The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''SEA BEARS FOAM, SLEEP BEARS DREAMS. BOTH END IN THE SAME WAY--[[Dream Apocalypse|CRASSSH!]]''}}

 

 

Following his defeat of Ganon in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link To The Past]]'', the young hero Link left Hyrule to go on a [[Journey to Find Oneself|Journey to Find Himself]] and to train himself to prepare for future threats to Hyrule. After completing his travels, he sails homewards towards Hyrule when his boat is suddenly caught in a violent storm and struck by lightning. When he awakes, he finds himself shipwrecked on the shores of Koholint Island.

** But provided that you don't get/use the Boomerang, it is most likely the hardest battle in the game, and one of the most fun.

** The long, multi-part final battle has its own unique music, but when the actual final boss appears, the music downgrades to the mini-boss theme.

** The Facade of the Face Shrine is rather easily beaten...and even got a [[Degraded Boss|downgrade to a mini-boss]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games|Oracle of Seasons]]''.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Link is finally free, but defeating the final boss and awakening the Wind Fish means destroying all the people you've met along the way (at least in the default ending). Alternatively....

** [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Beat the game, and Link causes a [[Dream Apocalypse]]... oh, and he's also ''lost at sea'' (though it is likely he makes it home offscreen; there are seagulls flying about, after all...)}}

**** Even worse in the manga since Link {{spoiler|[[Did Not Get the Girl]] after inviting Marin to return to Hyrule with him and he even tried to leave the island early with her.}}

* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: The DX version has a color-themed dungeon. Completing it allows you to choose a colored tunic to increase either your '''{{color|red|offensive}}''' or '''{{color|blue|defensive}}''' power.

** And another is the model Hippo in Animal Village who tells you to go away so the artist can paint her. Originally, she was a nude model (with visible breasts) with a towel which she pulls up when Link enters the studio.

* [[The Cameo]]: Yoshi doll ([[Lampshade Hanging|"Lately, he's been showing up in a lot of games!"]]), a picture of Peach, a pet Chain Chomp<ref> Referred to here as "BowWow", which is closer to his Japanese name "WanWan"</ref>, [[Super Mario Bros.|Goombas, Piranha Plants, Thwomps]], and an evil [[Kirby]] as enemies, Wart from [[Super Mario Bros. 2]] appears as an NPC, along with Pokeys and Shyguys as additional enemies, and Richard from the Japan-only game ''[[Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru|For the Frog The Bell Tolls]].''

* [[Exposition Fairy]]: The owl.

* [[Expy]]: Tarin, the mushroom-obsessed man with a fabulous mustache? [[Super Mario Bros.|Sounds familiar, doesn't it?]]

* [[Fishing Minigame]]: First one of the series!

* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: The residents of Animal Village adore Marin.

** Strangely enough, the third and eight dungeon actually have a security key for just that case (former in the very last puzzle before the boss and latter hidden in a statue you'd shoot with an arrow). The fourth dungeon however lacks one.

* [[Genre Blindness]]: Despite being [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] in battle (see below), the fifth dungeon's miniboss makes the mistake of stealing the dungeon's item, thus making it mandatory to find and kill him, no matter how much he flees.

* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: At certain points in the game, Bow-Wow the chain chomp, Marin, a ghost, and a flying blue rooster all accompany Link temporarily.

* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: [[Kill It with Fire|The Magic Rod]]. It is ''twice'' as powerful as the LVL 2 Sword and Link can fire projectiles at any HP. [[Mook|Mooks]] catch on fire and die a slow, painful death. It goes without saying that this is a sadistically fun weapon too. It's also the only item in the ''entire series'' that can [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|kill Cuccoos.]]

** The Boomerang. You can only get it at the end of a sidequest spanning half of the game, but it is well worth it, being able to slaughter almost anything in the game, including otherwise unkillable Anti-Fairies and Sparks, and including {{spoiler|the final boss, Dethl.}}

* [[Ship Tease]]: Link basically takes Marin on a date at one point in the game.

* [[Shoplift and Die]]: "I wasn't kidding when I said pay! Now you'll pay the ultimate price!" [[Shock and Awe|*cue the lightning* ]]

** And there is a whole ''mess'' of Super Mario shout outs. See [[The Cameo]], above.

* [[Sssssnaketalk]]: The boss of the fifth dungeon talks like this.

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