NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner Link's Awakening Predictions http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188623 2019-10-03T20:15:24 -05.00 phart010 105 Originally posted by: avatar!

Oh, and the "make your own dungeons" thing kinda sucks.

I agree the “Mario Maker “style dungeon maker is poorly executed in “Link’s Awaking “Switch Edition .. ]]> Link's Awakening Predictions http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188623 2019-10-03T16:11:16 -05.00 phart010 105 Link's Awakening Predictions http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188623 2019-10-03T15:25:08 -05.00 phart010 105 Link's Awakening Predictions http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188623 2019-10-03T12:27:22 -05.00 phart010 105



Once you complete the color dungeon and get the upgraded sword, this game is a walk in the park. I only had to use a fairy on one boss fight after that point, and it was only because I couldn't figure it out at first. ]]> Link's Awakening Predictions http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188623 2019-10-02T20:35:59 -05.00 phart010 105 Link's Awakening Predictions http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188623 2019-10-02T18:11:38 -05.00 phart010 105 Link's Awakening Predictions http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188623 2019-09-27T03:05:10 -05.00 phart010 105 Originally posted by: Wired

The dreamy nature of Koholint also calls into question Link's role in this world. After all, as you're told early on, the monsters only stirred when you appeared. The dangers that threaten the people of this world, including the possibility of utter oblivion upon your success, are entirely of your doing. Calling into question bad heroic decisions is, again, not exactly original in videogames, but it's a wrinkle that feels especially provoking in such a traditionally light series. Zelda has only reached melancholic places anywhere near this on one other occasion, in Majora's Mask, which similarly subverts its counterpart title the way Link's Awakening subverts A Link to the Past, but even in Majora's Mask Link remains a savior. Here, he's just a kid with a sword, stuck in a world that doesn't make sense, trying to find his way home.

But the lesson to take from Link's Awakening isn't simply that the series is a surprisingly good fit for melancholy... Am I wrong or the only one, to say this is an odd characterization? I kind of think the author must be relatively young, not someone who grew up reading manuals of NES games so they have a different perspective than those of us who did.  I don't think LoZ is "traditionally light". Some entries could be described as such. Mainly Wind Waker and others that used its style (Oracle games). But even Wind Waker shows a world destroyed.  Similar to Zelda 1, in which the world is empty and devoid of society, full of monsters. Zelda 2 shows Return of Ganon as a terrible endless possibility, and the terrain outside of towns is a wasteland. Zelda 3 has the "good guys" (soldiers) hypnotized by evil. OoT has the future consumed by evil and horror. Sure, the Legend of Zelda overall is not rated T or M, and there's some real goofball kiddie-type characters (Tingle, cannon operator and other carnival type guys, Groose). But there's also plenty of darkness and despair. To me the hallmarks of the series include bleakness. ]]> Link's Awakening Predictions http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188623 2019-09-26T22:45:42 -05.00 phart010 105 Originally posted by: phart010
 
Originally posted by: Splain

I'm already very familiar with Link's Awakening, so I've been telling myself that I'm fine not playing this one, especially for that price. But the more I read about it, the more I want to experience it. And that makes me mad. 😡
I made one prediction here that did come true. It’s 50 bucks in store at Walmart

 
I may have to mosey over and have a look... ]]> Link's Awakening Predictions http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=188623 2019-09-26T20:39:02 -05.00 phart010 105 Originally posted by: Splain

I'm already very familiar with Link's Awakening, so I've been telling myself that I'm fine not playing this one, especially for that price. But the more I read about it, the more I want to experience it. And that makes me mad. 😡 I made one prediction here that did come true. It’s 50 bucks in store at Walmart

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