Links Awakening Dungeon Walkthrough: Key Cavern (Part 1)

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Published on March 22, 2010 10:56:05 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_8H4fQcNUo

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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)

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Walkthrough

Duration: 7:06

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Im mainly uploading these as a filler until I can get more commentary up. I do kind of enjoy making dungeon walkthroughs though.

Anyway, Key Cavern ramps up the difficulty a bit. (you can probably tell because I had to split it into two parts) Its no longer obvious where you need to go, and the enemies can get pretty tough. The place is called Key Cavern for a reason, there are a lot of locked doors. The place actually provides more keys than you need, which isodd.

Another thing I wanted to mention; I really dont care for the dungeon themes in this game. Most are really generic and repetitive, at least compared to the much more unique Oracle of Seasons/Ages themes. This dungeons theme is alright though, and Im not against this games soundtrack in general, Tal Tal Heights and Ballad of the Wind Fish are both amazing. I guess you can forgive them, since it was their first try at unique dungeon themes.

Game Mechanics:
-This is the first time you need to blow up walls with bombs in order to progress. Most bombable walls in this game are indistinguishable from normal ones, unless you hit them with the sword. This gets very important later on.


Enemies:
-The warping birds are some of the most annoying enemies in the game. Spin Attacks from the side are recommended.
-Bob-omb like enemies appear here too. Stay far back once you hit them. Its possible to start a chain reaction if you aim right. The green ones that appear later will follow you once their countdown starts. Youll need to constantly knock them away until they explode.
-The minibosses, the Dodongo Snakes, require you to drop a bomb just as they move towards you, so they end up swallowing it. There is a cheap way of winning here, but I dont use it. If you kill one of them, then exit the room, they will both be gone when you re-enter.

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