Spoiler Question About Link's Awakening

[AustinFox33]

I recently finished Link's Awakening (not even the 3DS download I have the original black and white cartridge) and one thing didnt make sense to me. If the island wasnt real and only existed in the Wind Fish's dream, how on earth did Link get there?

 

[MW7]

Well I am not entirely sure, but the Wind Fish does say "Let's awaken together" so I always assumed that Link is dreaming as well as the Wind Fish and that's why he's in the world of the Wind Fish. So everything in the game is a part of Link's dream, and the Wind Fish's dream is just an element of Link's dream. This explains why Ganon appears as one of the forms of the final boss since Ganon is an important figure in Link's memory. Also the title of the game hints to the fact that the whole game is Link's dream. But once again I must state that I really am not sure of all this.

 

[AustinFox33]

Thats kind of what Ive been thinking. But an entire Zelda game being a dream? Seems to cliche to be true.

 

[Chicken Tuxedo]

^ That's what I always thought too. It explains why some of the other characters come back from ALttP, like Kiki the monkey and Mad Batter.

 

[zeldahuman]

in the beginning of Link's Awakening, Link's on his boat (i'm onna boat, i'm onna boat) and it gets struck my lightning, therefor knocking him out. and while he's knocked out, he dreams of Koholint Island...

 

[ironknuckle1]

I always thought that the wind fish had brought Link into the dream by causing the storm. But I dont know for sure.

 

[AustinFox33]

I was kinda thinking what IronKnuckle was. That the Wind Fish brought Link into the dream to save him, because even after he awakes on the wreckage after the island disappears, he still sees the Wind Fish flying above.

 

[Chicken Tuxedo]

I was kinda thinking what IronKnuckle was. That the Wind Fish brought Link into the dream to save him, because even after he awakes on the wreckage after the island disappears, he still sees the Wind Fish flying above.

But why would The Wind Fish be dreaming about Ganon?

 

[AustinFox33]

Well Link were also dreaming too, so it would reflect his experiences as well.

 

[Michael Heide]

Just like Dom Cobb in Inception brought Mal along with him into Fischer's dream, Link involuntarily brought Ganon.

 

[MW7]

So are we in consensus that it's a combination of Link's and the Wind Fish's dreams, or does someone think differently?

And I never thought about Inception kind of relating to this, that's funny but true.

 

[Kook]

Im going off on a whim here but when link wakes up he sees the "wind fish" so I was thinking that maybe while link was knocked out the wind fish either carried him or swallowed him, causing link to share thoughts and dreams with this fish. then when link "woke up" it was the wind fish spitting him out or ditching him. thoughts?

 

[AustinFox33]

Haha its a bit of a stretch, but I suppose anything is possible with something so open ended. Interesting theory though

 

[at332]

I agree it may be a good theory. But here is why that theory doesn't make sense to me. If you remember the end of the game when Link wakes holding on to a board (presumably
the debris of the ship that Link was on at the beginning of the game). If the windfish had picked him up and why would it drop him in the same place it found him. That is, unless it was flying in circles for the entire game.

 

[Zeldawolfsheik]

I played on a black and white cartridge too.