Overview:

Link (or whatever your name is) wakes up on a mysterious island and is tasked to solve the mystery of the Wind Fish…who is in an egg.  It’s a top down Zelda game which feels amazing in this day and age.  Also, this is a faithful remake of the Game Boy game of the same name.  Everything you want is there with just a little quality of life improvements by allowing you to use more than just two items thanks to having MORE THAN TWO BUTTONS! 

Visuals:

BEAUTIFUL.  That’s what this game is.  It’s striking how beautiful a tilt-shift puppet look to a 30+ year old game can look.  Everything in the world just looks so fucking charming and cute it makes me want little physical dolls of everything.  The tilt-shift adds to the effect because it really does make it look like a diorama come to life.  The opening also has been redone to include a little animation of Link’s misfortune but that’s about the only cinematic you’ll get.  It don’t matter, doe, since every nook and cranny of this game is BEAUTIFUL.

Audio:

AMAZING.  I love the redone soundtrack and what they’ve done to all the sounds.  The music is just reimagined how I would want it to be while not losing any of the feel the original score had.  Link has been voiced as much as he can so you’ll get the usual “HYAH!” when he swings a sword.  It just makes it even more charming.

Completion:

I FINISHED THIS GAME!  How could I not?  I’ve played this game countless times as it was the first game I got for my Game Boy Pocket (Ice Blue).  I love the visuals.  I love the music.  I love what they’ve to my boy.