The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019)
Remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2
4.07 from 1776 ratings
3888 members have it in their collection · 270 playing now · 903 backlogged · 1111 wish listed
How long? Main story 14h · with extras 15h · 100% 25h (from 96 logged playthroughs)
As Link, you awaken in a strange land away from Hyrule, where animals talk and monsters roam. To uncover the truth behind your whereabouts and rouse the legendary Wind Fish, explore Koholint Island and all its trap-ridden dungeons, reimagined in stunning detail for this new release of one of the most beloved The Legend of Zelda games. Along the way, …
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As Link, you awaken in a strange land away from Hyrule, where animals talk and monsters roam. To uncover the truth behind your whereabouts and rouse the legendary Wind Fish, explore Koholint Island and all its trap-ridden dungeons, reimagined in stunning detail for this new release of one of the most beloved The Legend of Zelda games. Along the way, you'll meet a hilarious assortment of charming characters to which you'll never want to say goodbye.
In this new version of the game, the classic soundtrack has been reborn with new arrangements, and now you can equip more items at once, review key conversations, and navigate the map in new ways. Try your hand at the renovated mini-games to earn dolls based on the Super Mario series...or Chamber Stones, which you can use to arrange your own Chamber Dungeons. Each one is a puzzle in and of itself!
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Details
- Developers
- Grezzo
- Publishers
- Nintendo
- Genres
- Adventure, Puzzle
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy
- Franchises
- The Legend of Zelda
- Series
- The Legend of Zelda
- Events
- The Game Awards 2019, Nintendo Direct: E3 2019
Release dates
- Sep 20, 2019 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
- Jun 05, 2025 (Next-Gen Optimization Patch Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch 2
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Rating distribution
5 stars
548
4 stars
879
3 stars
282
2 stars
62
1 star
5
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Virutah Apr 26, 2025
I prefer the old version of this game. This version is very beautifull and I'm glad for the music's orchestrated, but for dungeons is better the old perspective. In the eagle's tower dungeon I was so lost for this reason bc i didn't know where to jump. Sometimes we need the old perspectives to continue.
Status Yaru Apr 5, 2025
"Hey, do you know how in basically every Zelda game since ALTTP having a fairy in your inventory means you get auto-resurrected if you die? Well, it no longer happens and we will not say anything to you about it! Why? Because fuck you!"
This game is frustrating to play.
Status lingsdook Sep 23, 2024
Been freshening myself up on Grezzo's last top-down Zelda by doing a three-heart run of the Link's Awakening remake in Hero Mode. Instantly I was reminded of the absolutely atrocious frame drops in this game. I can usually forgive less-than-perfect performance, but this game was and still is a disaster in that department. Not holding my breath, but I really …
Read moreBeen freshening myself up on Grezzo's last top-down Zelda by doing a three-heart run of the Link's Awakening remake in Hero Mode. Instantly I was reminded of the absolutely atrocious frame drops in this game. I can usually forgive less-than-perfect performance, but this game was and still is a disaster in that department. Not holding my breath, but I really hope Echoes of Wisdom fares better there.
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Status benhenry3 Jan 18, 2024
I love the artstyle in this game. Reminds me of an old pokemon game. The gameplay is lots of fun and its still challenging at parts. Exploring the island biome is a nice change of pace from Hyrule. The items were all very unique and the dungeons were fun.
Status powerfulech0 Jan 5, 2024
Having fun revisiting a childhood classic in remake form. Wish the frame rate would stay consistent though, there are a lot of slowdowns, especially when transitioning areas
Status cakeatjobs Dec 27, 2022
I don't know if I wasn't paying attention in 2019 or I just forgot but this is a PHENOMENAL remake. Firing on all cylinders. I really hope this is inspiring Nintendo to work on more 2D Zeldas behind the scenes.
Status DucksOnQuack Jun 1, 2022
Nintendo really liked their stories about the protagonists causing destruction during the Game Boy era, huh?
Status Philingo Mar 21, 2022
Really nice-made remake! But i don´t get it why this game has so many slowdowns. i can't understand how it successfully got through nintendo quality control with the lags. The music is really good and the character models well made. When i have to choose between the GB version and the remake, i would choose the GB version. Nevertheless you …
Read moreReally nice-made remake! But i don´t get it why this game has so many slowdowns. i can't understand how it successfully got through nintendo quality control with the lags. The music is really good and the character models well made. When i have to choose between the GB version and the remake, i would choose the GB version. Nevertheless you should play this game.
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Status Prophdng Aug 15, 2021
Honestly, I can see why people are nostalgic for it, and it is still very good for what it is (a remake of a 30 year old game). But if you missed it, you really don't have to play it, ESPECIALLY if you played link to the past and were content with that experience or if somehow you weren't a …
Honestly, I can see why people are nostalgic for it, and it is still very good for what it is (a remake of a 30 year old game). But if you missed it, you really don't have to play it, ESPECIALLY if you played link to the past and were content with that experience or if somehow you weren't a fan of it.
I enjoyed it, and the make-your-own-dungeon thing is a neat concept, but I kind of bounced off of it, and since a lot of the top rewards in the game are for that, there were some things that weren't very gratifying.
The story is a big question mark too.
I love zelda and other than the last 2 tiers of the dungeon maker, I 100%'d this, so it was still a good time.
Status ArithelOfLenias Aug 3, 2021
I remember picking this up and the last Link's Awakening Amiibo at my local gamestop. The good old days of being able to walk into your local video games store without the risk of contracting a deadly virus. How I miss those days. Anyways, I started this video game immediately after returning home and was instantly hit with nostalgia. The …
Read moreI remember picking this up and the last Link's Awakening Amiibo at my local gamestop. The good old days of being able to walk into your local video games store without the risk of contracting a deadly virus. How I miss those days. Anyways, I started this video game immediately after returning home and was instantly hit with nostalgia. The opening sequence sent chills down my spine! I sat through and finished this game in a few days with some help from guides (I couldn't remember all the solutions for all the puzzles, call it old timer's brain). It was a great remake with a very cute art style. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys Zelda. It was great jumping into an old-school Zelda title after spending hundreds of hours in Breath of the Wild
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Status SIGINT Jul 10, 2021
I got used to this game’s unusual art style pretty quickly, but not to its constant frame drops. It’s a bit disheartening that a mainline Zelda game is in such a state to begin with, but especially that the game was not supported after release to fix it.
As OoT, Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess were my childhood …
I got used to this game’s unusual art style pretty quickly, but not to its constant frame drops. It’s a bit disheartening that a mainline Zelda game is in such a state to begin with, but especially that the game was not supported after release to fix it.
As OoT, Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess were my childhood games, I’ve tried a whopping five 2D Zelda games before this and never really got super into them. No, not even that one. No, not that other one either. Despite a handful of complaints I have, this one seems better, or at least easier for me to get into. I got about halfway through I think so far. I’m not absolutely dying to play more of it or anything, but it’s mostly pretty fun. Will keep going 1-2 dungeons per day and see it through.