The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening cover

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 2019

Released
September 20, 2019
Genres
Puzzle · Adventure
Platforms
Nintendo Switch 2 · Nintendo Switch
Developer
Grezzo
Publisher
Nintendo
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Where to buy

Digital
Physical

Affiliate links: GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, ININ Games and Amazon

Is it still worth playing?

Grezzo's 2019 remake of the 1993 Game Boy game, an action adventure for the Nintendo Switch, in which Link is stranded on Koholint Island and sets out to find the eight instruments of the Sirens. The island is an open world with scattered dungeons full of puzzles and boss fights, and you unlock tools gradually and use them to get past obstacles. The sword and shield are always equipped, which frees the other buttons for items. In Chamber Dungeons you collect rooms from completed dungeons and arrange them into your own, through a character named Dampe. The map follows the original, but the monochrome picture is replaced by a toy like tilt shift look and the world has no loading between areas. If you come to it now, expect a world that opens as you pick up tools, and dungeons you can build yourself.

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