The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening | The Completionist | New Game Plus
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- The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening has already had one remake for the DS, but now with a whole new art style and gameplay tweaks we have an amazing rendition of Link's Awakening for the Nintendo Switch. This game is actually one of the weirdest Zelda games. There's no Zelda, no TriForce, no Ganon, in fact if doesn't even take place in Hyrule! There's even Mario enemies! As Link, you wash up on a mysterious island and find out you have to collect the 8 instruments that can awaken the legendary WindFish. No fate of the world here, just classic dungeon exploring, discovering secrets, and collecting collectables.
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What is your favorite puzzle type to solve?
I don't know, they're all so much fun lol
Homosexual penguin type
Favorite: Logic or procedural like a detective case
Hate: Platforming or frame-perfect timing as a puzzle.
Push blok funn
Do kh3
They should use this art style for an earthbound remake
Alpha AX You are a genius.
Remaking all three of the Mother games in that style would be amazing.
However, there would be one major problem that an Earthbound remake would face. How do you make it possible to re-enact the Threed Tent Glitch? Seriously, amazing things can happen with the Threed Tent Glitch, and leaving that feature out would be a MAJOR missed opportunity. Hell, you could probably slip in certain secrets that you can only find through fiddling with that glitchy little corner.
this is GOLD
I kind of want it to be a bit more like realistic. But it should be cartoony
As much as I would love to see that, I know it won't happen. Nintendo doesn't really know what to do with the Mother series. And without Itoi, nobody really wants to take the helm.
I’ve never played the original, but this remake is freaking amazing. I’m kinda mad I didn’t play this game sooner, it’s a fantastic game!
I replayed DX right before I played this remake and it was pretty cool playing them back to back and comparing them. Never felt tedious and it was a blast to play through both again
Sadly couldn't afford to get the remake but got a reason to re-complete the DX version instead. It was a bit tough but I did get that secret ending.
After playing the Switch edition, DX or the original are impossible to playn
My only major gripe with this game is that if I didn't get it at that Black Friday price I was talking about, I still wouldn't have it. Because $60 USD is _way_ too much for a straight remake of a Game Boy game
@@jhenners whaat :D I think DX actually plays better (on 3DS virtual console) except of course for the item-menu
Man, doing a collab with someone who you grew up with is probably a dream come true. MC Lars, you make dreams come true. Good work on the rap song, both of you.
Thank you dude - I was honored to do this with him!
@Guy Dude No dude you suck, get that negativity bullshit outta here. Song was fantastic @MC Lars
What are you talking about that song sucked ass just like all of Mc Lars' stuff
Just _imagine_ a dedicated Zelda Dungeon Builder game, where players can fully customise and share their own dungeons, customise any aspects, and even change the style to a variety of Zelda art styles.
Sam Cooper so super Mario maker but zelda? Sounds pretty cool
A 50 room dungeon with all combat rooms, each room has more lynels, and darknuts. And the final room is a gauntlet against every boss in the series.
That already exists and the name is "Zelda Classic"
That would be amazing.
I think Super Dungeon Maker is a step in the right direction.
This game was remade beautifully. I played the original back in the day and I never thought I'd live to see this masterpiece redone. The finale is haunting, with the updated soundtrack and SFX and you can bet I played the game full blast on my speakers just as I did for A Link Between World.
Immediately watched. Link’s Awakening as a fine remake, I hope Nintendo remake the oracle games like LA.
singularon1 Buy it. It’s a great remake, the lag is minimal and doesn’t affect the game hugely. It’s generally a stable 60fps at most times.
@Peref L. Because you have a lack of income
@@rayminishi689 That makes no sense
@@EWOODJ It does because a paying job makes $60 look like a joke.
@Peref L. Nintendo can bundle the Wind Waker and Twilight Princess remakes together and sell it for 60 bucks. Itll be flying off stores so fast
I’m still kinda disappointed they didn’t have the picture gallery, it’d be nice to have a collection of illustrations in the art style of the opening cutscene to remember your adventures.
Agreed and instead of gameboypritner they should let you print them out
Guess we’ll have to use the switch’s screenshot capture mode instead
@@turtleanton6539 You technically already can do that with any screenshot you take in any game. There’s an option to send them to your smartphone, and once you go through that process, you can email them to yourself, download them onto your computer, and print them out.
"Gotta get back, gotta get back home! A dream within a dream that i'm hoping is my own" That is going to be stuck in my head for a long time.
Thanks homie. :)
Glad you dig it dude!
Noooow i remember why it was so hard for whites ppls to break into rap back in the day, and yes i still rap. i used to b called Vanilli. all real shit. Girl you know It's true
Ryan 🤣
@@mc_lars No, thank you man! its infectious, in the best possible way.
Having never beaten the gameboy release I was originally okay with passing up on the remake... but the art style. Oh my gosh. I’m so glad I picked it up, enjoying it so much!
“And a couple of new cool.. sounding additions”
haha ouch
I wonder how many people played this for the first time on the Switch after coming from BotW, and more importantly, how many experienced the game's famous ending for the first time
Im one of them. BotW was my first Zelda game, afterwards I made it my mission to play all of them. Im about 9 games in now.
A lot really. Just check the ammount of youtube videos uploaded and the ones that says "secrets found", or "easter eggs". Those are most likely from newcomers to this masterpiece
I did
@@thelegendofstonecoldstevea3205 what have you thought of the ones you've played this far
Inferno G4ming I did the two NES games, LTTP, OoT, LBW, LA, BotW and i’ve got SS and MC lined up next. Finding a copy of MM is proving harder than I thought where I live.
But I must say i’ve loved them all. I can see why people love the franchise so much. My favorite has to be LttP followed by BotW. Freaking amazing games.
Games I wanna see Jirard complete:
Red Dead Redemption 2
Doom 2016
Doom Eternal
R/C Stunt Copter
Simpsons Hit and Run
Metal Gear Solid V
This game's soundtrack is lit.
check out the orchestrated version by someone called The Second Narrator
RebeccaEtripp has a great orchestral version as well.
I would play this for hours when I was a kid so I had the music always turned down. You should have seen my eyes when I turned the volume up on the switch to be surprised by the absolute gem of a score.
This is my favorite Completionist episode in a long time. I felt like Jirard had a lot of meaningful things to say, and I really liked hearing his perspective. Super fun and interesting video!
Is nobody gonna mention the fact that the description says that “Link’s Awakening already had a remake for the DS”??? No? Just me?
I saw that, and I was just like:
"um... Jirard?"
I think they meant 3DS and Virtual Console port. The DX version was released in 2011 in the eShop.
I think he's confusing DX with DS. As it did get somewhat of a improved remaster for the GB color. =b
@@Jonkree It's still the GBC game though. Virtual Console does not qualify as a remake.
For everyone saying he means DX, yeah probably but DX is absolutely not a “remake” they didn’t remake a single thing about it only added things.
"and hopefully in Europe too" - dude, if you ever show up in Germany let us know, I will be there :D
and super nice video!!
“MC Lars... is more punk rock than YOU!”
I love the Graduate, and I love Gigantic Robot, especially since the Bat Commander from The Aquabats is on it.
I never played the original game so when this was released i was so glad to finally be able to experience it, it was such a blast to play
Crash 1,2,3 fully remade games: 40 bucks at launch, much cheaper later
Spyro 1,2,3 fully remade games: 40 bucks at launch, much cheaper later
Remake of a game boy game: 70 bucks forever.
I hate Nintendo sometimes.
60*
why are all their old games still expensive?
@@Cheeks730 Because people still buy it.
It is sad but also how it is.
@@brutalboomstick On top of that, there usually is some straight-up new content and not cut content planned for the original. So even if it's less original than Resident Evil 2 or 3 in terms of overall gameplay and design, it usually has more to do than the remakes of those games.
Just played this version. It was my pocket crack on the original gameboy when I was a kid. This has always been a favorite of mine and I loved the new version. The new animation style is adorable.
The reason why the dungeon builder was so bare-bones was because it was meant to be an experiment. The devs said that a full dungeon builder game could be considered if people really did enjoy the feature in the Link's Awakening remake.
binge the completionist drinking game: drink an entire beer every time jirard says "of all time"
3:39 you know, there’s quite a few Zelda games that don’t have Ganon, Zelda or the triforce. (COUGH COUGH MAJORA’S MASK)
Minish cap
khoy Pemberton Zelda is in the minish cap.
@@PhantomShadow224 oh wait yea you're right
@@PhantomShadow224 zelda is but ganon isn't. i don't think there's the triforce either.
@@brrnay zelda was technically in MM, albiet a flashback, but still.
You want “Zelda Maker” ...
Me too.
It's always pretty cool when a game's ranking changes thanks to the upgrade. Great job, Jirard! Awesome video, as always!
Waited so long for this review! I fully agree with all you said. This remake brought me to tears of joy of how awesome it was. Thank you
This really goes to show how wondrous it is to see old become new. Also the rap by MC Lars, that was fire!
I'd like to one day see you try completing F-Zero GX.
Thanks dude!!
(Sees the notification) Oh, hell yes!
You completely outshined MC Lars with your vocal performance in that track, Jirard. It sounded like he was phoning it in but you sounded like you actually put your heart into it. Way to go, you killed out.
A Completionist and MC Lars collabo? KILLER! I was actually just on Lars' podcast myself...
Hi Ian!
@@mc_lars Hi Muscles! 😅
Was honored to work on this with you! Thanks dude!
That original song was so good that even I started singing to it. Also, we have achieved anime Link and Malrin status and cute chibi!!!!!
Jirard spittin bars like Will Smith. Mad respect 👊🏽
Really glad I watched to the end. Hearing that story and seeing the colab.
Though I have never played The Legend Of Zelda: Links Awakening I can always tell that it's a good game just by watching others play it. The toy aesthetic is a real trip, and I hope to play this game sometime soon! 😄😁👍
YOOOO HOLY SHEET MC LARS. That rap was not expected and haven't listened to him in a hot minute.
Thanks homie. :)
Jesus I love Lars but now I cant wait for Jirard's rap album he CRUSHED it. That flow!
Thanks dude!!
We NEED remakes like this for the hero of legend's other 2/3 adventures, Link to the pass, and the oracle games
"There's A Lot Of Mario Characters In It Like Goomba's And Chain Chomps."
Link has to be tripping lol! 😂😂😂
IncredibleJake690 It's alright...Why else would it be called Link's Awakening!? 🤷♀️
IncredibleJake690 True! 🤔
My favorite Zelda game! So pumped for this episode!
It's been so long since I've played a Zelda game, but the original Link's Awakening is easily still my favorite, primarily for two reasons: the music is incredible, and the characters are all so expressive and full of life! It's super nice to see. Seeing this video has convinced me to finally get the remake, which I've been putting off just because I've already got a massive backlog of games I have yet to beat, but I figure that I'll get to them all eventually. Revisiting Koholint Island in such a beautiful way sounds amazing, so as soon as I can afford it, I'm totally gonna play this game and do my best to complete it all as well. Thank you for such a wonderful video! Seeing this most certainly revived my love for this game, and I'm excited to give it another go.
This game has so many memories of my early childhood attached to it. While A Link to the Past was the first LoZ game I played and finished, I fondly remember venturing to Koholint with my dad. I remember sitting on his lap, on the floor under the floor lamp, trying to see what was going on on the screen of the Gameboy (which had that huge freakin' magnifier peripheral attached to it.) I can only imagine how annoyed my dad was, trying to fight bosses with my big old head in the way! Absolutely one of my favorite Zeldas.
That rap session just made me want to listen to past Big Bad Bosses songs.
He is part of a sub genre called nerd core. It kinda failed in the early 2000's
Who else would love to see a toyline with these designs?😁👌
You know Nintendo will provide
7-Eleven had Slurpee cups with this style...
Fun video for awesome looking remaster/remaster. Played the original so much I almost knew that world more than the original NES. Nice song, btw! :D
I too wish the dungeon maker was more of on the level of "Super Mario Maker" (The Maker of Zelda?). However, the complexity of it feels like it's better warranted as its own game. If I didn't know better, I'd say they is a precursor to that (mind you, not saying we'll get such a game for sure as I have no knowledge of such, but at least it'd be a first step), much like how the Switch is probably what the Wii U should've been, but they did need to make the Wii U first to learn and build upon that design.
Was not expecting an MC Lars collab, that that was amazing hahaha. Amazing video!
Links awakening one of those existential crises mode games
i saw this and was instantly hyped, links awakening is easily in my top 5 zelda games, great video as always man!
I honestly think that the dungeon builder in this game boys a test run for a full on dungeon builder game for Zelda. That would be killer.
But it's still weird that it's called "The Legend of Zelda" when Zelda isn't in it.
The Legend of no Zelda.
More like The Legend of Marin
Twilight Princess is basically "The Legend of Midna" .
That's because its still the legend of zelda. Zelda was being a lazy kunt and sent link out for some tacos instead of going herself. Stuff happened and he ended up in a dream island.
Boku no Zelda
Star masterc Zelda still in it though.....
Oh man, love seeing MC Lars in this, but now I really wanna see a Mega Ran collab on a Mega Man video.
Never had the pleasure of playing the original, but watching you complete this won on Twitch was a blast. I really loved the colab and hope we get to see more great episodes.
I was pissed to only receive a chamber stone for finishing the secret seashell quest
14:00 that's the thing Jirard, it *is* the dungeon builder of your dreams ;)
It took me a minute, but that's like-worthy.
The Legend of Zelda: My Wife's Awakening XD
Loved that episode. It was really chill. And that rap song was as much unexpected as it was a great listen. Hope you had as much fun making it as I was while listening.
I'm actually disapointed with this game's Dungeon Builder. I hope they will give it Maker treatment.
Have a nice day.
I think the problem with a Link Maker is that everyone will figure out the puzzles too easily given that you can only make so many a puzzle. I guess I'm trying to say puzzles aren't easily made infinitely.
I played it again after 26 years...I felt the same joy!What a game!
Best review have found for the game. Good job 👍🏻
Are we not gonna talk about the rap segment
Ok
Yeah. Looks like the quality of rap has gone down dramatically in the past decade.
Trash day is monday so you have another day.
I saw this and I was just like “okay it’s Saturday.” And I didn’t realize it was actually new game plus
I really REALLY want a remake of the oracle games (as two-in-one game). Oraacle Zelda is my fav. I had such a blast. And it aged like a fine wine. It was extremely well done. Oh, and Link's Awakening happens after Oracle, btw.
Links awaking is one of my favorite zelda games and im SOOOO happy they remastered it
love the song man
Be honest...it was cringe
@@blackstep_dad2572 it was fun
@@Pekoe. pls give me the time stap?
@@mrrod6973 14:43
@@anthonyzivalich4962 ty man
You should do a Completionist episode of Final Fantasy XII: TZA on the Switch.
Its cool that you shake things up from video to video :)
I think the dungeon maker was a good foundation for a future standalone Zelda Maker. We could also get a DLC update at some point with some more advanced features like actually building our own rooms and puzzles. I really think the launch version was just to test the waters.
"The process was way less scarier this time around."
Ladies and Gentlemen, a true English Literature Major!
No he wasn't, so idk what this comment is supposed to point out besides your swastika
@@colorcola1464 true. And I never denied that.
Loved the original when I was a kid, and I wish I had a Switch to play this one.
DarkM comment without memes or wemes? Who are you and what did you do with our Knight of Hollow? 🤔
@@DukeofGames50 I'm saving my wemes for Super Beard Bros
All I have to say is that I LOOOOVE your channel. Thanks so much for all you do.
Nice little collab song at the end. Really liked the originality!
Love your videos Jirard (hope I spelled that right)
you sure did!
The Completionist Also, can you please do a video on the Witcher 3? I think it’s a pretty good game and would like o see it
The original was created years before I was born, but the remake is amazing!
That rap was fire! Unexpected and beautiful
You know, I never really thought much about the four original two bit zelda games. But after playing link's awakening on my 3ds, i now see why the OG zelda games hold a special place in the hearts of gamers who played them way back. Link's awakening will definetely be my first game of the OG years. Next to ocarina of time.
"Gotta get back home, a dream within a dream that I'm hoping is my own." Perfectly encapsulates the motif of the game.
Out of curiosity, when will we see Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time?
Love that you had MC Lars on the episode. ❤️
Nice to see some love for this game! The original is incredibly nostalgic for me, and I loved the remake. I've seen a lot of negative opinions about the remake floating around the Internet (with foundation), but it's important to know that in the end, this game is still phenomenal. Definitely still top three Zeldas for me.
Oof. That rap really killed this video for me.
Hector Acevedo
Good or bad killed?
Lol seriously
Jirard’s bars were way better than MCLars. Loved your “Cadence of Hyrule”
Link's Awakenings music is simply amazing too.
Link's Awakening is my absolute favourite game of all time.
Wait hold up there was a DS remake? I only remember the original on Game Boy the Deluxe version on GBC and now this new one on Switch.
I'm referring to what is written in the description by the way.
I don't think it was a *remake,* but I definitely remember a re-release on the DSi/3DS's E-Shop. I definitely remember playing Link's Awakening on the DS, having never gotten to play it in its older versions.
@@Vgy1592 yeah I got it on the 3ds virtual console too.
Jirard kinda sounded like Will Smith while rapping. Was expecting a "ha-haa"
When the mixtape dropping lol. Great video
This chanel is going to blow up in a few years. Keep it goin!
Just beat this also! I just don’t like how much they charged for the game:/
"...some of those photos have been turned into little cutscenes."
You mean *one* of them has? Also, those cutscenes were already in the old game.
So really, they just removed the photo cutscenes except for one, alongside their respective photos. They didn't add anything new in that regard.
Duuuude I am NOT spoiling that guest appearance! So cooooool!
I love these unique stylized games. It feels like a toy box. That rap in between was amazing.
The only Zelda game I've played is Breath of The Wild. Now that the Switch remake is out, I have no excuse.
wonder how close we are to sonic 06 but i guess he is hoping for a remastered that fixes the bugs xD
Sonic 06 is a tech demo not a game. Jirard only Recompletes games :)
Sadly, he has to re-complete it. He completed it once, had an episode on it, only thing he can do is hold up the episode for a bit longer.
@@cloroxhammer3289 I know 😹
I had just been looking for a Completionist episode about this yesterday. ^_^
The blade in the sky, and looking into the Sun and nature... just magical
"The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening has already had one remake for the DS" -> Uh? Ehm... nope. GBC had a color version with extras, but even that one wasn't a remake.
Love the review Jirard, but that rap was cringey as all hell...
it wasent that bad
exept the cores
*Thumb-up Button pressed* for the supreme effort in a GENUINE Zelda-based rap!
Tight flows, yo!
Thank you for bringing MC Lars back into my life!
Link's Awakening (switch):
Great game
Positives: fair combat (unlike LttP), map marking with pins, the level 2 sword, I love how the game subverts expectations in terms of bosses (a jar, underwater 2D angler fish, a stone gleeok from Zelda 1, and the floor itself!) it’s like the dai gyakutan saiban of the gameboy
And I think that’s why people like link’s awakening because it’s very creative and has a lot of charm almost like a top down majora’s mask but moderately dark and some attention to the side characters (mostly Marin)
I love the room with the boo’s because the sound they make after lighting the torch is straight from Luigi’s mansion dark moon.
Frustration: the claw machine physics sometimes, aiming the hook shot diagonally (might be something wrong with my controller), sometimes I ran into a boss where I had no idea what to do. (A grey slime monster, a skeleton with a flute, and a hopping knight)
Other times I beat them in a less effective way. (the Two cyclops spiders).
I didn’t like the sprint charging up (what if every time you held the run button in a Mario game, Mario had to warm up for 1 second before breaking into a sprint?),
Feeling from cozy to lonely on an island: Strangely at the beginning of the game is feels so lively, by near the end of the game I can’t find Marin or her father, the main village feels less populated with only the phone guy, shopkeeper, claw operator, fisherman, dog owner, mother, father and their 6 kids.
When you realize how small the population is and the only seeing the few NPCs outside for the rest of the game. that’s when the loneliness sets in for link as his goal becomes the central focus and only thing left to do.
Standard Difficulty: 3-6 (Somewhere between Easy-Causal)
Game overs: zero (YAY!!!!)
The sprint charge up time is from the original. I can understand the frustration, but it was true to it's original. I think the tricky bosses are fairly excusable just because the game is rather short, I remember as a kid trying to figure out how to get the boss key in dungeon 2 and I had to wait until walkthroughs were a standard thing before I figured it out. Overall, I love this Zelda game to death. I have some minor gripes about the remake, but gosh dang was it fun. Hero mode was the only mode I played and I game overed a few times, but it rarely upset me. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
sgtcoffman I had a similar annoyance with a link between worlds cuz the 3D Pegasus boots feel slower than the classic sprite Pegasus boots.
Or another way of saying it is the 3D warm up animation is like 70 milliseconds longer and doesn’t feel right unlike link to the past or minish cap where it doesn’t bother me at all.
But at least the boots in awakening on switch didn’t have that annoying skid when you needed to stop without sliding off a cliff, auto jumping or getting dazed when hitting a wall.
If it’s going to be a sprint button, why not just burst into a full charge like samus instead of blowing a trumpet “roo doo do do do dooooo” aaaaand charge?
@@PhantomShadow224 I don't know. I guess you'd have to ask the developers back in 1993 haha.