This would be the perfect port of Links Awakening, but technical bugs hold it back to a four star

I never had major crashes, but it was evident that it wasn't play tested which is unfortunate. Plenty of softlocks during cutscenes if you press any button (which is hard to know when the cutscene doesn't play properly half the time), assets wouldn't always load, and sometimes you could softlock the game by accidentally skipping sections. Plenty of times I accidentally skipped sections, and this would cause issues later. Worst was needing to edit my save to give me back 2 small keys because I tried to open a locked door from the opposite side?? (evidently I needed to open from the other side, but it just ate my keys)

Otherwise, this is a much better port. More mappable items, and the widescreen support allows you to figure out the secrets easier. I don't care what other reviewers say, I'd prefer the bombable walls to be more obvious since I don't want to poke the wall with my sword all the time - sorry, it's just not fun the old way

Reviewed on Dec 23, 2023


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