Did you finish Link's Awakening without help?

[wiggyx]

When it first came out I never used guides and I beat it without them. That was when it first came out though so I don't recall any specifics. I do remember getting stuck in the original Legend of Zelda and not even having Nintendo Power to help so I'd just go around trying anything on everything. I was probably in the same mindset for Link's Awakening.

When I replayed it a couple of years ago, though, my time was much more important to me; so anytime I'd get really stuck on something I'd check a guide online for a hint.

Beating that without help was the sign of a truly devoted player. I remember going onto a square of the map with rock walls, bombing 8 sections (well, 16 technically, bombing on the line in between two tiles), then after finding nothing, walking around and fighting enemies to replenish bombs to go and start the process all over again. There were no cracked walls, no fairies or other beings to hold your hand, and the advice you did get was in Engrish, so you were basically on your own. Not to mention the hundreds of bushes that needed burning. Heaven forbid you try to do so with the damned blue candle like I did. I had no idea that I would get a red candle later on :/

Funny story, the very first time I played that game I put Zelda in as my name. I started on the 2nd quest right off the bat. Talk about torture. It wasn't until a week later when my dad started his own game (with a different name) that we figured out that entering Zelda as your name started you on the 2nd quest (even though we had no idea what was going on at the time, only that it was definitely different when you entered Zelda as your name).

[jb143]

Beating that without help was the sign of a truly devoted player. I remember going onto a square of the map with rock walls, bombing 8 sections (well, 16 technically, bombing on the line in between two tiles), then after finding nothing, walking around and fighting enemies to replenish bombs to go and start the process all over again. There were no cracked walls, no fairies or other beings to hold your hand, and the advice you did get was in Engrish, so you were basically on your own. Not to mention the hundreds of bushes that needed burning. Heaven forbid you try to do so with the damned blue candle like I did. I had no idea that I would get a red candle later on :/

Funny story, the very first time I played that game I put Zelda in as my name. I started on the 2nd quest right off the bat. Talk about torture. It wasn't until a week later when my dad started his own game (with a different name) that we figured out that entering Zelda as your name started you on the 2nd quest (even though we had no idea what was going on at the time, only that it was definitely different when you entered Zelda as your name).

Something else I remember trying when I got really stuck once...I discovered you can use a flame to knock yourself up above the line you can't normally get past in the caves and what not. Eventually you'll reach the back wall where I started bombing. I was pretty disappointed when none of the caves had any secret doors in the back.

[Gameguy]

I think I read some Gamefaqs guide when I was stuck in parts, I didn't play through the whole game with a guide but usually if I get stuck in a game I'll look up how to get past that part.