Editing The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

|release='''Game Boy:'''<br>{{release|Japan|June 6, 1993|USA|August 6, 1993|Europe|December 1, 1993}} '''Game Boy Color:'''<br>{{release|Japan|December 12, 1998|USA|December 15, 1998|Europe|January 1999}} '''[[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] [[Virtual Console]] (Game Boy Color):'''<br>{{release|Japan|June 8, 2011|USA|June 7, 2011|Europe|June 8, 2011}} '''Nintendo Switch (remake):'''<br>{{release|Japan|September 20, 2019|USA|September 20, 2019|Europe|September 20, 2019}} '''Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online (Game Boy Color):'''<br>{{release|USA|February 8, 2023|Japan|February 9, 2023|Europe|February 9, 2023|Australia|February 9, 2023|South Korea|February 9, 2023|HK|February 9, 2023}}

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'''''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening}}''''' is an adventure game in {{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda (Series)|''The Legend of Zelda'' series}} released in 1993 on the [[Game Boy]]. The game follows [[Link]] as he escapes on a mysterious island known as {{iw|zeldawiki|Koholint Island}} after he is shipwrecked and left stranded. The game features various elements from the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], such as [[Goomba]]s and [[Thwomp]]s.

An enhanced port titled '''''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX}}''''' was released for the [[Game Boy Color]] in 1998. A remake also titled ''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening}}'' was released for the [[Nintendo Switch]] in 2019.

==Gameplay==

The player controls Link as he ventures across Koholint Island and its eight {{iw|zeldawiki|dungeon}}s. Link has three {{iw|zeldawiki|Life Gauge|hearts}} at the start, which Link can increase with {{iw|zeldawiki|Heart Container}}s and four {{iw|zeldawiki:Piece of Heart|Pieces of Heart}}. Whenever Link moves at the corner end of a map, it moves along with Link to reveal more of Koholint Island. Link is able to use a variety of items that he can switch at whim, including the {{iw|zeldawiki|Roc's Feather}} for the ability to jump across gaps, and the {{iw|zeldawiki|Power Bracelet}} to hold objects. In certain parts of the game, Link will need to have another character following them, such as when Link asks {{iw|zeldawiki|Marin}} to tag along in order to wake up a {{iw|zeldawiki|Walrus}} by singing the {{iw|zeldawiki|Ballad of the Wind Fish}}.

==''Super Mario'' content==

[[File:LA Wart.gif|frame|left|Mamu in ''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX'']]

*{{iw|zeldawiki|Tarin}} resembles [[Mario]]. He even transforms into a raccoon (or rather, a tanuki) reminiscent of [[Tanooki Mario]] by eating a {{iw|zeldawiki|Mushroom|toadstool}}. Likewise, the {{iw|zeldawiki|Henhouse Keeper}} resembles [[Luigi]].

*There are many enemies from the ''Super Mario'' franchise, though some of them were named differently in English guides. There are [[Goomba]]s, [[Piranha Plant]]s, [[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]s, [[Spiny|Spinies]] (called Spiked Beetles), [[Cheep Cheep]]s (called Cheep-Sheeps), [[Blooper|Bloober]]s, [[Thwomp]]s (called Spiked Thwomps), [[Thwimp]]s (called Thwomps), [[Pokey]]s, [[Boo]]s, [[Shy Guy]]s (called Mask-Mimics), and [[Spark]]s. Also, the [[Bombite]] enemy bears a striking resemblance to [[Bob-omb]].

*A [[Chain Chomp]], under the name {{iw|zeldawiki|BowWow}}, is featured in the game and "befriends" Link as it actually helps him access the second dungeon, {{iw|zeldawiki|Bottle Grotto}}. Mini Bow-Wows named {{iw|zeldawiki|ChowChow}} and {{iw|zeldawiki|CiaoCiao}} also appear, and the latter is a speech-capable female that helps in a trading sequence.

*A [[Yoshi doll]] is found at the {{iw|zeldawiki|Trendy Game}} in {{iw|zeldawiki|Mabe Village}}. Link can win the Yoshi Doll by controlling the crane and hovering over it. When the doll is received, the text box states that [[Yoshi]] has appeared in many games recently, another reference to the ''Super Mario'' games. In the Nintendo Switch remake of the game, the text is changed to state that the player cannot count how many games it has appeared in now.

*When {{iw|zeldawiki|Mr. Write}} shows the player the picture sent to him by {{iw|zeldawiki|Christine}}, a goat living in {{iw|zeldawiki|Animal Village}}, the picture of "Christine" is actually one of [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]. In the Nintendo Switch remake, promotional artwork of [[Princess Peach]] with [[Peach's Parasol|her parasol]] is shown.

*The character [[Wart]] reappears in this game under his original Japanese name {{iw|zeldawiki|Mamu}} and acts as an ally to Link by teaching him the {{iw|zeldawiki|Frog's Song of Soul}}.

*In ''Link's Awakening DX'', green, red, and blue color variants of the [[Boo Blah]] enemy from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' appear in the {{iw|zeldawiki|Color Dungeon}}. They were initially localized as Camo Goblins, but later became known as {{iw|zeldawiki|Goo Specter}}s in the Nintendo Switch remake.

*In the Nintendo Switch remake, figures of BowWow, CiaoCiao, a Goomba, Spiny, Boo, Cheep Cheep, Blooper, Shy Guy, Piranha Plant, and Pokey can be acquired in the Trendy Game. With the exception of the Chain Chomp characters, all of the aforementioned enemies are referred to by their ''Super Mario'' franchise names.

**Also, Cheep Cheeps and Bloopers can be caught in the {{iw|zeldawiki|Fishing Hole|Fishing Pond}}.

==Gallery==

Link's Awakening - Yoshi Doll Artwork.png|The Yoshi Doll

ChainChompLink.png|BowWow, trapped in the {{iw|zeldawiki|Moblin Cave}}

TLOZ LA BowWow artwork.png|Artwork of BowWow and its owner {{iw|zeldawiki|Madam MeowMeow}} in the Nintendo Switch remake

==Names in other languages==

{{foreign names

|JapM=The Legend of Zelda: Dreaming Island

|ItaM=The legend of Zelda: Link's awakening

}}

;''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX''

|JapR=Zeruda no Densetsu: Yume o Miru Shima DX

|JapM=The Legend of Zelda: Dreaming Island DX

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