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Link's Awakening is a remake of the 1993 game of the same name for the Game Boy. It retains the original's top-down perspective and gameplay, along with elements from the 1998 re-release Link's Awakening DX .
The Virtual Console release of Link's Awakening DX was the top-selling downloadable Nintendo 3DS game of 2011, selling over 338,700 units, or an estimated $2.3 million in gross revenue. [ 67 ] Reviews
Re-released for the Game Boy Color, under the title of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, with additional elements. [18] Remade for Switch, featuring updated graphics, gameplay, art style, and soundtrack. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The next game, Link's Awakening, for Nintendo's Game Boy, is the first Zelda for a handheld, and the first set outside Hyrule and to exclude Princess Zelda. Link's Awakening was re-released, in full color, as a launch game for the Game Boy Color in 1998 as Link's Awakening DX.
The DX version of Link's Awakening features gameplay additions including a color-themed dungeon and support for the Game Boy Printer. Upon release, Link's Awakening DX was critically acclaimed, with reviewers commending the game on the strengths of the original title and welcoming the addition of color graphics and new features, although noting ...
As of September 30, 2024, 146.04 million Nintendo Switch consoles had been shipped, with over 1.3 billion copies of games having been shipped for the platform. [3] The three best-selling games on the platform have been Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at 64.27 million units sold, Animal Crossing: New Horizons at 46.45 million units, and Super Smash Bros ...
The next Zelda game, Link's Awakening was released in 1993 for the Nintendo Game Boy. It retained many of A Link to the Past 's gameplay mechanics, including the top-down perspective, as well as an overworld which resembled that of A Link to the Past. After traveling to train abroad, Link is shipwrecked and awakens on an island called Koholint ...
The first handheld title in the series, Link's Awakening (1993) on the Game Boy, introduced Link in monochrome until the DX port brought the game to the Game Boy Color. [45] It takes place on Koholint Island after Link is washed ashore and features a combination of mostly top-down adventuring and some side-scrolling action sequences.