I've played this game as a kid and my memory is so faint that I can't say a lot about it. What I do remember however is, and that might be due to nostalgia, that this game was amazing. I loved the mechanic of going into the wall. And I destincly remember how young me's brain was not equipped to handle such a complicated mechanic. Even better is the way how the mechanic always feels fresh and exiting because of how it is implemented and reiterated upon. Items can help you to create walls, so that you can go into the walls and traverse a pit. One boss has a shield that serves as a wall that you can go into. The boss then gets confused and drops his guard, which is your chance to attack this otherwise invincible boss. They never ran out of ideas with this game I feel like.

Another thing I remember is how this game felt destinctly more cartoonish. Altough it had it's "serious" moments, you basically had a world that felt very not-serious and kinda laid back. This is until you reach the shadow world, that was outright terrifying to me.

I can't remember much else and I don't particularly feel the need to replay it. From what I can see it seems to be well received among those who have played it, though the smaller number of people who have is noticable if you look at the number of reviews compared to some of it's peers.

10/10. I'm not a Zelda stan. But to those who are, you gotta give this a shot. You'll like it.