The Skyfish (3 Audio Features)
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson
