The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Part 14. Friendly feathered fowl. (Normal New Game Blind)
1Part Synopsis: Having found a new area, a puzzle involving looking at signs in a certain order is done. A giant toad named Mamu offers a new melody for the ocarina, but requires 300 rupees to do so. A time jump is done via editing to resume when the required money is obtained.
Link learns the Frog's Song of Soul, which is revealed to liven unliving things up. An idea to return to the Flying Rooster statue in Mabe Village fails to yield results. After looking up the base has to be pushed and a staircase below entered, bones of a rooster are laid here. Using the song revitalizes the bird, who proceeds to follow Link.
Back on the mountains, the rooster doesn't allow passage beyond the flame trap encountered before. Having to warp away and climb all the way up once more, a large gap is crossed using the fowl and the Bird Key picked up. On the higher range, the next dungeon is opened. A small amount is explored, although no major progress is done. The whole area is littered with various obstacles that need to be altered back and forth. A break is made to save outside.
Playthrough Information: This is my first time playing Link's Awakening. My previous experiences with Zelda games are limited to The Legend of Zelda (NES), The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64). Aside from brief coverage from various Top 10 Gaming Lists I've seen over the years that feature Link's Awakening, I don't know much about the game. The difficulty is set to Normal and I intend to beat the main story, although I can't be certain every item or collectible will be found, since this is blind. Gameplay shown on Nintendo Switch. This series will feature full commentary and usage of a webcam.
About Game: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is an action-adventure game developed by Grezzo and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. Released worldwide on September 20, 2019, Link's Awakening is a remake of the 1993 game for the Game Boy. It retains the original's top-down perspective and gameplay, along with elements from the 1998 re-release Link's Awakening DX.
The game features unique art direction in contrast to the series. The gameplay is presented as a "retro-modern" art style with toy-like character designs, diorama-like world designs, and tilt-shift visuals that evoke the original game's presentation on the Game Boy. The opening and credits cutscenes are presented akin to anime. It also features customizable dungeons which the player can create and then complete for rewards. The game received positive reviews for its faithfulness, improved gameplay, and unique art style, while its technical issues were criticized. As of December 2021, the game has sold over 6.08 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling games on the Nintendo Switch.
Development: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a remake of the 1993 game developed for the Game Boy. Link's Awakening had previously been remastered for the Game Boy Color in 1998 as The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX. While the original game was presented in 2D graphics in an almost square ratio on the Game Boy, the remake is presented in 3D graphics and a widescreen ratio on the Nintendo Switch. Some sections of the game's dungeons do not fill the width of the screen though, as certain puzzles and boss fights were designed to work with the tile count of the game's original square ratio.
While the original game and DX use simple sprite-based graphics for the cutscenes due to the limitations of the Game Boy and Game Boy Color, the remake features hand-drawn animated cutscenes, directed and storyboarded by Junichi Yamamoto. Oswald Katou handled the concept art, backgrounds, and color design.
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