The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening Review (Game Boy)

Genre: Action RPG

Developer: Nintendo Entertainment and Analysis Development

Publisher: Nintendo 

Release Year: 1993

System: Game Boy

Hello dear bloggers!!! In this post ur gonna read a review of the so-called legendary classic The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening. That's the 4th installemnt of the series and the only one that was released for the classic Game Boy.

PLOT: 9/10 

Link's caught up in a storm

After the incidents of The Oracle of Seasons and The Oracle of Ages link travels with his boat across the seas only to be destroyed and washed ashore Koholint Island. Link is getting rescued by Tarin and his daughter Marin (she looks so much like Princess Zelda doesnt she?) and carried to their house back in the Island's village. After Link retrieves his sword from the beach a mysterious owl tells him that if if desires to escape leave that island he must wake the island's guardian the Windfish that sleeps in a giant egg on the top of Tamaranch Mountain. He can do that only by playing the Ballad of the Windfish in front of the egg when he would have collected all the eight instruments that are scattered in the eigt dungeons throughout Koholint Island. The plot features a golden age of the Zelda series being deep and quite ispired. Authentic and very Zelda! (I think its the only Zelda game that you actually see Zelda only in the title).

GAMEPLAY: 9/10

Retrieve the sword

The gameplay of the game follows the same logic as almost every installment there is. You cotrol link throughtout the game looking the world by an overhead perspective for the majority of the game. Link progresses in the game by entering and completing dungeons collecting weapons and accessories that will help him overcome obstacles that they were once impossible to pass. He collects heart containers that give him a bigger amount of life energy meaning that he lasts longer in battle.

Witch house

He carries quite an arsenal with him but he only can use 2 at the same time. One assigned to "A" button and one to the "B" button. The select button shows the map of the island and reveals only the location that Link has been to. With the Start button the player has access to the inventory of the game where he can see the weapons and the instruments collected (the map and compass if in dungeons) and the amount of rupees and hearts. As u already guessed the currency of Koholint island is what else? Rupees of course! With Start and Select pressed together you get the saving menu where you can save and exit or save and continue I really loved that thing Nintendo did there, putting characters and stuff from the Super Mario series like a coin-operated Yoshi doll trophy. The gameplay is easy to learn and addictive to play! A killing combination! Just a trial will convince you!

ATMOSPHERE/MUSIC: 10/10

Though a 2D game, the atmosphere is so maturely given that you can rarely find in games nowadays! Each location has its own unique soundtrack that expresses really well what graphics try to depict. This game has everything when it comes to music adventurous tunes, sad ones, or cheesy happy with the best of them being the Ballad of The Windfish (especially when played by all instruments together). Although the 8bit nature of the sounds and music themes Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening manages to pass the meanings to the players with a very charismatic way!

GRAPHICS: 9/10

Awakening the Windfish

Having to see it with a perspective like i am playing it in the 90's The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, has some really fancy and detailed graphics despite its lack of colors. With some nice physics and character movements Link's Awakening gets a 9/10 only because some items fail to look like what the really want to depict. Like some trees or ledges out in the wilderness but that just minor details. The graphics are really well entwined with what the game wants to offer.

OVERALL: 9.25/10

In a few words The legend of Zelda Link's Awakening is a fantasy story driven action rpg that draws te player in the dreamy world of the Windfish a must game of the Game Boy owners and an one life time exeprience for quality gamers!