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Snoorlax on 13 February 2019

Links Awakening is perhaps the best handheld Zelda game ever. But I'm not sold on the new art style. Just ehhh



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melbye on 13 February 2019
Hiku said:

It makes me really happy that they chose to remake this one since it's my favorite Zelda game right below Majora's Mask.
I haven't played it since way back when on the original Gameboy, so this will be quite nostalgic. Marin's song at the end already takes me back...

I also love seeing this artwork.



I hope they use it for the cover of the game.

melbye said: 
It's actually real, i am so happy about this. And it is a Switch game and not a 3DS-game

Was there a rumor going around about this?
Because just a couple of days ago someone in my feed said they hope there's a Link's Awakening remake. And I thought "Yeah, me too."

Yes, last year

https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2018/01/14/there-are-rumors-of-a-zelda-links-awakening-remake-for-the-3ds/#30fc45f55509



The_Liquid_Laser on 13 February 2019

I love the old NES/SNES era 2D Zelda games, and this is the only one I haven't played. Now I can just play it on Switch. Looks great!



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Wman1996 on 13 February 2019

One of the few remakes that would've made sense on the 3DS, and of course it's for Switch. I'm not saying it shouldn't be on Switch. But Luigi's Mansion and Kirby's Epic Yarn don't belong on 3DS.

And this game kind of already got a remake with DX. But maybe that's more just an update or expansion.



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leedlelee on 13 February 2019

Link's Awakening is one of my favorite Zelda games, and I love the art style, so I'm excited for this...
Also, the number of people Insee on social media complaining about chain chomps and goombas in a Zelda game makes me...
Sad...



Have a nice day...

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PortisheadBiscuit on 13 February 2019
leedlelee said:
the number of people Insee on social media complaining about chain chomps and goombas in a Zelda game makes me...
Sad...

LOL, clearly young children who never played any of the Game Boy Zelda titles lol 



leedlelee on 13 February 2019
PortisheadBiscuit said:
leedlelee said:
the number of people Insee on social media complaining about chain chomps and goombas in a Zelda game makes me...
Sad...

LOL, clearly young children who never played any of the Game Boy Zelda titles lol 

I've seen at least two kids who don't even realize that it's a remake...



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curl-6 on 13 February 2019

Still haven't made up my mind on this one.

I usually don't buy remastered old games on principle as there has been way, way too much rehashing of old content this generation and I don't want to support this horrid practice, but on the other hand, there comes a point where a game is old and primitive enough that I feel like a remake is justifiable, especially one like this that's over a quarter of a century old and made for an 8-bit portable.

Funnily enough I actually don't mind the art direction (which is unusual as I am very picky about art styles) and since I never played it before, I may actually pick it up. 



curl-6 on 13 February 2019
Hiku said:
curl-6 said:

Still haven't made up my mind on this one.

I usually don't buy remastered old games on principle as there has been way, way too much rehashing of old content this generation and I don't want to support this horrid practice, but on the other hand, there comes a point where a game is old and primitive enough that I feel like a remake is justifiable, especially one like this that's over a quarter of a century old and made for an 8-bit portable.

Funnily enough I actually don't mind the art direction (which is unusual as I am very picky about art styles) and since I never played it before, I may actually pick it up. 

Even though I haven't played every Zelda, this one is one of my favorites. If you haven't played it before, you may want to consider it.

As for remakes of games I love, I'm usually all for it. Resident Evil 2 for example was something I always wanted to see.
But what I'm usually not interested in are the remasters of games that are barely 5 years old, that get a bit sharper graphics, and that's it.

Any particular remasters/remakes you have an issue with in recent times?

I guess I just got sick of so many PS3/360/Wii U games being re-released on Switch. I know it's a quick buck for developers but I just got tired of half the system's upcoming release slate being stuff I already played years ago.



Ljink96 on 13 February 2019

I almost had a heart attack, my favorite Zelda is being remade. Can't wait.