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1840573 No.1840573 [Reply] [Original]

Am I the only one that dislikes the DX version of this game? Why are the colors so saturated? It looks ugly.. And besides, the monochromatic colors of the original gave it a more dream-like look. And that ending. Why did it have to be spelled out? Why not leave it to interpretation like in the original?

Anyway I know it's not much for a topic but are there any other remakes that are inferior?

>> No.1840576

>why are the colors so saturated?

because you're playing it emulated rather than on a GBC, which had a pretty washed out looking screen and the game needed to be more saturated to balance out.

>> No.1840581

>>1840573
>Why are the colors so saturated?

Because the GBC screen has dull colors. LADX looks good in Gambatte since it has color correction to account for the output of the GBC screen.

>> No.1840583

No you're not. Any update that dumps one of the coolest glitches ever is shit in my book.

Also not a fan of most of those GBC recolor releases.

>> No.1840597

>>1840573
You dislike it because of the colors? It started out black and white, eat a dick.

>> No.1840602

>>1840573
>DX
>inferior

>> No.1840604

I don't like either version to be honest. I think the game itself is mediocre.

>> No.1840617

>Why are the colors so saturated?

Emulator babby spotted

>> No.1840619
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1840619

I never played the DX version, but from screenshots I've seen, I don't like the color either, I mean it's not bad and I'm sure people who played the DX version first probably can't play the monochrome, but I think the game was designed to be monochromatic, and they did a fantastic work at creating the atmosphere in the game without colors, some screenshots I've seen of DX look kind of clustered, especially dungeons.

>> No.1840674

>>1840619
I've played both and I find both to be fine. The DX looks really good on the actual gameboy in my opinion though.

>>1840604
It was amazing when it came out, literally replaying it now and I do have to say the ambiguity and chore like fetch quests are fucking annoying though the dungeons are pretty damn fun.

>> No.1840696
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1840696

>>1840604
Objectively, I also find it to be inferior to the Oracles. But it's got a really mystical, mysterious atmosphere that the latter sometimes lack in my opinion
>>1840617
>>1840619
>>1840674
DX does look infinitely better than the original if played on a GBC.
The only thing the original has going for it is the absence of censorhip
>pic related

>> No.1840816
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1840816

Proper color correction is necessary for GBC games to be displayed on non-GBC screens without oversaturation.

>> No.1840834

>>1840619
I never been a fan of the Game Boy Color's palette. Not just in Link's Awakening DX, but in the entire GBC library in general.

>> No.1840864

>>1840834
I feel the same. I'll take black and white Game Boy Pocket over it most days.

>> No.1840928

I played the best version:

Original Link's Awakening on a GBC

The hidden enemies under rocks/grass would be a different color palette to the background.

You could have lots of fun playing the warp game while (I think it was B+down) inverted color mapping made everything trippy to a 10 year old

>> No.1840940

Idiots don't know that LADX was playable on a original Gameboy so you can get "muh monochrome graphics".

DX is literally superior in every way.

>> No.1840958

>>1840940
Nope, see
>>1840583

>> No.1840987

>>1840958
Which glitch?

DX had a neat little thing where if you killed enough shit with either the acorn or triangle you got their armor respectively which was pretty fucking awesome.

>> No.1841001

>>1840987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3uzz1xlaqU

>> No.1841032

>>1840987
Screen wrap warping AKA The Best Glitch Ever. Why did they remove it? It wasn't hurting anyone.

>> No.1841065

>>1841001
>>1841032
You can beat the game quicker in DX, I don't get why this is so special.

>> No.1841081

>>1840958

"muh glitches" isn't a valid argument, sorry.

>> No.1841094
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1841094

>>1840619 here

while I prefer the original version better, it's obvious it's due to sheer nostalgia, and I LIKE it, that's what nostalgia is about. To me, the game looks like the screenshot I posted, that's how I perceived it as a kid and how it stayed. That water there, it's not blue like in the GBC version, in my mind it's greenish, it's a swamp after all. These little details make me not like the GBC version, but of course the "definitive" is the DX, due to not only color, but extra content too.

Don't fight over stupid things like this guys.
Original's Player's Choice had the best boxart though.

>> No.1841146

>>1841094
The swamps are a tealish color in DX, if that's a big enough difference for you to even matter at all you're just being autistic. I know anonymous hipster cred regarding games anyone over the age of 16 played as a kid is what this board is about but this shit gets dumb.

Anyone trying to nitpick their favorite based on slight color changes is very dumb.

>> No.1841172

When I was a kid I considered color to be an improvement, but looking back, I realize DX just looks garish. The color balance is all screwy like one of those "le indie retro" games.

>> No.1841174

>>1840816

what's gambette?

>> No.1841183

>>1841172
You're full of shit, the color scheme wasn't garish at all. Blue and green were almost impossible to tell apart. You're lying like a bitch, go ahead and turn that shit on if you have it and tell me that all those insanely dark colors are garish.

>> No.1841303

>>1841032
Because it's a glitch and you can already use it in the original game if you really give a shit.

>> No.1841317

>>1841183
Well, someone sure is mad.

>> No.1841345

>>1841317
Not mad at all, just find blatant lying to be stupid as fuck.

>> No.1841382

>>1841317
>u mad!
Just because he's mad doesn't mean he's wrong though. On the GBC the colors are a lot more subdued and earthy.

>> No.1841452

>>1841174
Accurate GB/GBC emulator

>> No.1842281

>>1841146

Dude calm down, I was being specific that I AM being nostalgic and I acknowledge DX being superior, I just PERSONALLY prefer the original version.
Don't get mad dude, your DX cart is stil worth it, I'm not shitting on it :)

>> No.1842282

>>1842281

Be careful, autists around here get mad if you dare to say the versions of the games they own are not as good as they think.

>> No.1842307

DX bonus dungeon item destroys game balance and you can't get 100% completion without being a THIEF. Original is superior.

>> No.1842326

>>1840696
>absence of censorship
Sorry, the original was censored too. You're just posting a Japanese version screenshot with a not Japanese version screenshot.

>> No.1842328

>>1840987
Holy shit you are so wrong it's funny.
You get the Blue Mail or Red Mail by completing the Color Dungeon. It has absolutely nothing to do with Guardian Acorns or Pieces of Power.

>>1841065
Do you honestly think you can beat the game faster in DX when you have access to a glitch in the original that tears the game wide open? You can skip any room, you can blaze right through dungeons, making a beeline for the instruments, then go to the egg.

And if you were talking about without glitches.. There's nothing about DX that makes the game faster to complete than the original.

>> No.1842331

>the monochromatic colors of the original gave it a more dream-like look

I'm not following you at all. Are you one of those people that dreams in black and white?

>> No.1842346

>>1840696
>those cartoony colors
god that looks awful. I don't care if "the screen had dull colors", that choice of palette is abysmal.

>> No.1842348

>>1840816
While that does look significantly better after color correction, I still think the original monochrome version had more charm.

>> No.1842352

>>1842328
>You get the Blue Mail or Red Mail by completing the Color Dungeon. It has absolutely nothing to do with Guardian Acorns or Pieces of Power.

You can also get it by doing that, I'm surprised only the speed running community knows about it since I found that shit out as a kid. I literally just did it the other day.

>Do you honestly think you can beat the game faster in DX when you have access to a glitch in the original that tears the game wide open? You can skip any room, you can blaze right through dungeons, making a beeline for the instruments, then go to the egg.
DX version has glitches that make it faster, watch a speedrun.

Seriously talking a bunch of shit for someone who is borderline retarded and fucking wrong.

>>1842281
Hey whoa jimmy, calm down you seem mad as fuck.

>> No.1842368

>>1840573
>Why are the colors so saturated?
because you are not playing it on GBC dumbass

>> No.1842524

>>1842346
Looks fine when the colors are corrected:

>>1840816


You were never meant to see the raw colors so stop bitching. You only see that in crap emulators that don't adjust color output.

>> No.1842552

>>1842352

Some people prefer the original version and you will have to deal with it nerd

>> No.1842602

The screen warp glitch lets you do fun stuff like keeping Marin or bow wow the whole game.

>1842352

A stupid person like you should go play lttp instead.

>> No.1842608

>>1842602
>calls someone stupid
>can't even link
>doesn't know you can do things in both
A stupid person like you should go back to whatever shit site you came from.

>> No.1844037

>>1840573
Set your emulator up correctly.

>> No.1844059

So if I'm playing using lameboy on my ds should I go for the original or DX?

>> No.1844163

>>1840816
Which one is more accurate, middle or right?

>> No.1844174

>>1844059
You should ditch lameboy for Gameyob, first off. Second, I like DX.

>> No.1844236

>>1844163
Gambatte seems closest to the game on my GBA, but maybe the GBC is different, I can't find mine right now.

>> No.1844246

>>1840573
>monochrome colors gave it a more dreamlike look
I...
what?
Do you dream in shades of green or something?

Also your pic looks like just a bad emulator setup, when I emulated it a while back it actually seemed a tad washed out.

>> No.1844252

>>1840573

someone should point out that the GBC didn't have the full range of color modern devices did, with it's limited palette you can't make a desaturated pile of crap like gears or war. We truly live in a golden age.

>> No.1844254

>>1844246
I would say because it seems more lucid, unreal. The DX version has definition, some of which looked funky even on the original GBC screens.

>> No.1844703

>>1844254
You're using the word "lucid" incorrectly.

>> No.1844890

>>1840576
I don't think you understand how emulators work. The colors aren't hardcoded in by the game or system, it's a palette choice left up to the emulator developers. Emulated GBC games look super saturated because that's how the GBC screen actually looked. Like shit.

>> No.1845471
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1845471

I used to think I was insane because in my version of DX, I could do this, and no one else mentioned this glitch because no one else would bother to do it. It's in v1.0 for sure. Pardon the level 0 bracelet, just showing it off.

My brother thought it was the driftwood or raft, hinting at the fact that it was a dream.

>> No.1845506
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1845506

>>1840573
>>1840581

http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Game_Boy/Game_Boy_Color_emulators#Oversaturation

>> No.1845519

>>1845506
Why is that line there in the middle of the picture?

>> No.1845546
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1845546

>>1845519

I uploaded the wrong one.

>> No.1845628

>>1845546
Which one am I supposed to like?

>> No.1845632

>>1845628
Far right is best

>> No.1845638

My only gripe with it is that a few too many things that should have been grey still got colored anyway.

>> No.1845647

>>1845632
far left definitely is

>> No.1845660

>>1845632
>>1845647
Middle or bust

>> No.1845686

>>1845471
What is that glitch?

I know nothing of LA beyond playing it as a kid.

>> No.1845698

>>1845686
Basically, I lift a corner in the woods, and a rock comes up when it's not supposed to, leaving a glitched tile in it's wake.

>> No.1845729

>>1845698
Does the tile have any special properties?

Can the nature of the time be influenced by anything?

Is the glitch known in the community?

>> No.1845740

>>1845729
You can walk on it like a floor, if you mean tile then not that I know of, and I'm one of the few people who know about it.

>> No.1845769

>>1845740
Yes, I meant tile. Was on the bus home from the hospital.

Awesome. What is the bracelet glitch about, or should I Google that one?

>> No.1845773

>>1845769
I just used a cheat code to get the screenshot, but I'm sure there is some sort of glitch to get one. Probably the map glitch related stuff.

>> No.1845778
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1845778

>>1845628

Like whichever one you want. It's just demonstrating different saturation levels. OP revealed that he's actually some kid who played Link's Awakening on VBA-M instead of a real console.

"Real Colors" setting is default, and shows how it would look like on a GBA-SP screen. Gameboy Colors shows how it would look like on an original GBA-screen.

Gambatte has a palette that looks more like a gbc screen.

The same issue happens with GBA and NDS games too.

>> No.1845851

>>1845778

This is why I love you, /vr/. As I only have monochromatic GB carts and any carts for my GBA, I always thought some games had shitty colors like the right HoD example in this pic, never figured out I could solve it with some simple change in the settings.

>> No.1845852

>>1845851

>right

I mean left example.

>> No.1847576

>>1845660
my fucking nigger

>> No.1849051
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>>1845851
You should be able to adjust saturation with your video card drivers as well. If you're using VBA-M you can also use sweetfx. You can also use CRT effect if you've got the proper sweetfx and header file. I'd rather something closer to the GBA itself, but the only decent filter I've seen that's close would be the monochrome gameboy one for retroarch, which isn't color or or the right LCD look. All the other LCD filters look wonky. I use CRT filter and pretend I'm using it on an adapter for the TV and shit. It's not ideal but it's not terrible.

>> No.1849065

>>1845851

As a general rule of thumb, it's a good practice to run through all the submenus/modes/etc. that any emulator has to offer. They exist for a reason.

But yes, OP is indeed a faggot.

>> No.1850638

>>1840816
Why can't the virtual console do this?

>> No.1852403

>>1840696
>He didn't get the censorship removal hack!