Link's Awakening is still my favourite 2D Zelda

Revisiting a Zelda game (and its remake) that I didn't quite do justice before. There are a few videos I'd love to redo, but this was the game that deserved it the most. Thumbnail by ‪@hotcyder‬ Chapters 0:00 Intro 4:10 Development and Design 26:59 My Current Thoughts on the Remake 34:13 The Dreaming Island 48:21 Awakening Sources https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Iwata-... https://web.archive.org/web/201211042... https://web.archive.org/web/200802081... https://www.theverge.com/24078662/twi... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...   / 1652991363515047936   Image and Video Sources https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...    • Nintendo Direct 9.9.2026      • The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direc...   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...    • Zelda Link's Awakening - Fun with Marin   Print Sources 「ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島」開発スタッフ名鑑. Shogakukan Inc. July 1993. pp. 120–124. ISBN 978-4-09-102448-0. Kahn, D., & Hobson, J. A. (1993). Self-organization theory of dreaming. Dreaming, 3(3), 151–178. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0094378 Also the Link's Awakening manga by Ataru Cagiva.