#linky-poo

Link’s Awakening was actually one of the first games I ever played, ever. My dad got an old grey original brick Gameboy from a garage sale, complete with games – IN JAPANSE – like Bombermam, a Dragon Ball one (I realised later when I actually knew what Dragon Ball Z was), a space fighter one and Link’s Awakening; probably my favourite. I liked to slash the Cucco’s until they kicked my tunic wearing ass, which was frequently because I don’t know Japanese. I also liked digging up the whole screen and collecting rupees to play the raft game (on the previous owners saved file). It was pretty amusing stuff at 8 or 9 years of age.

Little did I know, once I hit high school age, Alice became my friend (we bonded via the Pokémon Red and Blue games) and she had an English version of that chicken slashing kid game I played in Japanese. I was stoked to be able to borrow it and actually understand the story. I even remember beating it, showing Alice the ending when the Wind Fish awakes, and being all sad about it (on her colour Gameboy at school during Graphics class). Eventually Alice even got LoZ: Ages (maybe Seasons) and lent that to me also. I remember sitting at the computer and using a walkthrough to finish it. I always liked the polar bear Moosh and I think Alice liked Dimitri; even if the kangaroo Ricky was the most useful. We were all “WTF!?” when there was a hand in the lavatory – that’s just nasty. Really now, who wants to hang out in a long drop? (I did later purchase Seasons, Ages and Link’s Awakening, only to sell them again after clocking them).

It is a shame neither of us played any other Zelda games (not on the hand held systems). In saying that though, Alice would’ve been one to purchase a Wii and play Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. Especially since Twilight Princess has a wolf Link (Alice’s favourite animal). She definitely would have got the 3DS games like A Link Between Worlds too.