The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is getting a remake



It's been more than 25 years since The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening launched for the Game Boy. Announced as the finale to today's Nintendo Direct was a remake of the the 2D Zelda game. The trailer gives us a look at the updated visuals and gameplay, taking on a style similar to The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. The game will launch this year, as a Nintendo Switch exclusive.
 

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Oracle of ages/seasons remake confirmed
I wish... they were made by Capcom though, so I am not sure if they will be allowed to do remakes?

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Somehow I could never appreciate the artstyle or music of the original (which is why I also have yet to play through Oracle of Ages/Seasons). Even the 2 NES titles look and sound better in my opinion.

This looks ok.

*triggered*

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I love the art style, but this is, in my opinion the worst Zelda game ever that there remaking
Edit: sorry I was thinking about Zelda II

IMHO Zelda II is one of the best Zelda games out there (biggest map, awesome soundtrack, XP levels and so much more)

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Ugh hate the art style !
Same here - couldn‘t believe what I was seeing in the trailer (completely ruined that great game for me)
 
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Why not for 3DS:cry: 3DS surely can handle it
3ds software sales have been tanking the last year or so.It'd be suicide to release Z:LA for the 3ds at this point.
- Mario & Luigi inside story got "One" copy at my local high volume walmart. It's still there.
- Most weeks go by without a single eshop release, while the Switch gets 10-15 games.
- There's only one first party game left for release and it's only 3 weeks away, with no additional games announced.

I could go on but it's just kicking a dead 3d horse.
The 3ds got a second wind in 2017 when the Pokemon Go fluke happened and everybody started hoarding 3ds's to play Ultra SuMo. If not for that, we'd already be talking about the system in the past tense.

The 3ds had a good 8-year run, nothing to hang it's head about.
 
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This has to be a holiday game.

Skyward Sword has to be next. That could surely use the BOTW engine. :P


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Hope we will see more new games that matter than remake of games that mattered back then. Now we are getting a remake of a remake with an art style that is up for discussion (I do not like it).

I‘m really missing the times of N64, GC and Wii when there were no ports and remakes at all - just new games.
 
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by blurring the very near and very far, you get a toy-like look. love it.
The edge blurring is devastatingly atrocious. I could never tolerate looking at a screen with that going on for more than few seconds here or there (and yes, that means absolutely no Octopath). And no, toys don't look blurry, nor is being blurry an inherent property of "toy-like" appearance.

On the plus side it looks like the wildly excessive near-foreground blurring in early builds of the new Yoshi game has been toned way down, so I'll get that game and skip a Zelda release for the first time ever.
 

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Well new gfx, new content, new platform -> remake for me
That wouldn't really be a remake, it'd be a remaster at best. (They're still the same sprites, but with color.)
LADX was nothing more than an updated re-release of the original that added colored graphics and two minor/optional gimmicky features (imo), besides the usual bugfixes and localization changes.
 

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That wouldn't really be a remake, it'd be a remaster at best. (They're still the same sprites, but with color.)
LADX was nothing more than an updated re-release of the original that added colored graphics and two minor/optional gimmicky features (imo), besides the usual bugfixes and localization changes.

I liked the gimmicky features. Bring on the "Color Dungeon"!!! and the printer features.

Anyone who says otherwise will pay!
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