Link’s Awakening

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening was a formative game for me when I was a kid and I played it for countless hours on my Game Boy. Before the next Zelda comes out later this month, I wanted to finish the Switch remake.
4 images from Link's Awakening: an island topped by a giant egg, a closeup of the egg with a hole in it, the wind fish, and Link holding his hand above his eyes.

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening was a formative game for me when I was a kid and I played it for countless hours on my Game Boy. Before the next Zelda comes out later this month, I wanted to finish the Switch remake.

Link and Marin sit on a log on a beach facing each other.

The gameplay was perfectly captured in the remake but the visuals and audio were greatly enhanced, making for a wonderful experience that held so much nostalgia for me while feeling like a game that is suited for playing now without the elevation from nostalgia.

Link plays 8 instruments in front of a giant egg.
Link stands before a giant, pink-spotted egg with a hole in it.
The Wind Fish floats in a void and tells Link to awaken.

The animated additions to the game were really beautiful, and a highlight of the adaptation.

An island with a giant egg on the peak of a mountain at its centre.
Link holds his hand above his eyes and smiles.
Link holds his hand above his eyes and smiles while sitting on a raft with a barrel on it.

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