I finally decided to play this after having it in my collection for 3 years, and out of the two Zelda games I've actually bothered to finish, this is probably my favorite. Granted it's not perfect, the image is a little blurry; the game drops frames a lot, and the new dungeon maker they added is kinda lame, but besides those little dumps this game was an absolute joy to play.

I love the new art style they gave for this game, it stands out among the other handheld Zelda games and Windwakers cartoony style; it stands alone as its own thing which fits really well for this Zelda game in particular because it's such a strange experience (for a Zelda game I mean).

I love the residents of Koholint Island, each character is so eccentric and bizarre in their own ways; but it makes each character stand out even though you barely spend that much time with most of them.

The gameplay is solid, and the music is OOOOOHHHH SO GOOOOOOOOOD, I loved the exploratory of this game, the map is somewhat big, but everything is recognizable and memorable; even if I didn't have a map I'm pretty sure I could still remember where everything was just from memory alone, map design like that is amazing.

I could probably keep going but I think you get the idea, this game is super good and I love it very much.

Reviewed on Jun 16, 2022


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