Link's Awakening - An Allegory for Dreaming

Just wanted to say that I don't agree with the third chapter of this video at all anymore, was just a bit sour on the remake's changes and I let that cloud my vision. It is a great remake, and plenty of people now get to experience this game today. I wanted an entirely new 2D Zelda instead, which does actually tie into my thesis...but I didn't properly articulate myself at all. Of course, thank you for watching and providing counter arguments! I learned a lot from making this video. I still love Link's Awakening - that hasn't changed at all.

"Should we remake this game if the message is to move on?" (paraphrasing) Keep in mind, some people have never played the original game and probably wouldn't if this remake didn't exist. It wasn't JUST made for those who played the gameboy version.

Loved that long spiel about the Face Shrine music! It legit gave me shivers the first time I heard it

Part of links awakening is the idea that nostalgia is good, and returning to memories is great, you just can’t linger on them. The remake perfectly fits this

New generations need this game in their lives. Wasnt gonna happen if it lived and died on the gameboy. Introducing my fav zelda game since childhood to my friends that never played it before makes me appreciate it even more. I love the remake. .

It’s implied that Koholint lives on as long as Link remembers it, the same as your childhood memories. So while it conveys a message of moving on, it also encourages reflection on the past, because those memories made you who you are. Damn I love this game!

I remember playing this game in 97 when I was 10. The ending absolutely blew me away. I didn't know how to deal with it. It was so bittersweet. The Windfish is a magical and majestic being. It's a crime to keep it asleep and a joy to see it awaken, but all the friends I made will disappear forever. However, Marin now lives in the song of a gull. She finally got her wish: to travel to distant lands and share her song with the world. It's the most beautiful ending. In my eyes, no game has been able to replicate it since, regardless of how many colors or fancy effects are used. Thank you for making this video and showing respect to this wonderful piece of art.

I can certainly understand why you need some time to prepare for the next Zelda game. Wand of Gamelon and Faces of Evil truly are nuanced masterpieces of their time and have to be analyzed as such.

shivers The music from this game, my GOD... From sad to happy to tense to majestic, and many other notes inbetween. I haven't played many other small adventure games that accomplish so much with just its music alone. Marin's song and the ending orchestral bit in the remake will forever be personal favorites of mine.💗💗💗

"Why attempt to change or iterate on something that already left a massive impact, especially something already viewed as fantastic?" So those who weren't around to experience it can have a chance to play it for themselves. This game came out more than 20 years ago, on a handheld that is nigh impossible for the younger crowd to gain access to. But now there are others who can become engrossed in this beautiful game as you guys had in your youth. Sure, remakes are made to get cash from nostalgic gamers, the same can be said for all games. The true beauty of a passionately made remake is to see your most cherished memories, beautifully made with modern hardware, and knowing that your children and other young folk can experience the same journey firsthand that made the game so beloved in the first place.

Tbf if this game wasn't remade, I never would have played Links Awakening. I started gaming on the GameCube. Yes, it's ironic for Nintendo to pick this particular game, but MAN a game like this needed to be introduced to another generation

I love the remake so much, it's my favorite zelda game, and I'm so glad it exists cause otherwise I'd never played the original to the end. I tried the gbc and Gameboy versions a few times, but several parts of it made me not feel like finishing it. The remake however, hooked me, and I've completed it twice. Also I nearly got goose bumps in the transition to act 2 where you put in Marin singing.

You're right about accessibility. Most people these days don't own a GameBoy or Link's awakening. Technology becomes outdated at a dangerous rate. These remasters like NEW PEOPLE experience the game.

At first I thought nothing much about this game and wrote it off as a decent yet short handheld. But after experiencing the remake, I really grew an appreciation of this game with it’s bizarre setting, laidback tone, and honestly heartfelt themes of dreams and how we interpret them. I still think the item switching in the original is kind of a handicap in the original game, but the remake completely nullifies that problem and know I can confidently say that Link’s Awakening is one of my favorite Zelda games, top 5 absolutely.

I remember watching an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called "The Inner Light" and it reminded me so much of Link's Awakening. SPOILER WARNING In it Picard gets a weird flash of light from a probe found in space, this results in his being taken to an strange planet, in the middle of a populace Not even referred to as Picard or Jean-Luc, Just Kamin. He lives a complete life as Kamin, With no references to his life as Picard, with The Enterprise, with Starfleet. Nothing. He is to just live in this city as one of them, which he comes to accept, he even grows to old age. At the end of the episode it is revealed that the life he lived is a chronicle of a people now extinct from their star going Nova. It turns out Picard was only unconscious for about 20 minutes, but he experienced a full life time. At the end of it all, his other life never happend, but the memories of it were all too real, with a tear inducing moment when he hugs the flute in the probe to his chest in remembrance. Links Awakening felt strangely appropriate

As someone who loved Link's Awakening as a kid, I for one felt the remake was a wonderful dream to have again. If for no other reason than the orchestrated Mabe Village theme, which always just hits me right in the feels.

This was my first Zelda game. I was 8 years old, and I played it on a gameboy pocket because I didn’t have a GBC. I finished it at school during recess, and I distinctly remember having trouble holding back tears when I finished it. It’s message had a profound impact on me that still informs the way I perceive the world today.

I’d never played a Zelda game before but when u heard the opening theme of links awakening I legit teared up lmao

The way the orginal affected you is the same way the remake affected me. Mind you this is my first LOZ I've ever played(at least all the way through) and I'm 27 lol

I’m glad they remade it because a lot more people will get to experience it when they may never have otherwise.