The Link’s Awakening Video Walkthrough was completed about two weeks ago over at our youtube channel, but you can now access the completed page right here at Zelda Dungeon! It’s divided by chapter and each video has time stamps for all the significant events throughout the video. With that guide now complete, we have finally restarted our Twilight Princess Video Walkthrough. Caleb will be releasing one video each day over at our YouTube Channel, so if you aren’t a subscriber, you should become one today!
For those of you that are hard core subscribers on our YouTube Channel, you’ve probably noticed that we started a Video Walkthrough for Link’s Awakening. This is an announcement stating that it is around half-way complete and that it is up on the site for your viewing pleasure.
I make the pages with the videos while Mases uploads one video a day. Another update will be posted when the walkthrough is complete. Until the video is complete you can always use the standard version of our Link’s Awakening Walkthrough if you need some help. (more…)
Matt Simmons of Zentendo has put together a cleverly written article looking back at what might be one of the greatest game stories ever told, the Legend of Zelda Link’s Awakening. The article contains a deep analysis of the symbolism found throughout the game and points out how dark the story really could be interpreted. It’s a really in-depth article and it is definitely worth a read. Shown below is a small portion of one of the key points in the article.
You may not know it, or even believe it, but what separates the hero from the villain, particularly inside a video game? The hero is usually the one saving the world, or perhaps conquering it. The ending of “Link’s Awakening” leaves you with nothing less than total and complete destruction of the entire game world itself. This is not an avoidable consequence either. The only way to complete the title and see the end credits is to go through with awakening the Windfish from its slumber. The real beauty of the narrative is that you are given warnings without blatantly stating the cause of your actions.
Be sure to check out the full article over at Zentendo. Let us know what you think by posting in the comments below. (more…)
Here we have another awkward commercial for Link’s Awakening. This commercial is a rap, which goes with the theme of the early-mid 90′s where rap was becoming more popular here in the United States. Nintendo must have tried to capitalize on this by incorporating rap into their video game commercials. The end result? Yet another Zelda commercial that we can look back on and laugh at.
I’ve added this video to our Zelda Commercial section of the website. The section now has five different commercials from some of the early Zelda games and we will be adding more over the course of the next few weeks.
The last few days we have uploaded numerous audio tracks to our YouTube Channel and just recently we added a ton of new Link’s Awakening content to the site. It seems almost fitting that today we have for you all the full soundtrack for Link’s Awakening now streaming at YouTube!
The playlist contains 79 different tracks from the game, including everything from the classic overworld theme, to music from all of the dungeons in the game. Check out the full Link’s Awakening Playlist to listen to the entire soundtrack.
We will be uploading a bunch more music to our YouTube channel over the next few weeks, so be sure to subscribe if you have not already. We’ll also be working to edit our music pages here at Zelda Dungeon, providing numerous ways for you to listen and download all the various songs from the Legend of Zelda series. Stay tuned… literally!
Whew, I have been working hard for the past week, but in the end the results have been worth it. I have created the last four Link’s Awakening pages for your viewing pleasure. They are as follows:
The Link’s Awakening Walkthrough has also been upgraded in several ways. All of the Heart Pieces, Seashells, Items and Bosses boxes have been upgraded with links to the specific guide they are in. The links take you to the exact section of the guide that they’re in. The biggest one is that it has been read through and contains little to no spelling/grammar errors now.
A few acknowledgements, I did not do all of these guides by myself you know. Nearly a year ago, MrMosley wrote a Pieces of Heart and Secret Seashell guide for this game. It was full of text and pictures, so nearly everything on those two pages belong to him. Also, the majority of descriptions on the boss page were written by Yumil. Alder wrote the enemy guide a long time ago, remember? I couldn’t of done it without you guys. Go on our forums and thank them for me!
Anyways, for the future I am done with Link’s Awakening. I have one more project in mind for it, but it won’t be published on the site itself, let’s just say that. I have already planned and confirmed my next game, but you’ll just have to wait and see what it is! I thank everyone who has given me positive comments on all of the work I’ve done, I’ve been working here ten months from today after. Have a good one. (more…)
Hello everyone. I know it has been a while since you’ve heard from little old me? I hope you had a happy holiday. We have updated our Zelda Commercials with a new Link’s Awakening Japenese Commercial. Aside from that, I have also created two small guides for your viewing pleasure. Check them out!
This commercial for A Link to the Past is entirely in Japanese, but it is hilarious. It’s a bunch of Japanese people dancing. Link looks rather feminine during the commercial as well. Princess Zelda is shown in a cage, and is under attack by enemies until Link comes to save the day. Afterwords Zelda joins Link and continues the obnoxious dance. The commercial concludes with a sweet variation of Ganon appearing, of which it is clearly a massive puppet, but cool nonetheless.
This commercial is not quite up to the nerdiness of the two Legend of Zelda american commercials, but certainly on par in strangeness. The commercial has been added to our Zelda Commercials page at the site.
This guide is for the original release of Link’s Awakening and was published by Keibunsha. This guide offers some of the officially released artwork from Nintendo, but not much else. The guide only offers 79 actual guide pages and it is not a 100% complete guide. For example, the guide does not provide locations for all secret seashells, but rather, only the 20 that are needed. Additionally, only the first 32 pages of the guide are in color, with the rest being in black and white. Page 3 of the guide does offer a short storyline portion, but it is in Japanese of course.
This guide is far inferior to some of the other released Japanese and English released guides and there is little reason to try to get your hands on this one, outside of it being a collector’s item for hardcore Zelda fans. It is a bit rare to get your hands on as well, as it doesn’t seem like this particular guide was widely available.
I have a couple more imported Link’s Awakening guides, as well as a handful of other English and imported guides that should be available over the next few weeks.
This guide was published by Futabasha, of which the DX version of the guide was recently uploaded a few weeks backs. This guide offers a whole new set of artwork for the game, which is quite different from any of the artwork found in the official Nintendo guide or the DX Futabasha guide. It has much more of an anime look to the artwork. I’m not particularly found of the art, but it does look okay. I’ll likely get high quality scans and renders available in the future.
While we recently completed the Link’s Awakening Walkthrough for Zelda Dungeon, that doesn’t mean this guide isn’t worth looking at. Since it is in Japanese, most of us English speaking viewers are not going to be able to read any of it. However, you can get a good idea of the walkthrough and the appendixes just by glancing through the various screenshots.
I should be adding more miscellaneous strategy guides from the older Zelda titles in the coming weeks, including a few more Link’s Awakening imported guides that I’ve recently gotten my hands on.
At long last, I have finished the last chapter of the Link’s Awakening Walkthrough. In this chapter we go inside the Wind Fish’s Egg and destroy the Nightmare. Then– well, you’ll just have to see for yourself.
As for the future, I am done with the walkthrough. However, I will still be working on Link’s Awakening for the time being. Let me know if the guide is useful to you.
This time we travel from the east mountain range to the west, and battle a very cranky turtle, which turns out to be the dungeon itself! Check out the newest chapter, and tomorrow, for those of you who live in the US, pay a tribute to the souls lost on that day….. that day, eight years ago.
The next chapter of the Link’s Awakening Walkthrough is up for your viewing pleasure. This one involves getting the last of the Secret Seashells and finding the seventh instrument of the sirens, the Organ of Evening Calm in Eagle’s Tower. Oh, and have a nice labor day holiday.
It includes the Boomerang, which you can use to kick some serious– fill in the blank. It also includes discovering the biggest mystery about Koholint Island, and going into the mysterious Face Shrine. So go check it out, and have a fun school year…. not.
A few weeks back I purchased a rare Link’s Awakening Japanese Strategy Guide. It arrived in the mail and I’ve fully scanned it and it is now available for viewing right here at Zelda Dungeon. The release of the guide is part of an ongoing project here at Zelda Dungeon to try to get a collection of old and rare guides and magazines. This particular guide does not have too much rare artwork, but it still has a few images that are exclusive to this particular guide. Additionally, it has some great listings at the end of the magazine, including a full enemy guide that has Japanese enemy names for each listing. In the coming weeks I will likely have high quality scans of all the artwork found within this strategy guide.
After finishing the amazing Link’s Awakening Enemy Guide, it’s my turn to release some Link’s Awakening content for the site’s 8th birthday. I have released two, not one, but two chapters of the Link’s Awakening Walkthrough.
These chapters get us through the Color Dungeon, getting the powerful Boomerang, a ton of shells and hearts, and much more. Enjoy and happy birthday Zelda Dungeon.
I’m happy to say that the Link’s Awakening Enemy Guide is now complete. After many months of work on this, we’re finally releasing this guide. In this guide you’ll find a complete list of every enemy in The Legend of Zelda:Link’s Awakening. There is also an in-depth description for each enemy, along with lots of useful information such as their attacks, number of hits, and location in the game.
Chapter 3 of the Link’s Awakening Walkthrough is now up and running. This chapter covers a lot of items such as Heart Pieces and Secret Seashells, breaking in to Kanalet Castle, and obtaining the third instrument of the sirens, the Sea Lily’s Bell.
Until Chapter 4 is released to the public, keep yourselves busy with the newest chapter. See you all on the forums!
Chapter 2 of the Link’s Awakening Walkthrough is now up. This part of the walkthrough covers getting BowWow back, and obtaining the Conch Horn in Key Cavern. For those of you who read my last post for the Chapter 1 update, I made a promise that this one wouldn’t take as long as the last one, well, I kept it.
In other news, I am going to Colorado on Wednesday, July 1st. During that time I will not be able to work on more content, or visit the site. I will be coming back on the 15th of July. See you all in a few weeks.
It is my pleasure to announce that the first chapter of the new Link’s Awakening Walkthrough is now complete. We’ve completely scrapped the old walkthrough and now have a new and improved look to it. So head on over and check out chapter 1 of the Link’s Awakening Walkthrough.
I cannot guarantee the time when chapter 2 will be released, but I know it won’t be as long as the last one. =P
An interesting video of Link’s Awakening was found today on the web. This isn’t your ordinary Link’s Awakening video though, this time it’s in 3D! The video only shows of what looks to be Mabe Village, but it shows a lot of promise.
Hi everyone. My name is Brandon and recently I have become a staff member of Zelda Dungeon. I look forward to helping out the site, as well as meeting all of you =p.
For the past couple of weeks I have been secretly working on content for Link’s Awakening. I have just finished the new Trading Sequence section, which has been re-done and now contains better descriptions and pictures. Like the rest of the Link’s Awakening section, the walkthrough will be scrapped and replaced with a better one shortly.
The Link’s Awakening Video Walkthrough was completed about two weeks ago over at our youtube channel, but you can now access the completed page right here at Zelda Dungeon! It’s divided by chapter and each video has time stamps for all the significant events throughout the video. With that guide now complete, we have finally restarted our Twilight Princess Video Walkthrough. Caleb will be releasing one video each day over at our YouTube Channel, so if you aren’t a subscriber, you should become one today!
For those of you that are hard core subscribers on our 
