The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

06 Jun 1993

Game Boy

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Developer

Nintendo EAD

Publisher

Nintendo

Playtronic

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Single player Bird view / Isometric Side view 🏹 Adventure 💥 Action 🐉 Fantasy

Summary

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is the first title in the series to be released on a handheld system and the only Zelda title on the original Game Boy. The gameplay is mostly similar to its predecessor with a top-down perspective, however there are short sections in dungeons where the game switches to a side-scrolling view with platforming elements. For this new adventure, Link must go onto each of the 7 temples to retrieve a musical instrument that will help awaken the Wind Fish. Along the way, he must search the land and uncover hidden treasures and items that will allow him to progress on his journey. Since its release, Link's Awakening has been popular among fans and critics.

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Walkthrough time: 7 hours 42 minutes
Platform: NES (as The Legend of Zelda: Ganon’s Revenge)

07 Oct 2023

7 0

Man, Link's Awakening is a hard game to decide on. There's a lot that works. It's weird, and introduces a lot of neat ideas that end up being brought back later. But it also suffers from a lot of vague solutions to things that aren't properly foreshadowed. All the same, it's still a worthy game in the series, and absolutely deserved the remake treatment it got on the Switch.

28 Apr 2024

6 0

Yeah I don't really like this one. Is it werid, yes. Is it creative, yes. Is it fun..... Ehhhhhhhh. Traversing the world felt very tedious to me,and the limited amount of buttons mixed with dumb descions. Like having the power band be an item instead of a passive ability. Makes links awlening feel 10x more tedious. It's impressive that they made a game that resembles a link to the past but it's a game boy game at the end of the day and In my opinion most game boy games have not aged well and this is no exception.

23 Nov 2023