The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Real Person Reviews

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Published on November 7, 2015 1:21:30 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE3VKI_FAU4

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

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Written review: http://hubworldhq.com/2016/03/31/the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening/
The Zelda game of your dreams.
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The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is an installment in the Legend of Zelda series of action adventure games on Game Boy. If you’d like to know more about what a Zelda game is like then you can check out my review on the first title The Legend of Zelda. Link’s Awakening was originally planned to be a Game Boy port of the Super Nintendo game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. However, due to some history lesson I don’t know all the details on it became its own game. Basically, you are sailing in a storm and end up shipwrecked on the shore of a mysterious island. You awaken in the house of the people that found you unconscious on shore. From this point on, it’s up to you to figure out where exactly you are and how to leave the island. As you play you learn that in order to leave the island, you’ll have to wake the Wind Fish that sleeps inside a giant egg atop the highest mountain. In order to wake it you’ll need to go through the dungeons, defeat the bosses, and get all of the special instruments to play a special song. Can you wake the Wind Fish to return home? Will waking the Wind Fish actually bring you home? Why don’t these creatures want you to wake it? Play and find out!

The gameplay is basically what you can expect from 2D Zelda games. You explore an overworld, go into dungeons, fight enemies, fight bosses, solve puzzles, do a trading sequence, help the inhabitants, and collect a number of special items needed complete the game as well as getting new weapons and items to help you fight and progress. In this game you also have the ability to switch which item is on A and B rather than just one of them. The trading sequence, as far as I can remember, really started here though. You get an item which you can trade to someone that needs it in exchange for something else that someone else needs until eventually you end up with the one item you want. There are some well-hidden secrets as well as the inclusion of hidden secret seashells that are bound to do something good if you collect enough of them. Don’t ask me why I know that, I’m just a kid! If you’ve played a Zelda game before, especially A Link to the Past, then you’ll probably get the hang of things in no time.

Link’s Awakening is a really great game. If you’re a Zelda fan you’ll probably love it, especially if you like 2D Zelda games. It’s an amazing experience on the Game Boy that is full of great atmosphere, quirky characters, wonderful game design, and some thought-provoking story all in the palm of your hand. I love this game, and I very highly recommend it to anyone looking to play Zelda games. If you don’t have it yet then you should just get the DX version for full color and the extra dungeon. Plus, that version is on the 3DS eshop so… no excuse not to get that for you 3DS users. However, if you have the original then you really don’t need to get DX unless you’re a huge Zelda fan… like myself. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is simply a must-have for Game Boy gamers. It’s also my favorite Game Boy game of all time so… I mean that’s neat, right?

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