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I'm on my fourth playthrough of Link's Awakening Remake for the Switch (self.patientgamers)

submitted 1 year ago by AB7ORH7D to c/[email protected]

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This is such a great all-around Zelda game and isn't a huge time commitment either. It's very linear but there's plenty of random mini games and shops to explore. It also is a very special and unique Nintendo game and incorporates an early looking version of Kirby and has chain chomps from Mario. The art direction is "toy style" and it's incredibly polished. It's really one of those remakes where they didn't cut any corners.

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[–] DarraignTheSane 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a great game, but it's also "baby's first Zelda" in terms of game mechanics. It's the first Zelda game my kid managed to play through on their own, and then when I had them try out LoZ, AoL, LttP, etc. they couldn't believe that you couldn't just bump into enemies without getting hurt by raising your shield.

It's far easier than even the Gameboy original, because back in the original you only had two buttons to assign items/equipment to, including the sword and shield, and the run boots weren't an inherent ability but rather were just another item to assign to one of your two buttons.

In the remake you can simultaneously use your sword, shield, jump feather, run boots, and I believe one more item to boot. It makes it literal child's play compared to other Zelda games.

That said... I wish they would remake more of them like that, because it is a great looking and fun to play game.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would love remakes of Oracle of Ages/Seasons in the art style of the Link's Awakening remake.

[–] proudblond 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I swear I just watched a trailer for that tonight… may want to do a quick search on your preferred video platform!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I see that they are coming to Switch Online, but I don't see remakes. :(