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THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK'S AWAKENING
RELEASED ON - GAME BOY, 1993
BACKROUND INFO
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is widely considered to be one of the best Game Boy games ever made. For a Game Boy game, the quest was huge, with eight intricately designed dungeons and a vast overworld. While the action was overhead and the graphical style was similar to A Link to the Past (of course not as graphically impressive), the entire world (including the dungeons) was split up one screen at a time, similar to the first Zelda. If you haven't played this one yet, don't go running out to buy it. Nintendo has made a updated full color version for the Game boy Color, that has more features. You might as well just buy that instead, and play it in full color. Of course if you don't have a Game Boy Color, then your stuck with this one. Which isn't a bad game by any means, but it's still just in black and white.
STORY
The hero of Link's Awakening is actually the same Link from a Link to the Past. In other words, this one takes place about 100 years before the NES Zelda games too. After Ganon was defeated in A Link to the Past, peace was returned to Hyrule and all was well. Being the restless adventurer that we all know him to be, Link decided to take a boat cruise into the unknown on a quest for enlightment. Unfortunately, on the way bach, he ran into a fierce thunderstorm, and his ship was struck by lightning, wrecking it. Next thing he knew, he was on a island called Koholint, which was overshadowed by a giant egg atop the island's central mountain top. A strange owl explained to him that if he wanted to get home, he'd have to awaken the Wind Fish that slept in the giant egg. Surely he had no idea of the huge adventure that was about to unfold . . .
THE OUTCOME
Link made his way through eight grueling dungeons, collecting eight musical instruments that were required to wake the Wind Fish. Finally, atop the huge mountain, he played the Ballad of the Wind Fish and woke the sleeping giant. After doing so, he learned the secret ot the Wind Fish, and before long, he found himself back in the ocean, hanging on to the remnants of his smashed ship, drifting calmly toward the shores of Hyrule. Was it all really just a dream? Link thinks to himself as he looks up and sees the mystical Wind Fish, flying across the clouds.
THE JAPANESE VERSION
-RELEASE DATE- June 6, 1993
-ORIGINAL TITLE- Zelda No Densetsu: Yume wo Miru Shima (The Legend of Zelda: Dreaming Island)
-ABOUT THE JAPANESE VERSION- The Japanese version of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is, like the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, identical to it's U.S. counterpart. Except, again, with Japanese text.