Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Atomic LagoonAtomic Lagoon

Video Games

Link’s Awakening Remake Heading for Nintendo Switch

This week’s Nintendo Direct sure brought a ton of surprises, including the announcement of a full-fledged 3D remake of the Game Boy classic Link’s Awakening.

“Originally released for the Game Boy system more than 25 years ago, one of the most beloved games in the Legend of Zelda series returns. In this modern re-imagining, players once again return to the mysterious island of Koholint to guide Link on a perilous adventure.”

Link’s Awakening released in 1993, and remains one of my favorite Zelda games, handheld or otherwise. The GameBoy color version, Link’s Awakening DX, shipped five years later, in 1998, with a number of colorful additions.

Link's Awakening reimagined in 3D

Some have complained about the Switch version’s “chibi-inspired” design, while others feel it’s a great callback to the graphics and perspective of the original. I’m getting some very 3D Dot Game Heroes vibes, myself. It pops.

Nevertheless, Link’s Awakening has always been an offbeat entry in the series. I think of it this way: Link’s Awakening was to A Link to the Past what Majora’s Mask was to Ocarina of Time, so some strangeness is to be expected.

Goombas in the underground

Link’s Awakening on Nintendo Switch will release later this year.

Rob
Written By

Founder and editor-in-chief of Atomic Lagoon. Spends his time changing aquarium water, feeding cats, and watching old monster movies in 3D.

Latest

Godzilla Rampages In San Francisco

Television

Godzilla fans should be having a pretty good time right about now, with Godzilla Minus One just around the corner, speculation heating up about...

Godzilla Minus One logo Godzilla Minus One logo

Movies

Do you hear that? Steadily stomping its way toward theaters? It’s Godzilla Minus One, Toho’s first new Godzilla movie since Shin seven years ago....

Movies

Welcome to Weekend Wrap-Up, where I share some of the stuff I didn’t get to last week!  Did you hear the news? Shark Week...

Jurassic Park T-Rex Looks Through A Window In Found Footage Jurassic Park T-Rex Looks Through A Window In Found Footage

Short Film

The original Jurassic Park, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, is one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s just a masterstroke of...

Godzilla and King Kong meet Superman, Batman, and Supergirl Godzilla and King Kong meet Superman, Batman, and Supergirl

Stuff

Kaiju comic fans have a couple things to look forward to this Fall, with the arrival of two, count them, two giant monster-focused comic...

Read More

Video Games

Finally, more Shantae! Wayforward have announced something of an unexpected surprise, with news that the purple-haired half-genie’s never before released GBA entry, Shantae Advance:...

Video Games

If you had told me, especially earlier this year, that not only would a new Metroid game be coming out in October, but Nintendo...

Video Games

I don’t know what the heck’s going on in this latest Bayonetta 3 trailer, but there’s an eight-foot-tall bespectacled witch conjuring up a giant...

Video Games

Here’s the announcement trailer for an upcoming 3D science fiction “Zelda-like” action adventure titled XEL, brought to us by Assemble Entertainment and developer Tiny...

Copyright © 2023 Atomic Lagoon. All rights reserved.