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''"I know a few secrets, but I won't tell you."'' - Kazumi Totaka | |||
Easter has passed, but the Easter egg hunt is never over. Well-hidden eggs are bound to turn up throughout the year. These musical Easter eggs in Link's Awakening were found a while ago, but perhaps you didn't know about them. If you did, you may not know their full story. | Easter has passed, but the Easter egg hunt is never over. Well-hidden eggs are bound to turn up throughout the year. These musical Easter eggs in Link's Awakening were found a while ago, but perhaps you didn't know about them. If you did, you may not know their full story. | ||
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Like many other Zelda games, entering "ZELDA" as your file name causes something interesting to happen. In all versions of ''Link's Awakening'' and ''Link’s Awakening DX'' except the French DX version (enter "ぜるだ" in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR0Redtb4JE Japanese versions]), this causes the file select music to change to a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAS2o0Apgik remixed version]. In French ''Link’s Awakening DX'' games, you have to enter "LOLO" to get this song. In the GameBoy version, "LOLO" unlocked the hidden [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6SaekZZ-r0 LOLO Song]. | Like many other Zelda games, entering "ZELDA" as your file name causes something interesting to happen. In all versions of ''Link's Awakening'' and ''Link’s Awakening DX'' except the French DX version (enter "ぜるだ" in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR0Redtb4JE Japanese versions]), this causes the file select music to change to a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAS2o0Apgik remixed version]. In French ''Link’s Awakening DX'' games, you have to enter "LOLO" to get this song. In the GameBoy version, "LOLO" unlocked the hidden [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6SaekZZ-r0 LOLO Song]. | ||
The next file select 'password' | The next file select 'password' has more of a story to it. In the German version of ''Link’s Awakening'' (GameBoy), you can enter "MOYSE" as your file name to unlock [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avl2HHDlvEA MOYSE’s Song]. Claude M. Moyse was a German translator who worked on this and several other games. He is infamous for strange or perverted text he adds to some of his translations, and in ''Link’s Awakening'' he even added his own song. However for the remake on GameBoy Color, his song was removed and replaced by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=322JII0g6fc Totaka’s Song]. This song still takes the same file name ("MOYSE") to unlock. | ||
Totaka’s Song | Totaka’s Song is even more interesting. This song was created by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazumi_Totaka Kazumi Totaka], who was in charge of sound programming and special effects for ''Link's Awakening''. He has hidden this same 19-note tune in almost every game he’s composed for. Aside from the German version of ''Link’s Awakening DX'', it also appears in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2fAzLpB0Gw both Japanese versions] if you enter his nickname "とたけけ" (totakeke) as the file name. | ||
Don’t have a German or Japanese game? There’s another place you can find this song in any version of the game. Wait inside Richard’s | Don’t have a German or Japanese game? There’s another place you can find this song in any version of the game. Wait inside Richard’s Villa for a couple minutes, and this tune will briefly interrupt the normal music. While you’re waiting, there’s another musical Easter egg in this house. The normal song for Richard’s Villa is actually a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YSwhbD9goo remixed version] of the main theme from the Japanese-only game ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaeru_no_Tame_ni_Kane_wa_Naru Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru]''. ("For the Frog the Bell Tolls" – hence all the frogs in the house!) Richard was also the main character in that game. | ||
There are many other fun and interesting Easter eggs in Link’s Awakening, even some musical ones that weren’t covered here. Check them out on our new [http://www.zeldadungeon.net/ Link’s Awakening Easter egg page]. Did we miss any? Post in the comments so the egg doesn’t just sit around until next year! | There are many other fun and interesting Easter eggs in Link’s Awakening, even some musical ones that weren’t covered here. Check them out on our new [http://www.zeldadungeon.net/ Link’s Awakening Easter egg page]. Did we miss any? Post in the comments so the egg doesn’t just sit around until next year! | ||