THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK’S AWAKENING

Developer Nintendo EPD, Grezzo

Publisher Nintendo

Format Switch

Origin Japan

Release September 20

Remaking a 25-year-old Game Boy game would, on first impression, appear to an odd way to follow ; after such a groundbreaking reinvention of the formula, it seems like a step back in more ways than one. But then shifting to a more traditionalist approach has hardly done Mario any harm in recent years. Besides, has been thinking about returning to Link’s oddest outing for a good few years now. Indeed, when back in 296, Aonuma alluded to making a game about “living as a thief”. Now, anyone who’s played will remember what happens if you steal from the shop (and for those who haven’t had the pleasure, we won’t spoil the surprise). So, we ask, the penny suddenly dropping, was that what he was alluding to back then? He’s laughing before we’ve even finished the question: “Yup, that was it!”