Well, thank fuck it's not a 3DS game as rumored. That would've been a real low blow.

Btw, can somebody explain to me why this game is so beloved? Not knocking it, just curious as to why so many people list it among the best of the series?

I can only speak for myself, but I love it for it's music, story, dungeons and puzzles. 


I want every Zelda game either on a collection or remade/remastered for Switch. I cannot get enough of Zelda. I really hope they do remake Zelda II eventually. The only Zelda game I haven't beaten, and not for lack of trying.

I'm guessing it's Jaws-related? That is only a guess though, I'm coming up empty...

3D Zelda has never clicked with me, but I've never actually played a 2D Zelda. This has my interest, I love the style.

c'mon man!! Zelda 2 ain't even that hard!! You just have to be a little more persistent!! 

But yeah, remakes of older Zelda games (specially  Zelda 2)  would be a dream come true to me!! I absolutely adore those games!! 

obs: this post was a reply to Farley's post. somehow it is not shown o my pc screen as such. Uh oh

Alrighty, thanks.

I dunno if I'd want any more Zeldas remade for Switch tbh. Unless it's like Ocarina of Time remade with the graphics of that 2011 HD Zelda demo, that I would pounce on. Otherwise, I feel I'd rather Nintendo's resources to be spent on fresh new games.

i've wanted that for a long time.   was the first thing i thought about when i saw the 1st 5 min of botw.  also i fantasized about it when hyrule warriors announced it's classic mode

BOTW is very much the original LOZ in 3D though.

Ah, I see. Cheers.

I have similar feelings about Ocarina of Time, my first Zelda. I hope Link's Awakening is as compelling to me given that I don't have any nostalgic attachment to it. I'm actually kind inexperienced when it comes to 2D Zelda, the only one I have played is Link to the Past.

The great atmosphere, mysterious story (the game was written by Koizumi who also wrote and directed Majora’s Mask, it’s notable how these two both have a very unique style to them) and characterization in this game has already been adressed, but it’s also of course just excellent in gameplay, level and character/enemy design.

It has great dungeons all around with elaborate and original puzzles, sometimes spanning the entire dungeon. There’s backstories to them, and bosses are intertwined with dungeon themes and stories. The overworld is varied and packed with content and challenge. Certain items can also be used together for extra uses.

It was the first game in the series to do a lot of things that remained in later games; most notably the fishing mini-game and the collectathon and trading side-quests. It was also the first to include unique mini-bosses for each dungeon and a musical instrument that has multiple uses with different songs. The owl was the first guide character, though not yet a constant companion like Navi.

Really it was a wonder it could be on GameBoy at all, as it does pretty much everything better than big brother A Link to the Past on the SNES, except control scheme and graphics but those were obviously a hardware limitation. It’s also almost as big as A Link to the Past, and even had cutscenes!