Bit the bullet and bought Link's Awakening.
It looks like something I'd enjoy; I like A Link to the Past after all, except that the move to analogue should fix my only significant irritation with it, namely wishing you could attack diagonally.
It'll be good to keep in reserve for the next dry spell. Plus it'll be a nice change of pace from all the darker mature rated games and shooters I'm buying/will buy this year like Doom Eternal, Outer Worlds, etc.