I just beat Link's Awakening again and despite beating it so much I never realized how insanely overpowered the boomerang is in the game. A lot of that is because in most Zelda games the boomerang has limited use, mostly for stunning enemies and grabbing distance items but rarely an effective offensive weapon.
So while useful it isn't a weapon of choice. I guess that bias against it carried over into LA for me but during this play through I used it a lot more than usual and found it more useful than I thought. I was actually quite shocked by how strong it was. I couldn't believe it killed the last boss in one hit, usually I just use the bow on him.
I guess they really wanted to make it worth your while to go through the whole collecting game to get it.
So while useful it isn't a weapon of choice. I guess that bias against it carried over into LA for me but during this play through I used it a lot more than usual and found it more useful than I thought. I was actually quite shocked by how strong it was. I couldn't believe it killed the last boss in one hit, usually I just use the bow on him.
I guess they really wanted to make it worth your while to go through the whole collecting game to get it.