Skyward Sword eat your heart out – or so it would seem according to a report by Kotaku which claims that you can get to the first dungeon in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds within five minutes. Of course, this only refers to the tutorial dungeon and, according to the reporter, takes less than a couple of minutes to beat. But even so, it’s in stark contrast to the lengthy introduction of Skyward Sword, which took a whopping 70 minutes to reach the first dungeon.

In the spirit of the game’s predecessor, A Link to the Past, which took just several minutes to reach the castle basement, Nintendo has seemingly cut right to the chase, providing you with action from the onset for Link’s newest adventure. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds will be released November 22 in North America and Europe.

Thats good to hear... I think many people know how to do the basic Zelda stuff like press A to roll and press B to attack and etc, the less hand holding the better...

this is good news right? ..i think it's good news.

good! hopefully the same thing will happen to ZeldaU. well maybe not 5 min but no more than 20-30 or so min

But then how am I supposed to get properly motivated to avenge my childhood crush and defend the realm from evil?

im so freakin ready for this game

Pardon me while I go rush to finish A Link to the Past...

Therefore, it'll only take about two minutes to get to the first dungeon here!

.......I'm excited. If the overworld was entirely new, I'd probably be frothing at the mouth right now.

Too true, and heavens knows the media's first impressions are about as reliable as Colin Kaepernick. But if they're lying, they're lying in all the right ways so far...