Link's Awakening [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

kainemaxwell

12-24-2007, 06:58 PM

studvicious

12-24-2007, 07:17 PM

Great, great Zelda game. I hope that you're playing the DX version! :)

kainemaxwell

12-24-2007, 07:17 PM

But of course! Yes, went through the DX Dungeon- Red before anyone asks. ^^

Snapple

12-24-2007, 07:25 PM

Link's Awakening is actually my favorite 2D Zelda. More than the original or LttP or the Oracle games or Minish Cap. I really liked the dungeon design and items in Link's Awakening.

gonzo90017

12-24-2007, 09:35 PM

In what order should the games be played?

bangtango

12-24-2007, 09:41 PM

So I started playing this last night, or the other night and I'm hooked. I haven't played a Zelda game in a few months since I beat Ocarina of Time. Good to play an old-school Zelda title again. Just finished level 5, lost as heck in level 6 though. Got the L-2 sword early, 4 more heart containers and finished the trading game early too.

You may remember I asked the exact same thing in your Super Mario Land 2 thread...

Is this your first time playing Link's Awakening? If so, what took so long?

Snapple

12-24-2007, 09:43 PM

In what order should the games be played?

Any order you want. There's no continuity, except that Majora's Mask follows OoT. Fans keep trying to afix a really convoluted branching timeline that makes no sense, but really, they're just different games, meant to each be enjoyed on their own merits. Playing Link's Awakening won't spoil another game, and playing another game won't spoil Link's Awakening.

MrRoboto19XX

12-24-2007, 10:36 PM

Ah man, always glad to hear of another discovering an oddly overlooked game. Link's Awakening was a pretty big deal when it first came out, but the DX rerelease was overshadowed by pok�mon's grip on the gaming society.

Good job picking the red tunic, always my choice as well.

What pictures have you managed to get so far?

kainemaxwell

12-24-2007, 10:51 PM

You may remember I asked the exact same thing in your Super Mario Land 2 thread...

Is this your first time playing Link's Awakening? If so, what took so long?

Actually no it's not. I had played it a couple times before via emulators and the actual title (pre-DX version). Just never finished it at the time, and this was a few years ago.

If/when I play the Oracle games, that will be my first time. :)

OMFG the Face Shrine is annoying...

retroman

12-25-2007, 01:19 AM

My fav. of the handheld Zelda games. Yes, and that even includs The Ds Phantom Hourglass.

Push Upstairs

12-25-2007, 02:13 AM

Playing Link's Awakening won't spoil another game, and playing another game won't spoil Link's Awakening.

Link's Awakening spoiled me. I was playing LttP years *after* getting
"Awakening" and I kept wishing I could feather jump and hold my shield up on my own.

Aside from an extra dungeon and color, what does the DX version offer that the regular version doesn't?

Mayhem

12-25-2007, 07:20 AM

joshnickerson

12-25-2007, 07:51 AM

For one reason or another, I never played any Zelda titles, until Link's Awakening came out. Needless to say, I've been a Zelda fan ever since.

Nirvana

12-25-2007, 07:50 PM

I think Link's Awakening was the second Zelda game I played. Link to the Past was the first.

Both games are great; I remember getting confused in Awakening a lot though.

CHOZO

12-25-2007, 08:55 PM

That's about it afair... still not a bad thing really given the original game was so good ;)

Link's Awakening follows LttP, Majora's Mask follows OoT, Phantom Hourglass follows Wind Waker, Adventure of Link follows Legend of Zelda. There's a few pairings in the continuity, but no more than two so far for any iteration of Link...

I was under the impression that Link's Awakening is somewhere in between the Legend of Zelda and the Adventure of Link. It may be that I am crazy though. :drinking:

boatofcar

12-25-2007, 08:56 PM

Link's Awakening spoiled me. I was playing LttP years *after* getting
"Awakening" and I kept wishing I could feather jump and hold my shield up on my own.

Aside from an extra dungeon and color, what does the DX version offer that the regular version doesn't?

There's the new new dungeon, based on color. The reward for beating the color-based puzzles is the choice of a red or blue-colored tunic, which offer a boost in offensive power or resistance to damage, respectively.[20] The DX version also featured a camera shop where pictures are taken of the player's travels; these pictures could be viewed and printed using the Game Boy Printer.

(from wikipedia)

NE146

12-25-2007, 10:37 PM

I was under the impression that Link's Awakening is somewhere in between the Legend of Zelda and the Adventure of Link. It may be that I am crazy though. :drinking:
At the end of the day.. it of course doesn't even matter. Sure they tried to shoehorn a story and timeline.. but it's all just useless b.s. :P I just see every Zelda as a pure standalone game.

SEGA-SAMMY

12-25-2007, 11:31 PM

I wish they would remake this game with snes lttp style graphics and colour.

steeniekins

12-27-2007, 07:24 AM

I finally beat that game after about 7years of attempting it. I still remember my good friend at the time got the walkthrough for it, and this was before I had internet mind you, and she would read out which way to go over the phone..but then she lost her game or her gameboy broke (I don't remember) when we were at the 6th dungeon...yeah it was depressing..I ended up losing the game after that. Then I found it at my old job in one of boxes in the back room..and asked my boss if I could have it..and sure enough I beat the game finally. Yay for stories... ..but I found the DX verision, frankly I didn't even know another one existed.

phreak97

12-27-2007, 08:09 AM

i had the original version when i was a kid, somewhere over the years i think one of my "friends" might have taken it (bastard). cos usually in my house things turn up again after a while, as all of my childhood games have done, and that one never did.
i have been meaning to buy it again, both versions, but theyre always so expensive here. store owners all know the zelda name :(

i never finished it either, i played around in it alot though when i was younger.

Push Upstairs

12-27-2007, 02:27 PM

I finally beat that game after about 7years of attempting it.

Did you beat it without dying?

poloplayr

12-27-2007, 03:41 PM

I wish they would remake this game with snes lttp style graphics and colour.

*drools*

jb143

12-27-2007, 04:26 PM

kainemaxwell

12-27-2007, 09:12 PM

I've been currently playing this game too. It's a great game for a great series. I beat the original years ago and picked up the color one a few weeks ago for $2.00 I just beat level 6 I think...the fish head one. I didn't know anything about the new dungeon though. Is it at the end???

The Color Dungeon's under the cemetery. Ram the bookcase in the village with the Boots and read the book that drops for how to find it.

Push Upstairs

12-28-2007, 12:41 AM

I feel less of a man for not beating the DX version of this game.

Nevermind that I finished the original version without the walkthrough book and that I managed to beat the game without dying on my 3rd try.

I must beat this extra dungeon!

kainemaxwell

12-28-2007, 02:03 AM

Extra dungeon is easy, but fun, especially for the bonus. Plus you can go back through it later for the other bonus, etc if you want.

I'm up to the Eagle Tower now. Have the Mirror Shield and the other important items. Dang it's confusing...

Push Upstairs

12-28-2007, 04:49 AM

The final dungeon took me forever to figure it out the first time I played it.

Now that I have the book and have run through it a few times it is easier, but it still a pain in the ass.

SeverThe7th

12-28-2007, 06:30 AM

Ah the eagle tower, if i remember correctly the thing that confused and irritated me the most is the puzzle with the blocks. Other than that, relatively smooth sailing.

Jorpho

12-28-2007, 11:51 AM

The final dungeon took me forever to figure it out the first time I played it.

Indeed, if you didn't have a Player's Guide, what could possibly compel you to fire an arrow at one of the statues? It's the only time in the game when you have to do something like that, and there's nothing to suggest it should do anything! (I seem to recall there's a bit in LTTP where you do that, but what if you've never played it?)

Push Upstairs

12-28-2007, 02:30 PM

Either I got that bit of info from an issue of Nintendo Power or I knew that you had to shoot the statue in LttP (also from NP tips).

I just had trouble figuring out which room I had to go into to access the right doors to reach the correct room.

jb143

12-28-2007, 02:58 PM

The Color Dungeon's under the cemetery. Ram the bookcase in the village with the Boots and read the book that drops for how to find it.

In the library??? I never even bothered to go in there since I already knew how to play the game. But now that you mention it, that does sound familiar. Did you have to do something similar in the original or was that in another Zelda game too?

I actually spent forever in the cemetary trying to get that stupid ghost to leave me alone untill I remembered about the lone tombstone elsewhere. Didn't find the dungeon though.

kainemaxwell

12-28-2007, 07:19 PM

I really need help with the Eagle's Tower.
:(

Jorpho

12-28-2007, 09:09 PM

Oh yeah, unmarked walls that you can blow up are also annoying. (Hint hint.)

kainemaxwell

12-29-2007, 01:04 AM

Ok, finally beat the Eagle Tower. Y aknow, I don't think I've ever hated a dungeon in a Zelda game before as much as I now hate level 7...

Push Upstairs

12-29-2007, 04:16 AM

I recall the last dungeon being worse.

kainemaxwell

12-30-2007, 12:29 AM

I didn't find Turtle Rock that annoying except for the fill-in-the-gaps puzzles. Outside of that Turtle Rock was more fun.

Beat Link's Nightmare tonight, er this morning. Weird plot but decent ending...so Link's stranded at sea...?!

Maybe i'll play the Oracle titles next.

boatofcar

12-30-2007, 01:35 AM

I remember being stuck in one of the dungeons in Link's Awakening and writing, snail mail, to Nintendo about the problem I was having, and actually recieving a detailed written reply about what I should do, and a story from the game counselor about him being stuck in the same place! I still have the letter. For some reason I couldn't find the strategy guide for sale anywhere in my area, and being 1994, there was no internet to speak of, at least not in my house :)

Push Upstairs

12-30-2007, 04:13 AM

I love this game simply for the reason you can equip yourself with whatever you have in your inventory (give or take some things) at whatever point.

I can't stress how much I enjoy being able to hold your shield up on your own.

"Ballad of the Windfish" is a beautiful tune.

Tetsu

12-30-2007, 05:01 AM

You got Marin! Is this your big chance?

kainemaxwell

12-30-2007, 07:33 AM

I remember being stuck in one of the dungeons in Link's Awakening and writing, snail mail, to Nintendo about the problem I was having, and actually receiving a detailed written reply about what I should do, and a story from the game counselor about him being stuck in the same place! I still have the letter. For some reason I couldn't find the strategy guide for sale anywhere in my area, and being 1994, there was no internet to speak of, at least not in my house :)

So which area was it?

So Ages or Seasons first?

jb143

01-02-2008, 04:05 PM

Ok, finally beat the Eagle Tower. Y aknow, I don't think I've ever hated a dungeon in a Zelda game before as much as I now hate level 7...

It looks like I'm just a level behind you. I beat level 6 this weekend and the color dungeon as well. I just can't seem to find the stupid key for level 7.