Why is it called a link to the past?

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Link's third adventure raised the bar so high that Nintendo of America had a policy on not having religious references in its games, so the name was changed to A Link to the Past in the west.

Hagrid P Hazard · Accepted Answer

Link's third adventure raised the bar so high that Nintendo of America had a policy on not having religious references in its games, so the name was changed to A Link to the Past in the west.

Why is it called a link to the past?

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