I understand this might be blasphemous but I think I like this game personally a little bit more than LTTP.

Link's Awakening was a surprising game for me cause I knew I loved the artstyle the minute they revealed the game but I didn't think I would actually enjoy it that much, however I am here to say now I blasted through this little diorama adventure so quick and had so much goddamn fun along the way.

It still has that sense of discovery that I love from LTTP but it felt a little bit more streamlined but with plenty of side secrets for those who wanna explore. All the items felt fun the charm of every character I spoke to was unmatched it was a great time.

My issues with this game arise with sometimes a puzzle in a dungeon will be move this block for some very obscure reason, as well as weaving what seemed to be a side quest to be very important for finishing the game with the trading quest which honestly wasn't a huge deal in retrospect.

Two things to note with my experience over this game is:
-I have no idea what the original was like mostly was told by friends in call what changed and what QoL shit was made.

-I emulated this on my pc and I had zero performance issues which I heard was a problem on the switch version