The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Developer(s)	Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Takashi Tezuka
Producer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto
Programmer(s)	Takamitsu Kuzuhara Kazuaki Morita
Artist(s)	Yoichi Kotabe
Writer(s)	Yoshiaki Koizumi Kensuke Tanabe
Composer(s)	Minako Hamano Kozue Ishikawa
Series	The Legend of Zelda
Platform(s)	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Virtual Console (3DS)
Release	Game Boy: JP: June 6, 1993[2] NA: August 1, 1993[1] EU: November 18, or December 1993[3][4][5] Game Boy Color: JP: December 12, 1998[7] NA: December 15, 1998[8] EU: January 1, 1999[6] Virtual Console (3DS): NA: June 7, 2011 JP: June 8, 2011 EU: June 8, 2011 AU: June 8, 2011 KOR: March 2, 2016
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, known in Japan as Zelda no Densetsu: Yume o Miru Shima (ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島, Zeruda no Densetsu Yume o Miru Shima, lit. "The Legend of Zelda: Dreaming Island"), is an action-adventure video game in the Legend of Zelda series made by Nintendo for the Game Boy game console. It was re-released as The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX with full color graphics and new features for the Game Boy Color in 1998 and on the Virtual Console of the Nintendo 3DS in June 2011.^[9][10] A remake of the game was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2019.^[11]

1. ↑ "Game Boy (original) Games" (PDF). Nintendo of America Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
2. ↑ ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島 (in Japanese). Nintendo Co., Ltd. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
3. ↑ "Iwata Asks: Zelda Handheld History – Like an Afterschool Club". Nintendo of Europe GmbH. Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
4. ↑ The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) Game Boy release dates - MobyGames: "Country: United Kingdom - Release Date: Nov 18, 1993"
5. ↑ Mega Fun 11/1993 (German magazine; Scan @ Kultboy.com): "Erscheinungstermin: November" (Release date: November)
6. ↑ "The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX". Nintendo of Europe GmbH. Archived from the original on January 18, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
7. ↑ "Zeldaの伝説 – Introduction" (in Japanese). Nintendo Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
8. ↑ "Guide 64: Game Boy Release Schedule". Archived from the original on October 9, 1999.
9. ↑ Musashi (February 7, 2000). "Reviews – The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX". RPGFan. Archived from the original on March 27, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
10. ↑ Scullion, Chris (September 26, 2010). "3DS Virtual Console Will Play Game Boy Games". Official Nintendo Magazine. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on June 3, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
11. ↑ Dornbush, Jonathon (February 13, 2019). "The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Remake for Nintendo Switch Announced". IGN. Archived from the original on February 17, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019. Link's Awakening on Switch retains a top-down camera style but set in a world realized in fully 3D animation. Characters are 3D models, and the art style is new to the series.