Zelda: Links Awakening (Game Boy) Part 1 - James & Mike

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy) James & Mike Mondays PART 1
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[@eugeneweitz6864]

Is anyone else having an issue w/ the audio being off starting w/ a weird visual glitch around 9:50? I rewinded the video, and everything before that is fine. I reloaded as well, and the same thing happened

[@ugopiazza5706]

Just had the same problem

[@lefthandedrightminded3087]

it messed up the whole timing of the audio and video for me, very weird

[@bradlunsford2161]

9:54

[@ThisGuy....]

i was smoking weed and though i had a stroke lol

[@nachoxaverage]

You had to go and jynx it!

[@Markuskhan]

As an Alaskan commercial fisherman I spent my summers on an island without electricity. The gameboy was my only electronic entertainment during that time. I love the gameboy. It has a great library of games. Link's Awakening, Final Fantasy Adventure, Final Fantasy Legend 3, Mario Land 3: Wario Land, and more. Love this game, love this system, love you guys. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@ihatetobethatguy1481]

Yeah the GB had a solid library if original games. The ones you listed and I would also add the pokemon games, tetris and metroid 2

[@aaronrichards19886]

Megaman too

[@Mikeanglo]

I used to bring this camping all the time.

[@Josephwilliemrice]

Love this comment!

[@DOSRetroGamer]

I can only imagine how many AA batteries you had to buy over the years 😀

[@FriendlyBigOne]

That glance and smirk at the camera from Mike when James suggests the game "might be" a dream.

[@victoriamillicentdwinters8996]

I bought this game from a kid at a bowling alley for a quarter.. along with 3 other games I can't remember.. best deal ever.

[@alieninthevideo441]

Victoria Millicent D'Winters I once traded FF:Tactics for Legends of Dragoon.

[@sonicdoesfrontflips]

A quarter? What did he want a gumball?

[@thebluethunderbunny2324]

@@sonicdoesfrontflips He probably thought he was going to get the rare tomogachi they had in some of those machines and needed the quarter real bad.

[@chesspunk489]

I bet that kid went through his life regretting that decision.

[@brytheblueeye1723]

Eddy must've really wanted that jawbreaker.

[@arachnonixon]

I bet link is dreaming all this during his nap-cameo in Super Mario RPG

[@johnnykapferer3813]

Hence the name...

[@ClownKenny]

9:55 James: "I assume it's all a dream" Mike: *attempt at no reaction, then slight smile and a sly look at the camera* That got a laugh out of me

[@Zeburaman2005]

No James, the treasure room you mentionned near the end isn't a glitch. You either open all the chests in one go or the remaining ones are lost forever.

[@TonyBMan]

OR, in the case of AVGN, taking a diarrhea dump on it.

[@Ninthusiast]

Yeah seriously. rookie mistake!

[@bowserknight]

it's not a glitch, it's a shitload of fuck

[@Nuisance_Bear]

To be fair, it's the ONLY puzzle in the game that is like that, and I don't know of any other Zelda game with a puzzle like that. Part of the appeal of Zelda games, at least to me, is that you can never permanently mess anything up, you can always come back to something later and get that last piece of heart. This one, nope, if you get a chest, you'd better get all the others, or you'll never get to get them ever. Sure, you're the only one who will ever know that you didn't get them all, but I've restarted games from the beginning for less.

[@qu4dq0r3]

indeed, and iirc it was mentioned in the village liberary , there were some clues in that books when read with that magnifying glass :D

[@SparkyDaHedgehog]

This is 100% my favorite Zelda game of all time. And the fact that you dedicated a whole 25 minute video just to talk about how awesome it is makes me all the more happy.

[@nickolasecker9596]

I had the DX version and it was so good, eventually got Oracle of seasons and ages, i loved all of those games, Zelda really shines in 8 bit top down perspective for some reason.

[@FreshSqueezedLoyalty]

Being called "THIEF" in this game as a kid pissed me off enough that I wouldn't steal lol

[@thegiantfinds]

the shaming technique worked. as Link I wanted to be the hero. to take that away definitely hurt my soul as a kid

[@matthewparker235]

Absolutely, I only made that mistake once.

[@sensibleGamer]

17:00 The Ghost: The joke is that you take him to his old house, it's a dilapidated broken mess and you expect him to comment on how how sad it is that it is such a mess... except he says "How nostalgic. Nothing has changed." implying that this is how it looked when he was ALIVE!

[@Luke.hello.]

that's actually pretty funny

[@kennethzheng3735]

I don't get it

[@Luke.hello.]

the joke is his house was a ruin even during his lifetime

[@kennethzheng3735]

okay guy Ohhhh haha I'm so slow Ohhh I didn't read the part where he said it "was a broken mess" my bad ;P Thanks!

[@kennethzheng3735]

***** But it still means that it was broken when it was living, whether one thing or more

[@grizzlywhisker]

as a kid i used to stay up ALL night playing this game in my bedroom. i also played the game boy a LOT at home, not just exclusively on the go. link's awakening was definitely the big epic game of my childhood. glad to see you guys visit this classic!

[@phoenixlich]

i played the DX color version with the bonus dungeon. it's so fucking good

[@ConcordTheGymnogyps]

You like the rom hack seriously.

[@InsaneDragoniteHD]

@@ConcordTheGymnogyps It's not a rom hack. It was an official Nintendo release .

[@link5605]

@@ConcordTheGymnogyps ever heard of the Deluxe re-release on GameBoy Color ?

[@skydiamsteam6005]

Willie Wagtail [From Dot and the Kangaroo] Yikes

[@jsantacruz7]

I shoveled the entire map.

[@kbtdadap]

2x!!

[@andersgale9544]

Same

[@patrickbo2045]

Who didn't

[@feenickstv4209]

Same

[@schwartsbruder]

Links awakening 2019 hype!

[@dougbowser50]

links awakening 2023 hype!!

[@cepollard86]

Still hyped for this too

[@pedroguilherme9811]

I love how Mike looks at the camera - and the viewers - when James mentions that it all may be a dream.

[@izaacchirac4501]

The room with all the treasures is not a glitch. It's a puzzle that you have to figure out. You can open all of them, but if you push the wrong rock, you can't get out to try again.

[@Untouchaable]

Great pick. You should definitely do a Monday video for "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" when it comes out.

[@TheRealEvilRoy]

yes.

[@JtMoney88]

Absolutely!!

[@DudeManForever]

Yes!!!!

[@7.7.7_.7..7._]

The DX version is my favorite zelda. Its perfect with the island the sleeping fish and all. When i was a child this was magic to me :)

[@KuronoXD]

Ha ha, Mike doing his best not to react at James' guess that the whole thing is a dream!

[@Kladyos]

James said he's at the 8th dungeon so the game already told him that it was a dream. He must not be paying too much attention lol XD

[@MrMudbill]

Well obviously he is paying attention considering he figured it out. He's just considering that perhaps the ending will twist it.

[@mjc0961]

That didn't make any sense. The game tells you flat out before level 6 that the entire thing is a dream. Not sure why James had to "guess" and Mike had to "not spoil" something the game already flat out said. But whatever, no biggie.

[@alexsilva28]

He even looked at the camera like saying "He figured it out!"

[@DJAmtrak2]

Maybe I was just too young or naive at the time, but I NEVER realized it was a dream until I completed the game and saw the end credits. I was around 11 or 12 at the time when it was originally released though.

[@YowLife]

Also the character that sent the Princess Peach photo was catfishing that guy. So the photo probably was Princess Peach or something.

[@TheDobleQ]

Link's Awakening absolutely an underrated Zelda game, same goes for Minish Cap, the most criptic one in my opinion...

[@alieninthevideo441]

Leonel Remille Underrated gets thrown around so much these days its lost all its meaning.

[@stepheng8061]

Minnish cap is amazing I love it

[@sonicdoesfrontflips]

Minish cap remake

[@RoundShades]

@@alieninthevideo441 I felt it was true in his context, until they friggin remade it for switch lmfao.

[@link5605]

How is Minish Cap criptic ?

[@bolttracks]

I love that they fixed most of the little nitpicks in the remake, it was a wonderful way to dive back into this game. I obsessed over it as a kid but never managed to get through all the way.

[@karlj.2360]

One of my favorite things to do in this game was have the rooster and the boomerang, throw the boomerang and pick up the rooster. When the boomerang comes back it would stay beneath Link and you could plow through enemies like that.

[@KombatGod]

9:28 I think James messed up here. It's not that Peach is called Christine, Christine is the goat character that was sending letters to the other character, and at one point he says "look, she enclosed a picture of herself!" But she cheated and put her name on an image of Peach instead.

[@KeijiMaeda86]

LMAO what the fuck! For real?! I never made that connection before. Fucking Link's Awakening was joking around with Catfishing before catfiishing was even a thing!

[@Marabonbon]

KeijiMaeda86 yes, for real :D

[@Nuisance_Bear]

I mean, it's not as though the idea didn't exist before the term came about. Catfishing is just a specific term for lying.

[@scuzzy5005]

It made me scared of pen pals/chat services WAY back when I was young, no joke. This was 1995 or so for me, before internet was a big thing, the era was just starting with AOL, JUNO and such. (there was even this one service back in '96 or so where you didn't need a service provider, it was only one program where you could only chat, no webpages.)

[@DEV3N87]

She straight up catfished Mr Wright

[@christianowens4104]

Hey Mike, did you ever play any of The Minish Cap? I never played too much of Links Awakening, so I never realized how similar the 2 are.

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

Yes I loved the Minish Cap I remember really having fun with the Roc's cape - Mike

[@christianowens4104]

Cinemassacre One of these days I'd love to see a James and Mike where you play a bit of that game.

[@TheDarkFable]

The gameboy Zelda games are all similar style. The two Oracle games use the exact same sprites as this one just colored

[@beeblebrux2112]

+Dude2354 Emulators can be portable. My old psp with custom firmware is nothing but a portable emulator now, and there's lots of ways to build your own portable RetroPie

[@christianowens4104]

It's nice to see other people giving the Minish Cap some love. It's one of the least talked about Zelda games, but it's easily in my top 3.

[@algol291]

My favorite Zelda game. This was my life when I was nine/ten years old.

[@algol291]

Can't beat the game without collecting enough shells. And they are hidden in the worst spots. Got to the end boss, couldn't do shit to him. I had to wait four years later to realize you needed the sword upgrade to beat the final boss... only bad part of the game, because THEY GAVE NO HINTS AS TO WHERE THE MISSING SHELLS ARE!!

[@algol291]

Buzzclip R was the shell game in the original version of 'Link's Awakening'? They added a lot of things, like the photo shop, in the newer versions of the game. I own the original.

[@algol291]

Buzzclip R Are you talking about the place you go to redeem the shells you've collected? There is a game you can play in there?? Never knew that. If I didn't have so many games to play, I'd replay 'Link's Awakening', Right now, paying 'Contra 4', and it's a bitch. Next, either 'Dead Space 3' (got for under $10) or 'Resident Evil: Revelations 2'. Play either of those? Heard that they aren't as good as their predecessors.

[@XavierGr]

Ah the nostalgia is strong with this one. One of the few games that as a kid made me speed run it and finish it from start to end in one sitting.

[@legacyShredder1]

I've not seen James so excited over a game in a long time. For whatever reason why, his joy brings me joy. I dig it.

[@MrJholshouser41]

But we didn't see him play it.

[@bobbyduckett5465]

I had a teacher take away my Gameboy right after I got Pokemon Yellow. I woulda been in... 3rd or 4th grade, I believe. I broke into the classroom during recess and stole it back. Best part, teacher never even realized it. She just forgot the entire situation. Either that, or she did notice, and was just glad I never brought it up to hold her accountable for losing it.

[@bobbyduckett5465]

What part of the story came off as gloating? And even if that were true, how does that say ANYTHING about me as an adult? Or, were you absolutely perfect? Do perfect children make perfect adults? Or, does learning from mistakes make somebody a better person as they grow up? Do you judge ALL people by the dumb shit they did as children, before their minds and emotional state were mature enough to truly appreciate the consequences of their actions? Shut the fuck up, you pretentious, self-righteous fuckwit.

[@thesaskatchewankid]

+Turrican4D THIEF!

[@badumtsss5421]

+Bobby Duckett why are you so fucking triggered? Everyone's being nice

[@GribbleGob]

BS and you know it

[@josemanuelruizgonzalez9353]

@@thesaskatchewankid i see what you did there

[@dereklogue7188]

When AVGN made the comment in the Metal Gear episode that "it's like making a Zelda game with no Zelda," I figured he never played this game.

[@breakfastmachinearchive8]

Or Majora's Mask

[@AndresLionheart]

In that one Zelda at least appears for 15 seconds to remind you of the Song of Time =P

[@advang4820]

He already played Z:LA before he made that comment in Metal Gear.

[@carlosnieve1225]

Ah, I remember playing this game. The funniest part was when you get some girl to follow you. Link picks her up over his head, as if she was an item, and the item tune plays. Still makes me chuckle.

[@michael8124]

Yes. You can trade your 'B' item for the boomerang and back as many times as you want. Here's a tip: the shovel is needed for digging up secret seashells around the overworld. Once you get enough secret seashells (20) to upgrade your sword at the seashell mansion, the shovel is pretty much useless (unless you want to spend all day digging holes in the ground for rupees and hearts. But there's plenty of grass and bushes to cut down for that). After upgrading your sword, trade the shovel for the boomerang and never look back. There are about 25 secret seashells throughout the game, but you only need 20 to upgrade your sword. Some seashells are hidden inside treasure chests in dungeons, but once you upgrade your sword those chests only contain rupees and you can't find any of the extra seashells you missed after upgrading.

[@NinjaxShadowXx]

DX version is better. Also Eagle's Tower still gives me nightmares.

[@FPietros]

I agree. Have you finished the DX version?

[@AlecIceferno]

The colour dungeon was awesome.

[@XENOGOD]

Its my favorite besides ALtP! And it probably has the best GBC soundtrack ever.

[@MungkaeX]

I agree. Link's Awakening DX also included a bonus dungeon that was exclusive to the GBC. I'm surprised neither James not Mike knew that this was actually initially planned as a port of a Link to the Past.

[@DaddysFlipside]

+MungkaeX Huh, so that's why I was seeing so many similarities even in this video..m

[@YukoValis]

ah yes the infamous Links awakening trade. Play the crane game and get the Yoshi doll. Give the doll to a woman for a Ribbon. Give that to a chain chomps owner for dog food. Give that to a croc for Bananas. A monkey will give you a stick for that... which you use to get a honeycomb. A chef will give you a pineapple for the honey. The old man is hungry.. give him the pineapple for a Hibiscus. Goats love the taste of that, and will give you a letter. Trade that for a broom. The poor sweeping lady will give you a fishing hook for that. The fisherman will give you a Necklace for that. Give the necklace to a mermaid for a scale. Put the scale in a statues mouth for a lens. Inside a cave you can finally trade the lens for.... well play the game and find out. :3

[@eugeneweitz6864]

YukoValis Sword gah! What a cliffhanger lol

[@ZorotheGallade]

​@@eugeneweitz6864 You use the lens to examine the book with the tiny writing in the library which gives you instructions on how to navigate the maze in the final dungeon... Unless you're playing the DX version, where it gives you instructions to push the gravestones in the graveyard in a certain sequence, which leads you to a bonus dungeon where you can upgrade your armor for extra attack or defense power, and the instructions on how to get through the maze are instead given by an owl statue.

[@Oddbrother]

Those moments when you play your Game Boy at night in the back seat of a car, with the street lights being your only aid of vision...

[@SJReid82]

Ah man, this was absolutely my favorite Gameboy game growing up. I played it EVERYWHERE! At school, at home, on the bus, in the car...was great when I used to go with my family up to the cottage during the summers. Would kill so many hours on this thing. I just remember being so obsessed with getting the Lv.2 Sword (just called it the Master Sword back then). Having no internet back then, it was a challenge and a half finding all twenty of those sea shells. I seem to recall doing it like on my third or forth playthrough.

[@SofaCitySweetheart]

I played the SHIT out of this game when I was a kid. I remember learning this crazy screen transition glitch that let you explore parts of the game you weren't supposed to. Makes for an even MORE interesting run. Great game!

[@celestialcult27]

For me, A Link To The Past, Links Awakening, and The Windwaker are my fav Zelda games

[@praisedsquishy]

James, that tricky jump at 23:20, you can just walk over it.

[@babybuussj4]

One thing I really like about this episode in particular is that you guys talked about an aspect of *gaming*, in this case portable games and how some aren't suited for quick on the go fun. It's not what I expected, but I really liked it. Here's to more videos like this.

[@GashdakSaghzaar]

I guess James and Mike are stuck doing reviews of good games now since they reviewed all the bad ones on AVGN.

[@MungkaeX]

I've always gotten the impression that J&M Mondays were their chance NOT to play bad games. A lot of them are games one or both of them have never played, but most of these feel like games they want to play.

[@brandonthetoyandgamecollector]

there's lots of bad games out there for them to do, but i think they just want to play games they like or hear are good on James and Mike Mondays

[@ultraness]

The next game they play will probably be something awful.

[@KeijiMaeda86]

True... but half this video was James complaining about shit. If he wrote up a script and did his Nerd schtick he could make an AVGN episode out of it.

[@puts1421]

there are only so many bad games to review. I still like their content even reviewing good games. it's more about the nostalgia.

[@D4V1D_03]

My favorite game of all TIme!! Love it

[@kylefer]

I don't know how I missed this video!! I suggested this one to James many years ago, so glad he got around to it!

[@z3rotek]

I remember playing this game from beginning to end one summer with my friend. I had a Super GameBoy and we played it using the SGB. Such an amazing adventure. Thanks for bringing back awesome memories.

[@quagthias]

I don't think people give Mike enough credit for the editing on these videos. Your editing choices are perfect.

[@xitalisk]

PLEASE DO MORE OF THIS CONTENT I LOVE IT

[@JAMMZFOYOU19]

10:00 I love that small look mike gives to the camera when James predicts the ending

[@marinezomby9377]

My Mondays are so much better with James & Mike Mondays! Thanks guys, love what youz guys do, cinemassacre Octobers are amazing too!

[@FPietros]

Has anybody played and finished the *Oracle of Season/Ages* Zelda games?

[@erika_fuzzbottom]

I tried. I got bored. Had more fun with Link's Awakening.

[@Jim_Tracy]

Yup! Both separate as well as the linked story! Such great games!!

[@noswanson1982]

Yes. I loved those games. Only flaw, couldn't get the link cables to work properly, so I had to write down code after code just to get the linked content. That did get a little old after a while. Otherwise, it was really fun. :)

[@sandorrclegane2307]

Dude, yes. I loved them and found the between-game-codes very cool

[@GorrillaVision]

Gameboy and GBA have some of the best Zelda games

[@bakerbakerbaker305]

Who ever thought such small consoles could pack such uh punch I agree so many huge classics

[@GorrillaVision]

it's because of the simplicity of Zelda's gameplay for the classic style

[@Mar-O899]

Yeah this, the Oracles, and Minish Cap were all good.

[@giltyascharged]

FINALLY.. i remember i suggested this few years ago for JAMES & MIKE mondays..

[@MitchQuadrupleTree]

About that room with the treasure chests that James was talking about: that is actually not a glitch, that's a puzzle that's triggered the moment you open one of them. There's a specific pattern that you're supposed to move the rocks so that you can claim all the treasures, but you have to do it in one visit to the room, the moment you step outside the cave any unopened chests are forfeit.

[@Killtrobal]

This is my most beloved game of all time. Playing this as a kid, particulary the ending (no spoilers), y realized how fiction can touch your emotions. It was not a comic or a movie.... it was this game.

[@shadowlinkbds]

What are your thoughts on the Oracle games? Have you played them before James or Mike?

[@Vengeance19]

Yeah, I am also curious about that!

[@cooleyzz]

I personally love the oracles games. Bought both as a kid and played endlessly and multiple restarts. Was so much fun playing those two games as a child. Fond memories.

[@dillclinton4379]

they're really a lot of fun like enhanced versions of this I'm playing both of them now

[@balbanes1]

They are good but Awakening was better. There is a part in the Oracle games that is really annoyingly difficult, I think it was a dancing part, it almost made me stop playing.

[@RoundShades]

They are all 3 gems, but I love Awakening. Oracles was definitely a more content-filled and higher quality but less adhesive storyline Zelda game.

[@paaaaaaaaq]

I remember founding out that thing about the The legend of Zelda when I was a kid. But did you ever find out why the bombs don't always hit darknuts? That's because the bomb can hit their shields. If you like place the bomb left of you the explosion will attack from darknut right side and if he is facing right the shield will block the explosion. That is why placing bombs towards walls always work since enemies always face away from the wall when they meet it.

[@top115]

ok I have to comment again! I played this game a LOT in my holidays when we visited other beautiful countrys in Europe and my parents constantly yelled at me too look out of the window. All I would do is taking a quick look and than dive back into that game. I missed so much because of this game but I swear the memories I gained playing it are still greater!

[@saarland2china]

WHAT?!?! JAMES DIDN'T PLAY ONE OF THE BEST GAMES IN THE WORLD!?!

[@reidrac]

Great game! I think some of the "bad" things you guys mention are just being picky from your perspective of 2016; if you had played this game 20 years ago you'd have said it was perfect.

[@The__Leo]

Yeah, I never remember giving a shit about changing items. Some Call Me Johnny spent a ton of time bashing that as well.

[@reidrac]

I'm not sure is because we didn't know better back then. Equipping those things is part of the game, is something you're required to do. You could argument that there ar other things that could be removed because they're not fun or they stop your progress... and then you end with modern gaming. Anyway, I'm not saying the games are perfect but times change and *we change*; that alone doesn't make a game worse.

[@jediking12]

+okagron That is the reason I stopped playing Link's Awakening. You have to keep constantly switching to the bracelet. Confused the hell out of me even if you adapted to the other games where you didn't have to switch to them you just pick the heavy object out the way after getting the gauntlets.

[@Laurendox]

+Retro Game Lord and an entire new dungeon with color puzzles

[@mjc0961]

They can't change the item equipping because the GameBoy only had two buttons.

[@mackwinter1345]

HEY JAMES AND MIKE LOVE THE CHANNEL..BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIES.

[@AlohaGamester]

Mike and his button up shirts. I love the brown button up he was wearing from their Link To The Past video series.

[@IdealIdeas100]

I know you guys did metroid 2, but Id love to see you guys play AM2R

[@goatygames]

James and Mike I am sure you are aware by now, but you know the cross overs were there because this game was actually a tech demo that turned into a full blown game. Pretty cool stuff!

[@pigs18]

The trick that Mike is trying to explain involves two types of enemies in the same room. If you have, say, two Darknuts and two Pols Voice in the same room, you can defeat the Pols Voice and leave the room. When you re-enter, the game will distribute out the enemies again, turning at least one of the Darknuts into Pols Voice. Also, if you leave one enemy alive, the other enemies won't respawn when you return.

[@duckwaltz]

"Every time you fall off, the boss's energy is backup. You start over! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!" FTFY :D

[@patrickdrain2305]

If you put a bomb on the ground bomberman style as the dodongo's approach you they will eat them. It's still a pain cause half the time they turn like a millisecond beforehand. All in all it was a great game especially since it was one of the last I played before the internet could just give you all the answers.

[@Yuzoboy]

This is the only Zelda game I've played and completed.

[@leifhamre8594]

so cool that you're still making videos i haven't watch your channel in 7 years glad to know i can always come back to content

[@Night-Jester]

It's great to see another person enjoying this game. James is really appreciating and finding all the fun stuff in the game. You hit on so many great points of the game! It's wonderful and I beat it at my grandma's years ago with my rechargeable battery pack.

[@TryStunning]

Mike if you see this, what do you think of the newer Zelda's, like from Gamecube till now?

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

I love Wind Waker and Link Between Worlds. There have been hits and misses. Breath of the Wild looks promising so we will see. -Mike

[@carcasopaldaseo7148]

I'll take the opportunity since you're reading comments just to say I love your work man!

[@georgecanquickscope2511]

+Cinemassacre yeh, I love your work man! And I've watched you since k was about 10 so thanks for teaching me so many swear words aha.

[@SpanoE]

+Cinemassacre play the oracle of seasons/ages when you get the chance

[@partycakeboy92]

Mike how do you feel that Breath of the Wilds kind of looks empty. Do you just hope it's in the development state and it will be more filled?

[@LateNightRetro]

This is my 2nd favorite Zelda game.

[@LateNightRetro]

and yeah best gameboy game I played

[@deityunleashed14]

I never noticed that the Maiamais in Link Between Worlds whom you collect to upgrade your stuff would be a throwback to the shells in Link's Awakening how cool.

[@VenomKitetsu]

Been replaying Link's Awakening and Oracle of Ages on my phone recently. So glad I found this episode again. :)

[@TortureVisionTV]

A "watered down" version of Shaq Fu... I'd love to see that. LOL

[@borrisg4972]

I don't care what anyone else thinks. This is the best game in the series.

[@karlkralle9761]

It's no glitch with the treasures; it is a riddle where you have to find a way to open all treasures in one run.

[@joeygray1984]

I grew up with Gameboy. I had every one the original, the GB Pocket, GBA, and on into the DS. I have always kind of prefered handheld games for some reason, but I never really played them "on the go" maybe in the car when I was a kid, but now as an adult if I'm out doing something I'm busy. I still love handheld games though. I think it's just the freedom of being whereever you want with right in your hands. I love the little cartridges and how you can neatly pack it all away. Idk.. guess I'm strange that way. I'm so excited for the Switch. It's like a childhood dream of mine.

[@saarland2china]

24:55 is no glitch. It is supposed to be like this

[@MISTAWULFY]

This is my favorite LoZ game of all time, I would rather have it than ALttP, personally.

[@Hijynx87]

For sure!

[@Nuisance_Bear]

Mine too. Really a hidden gem, LA is a beautiful game. As i recall, LA was actually supposed to be something of a watered down LttP port that the LttP dev team sorta worked on in their off hours. This is why much of the geography is similar to LttP's. But they realized at some point that the story wanted to be its own thing, separate and distinct from LttP, so got permission to treat it as such and diverge from the LttP storyline. I don't actually know if that's true or not, but I like the idea that it wanted to be its own story, in a way.

[@servadac42]

I think that's true, that's also why they did many placeholder sprites that then were left in the game.

[@Zeldaschampion]

I remember playing one of the portable Castlevania games on the ride to Disney World. I remember I manage to stop before landing.

[@Ultimaetor]

each time my nephew gets stuck in a game, I always tell him how one of my friends beat this game knowing just basic english. One of my all-time favorite Zelda games along A link to the past, Oot and MM

[@GameAlicornLuna]

Oh, boy. Level 8...say hi to Blaino for me!

[@alexl.4362]

Princess Luna

[@harukatakahashi8822]

brohoof

[@MegaSaga7]

comment about pic

[@bruwneahdoge3621]

Ah fuck yeah!

[@alexl.4362]

Ah Hell Nah!

[@alexl.4362]

Ratko Mladic Ratko

[@tedizjeff7846]

One of the puzzles that stumped me the most in this game was in the castle. No other zelda game that I know of had you throw the pot at a door to open it. It becomes a thing in later dungeons too, but by then you already know.

[@LazyGyro]

a lets play that starts in the middle of the game. This is a highly underrated thing.

[@jcsanchez0004]

who's here because of links awakening 2019's announcement?

[@misterbardfastsrandomshena5875]

looks like the audio is outta sync my dude

[@ThePSXcollector]

This episode brought back some memories :) Loved this game as a kid.

[@Shwartzie007]

I'm nerding the hell out right now, thank you James this is so freaking awesome :D.

[@DylanCataldo]

You should play Top Gear for SNES! It has the one of the best racing soundtrack

[@umbysworld]

YES! The music was so amazing it made me want to play better.

[@thesaskatchewankid]

Top Gear was my jam as a kid, that and U.N. Squadron have excellent music! Glad to hear someone talk about Top Gear!

[@folver91]

I love how the band Muse uses a bit of that soundtrack in their music. I think it's called Bliss.

[@Luna-Fox]

Why didn't you play Links Awakening DX? It was in color, had slightly better sound, and had an extra dungeon.

[@pursuing222]

there's a number of added things in the DX version, not just the dungeon and the color. they should of at least mentioned it. Maybe they don't know it exists? They didn't seem too knowledgeable about this game in my opinion, I noticed that in a few areas.

[@ZipplyZane]

They added the color dungeon, the reward for beating those dungeons, and the Photo place. And fixed some bugs. That's it.

[@ZipplyZane]

The main reason to play DX is that it just looks better for video purposes.

[@RoundShades]

Still, everything they asked for, as far as sitting at home and playing it like a console, is called "Emulate it on a PC you hook up in your livingroom with a controller attached". It's the most comfortable experience tbh, the only thing you sacrifice is the nostalgia... yet, you gain comfort AND video quality AND recording ease.

[@Psythik]

I've noticed that a *lot* in their videos. They can be frustrating to watch because it's obvious that Mike and James don't do their homework.

[@Cinematicjosh]

Living in the country where the bus ride to school was an hour - I was definitely playing this on the way to school all the time, this and pokemon

[@segasdreamer]

I played it late after the release. I got it in '98 and thought it was great. Then, for my birthday go the DX version and loved the color.

[@InuYugiHakusho]

I also got the original version for my birthday, which was around the same time the DX version released.

[@fayezahara2218]

we need a new link awakening 3ds title

[@TheLastRaven6]

Its on the 3DS eshop, DX version

[@fayezahara2218]

+TheLastRaven6 i mean a new one like link to past but the dx one is awesome also

[@bevrosity]

link between worlds wasn't good enough for you?

[@fayezahara2218]

+bevrosity it was amazing new game mixed with old game and love to see it done to many other old zelda games

[@bevrosity]

yeah, it was really good. strangely enough though, i like link's awakening better.

[@BigEvil6686]

James, you know you can just place the bomb in front of them, like a dodongo, right?

[@burleynelson4263]

Except they're always changing direction causing you to miss

[@damagecase138]

Now I have to go replay this..... For the nostalgia!

[@SnesRulez]

The Mario 2 cameos are an ingenious forshadowing of the game's plot twist

[@tmac3019]

and they didnt even have permission from nintendo when the programmer started making this game

[@whitemage024]

Yes,but they had no part in making it,they just let them create it

[@johnlamkin8801]

everyone thumbs up if there should be an avgn eipsode on plug and play consoles!!

[@HopelessHermit]

Sweet. Link's Awakening rocks. Fun cameos and such; great improvements like a portal after a miniboss, etc.

[@dariusfadavi7188]

This is my fave Zelda game. Everyone is so quick to cite the original, Link to the Past, or Ocarina as theirs. But this is the one I have the most nostalgic memories for.