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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
89IGDB player score
195 ratings
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An 89 score from 195 devoted raters — the math of a game with a real following. An adventure game, from Nintendo leaning hard into fantasy — more about the journey than the destination. Solo only, and better for it — this is a one-player experience through and through.
About this game
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX is an updated re-release of Link's Awakening with several new additions, the most notable of which being the entire game is now in color.
After the events of A Link to the Past, the hero Link travels by ship to other countries to train for further threats. After being attacked at sea, Link's ship sinks and he finds himself stranded on Koholint Island. He awakens to see a beautiful woman looking down at him and soon learns the island has a giant egg on top of a mountain that the Wind Fish inhabits deep inside. Link is told to awaken the wind fish and all will be answered, so he sets out on another quest.
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Game facts
Release date
Dec 12, 1998
Developer
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Publisher
Gradiente, Nintendo
Platforms
Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS
Genres
Puzzle, Adventure
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Game modes
Single player
Franchise
The Legend of Zelda
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric, Side view
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