Veteran Games Podcast #269: The Legend of Zelda – Link’s Awakening – News

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In this part of the Zelda series, Link not only washed it up on the mysterious island of Cocolint, but also on a new platform: The Game Boy.

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Link is already a bright little fellow: Link’s Awakening teased amazing things out of the Game Boy handheld in 1993 and was last remastered for the Switch in 2019. The action-adventure dared to break with some traditions of the zeldaseries, which has not diminished its popularity. His fans include a guest veteran Anatoly Locker, who wanted Link’s Awakening as the main theme. Since Heinrich is on vacation this week, Anatol is “allowed” to do the rest of the program with Jörg: news reports, chats, match reports – and because everything is better with music, he has another track from his band project MOC brought.

Game veteran episode 21-2022 (#269) with Jörg Langer and Anatol Locker has a running time of 1:43:15 hours.

0:0015 News & small talk

0:47:57 The old game: The Legend of Zelda – Link’s Awakening

• 0:48:12 You can always lure Anatol with Link’s adventures, what does he like about this unusual representative of the series?
• 0:54:06 A little history lesson on the Zelda series. It went from the NES to the SNES, before Link was then allowed to make the Game Boy unsafe. Naturally, this entailed some technical challenges.
• 1:05:45 Wed Link’s Awakening DX The first new edition appeared in 1998, which gave the game a colorful coat of paint.
• 1:12:58 How does Link’s Awakening play today? The small Game Boy display can strain the eyes of veterans, but the two-button assignment is probably the biggest killer.
• 1:20:56 A remake for the Nintendo Switch followed in 2019. The graphics are not without controversy, but the improvements in comfort and innovations such as the dungeon editor are beyond any doubt.
• 1:29:41 The historical press review and the veteran’s conclusion

1:38:20 Credits
1:40:07 Bonus track: Kitty Rogers from MOC.