Link's Awakening: Story/Ending Explained

[@PeterDivine]

The manga version of this is even more painful, as after Link realizes what waking the Wind Fish would do to Koholint, he insists on leaving the island immediately, and inviting Marin to join him in doing so. He gets a boat, loads it with supplies, sets out with Marin and mans the oars, determinedly paddling away from Koholint... ...and goes nowhere. He rows for hours on end, but Koholint always looms on the horizon. Marin eventually has to stop Link from rowing, his hands bloody and blistered, and get him to admit there really is only one way for him off of Koholint... and one way for him alone.

[@Gnowimaster]

And then you have to think... will you wake the fish to release him and free yourself or... stay there with Marin and the others... and maybe... just maybe... still have a nice life... your own happy ending.... But our friend is a hero and so he does what a hero would do... maybe not the right thing for himself... but for the windfish... because that is what heroes do... help others in the time of need

[@Awordley]

That can't be fucking true, that's so dark I love it.

[@GenesicShinZyraelKai]

@@Awordley it's true... Read the manga!

[@kazutomorningstar9156]

I don't know who's read the percy jackson books, but there is a scene in the books were Jackson ends up in a place where he meets (I think her name was Pleione) and he has to make a decision to spend eternity with her or head back to the real world and never be able to return, and have her suffer alone. That's what Link's Awakening reminds me of, that heartbreaking choice were you want to have both, but can only choose the choice that's right.

[@arjuken8]

@@Gnowimaster He can't have a nice life as long as Nightmares wreck havoc on the Island. Koholint is full of dangers and enemies as a result. It's also mentioned in one of the dungeons that if Wind fish sleeps too long - the hero dies.

[@yamiswife101]

In the manga, link actually quits and stops trying to wake the wind fish. He was ready to settle with Marin. However he is forced to continue. I’d be so bitter if I were that version of him.

[@Dexuz]

@@willbentley8856 But Link was never inside the dream physically, was he? After all, he awakened in his ship

[@Dexuz]

@@willbentley8856 That's the point, he was still in the sea, sleeping (or unconscious), he was never part of the Wind Fish's dream and thus he would not "vanish" like the rest of the island.

[@exzyyd392]

@@willbentley8856 If he had stayed in the dream then he probably would've become part of it and had his mind 'seperated' or something, causing his real body to die when his consciousness vanishes

[@ashleylight1300]

@@willbentley8856 but the manga isn't canon

[@cherrybun8669]

Hydraxion Voltage yes

[@sagespaceghost2413]

Bro the ending actually got me in the feels, was not expecting it.

[@cxfxcdude]

Liam McCarter it’s definitely her singing

[@samsonhaze6595]

Then again come to think of it, this is the nature of all Zelda games, you begin weak, slowly acquiring power and weapons, unlocking new areas, until you beat the game and everything goes back to an idyllic, pacifist setting, thus relinquishing all that you’ve come to accumulate (in Ocarina for instance, it even makes this expressly clear from the intro, you “borrow” the kokhiri sword, you don’t just “take” it...

[@theakiwar9118]

Samson Haze And in Majoras Mask he just borrowed it indefinitely

[@wbrito8617]

What!? That was a horrible ending! That big ass fish aint give Link a ride. He let him drift away. lol

[@hermescarraro3393]

@@wbrito8617 Well. He does eventualy reach the lands of Labrina. Soo... Yeah. He was fine with it. 🤷

[@talzumon101]

Dude I really appreciate you scripting all this out, it is very clear you put a LOT of time and effort into all your videos.

[@fauxvier8519]

He is just retelling the video game is all.

[@marvelgamerz892]

@@fauxvier8519 that may come of as such for this particular video but I disagree, STILL in every single one of his video's you can see his professional hardwork and passion.

[@gymweeb9229]

Every single of his videos contain the same phrases nowadays... ““Insert title” is one of the most unique zelda games”... Like seriously it’s getting a bit annoying that he does that

[@candacewhite9040]

So let's see you make a video. I'm pretty sure there is a lot of work to make even a 5 min video. Even if it seam repetitive, still hard work and much appreciated.

[@justintime2461]

I really enjoyed it to. You must've worked really hard on it. You know, in PeterDevines manga comment, I replied a villain that could replace Nightmare, and could even make the game's story a bit better. Check it out for yourself if you get the chance to. 😊

[@IR_B0red]

I love how the opening and ending cutscenes are fully animated they look so pretty.

[@kirbyhypno2522]

So the wind fish flies over Link, and then just leaves him to die in the middle of the ocean?

[@danielcontreras6778]

Is the wind fish, guide the boat with wind.

[@ShepherdsCreek]

I like to assume that someone found him and he was saved.

[@VikTimmy]

Kaytalathegreat well this is just it, he messed up, LA isn’t on the way back to hyrule after the most recent timeline, it’s on his way away from it on the way to ages/seasons which are the same link as Alttp and this, so clearly he gets to his next destination

[@ShepherdsCreek]

@@VikTimmy oh yes yes yes! I forgot it was the same link!

[@CrashDunning]

@@VikTimmy No, they changed it when they moved Link's Awakening to after A Link to the Past. That Link is no longer the same Link as in the Oracle games because that Link had never met Zelda, so it can't be the same Link.

[@ZeldaLore]

And then the wind-fish is found as a skelleton in Gerudo Desert thousands upon thousands of years in Breath of the Wild.

[@Scorch12628]

😂 I guess so

[@fauxvier8519]

Can a deity really die tho 🤔

[@ZeldaLore]

@@fauxvier8519 yep. Hylia died remember? She was then reborn as Zelda. And the Deku tree died too in ocarina of time.

[@Dexuz]

Its the only one of the three Leviathans that has wing-like bones in its back, so yeah, its pretty much certainly the Wind Fish.

[@brochachothememelord4097]

Zelda Lore well the part about the deku tree is because I guess the first boss(I don’t remember the nam) was slowly killing him he was like a real tree blessed by the three goddesses

[@LunaSaint]

So, Link's Awakening was the first game I ever owned and beat. So little kid me finally gets through everything, and then this ending happens. Still makes me cry. Bless this game. Absolute masterpiece of its time.

[@isaackerr2793]

Same here. First game owned, first game played, first game beaten. It and its story will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@joegooderz2735]

I remember when I was a wee lad I would just play the game but I didn't really know what to do so I was always stuck in Mabe village and the Forest. One day, my brain decided to fire a neuron. I sprinkled powder on the raccoon and obtained the key to the first temple. Soon after, I finished the game with tears in my eyes. This was the first complex game I was able to beat. I'm pretty sure it was also the first time I used my brain as a child lol.

[@houseofskulltulips]

me too!!!! But you meant "of all time"

[@ijustsawthat]

> Me watches the video Also me: Looks like today is a terrible day for raining. (Colonel Mustang - Funeral Scene - FMA)

[@marlonflorian1537]

This story is just...sheesh I'm literally about to cry

[@sid2284]

What if Marin WAS a seagull, who, like Link, was drawn into the Windfish's dream when if flew too close and was pulled into the storm?

[@Soohable]

I don't think so

[@Dameol]

@@Soohable The remake strongly implies that this is the case. It shows a seagull flying and then Marin's picture. This also makes sense why she is the only person on the island that feels trapped and wants to leave

[@Soohable]

@@Dameol The remake does not imply that Marin was a seagull at the beginning of the story. She was another person, who was trapped in Koholint Island years before Link came in, and escaped as a seagull. If you investigate deeply, you will find out why Marin couldn't get off the island by returning as a hylian, rather than a seagull...

[@tokutickler]

And what if Tarin was a random ass racoon who drowned.

[@SoulCD]

@@tokutickler that makes sense

[@doctor-aesthetic]

This game hit me so hard, when I got through it as an adult. I think there's a theme here about allowing yourself to let go, in order to progress in life. Sometimes you have to leave a place that you love, let go of a relationship, move on to another job, even though staying where you are is the easy thing. Because if you don't, you can't grow. You won't change. Things may not get worse, but they also don't get any better. The experience is painful, but ultimately liberating. It's a very real, and very bittersweet lesson that everyone learns at some point.

[@XiaoFury]

Happened to me far too many times. Bittersweet bittersweet...but it does help you grow.

[@vjm3]

This is the only time in entertainment where the "It was all a dream" trope worked. Oh....and every one of you now share its memory as well. Cherish it.

[@jasonschuler2256]

It's definitely not the only time. Over the Garden Wall is fantastic, and for For the Man Who Has Everything is one of the best Superman stories.

[@joshuaking3731]

The whole "it was all a dream" trope is so hard to pull off, since nothing mattered as nothing was real. However, LA exsicutes it brilliantly. Yes it was all a dream, but not Links dream. Which means, to link, everyone and everything he saw was real. His life was in genuine danger, and the wind fish sleeping could cause issues in the real world. Yes it was all a dream, but it was one of the most important dreams Link would ever experience.

[@novustalks7525]

But was marin a real person?

[@fanghur]

You should read the Thomas Covenant series. There arguably isn’t an example of that trope (though the second trilogy basically subverts it entirely) that’s more brilliantly done.

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

@@novustalks7525 But who was phone?

[@chelebulla8886]

“It was all a dream” I used to read Word Up! magazine… 🎶 😂

[@soniccinos]

It really was a dream! "It be the nature of dreams to end!" They live on as memories on the living ones.

[@Phoenixfire653]

Link in the ending be like:"Now which way is home?"

[@ryans.distelhorst3559]

So true! XD

[@manicq5328]

Congrats Link, you just committed genocide.

[@pious83]

Well, _this_ Link is not seen again after this game, so...

[@illyon1092]

@@pious83 he is, probably. I recommend Zeltik's video "Link as an Old Man", it's really convincing.

[@samcook494]

I thought, "...and then Link died on the open ocean" when I first beat the game as kid lol

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

I already know all of this, but I like to have it re-told to me in a calm, soothing manner 😄😊

[@o0angelheart0o57]

Stop making excuses.

[@an3582]

I know. I love this game.

[@BirdieSenpai]

"Bye, dad, I'mma go exist as a bird now while you disappear." -Marin

[@Garble_Garble]

Yeah, I feel kind of bad how Martin is the only one who gets to exist after the island disappears but what if the other seagulls you see before Marin are all other characters on the island? Not sure though.

[@ArinJager1]

@@Garble_Garble not sure that seagul really is her, either, tbh :/

[@patrickterryjr4764]

Arin Jäger I highly doubt it would have alluded to her by saying that seagull line in the beginning and then have her face in the sky and have a seagull fly right after it

[@o0angelheart0o57]

Maren:😊🖕✌️

[@xleplayVA]

@@patrickterryjr4764 see, i wish she had wished to just be real, to " go and find other places, sing for other people" etc, but i guess it is that bittersweet dissatisfaction of a perfect ending that punctuates the "it wa a ll a dream" trope

[@randomnoob9131]

The wind fish sleeps, there is an island. The wind fish doesn't sleep, there is no island. Simple, right?

[@itrains1841]

Well Yes but no

[@WarDogMadness]

I suppose you need extra steps

[@s0mguy777]

if only life were as easy as that.....

[@pelagiushipbone7968]

Well yes, but actually no.

[@MrBerserkinTime]

link: wakes up fish island: 😐✌️

[@MattyTheFox89]

Still one of the most heartbreaking games I have played, and the story of Marin and Link has influenced me a lot, so much that our daughter will be called Marin.

[@justintime2461]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@luisdmarinborgos9497]

My last name is :O

[@swoopyswoop5990]

Jesus making me cry over here

[@sager3388]

Amazing name!

[@Smabverse]

is she already born?

[@headwired]

Don't let Marin fool you, she didn't wish to be a seagull to sing to people. She wished to be be a seagull so she could steal as many people's chips as possible.

[@MarceldeJong]

I would happily share my chips with Marin the seagull

[@titan2554]

Potato chips?

[@laininbluescourt]

​@@titan2554 ofc, what other chips are there? Microchips?

[@JustJulyo]

The only time where "It was all a dream" trope doesn't leave an audience mad or disappointed Nintendo and the LA team really delivered something special!

[@Monkchelle_Kongbama]

a bit late, but it was never an ass pull like mario "2" it was sprinkled throughout the whole thing until, bang, face shrine

[@jasonschuler2256]

I can think of a couple other examples. Over the Garden Wall is easily one of the best uses of this trope, and For the Man Who Has Everything is one of the best Superman stories.

[@JustJulyo]

@@jasonschuler2256 I guess I meant, video game specifically as I'm sure there's plenty of stories that have a satisfying dream ending I'm referring to like Mario 2 and stories like that

[@fernandofffff]

Marin is my favorite character. I never knew about her getting her wish. This was really a shock for me. I'm crying so much right now. I'm so happy she got her wish.

[@EndermanPierce]

Fernando F. Figueiredo Dude calm down

[@Sackboy612]

@@EndermanPierce Lmfao

[@MiddleEasternGuy]

Fernando F. Figueiredo Same! 😭 Such a beautiful ending.

[@o0angelheart0o57]

Maren is a perfect girl. Until you realize it was a dream.

[@MarioCorleone]

@@EndermanPierce No

[@lowesgameing2003]

that song was the most beautiful thing since skyward swords ballad of the goddess.😭

[@MegaZx31]

Agreeable

[@jenniferchough]

I love The Ballad of the Goddess from SS....it's even more amazing knowing it's Zelda's Lullaby backwards!

[@Spicy_Riker]

Perfect timing. I just finished the game!

[@SwiftGames_]

Lmfao same here, though i beat the original, still incredible timing

[@gemmaharmonia6609]

And I haven’t even bought it👊🏻

[@JSearsFilms27]

@@gemmaharmonia6609 Same ;(

[@ExiledBowser]

@@JSearsFilms27 I beat the original in its black and white and color releases. At dungeon 5 in the new one but I died 3 times already.

[@MegaZx31]

I haven't play the original but I still knew about the secret ending

[@firstnamelastname1991]

Link: I need a ride back to Hyrule. Wind Fish: I gotchu fam.

[@GenesicShinZyraelKai]

The Link's Awakening manga, you have to read it! It really explores the characters and their relationships to Link so much that it's good to have some comparison of that with the game's story.

[@xxEzraBxxx]

It also hurts even more when you realize how much Marin actually cared for Link in the manga. I swear they loved each other and it broke both their hearts to have to depart forever.

[@tsukikumoon2890]

Always noticed that the Zelda games with the weird settings (MM,LA,PH,WW) are the ones that are my favorite. :) This was one of my first Zelda games and I'm soooo thankful for it. Can't wait to play this on the Switch. :D

[@dslyon26]

@An Meme Which game is LCD?

[@tsukikumoon2890]

@An Meme Link's Crossbow Training I find is more of a side story. :) Plus its in Hyrule any way so it doesn't count for me.

[@McQuiznos]

*Cant wait to play this on the switch* It is worth every dollar i promise you.

[@tsukikumoon2890]

@@McQuiznos *Claps happily * That's good!! I played it as a kid on my GB and had a lot of fun with it! The only thing I noticed wasn't there were the photos but hey that's O.K as long as it's still whimsical. :)

[@insanecurity]

this literally made me cry not even joking... especially the secret cutscene at the end... wow.

[@endurarox]

I wonder if the Wind Fish enjoys pumpkin soup.

[@redwidow1358]

You know me the singing girl Marin, and we're at Koholint Island Are you ready?

[@ShadowSkyX]

The storm at the very start was likely due to the wind fish being forced to sleep, and have nightmares; after all, that would make sense why there was a volatile storm with the wind fish so nearby. When Levious was infected, the weather reflected his health and mood. It wouldn't be a stretch for this one to work the same way. It's kinda crazy we never got an answer as to who actually forced the wind fish to sleep in the first place (unless one of the Oracle games just happened to answer this, though i doubt it). I can't imagine some scrub moblins being able to do it in. Unless it was something natural however life-threatening parasites infecting it.

[@endurarox]

@@redwidow1358 This sounds like the start of a Knuckles song from SA2B.

[@endurarox]

@@ShadowSkyXConsidering the Wind Fish was out at sea, perhaps it was Bellum.

[@MayorMori]

This is one of my favourite games. And it was so nice reliving this story. Thank you. Great video

[@PrestonK_Productions]

This game's story is very Japanese. Bittersweet.

[@LittleSongBjrd]

Preston K. Productions all asian story’s are. 🙈 look one of real life Asian soap.. it’s so bittersweet and u getting upset.. a lot 😂

[@michaelklaus]

Sadly nowadays Japanese storytelling in games tries to keep the theme of achievement and loss but they tend to droen in it various other side plots with their own themes... many of which are only alluded to but never fully explored... because aparently that's what Japanese writers think a side plot should be: unfinished.

[@ArinJager1]

@@michaelklaus not everything has a closure, not even in real life (cold cases, for example) :/

[@ijustgotreallystoned638]

Racist

[@PrestonK_Productions]

@@ijustgotreallystoned638 I'm half asian, so please refer to me as half racist. 👍

[@zachken5399]

Didn't realize Marin liked the snacks I brought to the beach. The more you know.

[@elijah5068]

I mean the Windfish could have at least brought Link back to Hyrule or grant him a wish, it’s not like he just saved it from some dream infesting nightmares or anything 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@modelomegatyler]

personally i think link used his wish to give marin (and possibly the islanders) second life as a seagull. and as for taking him back to hyrule i see no other way the oracle games could have taken place since link to the past, awakening, and oracle links are all the same link

[@elijah5068]

True. I wonder how he got back. Swam? I always wondered (it might have been answered) where Link was sailing and what exactly he was doing

[@firstnamelastname1991]

I think the Wind Fish gave him a lift.

[@CharlemagneGuy127]

Maybe a ship that was passing by stopped to rescue him

[@xxEzraBxxx]

If Link requested any wish he would totally keep Marin and the island, just removing the Wind Fish problem.

[@AleASanti-mw5wv]

When i first played the game years ago i thought: When the fish wakes up, everybody's soul is free...but its bittersweet. the wind fish reminds me of the whale from skyward sword, is it connected?

[@nick012000]

I think one of the Leviathan skeletons from Breath of the Wild might be the Wind Fish - all three of them are whale skeletons that are found in unusual locations, after all.

[@johnlawful2272]

@@nick012000 he went to dragon quest 11

[@fleeksfleeks]

This whole theory video misses the quotes from the Owl Statues that give more insight into the whole story. One for example says that if the wind fish sleeps too long, the hero dies. Another one compares sleep to the ocean, and dreams with waves, both end in a crash. Also, this quote would have been kinda essential to describe the Windfish: THE WIND FISH IN NAME ONLY, FOR IT IS NEITHER.

[@raelaash4759]

Fleeks Fleeksfleeks *Sky Whale

[@Soohable]

Exactly, Owl statue located at Ancient Ruins says that Link will die if Wind Fish sleeps too long. From this, Link has motivation to get out of the island.

[@seansmawnsma3124]

I thought the statue talking about death meant more like he would grow old in the dream and die. Like he could spend his life there (dying irl when he dies in the dream) or wake the wind fish and continue on with his real life. So like I thought it was less about motivating him to continue on with the quest and more of a question about whether its better to live blissfully in a false world or seek the truth even though there'd be no guarantee of happiness.

[@alexanderpscalise]

This has made me think about those “ Leviathan” bones in BoTW differently now. Maybe significant, maybe another Easter egg. Links Awakening was such a one off playing it as a kid but those skulls were whale bones for sure...

[@patrickterryjr4764]

Good lord this game has one of the best stories ever, full of adventure, friends, heart, and even a touch of sadness

[@Brownyan]

This probably has the saddest ending in zelda I still cant stop crying

[@mangolie21]

MM ending is very sad too, if Link doesn't make it before the 3rd day ends...

[@Canalbiruta]

Amélie Barrois it's not the end, and actually mm is a very happy ending game. Can't say the same way abou ocarina though. Link lost his childhood, lost all of his friends and the only person who could understand him, forcing him to go in a quest after her, witch we all know from TP how it ends.

[@deletedaccount1990]

I agree. It has a very sad ending. Other sad endings in Zelda games is when Midna cries with emotion, and breaks the Twilight mirror right when she implied heavily that she loves Link. There is also that big quest ending in Majora's Mask where we see Anju and Kafei reunited and send Link away to safety, claiming they 'Will greet the morning... together'. Just like a true love couple. Not a game's end, but still, that part is haunting.

[@volbound1700]

In additional to the comments by everyone else here, the speech by Fi at the end of Skyword Sword is sad.

[@tokutickler]

If they remake Minish Cap in this art style my life will be complete.

[@netweed09]

Please no. That will be my anti-dream. I want the Breath1 engine. Life should not be in top-down 2.5D

[@sillybeanthing]

@@netweed09 then don't play it m8, it's not that bad, and that's kinda how the game was originally, and how a lot of the series was without the 3ish-D graphical updates.

[@netweed09]

@@sillybeanthing That's my point; I don't need to, I was privileged enough to play the originals and honestly if they're not going to ever upgrade them to the Breath engine, that's all I'll still ever need from them. I'm currently playing LTTP for over the tenth time and somehow it still hasn't gotten boring or stale; it never will becasue as long as it's in 2D it had Perfected it's field back in 1992. Anything in this style is a cash-grab for me so I'd never pick them up

[@sillybeanthing]

@@netweed09 if you don't like it so much why are you watching this video, to tell everyone how bad it would be?

[@Metawire61]

First let's get the oracle games, the older ones first, but if they do all three on the switch my life will be a blessing

[@aelodia6348]

Marin: Mr Link i don’t feel so well...

[@justintime2461]

.....Really? 😭

[@mangolie21]

good*

[@supercharged5-39]

Tarin would say that

[@rygesa]

I missed the secret ending cause the developer's randomly decided fairy's in bottles no longer revive you??? Son of a.....

[@AmRealityInc]

Link one-upped Thanos and got rid of the entire population of the island... Cold blooded

[@mostlyghostly6615]

Gone. Reduced to atoms. I used the dream to destroy the dream.

[@pinkbeatle2012]

He had to do it otherwise he would be trapped on the island forever.

[@justintime2461]

@pinkbeatle2012 This makes an interesting dilemma. If you want, I can tell you about a villian that I made up that I feel could replace Nightmare in this game. Maybe it's better, maybe worse. You decide. 😉

[@Goodbutevilgenius]

@@justintime2461 It’s worse

[@nvzoomzgaming279]

Link after waking up the windfish “ Ight imma head out”

[@MJN_SEIFER]

This was so emotional for me - this game was my first ever Zelda game, so that may have added to it, but the way the story is told here is beautiful done, I'm in tears.

[@MouseSharman]

I also hope Nintendo keeps up the anime aesthetic for zelda games in the future. For example imagine a Majora's Mask remake with all the cut scenes and major interactions told through this beautiful art style. Something to think about I suppose...

[@JSearsFilms27]

That would be really good with the moon crashing and the ending, and potentially the Giants cutscene.

[@MouseSharman]

@@JSearsFilms27 Imagine the end of the world with that art style.

[@forestreflection2066]

I would really love a zelda anime adaptation of the mangas.

[@forestreflection2066]

@Alcazar - it was terrible I know...

[@warailawildrunner5300]

Someone on youtube, called Majorlink, has been doing 'remakes' of key scenes in OOT and a few other scenes using more realistic models.. I would go check it out.. it's beautiful...

[@bee-beargaming]

I love this game art style so much.

[@ducktender397]

Ending almost had me sobbing Great vid :'')

[@tinyguy9398]

Almost?! I was full on having to blow my nose when it got to the Marin in the sky / seagull part.

[@paullangland7559]

I wish there was a future game where Marin comes back, maybe a character who can be both a human and seagull. She could make a reference that she grew up on an island that disappeared long ago, before it faded away, she asked the guardian of the island for a wish to be able to leave the island. She was granted the wish to become a seagull where fate would have it that she would reunite with the hero in the green tunic, wielding the sword and shield.

[@fiercedeity5734]

The ending of the game always makes me tear up a bit.

[@SSDARKPIT]

Two videos back-to-back? Is it Christmas already?

[@whitespider3725]

Nope

[@ryans.distelhorst3559]

Not quite. :-)

[@sarcastic_slob]

Just a dream ;)

[@netweed09]

Nice. But there's something about human voiceovers, however well 'executed' that I don't like. I love the ethereal sounds and cryptic mumbles of the Sheika Monks in Breath. I think that's the height of 'voice acting'. If something is meant to be weird I guess, keep humans as far away as possible from it

[@deffdefying4803]

@@netweed09 ok...? i have no idea where that came from but whatever

[@ZangetsuCristiano]

Wooooow.... I just finished the game, and I loved the story. I did not know about the secret ending, but it is beautiful :3 Thanks for the explanation, Zeltik. I'll replay the game with more calm the next time, and look to not die :D

[@jaysonisgreat]

So let me get this straight. The wind fish sucks me into its dream after destroying most of my raft. It then wakes up, leaps over me and the small bit of my boat that's left, and leaves me abandoned In the middle of the ocean, floating on a bit of wood, completely helpless and most likely fated to die? How cool. That windfish. A bit of a dick.

[@holyknightthatpwns]

I love how so many later games reference the lore of LA. Seagulls in WW, the wind deity in SS, etc.

[@TimeCircleBlue]

What about the seagulls? Haven’t heard that one.

[@marsirenas]

This is a beautiful game and your video is wonderfull and lovely. You have a great voice too.

[@MouseSharman]

Maron is easily one of my favorite characters in all of Zelda.

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Samuel Sharman Strong enough to carry Link uphill while he was unconscious, friends with most of the monsters and one of the few who could travel without any issue (and only really went with Link to get a date out of him, really), and soooo trolls Link and everyone else during said-date? Yeah, she’s awesome

[@JSearsFilms27]

@@anonymousfellow8879 Wow she's just a nice person with a sad- ish backstory dang

[@xxEzraBxxx]

Anonymous Fellow As I think about it she really did do a trick on the other residents. Wonder what Tarin would have taught about them.

[@samir6642]

NOW THAT was probably a whole buch of work You make many people happy Just wanted to say thank you

[@Brickman430]

This is why I love youtube and channels like these. Everyone is special and talented in their own way. Some find it that thye like a certain game so much so they talk about the lore, explain easter eggs, secrets, speculations and dive deep into a games mythology. Imagine all the wasted talent we couldnt see because we didn't have internet.

[@nerd8134]

This was a great video!!! You’re a beast!

[@WarmLillie]

Looks like Marin got her wish and flew

[@mythicvalkire1478]

Only to steal my damn chips!

[@mythicvalkire1478]

@Henry Davis no not awesome i was hungry!

[@abyss8695]

@@mythicvalkire1478 Not the chips!

[@mythicvalkire1478]

@Kairi's First Mix my chips are more important then yodas knees

[@mythicvalkire1478]

@Kairi's First Mix yeah plus they were really good chips and yoda is already dead

[@stuartalexander3298]

If you re-upload in a New Jersey accent you will have earned this subscriber for life.

[@ovaiggy]

I don't think that was Marin's wish. She already told him about the seagull thing, so why would she keep it a secret. I think the wish was more related to Link.

[@onelasada1707]

I think so too

[@SkyLinkTheory]

I think it means she’s actually real and exists in Hyrule or another land in the world of Zelda

[@ShadowSkyX]

@@SkyLinkTheory Malon. Similar name, both sing, both bond with Link through music...while Link plays the ocarina. Both people and animals--horses in Malon's case--love her voice. Both teach Link an important song that connects them. Tarin and Talon are Mario if he were a layabout on drugs or a drunk running a ranch and deliverer of milk. I don't even know what Tarin is to marin, as she calls him by name.

[@AlvinaYunoa]

ShadowSkyX The thing is though, in the timeline Malon existed before Marlin sooo...it doesn’t really work

[@Tephnos]

@@AlvinaYunoa The timeline in reality is hastily thrown together crap. Nintendo never really gave it much thought, and the official timelines were made long after the game was released (which is why BotW tries to do away with it all). However, if you consider that LA was released in 1993, and Ocarina of Time was around 1997, then you can see how it fits. Besides, in an interview around the release of OoT, it was mentioned Malon was deliberately modelled after Marin.

[@AnimatronicBadgerlord]

Still one of my favorite Zelda games. Was the first one I ever played too. Can we just take a moment to appreciate the amazing redo of the Face Shrine song in the Link's Awakening Remake? This being the first dungeon where you really learn the truth about the island. You have to *Face* the reality of what your actions will do and the music reflects it in such a wonderful way. Dark, Dreary and miserable but also somber and peaceful. A choice has to be made...Wake the Wind Fish and shatter the illusion... or stay here and remain asleep in the real world. It's so heart crushing. Before this version of the game The Ballad of the Windfish was actually my favorite Zelda Song. After this remake... the Face Shrine Song took that spot, with the Ballad in second. Also I recognized that version of the Ballad of Windfish, it's one of my most played songs on Amazon :)

[@grandjeeta2553]

7:24 The direct translation from the Japanese game is: Legends Of Zelda : Island Seen in Dream or Dream Island Something along those lines. So it was kinda obvious, however I’m glad they changed the name in the english release, it gives more space for players to think on what’s happening. Such an amazing game.

[@nonoctoro4933]

"Direct" ? There is a play on words

[@xxEzraBxxx]

Nonoctoro The Dreaming Island

[@AzuraDex]

I’m not crying, your crying.

[@wired4933]

I love this game so much and this remake is just wonderfully made. When you're inside the egg in the final chamber before you jump down into the final boss room, don't jump yet and listen for a while. I will give you a spoiler here, don't read on if you haven't tried it yourself yet: You can actually hear the wind fish sing. It was one of the beautiful things they have put into this remake. I'm sad to having played through the game. Once again.

[@mattmcd2803]

So good! You told the story brilliantly!

[@Shankapotamus775]

This is one that had escaped me for a full playthrough. I have to say that the ending to Link's Awakening is by far my favorite to date.

[@cybershinigami9907]

I rewatch this video every few months, I just love the bittersweet sadness of games like this. It hits hard man

[@Ryan-rv5em]

Great video. You should make a video on what happened to the Hero after Link’s Awakening.

[@mikael9714]

He goes to the land of Oracle of Seasons/Ages it’s the same link throughout the four games ALTTP, LA, OOS/A hope this helped

[@asteninplay9561]

Made me cry :(

[@lanreakerele4375]

I haven't yet played the game but the story of this Zelda game is great. Upload more videos!!!👍🏾

[@fakergains5526]

Just gotta tell you, Zeltik, your a great story teller, if Nintendo had to make a book about Zelda I'd pick you to write it anyday

[@Rev_Goose]

The ending is so sad, I wish Marin was a real character and not just a dream 😭

[@pinkbeatle2012]

Me too Marin was sweet

[@georgonio2]

This is an incredible video!! Thank you very much!

[@zlincorporated]

Is it just me but are Marin and Tarin a reference to malon and talon

[@xxEzraBxxx]

That's exactly what it was

[@mr.generico386]

This one was released before Ocarina. So it's actually the other way around.

[@UndernetChara]

I should watch this because I haven't beaten the game yet, but it's Zeltik, so I'm going to watch it anyway.

[@kldz3583]

When you want dreams to be a reality 🙂♥️

[@TimothyCWood]

Great job on these vids man. Keep it up.

[@mirnaabu-gheida8976]

11:15 the wind fish said "THOU MAY" but the voice said "thou might" that's an error And the voice said "come Link" but the text box said "COME, Zeltik". That equals two voicing errors.

[@KittMouri]

I just beat the game, so, at last, I was able to watch your marvelous video. I didn't even realize that Marin had become the seagull. I'm so happy the ending was a joyous one. Thanks so much for this.

[@epicls6576]

This is like watching a Foundflix vid but with Zelda instead of a horror movie.

[@jd_knight90]

Of all the Zelda games, all the sad things that trouble the people in the world's, I think Link's Awakening is the only one that really touches me. I never finished it when I had it on GBC, but now I can finally finish it for myself. Thank you for the video!

[@uchu1700]

Has anyone ever questioned why are they calling a Whale a fish ?

[@nonoctoro4933]

Ancient people ? They can't make the difference.

[@uchu1700]

@@nonoctoro4933 Its weird tho 🤨😮

[@nonoctoro4933]

@@uchu1700 And some cultures called bats, birds.

[@uchu1700]

@@nonoctoro4933 that reminds me of a story I heard about I believe it about a Bad being a bird or a beast or something.🤔

[@uchu1700]

@Zachary Erickson Well it looks like a Whale sounds like a Whale it sings like a Whale so it must be a fish.🤣

[@LucasBarbosa-qh5ke]

Watching all of your Zelda lore videos has made me realize just HOW MUCH Hidetaka Miyazaki was insipired by Zelda when he created the Souls series. The storytelling of the Dark Souls games has such a huge focus on cycles of civilization, the concept of reincarnation, and indirect storytelling thru visual and audial cues - just like the Zelda games. Your videos have showed me just how interconnected all the Zelda games are to each other - much like how each Souls game (including Bloodborne) is connected to the others. I'm gonna have to replay a lot of Zelda games..

[@MetalPcAngel]

So many years later, a grown adult . . .I still tear up to the ending of this game.

[@McQuiznos]

I just want *one* goddamn zelda game i dont tear up at when it ends. Is that too much to ask for?

[@XeroTenjin93]

Link's Awakening has always been my favorite Zelda game for its profound story and unique world. I'm so glad to have seen the game brought back to life in this way.

[@SubduedRadical]

I like how they made the timeline official and canon, and even set it up in some games (Skyward Sword for the reincarnation cycle and the true origin of the Master Sword) and referencing it in others. I love it when fan theories/ideas/trying to make a meta is incorporated by the creators and made legit canon.

[@tjay6394]

15:34 The entire last section of this video speaking of Marin wishing to just fly away like a bird brings back memories of Naruto Shippuden’s opening “Blue Bird”. In it, the lyrics: “飛翔(はばた)いたら　戻らないと言って” can be heard, which translate to “ You said if you could take flight, you would never come back…”… which kind of echoes with Marin saying she would fly far away if she were a bird . Also, the song mentions “未知なる世界の　遊迷(ゆめ)から目覚めて この羽根を広げ　飛び立つ” can be translated as … “ As you awaken from the dream of an unknown world Spread your wings and fly “ which is \exactly\ what Marin did at the ending of this game….😊 Good song, good game👏🏾

[@samjuan4899]

I find that Link's Awakening and Phantom Hourglass' stories to be bit similar. -Both games started and ended in the sea. -You both need to defeat a parasitic shadow entity (Bellum/Nightmares). -Both villains look like a giant eye with tentacles. -Both villains infested a magical whale-like creature (Oshus/Windfish). -You both got transported to another world/dimension. -You were both guided by an entity that turned out to be a guardian spirit (Ciela/Owl). Given that Link's Awakening and Phantom Hourglass exist in different timelines (Fallen and Child timeline, respectively), I like to think that Bellum and the Nightmares are the same entity and by extension Oshus and the Windfish as well. And that Phantom Hourglass is the alternate version of Link's Awakening. Just a theory...

[@Avrysatos]

I don't remember phantom hourglass well but I like that theory.

[@samjuan4899]

@@Avrysatos Thanks. But unlike Zeltik, I don't have the time nor patience to investigate this theory further. It was just something I came up with after having a Zelda marathon 5 years ago and a discussion with a friend about Termina's fate. If Termina could've been destroyed in the other 2 timelines since Link wasn't there to save it.

[@Avrysatos]

@@samjuan4899 That makes it no less interesting. Thank you for sharing.

[@mexiwolf009]

Thank you so much for this explanation. The ending brought me to tears, and now everything Is even more clear. Definitely can't wait to see whats next for the Zelda series.

[@treybrzezowski3259]

Yeah, this game has some serious H.P. Lovecraft themes.

[@seiyaryu6500]

Azathot is shaking

[@aldoushuxley5953]

Really funny considering the artstyle :)

[@SandopolisZone]

It's likely more from Twin Peaks.

[@MrblondeBEAST]

I finished the game last week, but I didnt know about the secret ending! That is so cool and makes the game 10x better haha. It makes you wonder if when you don't finish the game perfect, is the wind fish not powerful enough to grant Marin's wish? Or does he think that I (Link) doesn't care enough so neither should he :p Great job narrating as always, keep up the amazing work!

[@darkknight1938]

The story of this game is truly great. I remember when I beat the game, the ending made me sad but it is, without a doubt, one of the greatest Zelda games ever made.

[@johnathanphillips683]

You did a really good job explaining this.

[@jackorymcsimmonds2526]

This video hit my nostalgia so hard I actually cried a little... Damn Eddie..

[@JZF629]

Really well done, thank you for this!

[@Seraphim.of.the.desert]

thanks for the videos you clearly put alot of time into them

[@NSluiter]

We need more adventures with this Link. Instead of new boy, same name, same looks, same place. There should be a series where it's same boy, new place.

[@rainwitchansy]

The Salty Dog You realize this boy has more games than anyone, right? Link To The Past, Link’s Awakening, Oracle of Seasons, and Oracle of Ages. I also feel I should include Link Between Worlds because it’s the same era. So that’s 4-5 games.

[@deffdefying4803]

"there should be a series where it's same boy, new place" i know it's not the same Link as this one but OOT and MM would like to speak with you.

[@andiesaumet]

You are really an orator. Permiteme felicitarte por tu excelente contenido.

[@tripalink]

I just finished the game and MAN was it a treat

[@zenkaiangel977]

Great video, my friend 👍 I'd love to see some other Zelda summaries like this, maybe starting with one of your favorites or something like that 😃

[@BloodlySaint]

I’m shook, marin 4 real tyrned into a damn seagull.