The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is the first Zelda game on the Nintendo Switch since Breath of the Wild, which is now over two years old. While some fans may be waiting for the sequel to the open-world game that came out in 2017, the prospect of a GameBoy classic being rebuilt for a whole new generation 26 years later is also compelling for long-time followers of the franchise.

I had never played the original version of Link’s Awakening, so I went into it with little knowledge of what to expect. I did play the original for a while during the review period to understand how this remake improves upon it, and how it doesn’t. Let’s take a look.