Why didn't you just pay for it, Anon?? Or should I call you THIEF! [spoiler]Link's Awakening thread.[/spoiler]

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Anonymous Wed Apr 30 02:39:23 2014 No.1585218 [DELETED]

Why didn't you just pay for it, Anon??
Or should I call you THIEF!

Link's Awakening thread.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 02:44:28 2014 No.1585227 File: 34 KB, 480x363, IWASNTKIDDING.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] OH SHI-

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 03:09:17 2014 No.1585259 It's my favourite game, I replay it every year. I have to shamefully admit that I have never found all the seashells though. And I prefer the monochrome version because nostalgia.

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 03:27:33 2014 No.1585276
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>>1585259
It's one of my favorites, too.

Some people hate it because there's no Gannon or Zelda and it doesn't take place in Hyrule, etc.
But for me, that's part of the appeal.

I also like when a game makes you consider the consequences your actions will have,
especially on characters you have developed an affection for.
I'm so sorry, Marin ;_;

Sure, it might not be the "masterpiece" that LttP or OoT are,
but for a Gameboy game, it's as good as it gets imho.
(Using a d-pad, 2 buttons and an 8-bit engine they were able to create something so classic, it's really impressive.)

The dungeons are interesting and fun, the items are unique, the plot is original, and the whole atmosphere is just so damned comfy! :)

Highly recommend picking this title up for you guys who haven't played it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 03:37:04 2014 No.1585289 File: 6 KB, 256x224, Legend_of_Zelda,_The_-_Link's_Awakening_US_SGB_Palette_Title.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1585259 mah monochrome nigga

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 04:21:07 2014 No.1585340 File: 137 KB, 342x335, Moss2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1585259 >>1585289 >not playing the Color's DX version >not getting the super-secret colored tunic

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 04:25:35 2014 No.1585351
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>>1585340

Oh I can play the DX version anytime, I just prefer the original version simply due to nostalgia. Something about the colored version looks weird to me.
From what I remember, the extra dungeon was kind of shit, but the camera pictures were a nice extra.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 04:26:05 2014 No.1585353 >>1585276 There's sort of Ganon and Zelda.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 04:49:49 2014 No.1585376 >>1585351 Yeah, the bonus dungeon is pretty crappy.. But it's cool to be able to run around in a red tunic with the 2x damage bonus.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 05:25:06 2014 No.1585405 >>1585218 >Why didn't you just pay for it, Anon?? b-because I needed that last photo in the album.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 05:25:16 2014 No.1585406 Whenever I mention that I love Link's Awakening, people always bring up the Oracle series. I've never played them, but I've heard mixed opinions. Has anyone played them? How are they? Which did you prefer, or which should I start with?

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 05:30:07 2014 No.1585410

>>1585406
>Has anyone played them? How are they?

They are good. More sophisticated than LA since they came out around a decade later.

>Which did you prefer, or which should I start with?

I preferred Ages because it has (marginally) deeper characters and plot, but most people seem to prefer Seasons and start with it. However, in a Linked Game the pirate captain only gets closure if you play Ages first.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 05:41:56 2014 No.1585420 best 2d zelda?

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 05:47:36 2014 No.1585428

>>1585276
i would say that for an original game boy game, link's awakening is phenomenal. most gb games i had as a kid were pretty short or felt pretty basic, but i thought link's awakening was on par with console games of the time which is pretty impressive

>>1585406
>>1585410
i liked ages better, too, actually. i think i still like link's awakening more than either oracle game, but they're all great games

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 05:50:08 2014 No.1585430 >>1585406 You should play Seasons first, then Ages. Seasons is more combat oriented, while Ages is more puzzle focused. also >muh Porkyman binary

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 05:59:23 2014 No.1585438 >>1585420 >best 2d zelda? I dunno, that's quite a tall order to fill, Anon. However, I certainly think it's the best hand-held Zelda by FAR.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:02:39 2014 No.1585442 >>1585438 Link to the Past and Link's Awakening tend to fight for top dog in this, while the Oracle games share a slot since they are ying and yang. The decision can be harder if fan made hacks count. Like Lost Isle.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 06:12:26 2014 No.1585452 File: 37 KB, 210x202, Pig2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1585430 >porkyman

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 14:39:50 2014 No.1586073 >>1585406 They're pretty good, and I ran into a similar situation with the shopkeeper in Ages. Needless to say my young self freaked the fuck out. I'd say go Ages then Seasons first if you want to get puzzling out of the way.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 14:54:45 2014 No.1586116 File: 46 KB, 480x668, 1397168522654.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1585340 >playing the easy mode version >not playing the 1.0 hard version It's like you like being babied.

>>	NESfag Wed Apr 30 15:00:16 2014 No.1586134 >>1585340 >>1586116 >not doing the extra dungeon and beat its boss but exit by the front door without picking up either tunic

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 16:46:29 2014 No.1586426 >>1585406 I started with seasons a thoroughly enjoyed it. I would contend that seasons, while not being very puzzle oriented, did have more appealing environments and superior tunes (/opinion).

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 16:52:15 2014 No.1586440 >>1585218 There seems to be a lot of renewed interest in this game. Was it recently ported to 3DS or something? Maybe I'll replay it soon.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 16:53:58 2014 No.1586445 >>1585259 I found all the seashells once. It was glorious. Probably my favorite gaming accomplishment from that time in my life.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 16:54:07 2014 No.1586446 >>1585406 Oracle of Ages is my favourite 2D Zelda game. They had some time to fix things that were wrong or lacking in the older games. I love how the Oracle games are filled with towns and friendly NPCs

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 16:55:12 2014 No.1586450 File: 50 KB, 809x1118, 1367458946338.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1586073 >I'd say go Ages then Seasons first if you want to get the Zelda gameplay out of the way.

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 16:55:26 2014 No.1586452

>>1586134
This is what I always do. The tunics just make an already-easy game even easier.

Anyway, if you get one of the colored tunics and want to go back to green, there's a glitch that lets you go back. I forget how exactly, but it's something about killing an exact number of monsters, and then killing a specific octorok.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 16:56:58 2014 No.1586457 i thought these games were dull and tedious and lacked any kind of interesting story but a lot of people are convinced they're good for some reason

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 16:57:05 2014 No.1586458

>>1585259
>>1586445
Getting the seashells isn't that hard. You just have to remember to go back to the seashell mansion when you have exactly 5, 10, and 15 shells.

The game actually has way more shells than you need. There's like 30, and you need 20 for the sword. Once you get the sword, all the excess shells magically disappear as if they never existed.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 16:59:07 2014 No.1586462 >>1586457 >i thought these games were dull and tedious and lacked any kind of interesting story You thought? What made you change your mind?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 17:01:01 2014 No.1586465 >>1586462 when i played them yeah

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 17:03:50 2014 No.1586471 >>1586465 Oh so you had an opinion about the games without playing them? Why do people do that?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 17:04:40 2014 No.1586473 >>1586471 stop trying to be a smartass

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 17:09:30 2014 No.1586486 File: 2 KB, 295x295, srsly.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1586116 >caring how other people play

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 17:12:54 2014 No.1586492

>>1586458
>Getting the seashells isn't that hard

It's just annoying. The fact that you basically have to dig up every square of every screen in the game to find them all is pretty bullshit. They either needed a better indication of where to find them or they needed to all only be in hard-to-reach chests and secret rooms.

Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco Wed Apr 30 17:14:23 2014 No.1586496

>>1586471
Because it's human nature to judge things on superficial appearances. In our culture of massive media consumption, we can't possibly be expected to sample every single movie, band, TV show, video game, novel, etc. etc. that enters our ever-shrinking span of attention, but in order to make small talk we are often expected to comment on things we know nothing about, and thus internalize our fabricated opinions in order to seem more knowledged than we are.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 17:14:52 2014 No.1586501 >>1586492 yeah, well, I played the game on a roadtrip from texas to colorado and back with my parents when I was 12, so I didn't exactly find it boring

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 17:24:56 2014 No.1586523

>>1585406
I prefer Ages much more than Seasons. I think the dungeons were better and Ralph just is a great character. I can't say Seasons had any memorial characters and I liked the story a fair bit more (but I'm fond of time travel). By far my favourite 2D Zelda.

Personally I go Seasons => Ages simply because of habit but you get a code at the end of whichever game you finish last to play the first as a linked game so you see both.

The only thing really lacking was the soundtrack; it's not bad but it's just not that good.

God I miss Ralph.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 17:35:48 2014 No.1586539 >>1585376 >run around with the x2 damage bonus nigga what's the point? you can kill everything anyway and the power power-up drops so often it doesn't even matter. go for defense

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 17:37:17 2014 No.1586542

I actually saved up for the bow. I didn't want a permanent mark on my file. I know you have to steal from the shop if you want to get the last photo in the DX album, but I just decided to leave it open so I can do it at any time without saving. That way I'm not really missing out on the photo, but I'm also not screwing up my perfect save file.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 18:34:56 2014 No.1586673 >>1586542 Why not just get a Game Shark, and hack your save file so that you have the photo, but everyone still calls you Link (or whatever your guy's name is)?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 18:38:27 2014 No.1586681 >>1585276 >Sure, it might not be the "masterpiece" that LttP or OoT LA is a better game than either. It really is the best Zelda yet.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 18:39:59 2014 No.1586684 >>1585406 Both were made by Capcom, and both are very good games.

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 19:04:16 2014 No.1586737

>>1586673

That's cheating. Why would I go through the trouble of getting 100% completion only to resort to using a GameShark? It defeats the accomplishment.

Besides, I can get the photo at any time. All I have to do is march over to the shop and steal some restorative hearts, or something. No need to save the result to my file.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 19:07:59 2014 No.1586747 >>1586440 Not super recent but yes it was ported to 3DS.

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 19:09:41 2014 No.1586751

>>1586440
>Was it recently ported to 3DS or something?
I don't know, maybe.

I was just thinking about how this part always affected me.
The game not only makes you feel guilty about thieving, but the shopkeeper blasts your ass into oblivion with his fucking laser lightning blaster or whatever it is!

One of my favorite and most memorable things from the whole Zelda franchise.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 19:13:06 2014 No.1586760 >>1585406 They're really good games, but you can't just play only one, picking the best out of 'em is pointless. You gotta get the true ending by finishing both games, it's truly a great experience.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 19:26:31 2014 No.1586795 >>1585218 Just downloaded this because of this thread. Haven't played it since I was like 11. Thanks, /vr/!

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 19:35:36 2014 No.1586812 >>1586737 >That's cheating. Why would I go through the trouble of getting 100% completion only to resort to using a GameShark? It defeats the accomplishment. Who gives a shit?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 19:38:15 2014 No.1586816 >>1586812 There's absolutely no fun in doing that, what's the point?

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 19:43:57 2014 No.1586827

>>1585428
> for an original game boy game

The Game Boy was home to some phenomenal games, actually, and there was a lot of creativity both in mechanics and art, likely due to concessions developers were forced to make due to the system's limitations. It was a great system.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 19:44:52 2014 No.1586831 >>1586458 >Excess shells disappear Oh crap! I never knew that.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 19:45:26 2014 No.1586832 >>1585442 Meh, I never really liked the Oracle games that much. Not to say they were bad, but they were probably the worst (or I should say, least good) 2D Zelda games, aside from Phantom Hourglass or Minish.

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 19:58:46 2014 No.1586869 [DELETED]

>>1586832
PH ain't that bad.
Pour moi, it goes:
tLoZ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> aLttP > AoL > BSZ > PH = WW > Link's Awakeshit DX > Link's Awakeshit >>>> Shittish Cap = Oracle of Shits = Oracle of Turds > Shittit Tracks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all 3D Zs except WW >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Zelda's Advenshit >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Zelda: the Shit of Gamelon = Link: the Faces of Shit.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 21:20:18 2014 No.1587071 File: 28 KB, 480x432, RetroArch-0430-201742.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm not sure whether to love this or hate it.. I think I love it.

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 22:03:21 2014 No.1587174

>>1585218
i used to play this in 1st grade all day every day. never talked to anyone. my teachers didnt know i was playin vidya and thought i was retarded because i never said a word and appeared to be staring blankly into the floor at all times. they put me in special education classes for like a week until they realized i could read, write, and do math as well as any 3rd grader. then they decided to just put me in advanced classes where i took half of my classes with third graders. long story short, this game allowed me to essentially skip second grade and graduate early.

not a bad deal.

and its still my favorite game boy game of all time.

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 22:18:56 2014 No.1587207
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I never finished this game as a kid because I got the orb in Eagle's Tower permanently stuck in a wall and couldn't finish the dungeon. I was so pissed that I never played it again for years.

I'm playing through it now, though, and it is the fucking tits. Especially the music, it's amazing what they could do with that sound chip.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 22:20:34 2014 No.1587212 >200 rupees for a shovel it's like he thinks I'm made of money

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 22:54:36 2014 No.1587282 >>1587212 This. I always hated having to grind for the rupees to buy that shit (the shovel, the bow, extra bombs, etc.) Although if you explore enough and find the rupee caches, it's not that hard.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 22:59:58 2014 No.1587296 >>1587212 whys theres a version for gb and one for gbc wats the differences between the two

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:00:04 2014 No.1587297 >>1587282 Just play the crane minigame.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:01:36 2014 No.1587305 So, can we discuss the ending? What the fuck, Wind Fish?? Don't you know I'm going to probably fucking drown out here?? You're a magical, flying rainbow whale! Can't you just drop me off back in Hyrule?! Ass-hole!

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:02:12 2014 No.1587309 >>1587296 One with colour, one without. The colour version has an extra dungeon.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:02:57 2014 No.1587313 >>1587309 why not jsut make one version then thats dumb

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:03:59 2014 No.1587318 >>1587313 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIucVo-fHEU very good review

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:07:53 2014 No.1587323

>>1587313
To make it short, Nintendo wanted to promote their new GBC in 1998 by remaking a lot of known games. Hence the deluxe at the end.

You are basically asking why they would want to remake games. Why did they remake Ocarina of Time to the 3DS? Why did they remake Wind Waker to the Wii U? Because popular games in a new wrapping will enhance the sales of the newly released console which needs AAA games.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:08:49 2014 No.1587324 >>1587323 never through of it in that way

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:26:27 2014 No.1587359

>>1587309
>The colour version has an extra dungeon.
The extra dungeon is kinda lame.

However, if you complete the bonus color dungeon you get your choice of either a red tunic or a blue tunic. Red gives 2x attack power, blue gives 2x defense.

I prefer the DX (GB color) version just because I feel like the color helps breathe even more life into the game.
But the monochrome has a large nostalgia factor for me.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:48:14 2014 No.1587416 >>1587309 And ditches one of the best glitches of all time. DX a shit.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:50:44 2014 No.1587419 File: 80 KB, 800x600, OhItsOn_web.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1587359 >red vs. blue >blue is the obvious choice >choose red anyway >get piece of power

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:51:02 2014 No.1587420 >>1587416 >And ditches one of the best glitches of all time. I don't remember this. What was the glitch?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:51:46 2014 No.1587423 >>1587313 it's a port

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:53:57 2014 No.1587430 This game was so goddamn good!! I remember playing so many hours tucked in my room playing this.

Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:54:06 2014 No.1587432

>>1587420
Screen warping. You can jump across one screen to the next one in the same position leading to all sorts of crazy possibilities that don't hurt anyone during regular play unless they actively seek it out. It was a shitty move to remove that glitch.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:56:41 2014 No.1587442 Was definitely a fan of MONOCHROME.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:58:20 2014 No.1587445 >>1587442 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDRbnmjzY7U

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:58:41 2014 No.1587447 >>1587071 >Zelda in a Mario game wat

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 30 23:59:28 2014 No.1587451 >>1587305 Agreed. captcha: wind ideuti

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>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 00:02:53 2014 No.1587460 File: 655 KB, 130x98, 1394073723660.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1587445 Thank you for that.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 01:02:45 2014 No.1587570 Did anyone else ever manage to get the bonus ending for doing a perfect playthrough? SHE'S A FUCKING SEAGULL??? THAT'S IT?? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 09:19:59 2014 No.1588163 So we all agree that this is the easiest Zelda game, right?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 09:24:35 2014 No.1588173 >>1588163 This is not Twilight Princess.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 09:36:54 2014 No.1588194 >>1588173 I've never played Twilight Princess, but if it's any easier than Link's Awakening, it must be Fisher-Price tier. Link's Awakening is a lot of fun, and it's certainly in my top 3 favorite Zelda games, but it's fucking babby stuff.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 09:39:45 2014 No.1588197 >>1588194 It is much easier. And all Zelda games are easy, except for Zelda 1 and 2. Like ALttP is piss easy. It's still fun though.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 10:02:51 2014 No.1588221 >>1586751 it always pissed me off that you couldnt reflect his magic with the l2 shield i thought i was a fucking genius when i first thought of it, then he murdered me anyway

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 10:05:12 2014 No.1588228 >teaching kids that stealing is wrong but death penalty is right

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 10:44:09 2014 No.1588270 File: 27 KB, 480x432, RetroArch-0501-094256.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1585218 >tfw

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 12:14:02 2014 No.1588375 >>1588270 My name isn't Link! It's Thief! THIEF!!!!!

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 12:28:15 2014 No.1588395 >>1586492 >They either needed a better indication of where to find them Isn't that what Bow Wow did?

Anonymous Thu May 1 12:55:14 2014 No.1588431

>>1585406
They're pretty bad for their pacing and direction alone. If you're going to play them, seasons first.

Ages starts you off in a pseudo-limited semi open world kind of shit where you can kind of go around and talk to people but if you talk to the wrong people you lose the chance to explore your current area thoroughly for the time being and then you end up in another time/location where everyone spits twenty paragraphs at you about shit you don't care about since you haven't even been to the first dungeon, which it walks you too. It wants to spit the entire story at you in the first thirty minutes of gameplay instead of giving the story. Before you even get your fucking shield they're telling you about the tower, trying to fill you in world history, giving you hints about seed positions, heart positions, shovels to get then a cinematic. The whole layout and direction is a fucking mess from the get go. It feels less like exploring a new world and having someone try to cram every part of a world in your face to get you up to speed like a hyperactive teenager who wants your opinion on the end of the book. In the end despite playing like a Zelda game, it doesn't really feel like a Zelda game.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 13:01:18 2014 No.1588440 >>1588194 It's one of the easiest Zeldas except for a couple of fight combos near the end of the game but none of the games have shit on Skyward.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 13:04:50 2014 No.1588445 >>1588431 No one will ever agree with you. Except me. I agree with you. But no one else will.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 13:10:35 2014 No.1588451 >>1588445 they're pretty much the worst zelda games; a rushed, unfocused mess built from the assets of link's awakening

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 13:16:42 2014 No.1588456 >>1588451 Again: we alone maintain this position. All others will scream us down. They continue the perpetual dumbing down of the series. Although short, tLoZ didn't spoonfeed the player on what to do next like all Z games 1991 onward do.

Anonymous Thu May 1 13:33:24 2014 No.1588472

>>1588194

It's easy for people who have already played previous Zelda games. Or generally have experience in the whole action dungeon-crawling game with puzzles and what not.
I'd say the average person wouldn't be able to beat this game without some help. Eagle Tower is considered one of the hardest dungeons in Zelda games, I think.

I thought the newer Zelda games I've played are easier than any other Zelda from the past (those are, Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, I have playerd ST but still haven't finished it), but I think it's mostly due to the fact I have good training in Zelda. LA was my first game and it slammed my ass as a kid. My original file has 088 death counts.
Now I can probably complete it without dying or dying only a couple times.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 13:38:30 2014 No.1588483 >>1586458 You can only get 26 in the original version.

Anonymous Thu May 1 19:21:54 2014 No.1589191

>>1585406
Seasons is great. Not quite LA tier - the rings are superfluous, and the story is, ultimately, back to the conventional Zelda standard, so the game ends up less focussed and pulling you in much less -, but the NPCs are great. A huge bonus is that the bosses are significantly more difficult than they were in LA (The same also applies to OoA) - if there's a weak point to LA, it's the sheer patheticness of its bosses, and both Oracles did a lot for fixing this issue (Ages more so than Seasons since Ages basically turns the bosses into puzzles, while Seasons is more about button mashing and dodging).

Ages... I thought tried too hard with all the drama that's forced down your throat straight from the beginning of the game, which just ends up making you not care (Compare to LA, where the drama only begins once you're already heavily empathising with the NPCs), and the time travel mechanic ends up limiting you, as >>1588431 already pointed out. I also found the NPCs to be rather annoying. This being said, the dungeons offer a fair bit of at times frustrating difficulty, and the bosses are, as noted before, fairly inventive and fun.

Personally, I maintain that LA > OoS > OoA, but with this being said, LA with OoA style bosses would be the best thing ever to happen to the Zelda franchise and handheld gaming.

Anonymous Thu May 1 19:32:27 2014 No.1589226

>>1586492
>It's just annoying. The fact that you basically have to dig up every square of every screen in the game to find them all is pretty bullshit.
They're either in chests or in locations strongly suggesting that something may be hidden there - under a rock or a couple bushes in a corner or forming a cross formation, that sort of thing. There's no reason whatsoever to dig through the entire island. They're not simply 'Somewhere'.

Plus, a lot can be found with Bow Wow.

I did dig through the entire island on my first playthrough at age 13, but it wasn't necessary

Anonymous Thu May 1 19:37:34 2014 No.1589236

>>1586542
I just keep ignoring the picture quest.

Also, it's worth noting that the game is actually very good with money management. If you choose not to grind, just go from dungeon to dungeon and get all the chests, you'll hit 980 rupees after Catfish's Maw - exactly when you need (Well, sort of, technically, you can do without...) the bow to deal with Face Shrine. And Face Shrine then throws enough rupees at you to get Wart's song. Eagle Tower & Turtle Rock rupees can then be used for the rapids, if you want.

'course, not getting the bow means that the lvl 2 miniboss may stomp you if you're unlucky.

Anonymous Thu May 1 19:50:47 2014 No.1589260

>>1588163
Essentially what >>1588472 said. Sure, I can pretty much play LA in my sleep now, a perfect playthrough is standard - but when I first played it, I racked up fifty or so deaths.

I'd say Blind's Dungeon and the Ice Dungeon in LttP were in the same difficulty-tier as Eagle's Tower (I cannot comment on LA's Turtle Rock - I never completed it as the devs intended. Always used bomb arrows for short cuts), but it's safe to say that OoT's dungeons are easier than LAs.

LA's BOSSES are pathetic as fuck, easier than in any other Zelda game I've played. But the dungeons themselves are okay.

I recommend catching a stream of someone playing the game for the first time - it really brings the game's difficulty into perspective. There's a HUGE difference between playing it for the first time and going for one's fifth playthrough, considerably more so than usual.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 1 21:51:48 2014 No.1589561 >>1586450 >what is Zelda 2

Anonymous Thu May 1 22:16:40 2014 No.1589601

I bought an Oracle of Ages / Seasons pocket guide from eBay some time ago, but I haven't actually needed it. Since you guys seem to be enthusiastic about the games, do any of you want it? I wouldn't charge you anything for shipping. It's not worth anything, anyway. Still, I'd rather it be used by someone than sit in my bookcase and gather dust.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 2 00:36:50 2014 No.1589961 File: 19 KB, 480x432, RetroArch-0501-233506.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1585218 >Why didn't you just pay for it, Anon?? But I did.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 2 03:22:02 2014 No.1590253 >>1589961 >those disgusting colours Is that original LA with Gameboy Color palette?

Anonymous Fri May 2 18:09:09 2014 No.1591340
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One of my favorite games. I play through it at least once a year.

Most people know about the screen warp glitch in the original, but did you know the DX version had it's share of glitches, too?

Here's one that fucks everything up (doghouse glitch):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZN6x-eF17A

Here's one that allows you to change our tunic color without the secret dungeon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBZ1a6WP1Bk

Your tunic changes color, and it includes the power that goes with it, like double attack. You can even get it to have a constant damaged sprite (dark red) or a dark blue sprite.

>>1589601
I'll take that book... inb4 sent :)

>>	Anonymous Fri May 2 18:17:43 2014 No.1591361 Was it just me who found the atmosphere of LA incredibly creepy? Maybe it was because I was 6, but the Mabe Village and shop themes in particular really put me on edge, in the same way scary clowns do with some other people.

Anonymous Fri May 2 18:21:16 2014 No.1591371

>>1591340
>ere's one that allows you to change our tunic color without the secret dungeon:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBZ1a6WP1Bk [Embed]
Hah, that's awesome.

Speaking of the old school version, most let's plays are shit, but this one is pretty great -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3uzz1xlaqU

>>	Anonymous Fri May 2 18:23:02 2014 No.1591378 The game would be perfect if I didn't get stuck in level 7 every time I play. I always forget to bomb the wall

>>	Anonymous Fri May 2 18:48:53 2014 No.1591479 >>1591340 >>Here's one that allows you to change our tunic color without the secret dungeon: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBZ1a6WP1Bk Wait, so did no one ever test killing more than 89 enemies in the overworld during development?

RuffSnus !!TcXJlgmbn+O Fri May 2 19:44:05 2014 No.1591686
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This game never fails to set me on a feels trip. Not only because of the stuff about Marin and everything which would be enough on it's own, also because of dreams and shit.

I'm really interested in Philosophy, existentialism and all that stuff. The ending scene where the world just fades away, no one will ever know what went on there except Link.

And then Marin pops up and...

Hold me.

>>	:3 Anonymous Fri May 2 21:50:38 2014 No.1591991 File: 10 KB, 320x288, zelda-links-awakening.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLXOQA6fJC8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z483RyU2neg Can we talk about how awesome this game's music is?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 00:27:37 2014 No.1592383 File: 65 KB, 161x126, 645645.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1591991

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 00:29:36 2014 No.1592389 File: 65 KB, 161x126, 645645.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1591991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsVMC2PAEIQ

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 00:35:07 2014 No.1592398 >>1591991 >>1592389 i like this one but most of the bgm is boring and melancholic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhps-W4Xkws

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 00:39:05 2014 No.1592406 File: 25 KB, 275x310, 037.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1591686 That's not Marin... that's... a seagull

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 01:54:29 2014 No.1592551 >>1591991 >>1592389 >>1592398 >no tal tal heights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L6scVxzIiI Come on now

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 07:52:07 2014 No.1592945 >>1592398 Melancholy is kind of the point of the last three dungeons. You're nearing the end of your quest, and you now know what'll happen when you complete it. It's the dying tunes of a dream

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 11:00:27 2014 No.1593116 >>1592945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRozarc1kSo

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 11:07:53 2014 No.1593136 >>1591378 >The game would be perfect if I didn't get stuck in level 7 every time I play. Yeah me too. What's up with that?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 14:52:32 2014 No.1593672 >>1592551 ma nigga

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 14:53:48 2014 No.1593674 I remember being stuck at the 2nd dungeon because you had to kill those 3 enemies in a specific order and I was still a little kid with no proper understanding of english. Still managed to get up to 6 hearts and explore most of the island though

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 14:55:59 2014 No.1593680 >>1586458 >>1585259 There's more than 20, but they don't magically disappear. A lot of the chests that give you 20 rupees give seashells if you don't have enough.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 15:17:13 2014 No.1593734 It also has the best overworld theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTrumdi55tA

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 15:19:34 2014 No.1593738 >>1589961 You can still keep your name, reputation, and most of your money if you quickly bring up the save screen while the money is counted down

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 15:25:21 2014 No.1593748 >>1587207 Why didn't you reset, did you save by mistake?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 15:26:22 2014 No.1593752 >>1586869 >Not calling it the Feces of Evil

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 15:29:48 2014 No.1593762 >>1593734 if by best you mean one of the worst

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 15:36:35 2014 No.1593776 >>1593752 You're too clever for me, Anon. I didn't even think of that. Anyway, it's an awful game and a blight on the series' history.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 15:37:43 2014 No.1593779 >>1593776 You are a braver person than I, if you played the game at all. I just saw it and went "nope" on it

Anonymous Sat May 3 15:41:48 2014 No.1593784

>>1593779
The only store with a floor model display of the CDI I've ever seen was down the street from my parents' house when we lived briefly in the US. I walked over there and tried all three Z games. I hear others consider Zelda's Adventure the worst of the three but at least it controls well. I kept trying to enter a door in Faeces of Evil and it just... wouldn't. The player character moved in an even stiffer, clunkier manner than CVIV on the SNES does. At least CVIV is playable. That game, though... just... bad.The only official Z game I've yet to play is aLBW.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 16:17:50 2014 No.1593849 >>1593734 >Aber wer weiß... Noch hast du uns ja nicht besiegt. Bist du bereit? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyLNQsGTby8 (The German translation is better, IMO)

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 16:18:59 2014 No.1593850 >>1593849 German fag here. What games do you feel are better in German?

Anonymous Sat May 3 17:21:03 2014 No.1593990

>>1585218
I don't understand why people ever complain about things being too expensive in Zelda games. In most Zelda games I end up with 999 rupees (or whatever the maximum amount happens to be) and nothing to spend it on for the latter half of the game, or longer. Not only have I never had trouble buying the bow, but I've never actually needed it either. The boomerang is better for the most part.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 17:31:39 2014 No.1594016 >>1593680 So once you have 20 shells, the chests that normally have shells in them give you rupees instead. How is that not "the shells disappear"?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 17:35:06 2014 No.1594025 >>1592389 It took me years to realize that all the dungeon music in Link's Awakening is a variation on the same tune (which is also the cave theme).

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 17:39:47 2014 No.1594035 >>1592551 Is it just me or does this song have kind of a Wild West flair to it? It makes me picture an 8-bit cowboy riding across the desert on horseback.

Anonymous Sat May 3 17:40:36 2014 No.1594036
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>>1593748

No, nothing like that. For some reason, that orb just... never resets. At all. Unless you throw it down a pit somewhere, which was obviously impossible. No matter how many times I left the dungeon and milled about the overworld, the damn thing was always in the wall when I returned. I tested this again in my current playthrough just to make sure I wasn't a retard as a kid, but it still won't reset. Only item I've ever seen in the Zelda universe that acts that way.

Has anyone else ever had this problem?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 17:44:53 2014 No.1594046 Today I discovered you can open treasure chests by throwing something at it.

Anonymous Sat May 3 19:17:12 2014 No.1594227

>>1594036
You can also get permanently stuck in the catfish dungeon, by making a tricky diagonal jump and using a key on the wrong locked door. If you do it at the right (or rather, wrong) time, you end up with no keys, and no way to get more keys.

I think they fixed it in the DX version though, by widening the gap and making the jump impossible.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 19:18:36 2014 No.1594230 >>1594036 Thanks for the warning. I will make sure to always save state in that place. But what I mean by reset is turning the game on and off, after the ball stuck on the wall, before saving it or doing anything else

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 19:20:02 2014 No.1594232 >>1593990 The bow is very useful to kill enemies that are annoying with bomb arrows. I can't remember if you ever need it for progress

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 19:47:53 2014 No.1594286 >>1594230 Ah, no. I guess I was a little retarded as a kid. For some reason I never thought to do that.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 23:01:13 2014 No.1594715 Rather random question Where do you emulate Zelda games, /vr/? do you play them in a computer, phone, console homebrew? I want to play the old 2D zeldas but I feel like playing them in a PC would be rather lackluster

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 23:13:59 2014 No.1594748 >>1594715 I'm replaying through LA right now thanks to this thread, and I'm using pic related.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 3 23:15:32 2014 No.1594753 File: 6 KB, 175x288, gb.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1594715 I'm replaying LA thanks to this thread, and I'm using pic related

Anonymous Sun May 4 04:52:16 2014 No.1595421

>>1594715
Play the Game Boy games on your soft modded Wii.

Frankly I hate playing on tiny handheld screens now (especially for long periods of time) so playing Game Boy games on a big huge TV is awesome. The Wiimote is also a super comfy controller for RPGs and slower paced games.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 05:05:21 2014 No.1595438 >>1594715 I usually replay the handheld ones on my PSP and the NES/SNES ones on my Wii, unless I'm at my parents' (parent's?) house where I've got my original consoles.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 05:37:42 2014 No.1595478 >>1594715 On my PC with a controller.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 06:24:35 2014 No.1595534 File: 16 KB, 160x864, zelda_la_german_version.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1593849 It does have less censorship and they even added stuff.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 15:57:18 2014 No.1596608 Playing this game as a child is still literally the happiest memory of my life, and I'm almost 30. Which means that either my life is that shitty or this game is just that amazing.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 17:26:40 2014 No.1596818 >>1594753 Me too, and I have an atomic purple Game Boy Color I'm playing on. I just beat the first dungeon, and I'm gonna try to play a perfect game (zero deaths, no THIEF, etc.)

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 17:43:22 2014 No.1596871 File: 10 KB, 215x215, merchant hands.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1585227 >>1589961 I-is he a Jew?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 18:46:37 2014 No.1597008 >>1585218 >be 8 >borrowing game from friend >be mildly retarded >got stuck after dungeon >rupee mined for days >had all weapons before 2nd dungeon

Anonymous Sun May 4 19:45:55 2014 No.1597134

>>1585218
I started playing this around Christmas and I gave up around the 6th dungeon. I don't know why. It wasn't the games fault, I think it was mine. I just have trouble finishing Zelda games for some reason. Once it gets past a certain point I can't pick it up again. Should I go back to it?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 20:06:47 2014 No.1597183 >>1596871 At the very least, he's hooknosed.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 20:31:10 2014 No.1597238 >>1597183 and the hands. and he covets shekels.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 21:41:42 2014 No.1597384 >>1585218 zelda is a shit series and so is everything else nintendo ever shit out. fucking manchildren

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 21:42:44 2014 No.1597387 >>1586116 the original monochrome version is the easy mode version though.

Anonymous Sun May 4 22:59:30 2014 No.1597575
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I'd forgotten how annoying this boss is, with his constant chatter

It does seem like they baby you a bit by overexplaining the puzzles. Like, did they think the player wouldn't figure out that they're supposed to pick the bottle up and throw it?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:07:44 2014 No.1597598 >>1597575 I'm pretty sure that was a joke over how obvious it is, since you know, you just collected the bracelet and you've ben throwing pots all over the place for a while.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:09:21 2014 No.1597605 >>1597387 how so?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:31:57 2014 No.1597662 File: 181 KB, 320x288, THIEFv2.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1585218 Mixing /vr/ with not-/vr/

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:33:06 2014 No.1597667 >>1586116 >implying there's even any difference in difficulty If anything the Monochrome version is easier because you've got access to Map Warping.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:34:08 2014 No.1597671 >>1586440 >>1586747 Ported? No. Emulated? Yes. It was one of the first games released for the 3DS Virtual Console

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:37:33 2014 No.1597686 >>1586458 >>1593680 There's exactly 26 around the island, including the two the house gives you. You only need 20 for the Lv2 Sword, and any additional shells vanish after you get it, or are replaced by Rupees if they were in a chest.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:37:35 2014 No.1597687 >>1597662 Everything released on gbc is /vr/ regardless of launch year, read the rules.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:38:06 2014 No.1597691 i used to screen wrap the shit out of the original monochrome version. you could fuck up a save if you werent careful but also could get the magic wand before the 3rd dungeon or some shit

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:42:35 2014 No.1597706 File: 34 KB, 1920x1200, The Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening Beach 1920x1200.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1588270

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:43:39 2014 No.1597710 >>1588451 >built from the assets of link's awakening Actually, they were built from scratch.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:46:10 2014 No.1597718 >>1597687 You didn't actually watch the gif, did you?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 4 23:47:58 2014 No.1597724 File: 16 KB, 308x308, patrick bait.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1597384

Anonymous Sun May 4 23:51:09 2014 No.1597735

>>1588431
I agree completely, Oracle of Ages was terrible.

The other Zelda games try to have an air of mystery to them. In Link's Awakening they just sort of drop cryptic hints about the Wind Fish, and you don't even know what the final boss is going to look like.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 00:21:32 2014 No.1597782 >>1591991 I like the Field theme of Link's Awakening better than any other version, I don't know why that sweet intro and whole second section of the song didn't become a standard part of that song in subsequent games

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 00:51:44 2014 No.1597848 >>1597782 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5AkNX0RETo

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 02:28:30 2014 No.1598030 >>1597387 Uh. Because the lvl 2 boss throws his fireballs more slowly in the monochrome version (Japanese version also required his pot to be thrown three rather than two times)?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 02:32:13 2014 No.1598036 >>1597387 Uh. Because the lvl 2 boss throws his fireballs faster in the monochrome version (Japanese version also required his pot to be thrown three rather than two times)?

Anonymous Mon May 5 02:36:20 2014 No.1598039

>>1597735

The first time I made my way to the Face Shrine as a kid and ran upon the inscription on the wall was eerie. It filled me with a terrible dread of attempting to beat the game and caused me to meticulously explore every inch of the island and talk to everyone I could find. The idea that completing my quest would end the lives of the people of the island was mind blowing and bittersweet all at once.

People still call me a blasphemer for preferring LA over LttP. I don't care.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 02:46:49 2014 No.1598049 >>1597710 prove it

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 04:05:02 2014 No.1598159 >>1597782 Also it's played in a minor key, which gives it a darker feel, compared to the classic NES overworld theme which is going for a more upbeat "epic" feel. By the way, are any of the photos permanently missable besides the Kanalet Castle photo?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 05:04:55 2014 No.1598235 >>1585420 >>1585438 I think the best hand-held Zelda is Minish Cap, or at least it's the most underrated.

Anonymous Mon May 5 10:48:40 2014 No.1598560

>>1598159

I think the three photos you can take with Marin are missable, if you drop her off in the Animal Village before getting them.

There's also an alternate version of the first photo you get in the photographer's studio. If you refuse to let him take your picture enough times, he'll force you to do it, and the photo will show you all beaten up and dazed.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 11:06:04 2014 No.1598582 >>1598560 The picture actually changes every time you refuse. The more often you refuse, the more reluctant/ beaten up you look.

Anonymous Mon May 5 11:26:31 2014 No.1598618

I've found a pretty interesting article on the development of LA.

http://www.denofgeek.com/games/zelda/21237/looking-back-at-the-legend-of-zelda-link%E2%80%99s-awakening

Did you know that the game initially was an internal skunkworks project a couple of people at Nintendo did in their off-hours?

I also came across a collection of pre-release screenshots:

http://www.glitterberri.com/links-awakening/early-screenshots-and-commentary/

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 16:41:03 2014 No.1599290 >>1598560 Alright, thanks. >>1585405 I like how there's this implication that the rat is a sleazy paparazzi who follows people around and takes incriminating photos of them.

Anonymous Mon May 5 17:19:33 2014 No.1599402
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>>1597667
>If anything the Monochrome version is easier because you've got access to Map Warping.

Seriously? I've only played the DX version, but you have warping in the original one, and they took it away fro the DX version?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 17:21:54 2014 No.1599405 File: 34 KB, 413x395, hah.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1599402 >WOW WHAT ARE ALL THOSE HEADS

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 17:35:49 2014 No.1599440 >>1598618 >Did you know that the game initially was an internal skunkworks project a couple of people at Nintendo did in their off-hours? Well, yes. Not exactly news, all things considered.

Anonymous Mon May 5 17:44:37 2014 No.1599459
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>mfw I just realized that Kanalet is Camelot
Epic slowpoke.

Anyone else notice that Link's Awakening is a lot like Majora's Mask?

They're both set in a parallel world that may have never actually existed, and have a darker tone than the game they're a sequel to. They both have a villain who is more of an arcane "force" than an actual personality, and finally, the apocalypse is a major theme of both games. Except in Majora's Mask you're preventing the apocalypse, and in Link's Awakening, you cause it.

has anyone else drawn these parallels before?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 17:46:52 2014 No.1599463 >>1599402 every single time

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 19:19:53 2014 No.1599691 >>1599402 Shouldn't NES link say "Kill Gannon"

Anonymous Mon May 5 19:57:40 2014 No.1599809
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>>1594035
It does actually, and I failed to mentioned it. Sometimes when I play my friend's copy I just go there to listen to the music.

>>1599402
>With my hands, how else?
You got me

Anonymous Mon May 5 23:13:46 2014 No.1600407
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>>1598618

Thanks, those were good reads.

By the way what do you guys think about the japanese title of the game? Yume wo miru shima (something like "the dream island" I think).
I think Link's Awakening is a more sensible and mysterious title, japanese title is too direct and to the point, which isn't bad per se, but it's just a kidn of generic title.
Same thing with A Link to the Past, which is also a wordplay, the japanese title of ALTTP is "the godesses of the triforce" or something.

I especially love Link's Awakening. When I was a kid I associated it when the beginning of the game, when Link awakes at Marin's house, I didn't know how the game would evolve after that.. it was great when I got to the ending.

Anonymous Mon May 5 23:15:37 2014 No.1600412

>>1598618

I don't know why this author talks about Link's Awakening like no one has ever heard of it. All of my friends as kids had played it and we all loved it. I was not the only one who owned it in my neighbourhood. And finally, with around 7 mil in sales for both original and DX, that's a huge number back in the 90s for a handheld game. Sure, it's no Tetris, but give me a break.

I don't think LA is such an obscure title as this author makes it out to be. Hell, it's on a surprising amount of favourite Zelda lists as the number one best Zelda. I would be inclined to agree... if it's successors Seasons/Ages didn't usurp that title. But it will always be one of the best Zeldas and one of the best handheld games ever made. And I think a lot of people feel the same way.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 5 23:22:11 2014 No.1600438 File: 111 KB, 193x378, Owl_Statue_(Link's_Awakening).png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What's your favorite quote or line from the game? I like this one which reads in one of the owl statues: >THE WIND FISH IN NAME ONLY, FOR IT IS NEITHER.

Anonymous Tue May 6 00:46:03 2014 No.1600656

>>1600438

From the Face Shrine:

>THE ISLE OF KOHOLINT, IS BUT AN ILLUSION... HUMAN, MONSTER, SEA, SKY... A SCENE ON THE LID OF A SLEEPER'S EYE... AWAKE THE DREAMER, AND KOHOLINT WILL VANISH MUCH LIKE A BUBBLE ON A NEEDLE...

I think this game has my favorite writing in a Zelda game.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 01:04:15 2014 No.1600682 >>1598618 Neat. I like that they discuss that odd sense of unease you're supposed to feel about the whole thing. I also like that they point out that Tarin himself is meant to add to that.

Anonymous Tue May 6 01:28:16 2014 No.1600716

>>1600438
When I was a kid, the phrase "wind fish" immediately made me think of whales and I wasn't even surprised to find out it is, in fact, a baleen whale.

But yeah, it's a nifty game. I like how they managed to cram all the essential "zones" (forest, desert, mountain, etc.) into such a small world without it actually feeling cramped.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 02:08:54 2014 No.1600758 >>1586486 Oh, I scanned it, bitch.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 03:40:17 2014 No.1600851 >that sad version of the town music that plays in the ghost's house

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 04:00:28 2014 No.1600863 >>1596871 >someone doesn't let me get their shit for free >A JEW! Yeah nah you're a nigger however

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 04:07:03 2014 No.1600870 >>1599402 >Seriously? I've only played the DX version, but you have warping in the original one, and they took it away fro the DX version? They're talking about Start-Select screen jumping. It's a glitch.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 05:05:42 2014 No.1600923 >>1600863 >loves shekels >happy merchant hands >>hurr you're just a nigger lover JIDF detected. not even /vr/ is safe

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 05:14:26 2014 No.1600929 File: 299 KB, 546x700, back to pol.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1600923

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 06:02:37 2014 No.1600975 >>1600923 Merchants perform a valuable service, but come on. 200 rupees for a shovel? The guy's a cheat.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 06:05:01 2014 No.1600978 >>1586539 >implying it's not fun as fuck to knock everything across the screen and make it explode Why do you hate fun?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 10:08:40 2014 No.1601217 >>1600975 Anyone have a list of what the shovel costs in other Zelda games?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 12:10:16 2014 No.1601479 >>1599459 Yes. It's not an uncommon one, actually. Though LA is rather more lighthearted at the start - in MM, you learn of the apocalypse right from the start, in LA, you learn of it when you're 2/3 through the game.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 12:12:15 2014 No.1601483 >>1600407 Yeah. The japs kinda suck when it comes to naming things.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 12:14:28 2014 No.1601487 >>1600716 >I like how they managed to cram all the essential "zones" (forest, desert, mountain, etc.) into such a small world without it actually feeling cramped. The desert does feel pretty cramped, tbh.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 12:15:50 2014 No.1601490 >>1601217 You never get to even keep the shovel in any of LA's predecessors. In this context, 200 rupees are a steal.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 20:16:41 2014 No.1602583 >>1593762 fffffag

Anonymous Tue May 6 21:52:12 2014 No.1602846
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>200+ replies of Link's Awakening love

This made my day. Normally I hate talking about Zelda with people because they're like "LOL LINK TO THE PAST OCARINA OF TIME TWILIGHT PRINCESS HUE HUE", and I say that my favorite Zelda of all time is Link's Awakening, and they get more or less say "What the fuck is a Link's Awakening?".

Also, how did this game make me feel more emotions than any of the other Zelda games?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 22:02:47 2014 No.1602869 >>1601479 Today I learned you can actually enter the southern shrine as soon as you have the Pegasus boots, even though the owl normally tells you to go there after the fifth dungeon.

Anonymous Tue May 6 22:09:50 2014 No.1602887

Recently replayed this game. It's quite easy, although some of that is probably attributed by the fact that I played it so many times as a kid growing up. Nevertheless. it's a fun easy-going game you can beat in a couple of days.

Definitely an under appreciated entry in the series.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 22:28:12 2014 No.1602949 >>1602846 you dont post here very often do you? /vr/ loves LA. its my fave zelda game too and i understand those feels youre talking about.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 23:01:17 2014 No.1603035 File: 64 KB, 356x294, 00000ca.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1593752 >>1586869 Stop shitposting.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 23:11:19 2014 No.1603065 >>1603035 shit poop turd bowel-movement caca doodoo doody stool faeces indian-"food" excrement guano manure dung diarrhoea poo poopoo doo dog-dirt cow-pie and shart Is that enough shitposting for you, faggot?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 23:19:14 2014 No.1603087 >>1594025 What? I know angler's fish is straight remix of the cave theme, but the other themes are pretty different.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 23:31:42 2014 No.1603132 Only Zelda I ever played and my favorite for obvious reasons. Shame people broke into my house and stole it together with me GBC.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 6 23:36:12 2014 No.1603141 >>1585276 But it is a masterpiece!

>>	Anonymous Wed May 7 00:00:45 2014 No.1603203 >>1603132 I know that feel. Except not with Zelda. Burglary makes you feel bad.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 7 09:49:36 2014 No.1603992 >>1602869 A valid point, and a first playthrough usually explores everything on the surface before going to the next dungeon. Okay, one third through.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 7 18:16:04 2014 No.1605052 File: 72 KB, 500x450, links-awakening-print-9[1].png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Definitely worth a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNXf9bcRJS0 They do a proper runthrough, then the quicker glitched run

>>	Anonymous Wed May 7 19:09:19 2014 No.1605163 File: 307 KB, 393x550, 1371715768349.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1602887 Maybe I suck, but I'm replaying it after almost 10 years and I'm stuck in the Eagle's Temple.

Anonymous Wed May 7 19:23:39 2014 No.1605182

>>1585406
If you REALLY like 2D Zelda, you owe it to yourself to play both of them linked both ways. I started with seasons, and I think that it's a better place to start personally. Do seasons -> ages, get all the secrets, then after a year or so, go back and do ages -> seasons. The secrets and some small side quests and stuff like that are different depending on which you do first.

Also, the secret dungeon is different in each game, and you can only get to it in a linked game, so to get all the content, you should really do it both ways.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 7 23:04:35 2014 No.1605726 >>1605052 Those glitched maps are awesome

>>	Anonymous Thu May 8 13:26:43 2014 No.1607120 >>1585218 >he gets it for free

>>	Anonymous Thu May 8 14:39:11 2014 No.1607236 File: 98 KB, 250x253, Owl_Artwork_3_(Link's_Awakening).png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] MUSIC, THE FISH STIRS IN THE EGG YOU ARE THERE...

Anonymous Thu May 8 15:31:45 2014 No.1607359

When I played Link's Awakening for the first time, I thought the owl would be evil and your final antagonist. It always seemed like it was hiding something from you, the player.
Even when it shows you what Coholint truly is, my feelings towards it didn't change.
It felt like that the owl did scheme this and wanted to destroy the island. At least, for my younger self.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 8 15:44:11 2014 No.1607381 Man I beat the DX version as a kid and loved it. I've bought it again on the 3DS virtual console and found myself feeling lost and shit. Still it is the definition of what Zelda games on handhelds should be.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 8 15:46:17 2014 No.1607385 >>1605163 Use the ball on those towers man. I know the feels tho bro

Anonymous Thu May 8 16:00:08 2014 No.1607410

>>1607385
That must should be obvious. The issue tends to be with the crystal orbs and getting them right to get where you want to be, and finding the right path to the fourth pillar.

The latter is pretty easy once you've figured it out once. The former still requires some trial and error for me.

Anonymous Thu May 8 16:04:47 2014 No.1607423
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>>1607385

Yeah I remembered about that, I also remembered about bombing the wall, anyway last night I finally figured it out and got through it and am now in the middle of the Rock Turtle dungeon

Anonymous Thu May 8 16:08:48 2014 No.1607429

>>1607410

Yeah the switches and using the holes in the ground... it's a bit of a complex dungeon, not insanely difficult, but you got to be very observant about various things or else it's a lot of trial and error.
My actual issue was getting the ball to the south-west pillar, it was very stupid, but I didn't noticed I could just throw the ball to the other side from the room below.

Anonymous Thu May 8 16:22:39 2014 No.1607451

>>1607359

The instruction booklet description of the owl says that it's a mystery whether he's a friend or a foe, although I think he's on your side.

At any rate, LA's owl is a very mysterious character, way more mysterious (and less annoying) than Kaepora Gaebora.
I like to think of it as the Wind Fish's own consciousness wanting to wake up.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 8 17:37:44 2014 No.1607636 >>1607451 >I like to think of it as the Wind Fish's own consciousness wanting to wake up. That's kind of what the owl says at the end, after you beat the nightmares, isn't it?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 8 18:13:10 2014 No.1607731 >>1607423 That boss was so annoying.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 8 18:15:56 2014 No.1607738 >>1607731 It's really easy once you figure out that you have to use the shield, but yeah at first it's annoying because each time you fall off, the hits you've made to the boss reset and you have to start over, it can take a while.

Anonymous Fri May 9 01:18:01 2014 No.1608765
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Anyone know the source for the Link's Awakening artwork by Terada? Are they from a book? I could ever only find assorted galleries online with tiny resolutions and some images look cropped too, also mixed and not sorted by game (since some of them are for ALTTP or Zelda 1, and others are for LA).

Other than using reverse image to get the best resolutions, is there any site where I can download the whole artworks? Concept LA art in general is also welcome.

I'll be slowly dumping what I have if you don't mind, I just love Link's Awakening so much.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 01:30:15 2014 No.1608789 File: 91 KB, 700x266, zelda2_conceptart_zwmtv.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1608765 Zelda II had some cool artwork too

Anonymous Fri May 9 01:44:55 2014 No.1608818

>>1588440
I am 30, I played this game last year, my first Zelda game.
I got stuck twice, I didn't know you could pick up and throw bombs, which was needed to solve one of the last 2 dungeons, and I got stuck with the fishing hook trade sequence, I thought I had to give it to the fisherman of the minigame.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 01:54:07 2014 No.1608838 File: 228 KB, 1000x881, 7.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1608765 Apparently he did art work for all the early Zeldas, 1, 2, ALTTP and LA. But I want to know where can I find the entire collection of works, or where do they come from.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 06:09:22 2014 No.1609184 >>1607731 When I was a kid, yes. I always did Turtle Rock first to kill him with the fire rod and avoid the whole blown-from-the-tower issue. These days I just use the sword to kill him, though.

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>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 06:14:55 2014 No.1609192 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZiOOWJr6Jw

Anonymous Fri May 9 08:14:38 2014 No.1609282
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So what's the deal with Crazy Tracy? she really is weird... I noticed she would start looking at Link's direction if you make some steps away, but if you get close to her she will turn back to looking forward, almost as if she was looking at you only when you walk away.
This is the opposite from Marin who looks at your direction when you get close.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 08:33:44 2014 No.1609302 >>1609282 Here's the picture at the bigger, original resolution.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 08:35:58 2014 No.1609306 Anyone else who was touched from the ending? It almost made me cry. And I'm rarely touched by a game that much.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 08:37:01 2014 No.1609307 File: 138 KB, 360x480, nin3y_IMG_000013_3.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1609282

Anonymous Fri May 9 08:39:45 2014 No.1609309
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Anyone else played Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru? It was made before Link's Awakening by Nintendo with the same engine and it has similar feeling. There are even cameos from Kaeru no Tame at Link's Awakening. Highly recommended (also fan-translated).

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 09:04:21 2014 No.1609331 File: 449 KB, 618x920, 1323139593087.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1609307 thanks anon

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 16:50:52 2014 No.1610048 >>1609309 I'm stuck in this jungle segment, but it's been a lot of fun.

Anonymous Fri May 9 18:22:46 2014 No.1610185

It's funny how, despite being the biggest dungeon in the game, Turtle Rock is actually much easier and doesn't have any of the mindfuck puzzles that defined Face Shrine and Eagle's Tower.

It's also kinda lame that once you get the awe-inspiring power of the fire rod, you barely get any chance to use it. All that's left to do in the game is melt a few ice cubes, beat the boss, and then go awaken the egg. Meh.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 18:24:57 2014 No.1610189 >>1600656 SEA BEGETS FOAM... SLEEP BEGETS DREAMS... BOTH END IN THE SAME WAY... CRAAASSH

Anonymous Fri May 9 20:06:11 2014 No.1610376

>>1585218
I really can't get how some people don't like this game because it's "slightly different". It's such an unique and awesome experience, It's so carefully crafted and it shows. I freaking love this game, and Totaka did an awesome job at composing this game's music to make it that much better. I think it's way more polished than the Oracle games, and it just delivered a better experience for me. One of my favorites forever.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 20:35:13 2014 No.1610419 >>1587570 But it implies she survived the apocalypse of Koholint island And she got her wish granted

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 20:50:10 2014 No.1610440 >>1587570 But it implies she survived the apocalypse of Koholint island And she got her wish granted

Anonymous Fri May 9 20:54:19 2014 No.1610447

>>1585218
This game made me cry at the end the first time I played it. I don't know why. I think the music and the dialogues touched me.
I still have very fond memories of this Zelda game and don't want to play it again in case the feels are too strong.

inb4 ha u fag kek

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:37:36 2014 No.1610527 >>1586832 B-but I love all of those games ;_;

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:44:30 2014 No.1610547 >>1610185 I feel the same way about the boomerang. They should have let you use that much earlier

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:45:33 2014 No.1610548 >>1609184 I like killing him using the grappling hook

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:46:54 2014 No.1610551 >>1607451 THE OWLS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:48:12 2014 No.1610556 >>1603132 Whoever stole your GBC with this had great taste

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:49:39 2014 No.1610561 >>1600716 Koholint Island needed a snowy area

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:50:41 2014 No.1610564 >>1600656 I wonder what it said in the German script

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:52:34 2014 No.1610570 >>1600407 >Yume wo Miru Shima >The Dream Island That is not even right

Anonymous Fri May 9 21:53:13 2014 No.1610575

>>1610547
The boomerang in LA is a broken God item. It kills practically everything in one hit (including the final boss!) and turns Sparks into Fairies that respawn every time you leave and reenter a room containing them, making running out of Hearts almost impossible.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:53:50 2014 No.1610578 >>1600407 >Kamigami no Triforce >The Goddesses of the Triforce Not even fucking close

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:54:53 2014 No.1610580 >>1600407 >godesses *Goddesses

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:58:35 2014 No.1610586 >>1598235 What makes you say so? I couldn't even play that one for more than an hour

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 21:59:51 2014 No.1610589 >>1598039 How is it blasphemy? They are as good as each other, just because most people prefer A Link to the Past to Link's Awakening, it does not mean you are wrong for liking it better.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 22:02:04 2014 No.1610593 File: 1001 KB, 500x277, n2gs6tbxA1r6gnqv.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1597735 >Oracle of Ages was terrible

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 22:13:58 2014 No.1610613 >>1610593 You're terrible!

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 22:14:08 2014 No.1610614 >>1597134 Play the NES game, it is one of the shortest Zelda games and not too hard if you use a guide

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 22:15:28 2014 No.1610617 >>1595534 Was the German translation?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 22:16:35 2014 No.1610618 >>1610617 Forgot to add "any good"

>>	Anonymous Fri May 9 22:35:51 2014 No.1610646 >>1605052 Thanks! I'm watching it and it's really fun and interesting. I didn't know you could skip so many stuff.

Anonymous Fri May 9 22:44:04 2014 No.1610657

>>1600407
>>1610570
miru means to see, so yume wo miru translates in English best to the verb "To dream". Because of the placement of "Yume wo miru", this is descriptive of the island. So the title "Yume wo miru shima" hes the literal meaning of "The island where dreams are viewed".

But there isn't any indication of who views dreams, it's even possible grammatically that the island itself is the one dreaming. It's vague and mysterious in so many ways. I would even argue that it is more mysterious than the title link's awakening. The English title also eliminates any reference to the fact that it might be someone else's dream rather than Link, and that he too might disappear when the dream ends.

Also I tend to dislike the titles that include "Link" in them, because the player is allowed to change their name. It's a small gripe, but I feel it takes away a bit from the immersion. Link to the past is honestly the worst I think. I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for saying this, but titles for this kind of game (or really movie or book as well) shouldn't have jokes in them. It's inconsistent with the tone. I know Zelda is kind of goofy and not that serous, but it's meant to be at least a little bit epic. If we were talking about a Wario game I would feel differently. Basically ALttP is like if avengers was called "the Avengers: a THORny encounter!"

On top of the dumb wordplay, ALttP isn't even about time travel. There is no "Link to the past". You're traveling between the light world and the dark world, but they're two different timelines, not different points in time. The title does nothing to tell you what the game is about, where "kamigami no toraifosu" definitely does.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 08:23:27 2014 No.1611352 >>1598235 Minish Cap is my least favourite handheld Zelda game.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 08:30:24 2014 No.1611362 >>1611352 I've found the DS Zeldas way worse to the point that I didn't play the later ones anymore.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 13:19:14 2014 No.1611741 >>1600438 I like those enemies that speak in a rastafarian accept when you sprinkle them with powder. I remember killing myself so many times trying to see what else they said.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 13:44:33 2014 No.1611804 >>1611362 That reminds me that I never did finish Spirit Tracks. I don't know if I can be bothered.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 15:07:38 2014 No.1612000 >>1611804 IMO Spirit Tracks wasn't that good. I enjoyed Phantom Hourglass a lot more.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 19:32:18 2014 No.1612570 >>1609282 She's a prostitute, like the red dress women in Zelda 2.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 19:36:05 2014 No.1612579 >>1610657 >"the Avengers: a THORny encounter!" This made me giggle. Titles do have subtle puns in them sometimes, though. See: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 19:39:50 2014 No.1612583 >>1610570 >shima Maybe that's how it's pronounced in a different dialect? My extended family says "jima" for island. >tfw you speak moon >tfw you can't read moon It's not a good feel.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 19:50:48 2014 No.1612601 >>1612583 I think it's "shima" when it's its own word, and "jima" when it's part of a name, like Iwo-jima or Rokken-jima.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 10 21:54:47 2014 No.1612817 >>1612579 >Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Where's the pun?

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Moose !!UzgADXuLlVV Sat May 10 23:24:38 2014 No.1612980

Did anyone else just absolutely hate Ages around the time they got to Symmetry City? It felt like they were trying to cram all the most annoying things into the game at once. You just got done with that hour long trading sequence on the island only to have to take this seed by warping hundreds of times and get it fixed. Then you go through dungeons that love using the stupid "Step on this thing and it reverses the way you move when you go back on it" puzzles, or the color block puzzles.
By the time I got to the Zoras I just wanted the game to be over with, but at least at that point you got the final song that let you go back and forth as you pleased, so it made it more bearable.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 11 00:41:51 2014 No.1613076 >>1612912 Shit, I never knew that was readable text on the GBC's small screen. It says "shoplifting is a crime" and "shoplift prevention"

>>	Anonymous Sun May 11 04:01:12 2014 No.1613319 >>1600438 >Secrets are like water when it comes to bridges these damn owl statue hints were like helpful and philosophical at the same time

>>	Anonymous Sun May 11 12:14:34 2014 No.1613902 >>1612980 Nope. I loved every second of Ages

Anonymous Sun May 11 12:35:27 2014 No.1613952

>>1612912

This game is a seriously broken Aesop. You're discouraged from stealing a non-existent item, but in the bigger picture, why the fuck does it matter? The entire island is part of an illusion, and you're going to destroy it and all of its inhabitants anyway. How can the game be justified in acting like Link has committed a capital offense for stealing an imaginary item from an imaginary shopkeeper who runs an imaginary store located on an imaginary island that's going to be consigned to utter oblivion regardless of whether or not Link buys the item with imaginary ruppees?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 11 12:49:56 2014 No.1613987 >>1600863 But he's rubbing his hands together. I bet all the merchandise he sells was swindled from honest people.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 11 12:54:12 2014 No.1613995 >>1588163 >what is minish cap and skybox sword

>>	Anonymous Sun May 11 12:54:41 2014 No.1613997 >>1612980 It took you that long to hate it? It was bad nearly from the get-go.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 11 12:56:11 2014 No.1614000 >>1592551 Best zelda ost right here

Moose !!UzgADXuLlVV Sun May 11 12:58:55 2014 No.1614005
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>>1613997
I didn't mind the tower bit, or the collecting Mystery seeds, or the fairy forest, by that was the point where I just wanted to get it over with. I loved the game when I was a kid, but it has brought me nothing but frustration now. Seasons was great though, aside from its completely stupid Gasha Seed locations.
>That one right next to Onox's Castle with the three soldiers that has no indication it's there.

Anonymous Sun May 11 13:41:51 2014 No.1614072

>>1613952
I don't think you understand what a broken aesop is. Furthermore, if you expect inhabitants of the dream to operate by that logic, you're not really thinking. What if you found out we were all living in some entity's dream? Would you suddenly not give a shit if someone walked in and took your stuff?

Anonymous Sun May 11 17:23:23 2014 No.1614526

>>1609192
Quite beautiful.
>>1609282
Interestingly, if you suck and constantly need to replenish your potion, she'll occasionally lower the price when you refuse to buy the first offer. You can stumble on one instance when she'll voluntarily lower it even further down to a single rupee.
>>1609309
Yes. I find some game design choices somewhat iffy - FUCK YOU if you miss one of the upgrades -, but I do rather like how it doesn't force you to deal with enemies too weak to hurt you, and the dialogue and humour are great. An 8/10, I think, though the puzzles and dungeons are very much on the easy side.
>>1610185
>It's funny how, despite being the biggest dungeon in the game, Turtle Rock is actually much easier and doesn't have any of the mindfuck puzzles that defined Face Shrine and Eagle's Tower.
Well, its size is the puzzle - it'll take some effort to not get lost. But yeah, overall, it's easier, though that's partly because I don't know anyone who's ever completed it as the developer intended - everyone always uses bomb arrows across the lava to open up an extra path, which simplifies things.

Anonymous Sun May 11 17:35:09 2014 No.1614543

>>1610547
You can get it before Face Shrine and - if you're leaving it after the hookshot and before the boss - in the middle of Catfish's Maw. That's plenty early for a gamebreaker that defeats otherwise invincible enemies and turns them into complete health refills.
>>1610618
The B/W one is quite brilliant. The DX one is a bit meh.
>>1613952
By stealing, you're showing that ultimately, you put your own wellbeing above that of the shopkeeper, just like how by waking the windfish, you put your own escape from the dream over everyone else's survival.

It's foreshadowing.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 11 17:38:20 2014 No.1614546 >>1614543 >The B/W one is quite brilliant. The DX one is a bit meh. They are practically the same except for one lousy temple

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 04:21:38 2014 No.1615957 File: 4 KB, 320x288, ecchi.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 12:15:14 2014 No.1616469 >>1615957 What does it say, and why does she look like she is blushing?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 12:33:51 2014 No.1616491 >>1616469 The original item she lost wasn't her comb, but her bikini top.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 12:36:49 2014 No.1616496 >>1616491 Oh...

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 12:39:32 2014 No.1616508 >>1616469 She says "Kyaa-! Pervert, pervert!"

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 13:03:50 2014 No.1616549 >>1616508 >Hentai, hentai!

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 13:51:29 2014 No.1616617 >>1613952 >why the fuck does it matter? Because it ruins you getting a perfect ending.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 13:58:46 2014 No.1616629 >>1616549 She's saying Ecchi actually.

Anonymous Mon May 12 14:04:37 2014 No.1616641

>>1613952
I haven't played this game, but my questions are: >From the protagonist's perspective is it real?
>From the shopkeeper's perspective is it real?
>Would you download a car?

I think some of those questions are important. Metagaming wrecks your fun.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 15:24:04 2014 No.1616837 I wish someone made an editable version of this like they did for Zelda Classic

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 15:31:47 2014 No.1616856 >>1616629 Ecchi and hentai mean the same thing anyway, just "ecchi" is considered more polite. It's like saying "F" instead of "fuck."

Anonymous Mon May 12 15:32:16 2014 No.1616858

So, I finally beat Link's Awakening. It's not a matter of it being too difficult or anything, it's just that since I was like, six, life got in the way by the time I got to Eagle Tower and I had to put the game down.

It's a weird feeling. Closure, man. I always knew how it would end, but I didn't want it to. That's the biggest thing about this game for me, they straight-up tell you how it ends. You have so much fun, get immersed into the environment, knowing that it will end the way it does.

It left a bittersweet taste. I hate endings.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 15:39:15 2014 No.1616879 >>1585218 i remember exactly the moment when I finished this Game. I was 10 years lold. i had tears in my eyes.

Anonymous Mon May 12 15:43:44 2014 No.1616894
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>>1616858

What a weird coincidence, last night I also finished my first original file from when I was a kid. I had already finished it as a teen on a different file though, so I'm jelly that you got to experience it for the first time now.
And I couldn't make it up to the eagle's temple as a kid, I was stuck right before the Face shrine.
(english isn't my first language, so I had problems understanding where to go sometimes.)

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 15:47:19 2014 No.1616902 >>1613952 >You're discouraged from stealing a non-existent item, but in the bigger picture, why the fuck does it matter? A hero should always strive to do good, even when it doesn't seem to make a difference.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 16:50:33 2014 No.1617064 >>1616894 What is your native language?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 16:53:00 2014 No.1617072 >>1616641 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rJ6z2UpCCw

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 16:55:04 2014 No.1617076 >>1617064 asian

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 17:03:17 2014 No.1617101 File: 903 KB, 819x1408, Link_Owl_Artwork_Large.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'd watch a LA anime.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 20:03:16 2014 No.1617463 >Try replaying Links Awakening (last time, I just stopped in the fourth dungeon for some reason.) >Completely forgot how to trigger the even where you take Bow-Wow with you in order to clear away the plants in the swamp. God damn it, I'm stupid.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 21:02:03 2014 No.1617630 >>1617076 I have never heard of this language before.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 21:06:33 2014 No.1617646 >>1617076 Korean ?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 21:08:23 2014 No.1617649 >>1614543 >The B/W one is quite brilliant. The DX one is a bit meh. What makes the DX one meh?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 12 21:08:59 2014 No.1617650 I began Oracle of Seasons today and it feels really good. I specially like having other rupees other than the cheapest one.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 13 01:49:49 2014 No.1618232 >>1613952 It's you're intentions. You didn't know that the island and it's inhabitants are illusions until later in the game. In your mind its fine to steal regardless of reality.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 13 07:56:49 2014 No.1618609 >>1617649 Removed a decent chunk of the innuendo, and the owl speech as you enter taltal mountains - before Eagle's Tower - was badly mangled.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 13 08:02:29 2014 No.1618616 Seasons is better.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 13 11:58:40 2014 No.1618867 >>1617646 annyeonghaseyo oppa saranghaeyo? kimchi bulgogi fighting.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 13 13:16:55 2014 No.1618976 >>1618616 than what?

Anonymous Tue May 13 14:20:41 2014 No.1619076

>>1618609
The seashell house also switched from 'You'll get something great!', which gave the player a sense of mystery and excitement as he hunted for seashells, to 'You'll get a new sword'. Because a game that thrieves on mystery and not telling you everything outright needs to... Tell you these things outright.

Yeah, silly.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 13 17:48:01 2014 No.1619575 File: 260 KB, 600x758, 600full-the-legend-of-zelda_-link's-awakening-artwork.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] My favorite vidya setting by far

>>	Anonymous Wed May 14 14:51:30 2014 No.1621560 >>1619575 Where is that scan from?

Anonymous Wed May 14 15:03:32 2014 No.1621590

>>1585276
>OoT
>"masterpiece"
everything about the game was unimpressive. the characters were boring, the story was insipid, the dungeons were simplistic, and the polygons have aged like milk. it's only redeeming value was the music and even that's not saying much. the obnoxious fanboyism has seriously confused the issue and prevented any sort of rational discussion about the game.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 14 15:09:40 2014 No.1621602 File: 338 KB, 860x939, linkmarin.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1621560 I believe it's from the official guide book

>>	Anonymous Wed May 14 15:53:46 2014 No.1621712 >>1621590 thank you for saying you think oot is overrated, a unique opinion in 2014. I especially liked how many words you used in a way such that your post would not have changed meaning had you just said "bad" over and over.

Anonymous Wed May 14 16:10:37 2014 No.1621748
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This spot bugged the shit out of me when I was a kid.

You could pick up the tile with the bracelet and underneath was just a rock tile overlayed with grass.

For the longest time I thought there was some secret here, but could never figure it out. Apparently it was just some minor glitch.

Anonymous Wed May 14 16:45:48 2014 No.1621819

>>1619076
>You'll get a new sword!
Huh? I don't remember ever seeing that text anywhere. I have the DX version and I just remember "find enough seashells, and something wonderful is sure to happen!"

>>1618232
Plus, even if Link knows the island is fake, it's still a matter of principle. If he stole from the shop, he'd basically be admitting to himself that he's capable of stealing, even if he isn't culpable of that particular instance of theft.

That's completely psychologically valid. Studies show that most virtuous people will hesitate to commit an immoral act even in a simulated setting (this is veering dangerously into Jack Thompson territory so I'll stop).

>>	Anonymous Wed May 14 20:56:47 2014 No.1622384 >>1621590 Yawn

>>	Anonymous Wed May 14 23:28:56 2014 No.1622742 >>1618616 I agree too. But it's understandable, really.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 09:22:41 2014 No.1623270 >>1621748 the same thing happens with all NE corners in the forest

Anonymous Thu May 15 10:40:01 2014 No.1623350
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Man, I remember when I got LA for the first time, I remember going into the library and looking at that map, and knowing I would never be able to see the entire thing (mostly because the cart wouldn't save) through the game, so I'd just move the cursor left and right and view as much as I could and play as far as I could until I would turn it off.

It was a huge game to me back then, but now it seems so small.

I would have never guess I'd see the entire thing on a map like this in the end.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 11:29:07 2014 No.1623396 Isn't it weird how there is an extra key in Level 3? In the room right before the boss, killing all the Keese causes another small key to drop, even though there is no need for it.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 13:55:03 2014 No.1623603 >>1610376 Are there people who dislike this game? Cuz I have never met anyone. Just the opposite: many people loved it because it was different.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 13:58:45 2014 No.1623612 >>1614526 Even if you miss the upgrades and got powned by an enemy (which you can later run away from him) instead of game over you wake up from the closer hospital without losing your game progress.

Anonymous Thu May 15 14:01:46 2014 No.1623616

>>1617101
The manga adaption (which is fully fan-translated) is great. And it's not too forced like older manga adaptions of Zelda (excluded the manga adaption of A Link to the Past which was published at Nintendo Power and had a more cartoonish style that fit perfectly).

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 14:12:13 2014 No.1623634 >>1600407 I didn't knew about the japanese naming for Link's Awakening and I'll agree with your point.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 14:21:24 2014 No.1623646 >>1587207 Wind Fish: Hey thanks for freeing me, I'm just going to leave you to die out at sea!

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 17:38:15 2014 No.1623998 >>1622742 >But it's understandable, really. How so? I preferred Ages by far.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:35:28 2014 No.1624161 File: 200 KB, 4096x1408, The Legend of Zelda.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Anyone like maps? I've got a bunch, if people are interested. Obviously you can find them via google, but I like sharing with other anons.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:37:09 2014 No.1624169 File: 1.94 MB, 2048x2041, ALttP Light World.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624161

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:38:29 2014 No.1624171 File: 1.89 MB, 2048x2041, ALttP Dark World.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624169

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:39:35 2014 No.1624172 File: 496 KB, 2720x2048, Holodrum Default.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624171

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:39:59 2014 No.1624173 >>1624169 >>1624171 >a link to the past >you don't go to the past, but to a dark world I felt rused.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:40:42 2014 No.1624176 File: 447 KB, 2720x2048, Holodrum Fall.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624172

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:41:50 2014 No.1624182 File: 444 KB, 2720x2048, Holodrum Spring.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624176 Guess I should go through and remove the watermarks. >>1624173 >The Legend of Zelda: A Link to an Alternate World

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:42:57 2014 No.1624183 File: 446 KB, 2720x2048, Holodrum Summer.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624182

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:43:00 2014 No.1624184 I played Links awakening when it came to the 3ds store for the first time, and I can contest that the game is still really good, even though I have no nostalgia attached to it. The gameplay was solid, music was great, and the world was interesting.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:44:42 2014 No.1624189 File: 449 KB, 2720x2048, Holodrum Winter.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624183

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:45:48 2014 No.1624194 File: 358 KB, 2316x1862, Labrynna Present (coordinate).png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624189

Anonymous Thu May 15 18:46:54 2014 No.1624201
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>>1624194

>>1624184

Have you played the Oracle games? If not, I highly recommend them. They're just as great as Link's Awakening (and they're both longer and have more collectables by far).

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:48:04 2014 No.1624205 File: 310 KB, 2560x2048, Link's Awakening (original).png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624201

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:49:36 2014 No.1624208 File: 3.47 MB, 1600x1200, Link's Awakening.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624205

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:50:28 2014 No.1624213 I'm always sad when i'm playing Link's awakening. No sad, but kind of melancholic. Don't know why, tough. Anyone else ? >no ? >really ?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 18:50:41 2014 No.1624215 File: 123 KB, 1880x1024, Subrosia.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624208 This is the last one I have. Can't upload the Minish Cap map because it's >4 MB.

Anonymous Thu May 15 19:09:05 2014 No.1624273

>>1624201
I got them both, I just haven't had much time to play them. I also don't think I played them long enough to get invested in them yet.

LttP: four swords adventure is my personal favorite. Great singleplayer, but holy shit that multiplayer was amazing. I used to bring a link cable with me and play it with a bunch of people at the after school club.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 19:30:27 2014 No.1624341 >maps >MAPS >B E A U T I F U L M A P S i <3 zelda maps

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 19:32:08 2014 No.1624342 >>1624341 Glad you enjoyed them, Anon.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 19:41:34 2014 No.1624352 >>1624215 Always thought that map was so cozy. Good memories.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 20:54:09 2014 No.1624495 File: 733 KB, 1000x1580, AoGZeldaNES6.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1624161

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 21:49:02 2014 No.1624585 >>1624495 Jesus Christ, mind blown.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 15 22:03:48 2014 No.1624602 File: 469 KB, 1300x1001, zeldaii-retrospective-2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri May 16 00:26:25 2014 No.1624829 >>1624495 >>1624602 These are great. Thanks.

>>	EVX Fri May 16 00:53:58 2014 No.1624857 >>1624495 What is that in the far upper right of the first map? I don't remember that.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 16 00:56:18 2014 No.1624859 eh after playing the oracle games LA just feels like a direct downgrade

>>	Anonymous Fri May 16 05:14:13 2014 No.1625221 >>1624859 Insightful. I like how you aren't bound by the linearity of time or anything like that.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 16 15:08:07 2014 No.1625875 >>1624857 It's either an old man or a moblin cave, he gives you 100 rupees IIRC.

Anonymous Fri May 16 16:50:57 2014 No.1626062

>>1624169
>>1624171

Looking back, I have absolutely no idea how I got damn near everything in this game apart from several hearts.

I was about 7 or so when I played it, didn't complete it until I was 16 due to not understanding that losing "half" my magic was a good thing and not a bad thing, leading me to never finish the second to last dungeon since I couldn't time the flames right to open the door without losing all my mana.

Anonymous Sat May 17 16:03:41 2014 No.1628126

>>1626062

ALttP was basically my entire world when I was a kid. My mom rented it for me on the weekends if I got all my home work done and didn't fuck around and get in trouble or smart off. I had no idea how save files worked (or what a save file even was), so I just kept pressing Start when the game booted up. It loaded me into someone else's game (presumably some other kid!), and the first thing I did was just . . . wander around in awe. I made my way to the cave where you get the Ice Rod. Apparently the person whose file I was using had already gotten it, so the chest was empty. To this day I still remember how that opened chest looked like a TV set. I don't think I'll ever forget it.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 17 23:43:16 2014 No.1629079 >>1586812 you're right! why even play the game at all? who gives a shit.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 17 23:44:29 2014 No.1629080 >>1587416 screen warping wasn't even in all the versions of link's awakening, just the first print

>>	Anonymous Sat May 17 23:45:53 2014 No.1629081 >>1588431 what the fuck are you talking about?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 17 23:47:52 2014 No.1629087 >>1598049 this is a well known fact. capcom created a different. that's why it doesn't have the weird screen glitches and menus of link's awakening. it uses the same sprites though. in fact minish cap uses a modified version of the oracle's engine

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 11:54:04 2014 No.1629960 >>1629087 >it uses the same sprites though So you're agreeing then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_asset#Art_assets

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 12:04:59 2014 No.1629972 >tfw you realize you had lost your Link's awakening cartridge

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 14:35:47 2014 No.1630265 >>1617101 >>1623616 Link pls

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 14:44:43 2014 No.1630295 >>1587318 Easily one of my most-hated YouTube gamers. Jesus, he gets on my fucking nerves.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 15:00:52 2014 No.1630321 File: 915 KB, 625x629, Cat_Face1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1600682 >Tarin himself >himself >him Tarin is a girl, Anon.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 15:09:15 2014 No.1630335 File: 593 KB, 672x550, tarin.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1630321

Anonymous Sun May 18 15:09:46 2014 No.1630336
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>>1608838
>you will never wash up on the shore of a mysterious island, waking up to a beautiful island girl who rescued you, nursed you back to health, and then falls in love with you
This world isn't worth living in.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 15:16:14 2014 No.1630349 File: 16 KB, 200x332, BartLaughing.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1610657 >"the Avengers: a THORny encounter!"

Anonymous Sun May 18 15:33:51 2014 No.1630387

>>1623350
Playing the game now. Thank you so much for sharing this map!!
It is a tremendous help to have a bigger perspective than just whichever cell I happen to be in, and the crappy in-game map.

>>1624161
>>1624169
>>1624171
>>1624172
>>1624176
>>1624182
>>1624183
>>1624189
>>1624194
>>1624201
>>1624205
>>1624208
>>1624215
You're the greatest! Thanks!

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 15:35:47 2014 No.1630393 >>1630335 Fuuuck. You're right; I'm completely retarded. I forgot about that mushroom-eating, raccoon faggot. Sorry! :)

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 15:37:58 2014 No.1630401 File: 36 KB, 297x300, swingheartache.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1630393 I sentence you to listen to Bauhaus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHCbLPuplEE

Anonymous Sun May 18 15:44:15 2014 No.1630417

>>1610657
You're romanticizing the Japanese language. There's nothing special about the Japanese version of the title. Your literal translation from Japanese to English isn't even literal at all. Words have been shuffled around and extra words have been added.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 15:46:50 2014 No.1630424 >>1630401 Okay... I just replied to what is likely another one of your posts... might I ask why you're spamming Goth Rock's great grandaddies all over /vr/?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 15:55:53 2014 No.1630442 File: 480 KB, 500x255, soul_pro.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1630424 >Not being down with the 'Haus

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 16:26:33 2014 No.1630524 Replaying this game for the first time in like 12 years because of this thread. Just entered Eagle Rock. What should I expect?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 16:32:23 2014 No.1630545 >>1630524 To be blown off a lot by the boss

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 16:35:10 2014 No.1630554 >>1630424 That wasn't even me. In any case, I still think I wrote that sentence shitty. It was late and I was tired.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 17:54:19 2014 No.1630748 >>1630545 I didn't even fall once :P And that boss was pretty easy anyway... On to Turtle Rock! :D

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 18:25:42 2014 No.1630810 >>1630265 http://mangafox.me/manga/the_legend_of_zelda_link_s_awakening/ Though unlike >>1623616 I think the manga is a bit wank.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 18:27:59 2014 No.1630819 File: 164 KB, 500x375, aku.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1630336 >you'll never fight your way through eight dungeons only to inadvertently kill your girl even though everyone warned you that this would happen

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 18:33:18 2014 No.1630830 File: 664 KB, 320x176, sobbing-gif-1.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1630819 >you'll never fight your way through eight dungeons only to inadvertently kill your girl even though everyone warned you that this would happen

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 18:38:08 2014 No.1630841 >>1630819 Dude you just split my sides, when you say it like that it really does sound ridiculous. I can't believe this thread is still around. It just goes to show how good LA is.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 22:14:50 2014 No.1631242 >>1630387 Sure thing. Glad you enjoyed them.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 23:27:28 2014 No.1631391 >>1610657 "Yume wo Miru Shima" literally means "The Dreaming Island", as in the island is the one who is dreaming. Back to class, anon.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 23:30:50 2014 No.1631394 >ctrl+F >for the frog the bell tolls >10 days ago I knew you hipsters wouldn't pass up another chance to try to be the first to tell everyone about your super secret proto-zelda.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 18 23:35:02 2014 No.1631409 >>1631394 Who pissed in your cereal dude

Anonymous Sun May 18 23:49:56 2014 No.1631441
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>>1630819
>>1630830
>you will never fight your way through eight dungeons in order to have the island you were on evaporate and take all life on it with it, except for your girl, who turns into a fucking seagull and flies away

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 01:30:02 2014 No.1631596 File: 34 KB, 480x432, RetroArch-0519-002821.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] OH SHIT!! I'm nearly done!

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 02:02:23 2014 No.1631641 Oracle of Ages > Links Awakening >>>>>>>>>>> Oracle of Seasons. That's how the GB/GBC Zelda's rank for me. I'm a sucker for puzzles and Ages really had me thinking hard in certain places.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 06:12:58 2014 No.1631891 >>1631394 >super-secret Absolutely everyone on this board knows about it, Anon.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 06:14:58 2014 No.1631892 File: 23 KB, 286x497, Kornheiser 1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1631596 >blue tunic

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 08:44:59 2014 No.1631986 >>1631641 Ages definitely had more/better puzzles.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 09:32:22 2014 No.1632019 >>1587305 I like to imagine that Link's Awakening is a continuation of the LttP Link that marks the end of him as he's left for dead in the middle of the ocean

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 09:55:35 2014 No.1632029 File: 95 KB, 500x585, originalzelda15.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1632019 Actually, some of the quotes from the game kind of suggested that. From one of the owl statues: "THE WIND FISH SLUMBERS LONG... THE HERO'S LIFE GONE..."

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 12:22:21 2014 No.1632191 >>1631892 >L-2 sword >GODHAND Boomerang, presumably The fuck do you need to do even more damage for?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 13:10:44 2014 No.1632260 >>1632191 For sending every enemy flying to the other side of the screen with the Piece of Power effect, of course!

Anonymous Mon May 19 14:07:44 2014 No.1632354

>>1632191
>>GODHAND Boomerang, presumably
What is the "GODHAND" boomerang?

>>1632260
That is a pretty cool effect.
However, I like the Blue Tunic because it effectively DOUBLES your life, which makes playing the game a breeze.

and if you're going for the perfect run through, it's pretty much a necessity.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 14:15:24 2014 No.1632363 >>1632029 Nah. That's just there to stablish the fact that, if the hero doesn't wake up the godfish, he'll live the rest of his life trapped in the dream. You know, it's for giving you a motivation for destroying an obviously self-aware civilization.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 14:21:32 2014 No.1632372 >>1632354 >What is the "GODHAND" boomerang? I assume it's a reference (Berserk?) about how overpowered the boomerang is in LA. What with turning Sparks into Fairies and killing Dethl in one hit.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 14:22:17 2014 No.1632374 >>1632372 This boomerang is only on the DX version, right?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 14:23:19 2014 No.1632375 >>1632374 No, it's in the original. I can't even imagine how it could be improved.

Anonymous Mon May 19 14:26:49 2014 No.1632380

>>1632375

Fucking hell, I didn't know about this, all these years and I didn't know.
I got the lens but I thought it was just the final item to be able to read the Egg's labyrinth direction, didn't know there was a final trade with a new weapon. Blew my mind.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 14:28:46 2014 No.1632386 >>1632354 >Perfect run through >Not mashing all buttons everytime you die to save and quit w/o the blemish of a death

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 14:31:38 2014 No.1632392 >>1632386 I might be wrong on this, but I think saving will also fuck up a perfect run-through. I think you have to beat the whole game in one go, without dying or saving.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 14:34:30 2014 No.1632397 >>1632392 I thought a perfect run through involved not having a death on the file as well as all heart pieces, the lvl2 sword and boomerang

Anonymous Mon May 19 14:35:34 2014 No.1632402

>>1632392
You're wrong. You see the perfect end so long as there are no deaths on your save slot, i.e. it's "000".

In ALttP, I remember being furious that my perfect game was ruined because automatically triggering a fairy in a bottle when you run out of Hearts counted as a death (assuming that I didn't just imagine it), but that doesn't apply to the Secret Medicine in LA.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 14:40:10 2014 No.1632409 >>1632402 Can confirm mashing buttons at death to save w/o it recording said death gave me the "perfect ending" cinematic after beating the game. However, mashing doesnt work for avoiding the shopkeeper's revenge death

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 14:52:54 2014 No.1632427 >>1632372 It gets even better if you have the boomerang before getting the Flying Rooster. >Throw boomerang >Pick up rooster >You are now a hovering lawnmower/death machine

Anonymous Mon May 19 15:46:41 2014 No.1632536

>>1631391
>>1630417

I do Japanese to English translation for a living. His mistake is more complex than you might imagine, and it's actually not hard to see how he came to his conclusion. He's on the right track overall, but in this case there is an exception.

His argument is that "yume wo miru" is a relative clause. In this sense, his translation is actually apt. Look at it in a different sentence: "鳥を見る公園" (tori wo miru kouen) would be "bird-viewing park" in the most literal sense or "a park where one sees birds". Let's try another sentence with a different verb: "いつも掃除する女" (itsumo souji suru onna) would be "always-cleaning woman" or "woman who is always cleaning". In English words can and usually should be added because Japanese can and often does omit parts of a sentence that most people would need for context in English, such as the "who" and "where" that appeared in the last two examples. In the sense of a relative clause, his translation makes sense.

But there's a problem. "yume wo miru" is an expression; a verb in itself. The whole thing is considered the verb, not just the "miru" part. As such, the "yume wo miru shima" would become "dream island".

It's a mistake that I've seen happen numerous times before. Give the guy a break.

Anonymous Mon May 19 17:34:41 2014 No.1632710
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>>1632536

I'm >>1600407
can't believe my post caused so many language controversy.
Anyway, I just said "dream island" because that's what wikipedia said, I know very little japanese. Anyway Dream Island or Dreaming Island, it gives basically the same idea: that you're dreaming in an island (or that you're inside the island's dream, depending how you interpret it). My point was that the english title seems a little more ingenious and ambiguous and it works better for me, as I said, as a kid I related Link's Awakening with Link awakening at Marin's house after the ship accident, then I slowly started noticing it was about something else.
Anyway the japanese title isn't bad either, just less mysterious.

By the way, you say its correct translation is "the island where dreams are viewed"? I think that sort of is the correct literal translation, but I think "yume wo miru" is the japanese term to say "to dream" or "to be dreaming" (they use "miru" because after all you're "seeing" the dream when you're dreaming, but it's not necessary to translate the verb into english because we don't say "I'm seeing a dream"...), I don't think "are viewed" is necessary, if I'm not mistaken. So I think maybe "The dream island" or "The dreaming island" is closer to a proper translation... what do you say? I don't do japanese translations for a living so I guess you're more experienced, but I was almost sure "yume wo miru" simply meant "to dream".

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 18:47:46 2014 No.1632851 >>1632354 >and if you're going for the perfect run through, it's pretty much a necessity. wat Crazy Tacy's potion is close to necessary - if only for the final boss -, but the sword or tunic are completely optional for a perfect run.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 18:50:15 2014 No.1632859 >>1632392 No. LttP counts every time you power down the game as a 'Try', which the game doesn't distinguish from a death, but LA only counts deaths.

Anonymous Mon May 19 19:00:18 2014 No.1632871

>>1632851
>Crazy Tacy's potion is close to necessary - if only for the final boss

Not if you have the Boomerang.

I tried it the first time I faced Dethl but didn't time it quite right and wound up relying on arrows. I didn't find out about the Boomerang's insta-kill power until years later. It was probably for the best - finishing the final boss like that the first time wouldn't have been satisfying at all.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 19:11:11 2014 No.1632885 >>1632409 You could always pay for the stuff and save while it counts down the money, it keeps you 90% of it and the shop keeper won't die and you won't be called Thief (unless you named yourself so)

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 19:16:56 2014 No.1632893 >>1632871 >Dethl It's DethI.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 19:18:06 2014 No.1632896 >>1632893 Isn't that what he just said?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 19:18:44 2014 No.1632898 >>1632354 When I was a kid I really did need that blue tunic. But as an adult, the tunics just make an already-easy game even easier.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 19:20:41 2014 No.1632903 >>1632896 Apparently not, since I spelled it with a lowercase L and he spelled it with an uppercase "i", which suddenly makes the name finally make sense to me (DethI = Death Eye). Live and learn.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 19:27:59 2014 No.1632918 That reminds me of something. There was an RPG on the SNES where you could take all you wanted from the shop even if you didn't have enough money and then had to pay for it at the end. What's its name ?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 19:45:59 2014 No.1632952 >>1630748 So... have you finished your game, anon? What did you think?

Anonymous Mon May 19 19:58:51 2014 No.1632970

>>1632952
It was great.
I seriously just finished waking up the Wind Fish ~3 minutes ago.

I fucked up, though.
I forgot to save after getting the 8th instrument and before going to the Egg, so now I'm eternally at the beginning of Turtle Rock.
I know it's gonna drive me nuts; I'm gonna have to beat it again.
I can't stand the idea of my save file permanently being ONE heart container shy lol..
Not only that, but the Fire Rod is fucking bad ass.

It's a great game, I will probably replay it some time in the future
and I'll definitely recommend it to anyone.

I think next I'm going to FINALLY play Link to the Past.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 20:03:32 2014 No.1632982 >yfw you accidentally discovered that pressing select during the screen transition warped you to the other side of the next room Exploring glitch rooms and trying to advance through the game early was more fun than replaying the game legitimately.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 19 20:44:09 2014 No.1633050 >>1632970 It would be great if I could see you play the game, you seem to be a cool guy. I bet you will enjoy it. Let us know about your progress!

Anonymous Mon May 19 21:34:16 2014 No.1633162
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>>1633050
Went back and got the final heart container and pwned that silly gob of fire boss again.
Also switched out the Blue Tunic for the Red one, because why the hell not?

Now time to just explore the island a little, take in the sights, talk to the quirky characters...
Take it easy.
Is it me, or is Koholint Island one of the most comfy worlds in any game??

>that Mabe Village music

>>	Anonymous Tue May 20 07:05:18 2014 No.1634058 >>1632871 Hence close to necessary. You can beat him without - even with arrows - if you jump well enough, but many players are lazy and just stand around, waiting for the eye to open, in which case the potion is necessary.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 20 07:06:21 2014 No.1634061 >>1632885 What's the point, though? Once you can pay for the bow, you basically don't need the money anymore.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 20 08:48:41 2014 No.1634156 >>1634061 I feel the same way. I always pay full price for the bow. I hate finding a chest with rupees in it when I'm already capped, which will happen a LOT if you cheese the bow and keep 850+ of the rupees it's supposed to cost.

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>>	Anonymous Wed May 21 02:54:32 2014 No.1636079 >>1630748 >And that boss was pretty easy anyway... Well DUH. It's a Zelda game. All bosses are easy, except for perhaps the final boss in Ages (and bosses in general in Zelda 1 and 2 ofc)

>>	Anonymous Wed May 21 02:56:20 2014 No.1636082 >>1630841 >I can't believe this thread is still around. It just goes to show how popular LA is to discuss. Fixed that for you.

Anonymous Wed May 21 10:49:52 2014 No.1636561
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>tfw project abandoned
for more go to mithosk-games on blogspot, would post the link but spam filter

he did release the 100% map file tho and made a unity version

http://mithosk-games.com/LA3DX/LA3DX.html

>>	Anonymous Wed May 21 14:14:53 2014 No.1636859 >>1636561 Holy shit, I didn't know he'd come that far. Also >no enemies >except a lonely octoroc near the first dungeon

>>	Anonymous Wed May 21 18:55:48 2014 No.1637383 >>1636079 Zelda 1 has mostly easy bosses. Zelda 2 has some pretty hard bosses, mainly Gooma and Thunderbird. And of course, Dark Link.

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