i do like me some vaguely ps1-like fishes and musical numbers

also this game made me feel ill. not at all because of the gorey fish stuff, it was something about the camera that made me motion sick, which usually only happens when i play first person view-games. but for some reason this and mario kart 64 invokes that motion sickness in me as well.
anyway i liked when you get to roll around in a popcorn in the expansion

real winners go UP

watching cutscenes: 2 hours
fighting battles: 20 hours
exploring dungeons & shelters: 25 hours
agonizing over which demons to fuse in the cathedral of shadows: 30000 hours
running around completely lost not knowing where to go to continue the story: 560000 hours
doing sidequests: 20 hours

total playtime: 590067 hours

someone who is good at video games please help me budget this

LOVE Link's Awakening so much... it's so weird in a way that I wish more LoZ games were. The Animal Village! The strange bosses! The guy introducing himself to Link by saying that he'll be lost in the mountains later and that Link should look for him!! Just the idea of an island with a gigantic pink-spotted egg on top of its mountain!!! It really feels like a dream and I love it so much.

Unfortunately this version of the game is pretty clunky... since it was limited to the Game Boy's extremely few buttons you have to constantly go to the menu to switch items (why do i have to equip the bracelet to lift objects?) and just touching certain objects prompts annoying textboxes you can't skip if you don't have the proper items for them ("OH? WHAT A WEIRD OBJECT" etc.) . There's a few things I like more in this version of the game, like the forest soundtrack! And the fact that the remake doesn't have the photograph sections is a CRIME. But on the whole, I'd definitely recommend the switch remake for all its quality of life changes while keeping the spirit of the original game. But if you don't mind the jank this version too is a strange & wonderful experience! My favourite Zelda story, right after Majora's Mask. I guess I just like when LoZ stories Get Weird.

Colourful and fun!! The movement is especially great and the pixel art beautiful, and the soundtrack is jamming as well. Sometimes it gets a bit too fanservicey for me but it's not the end of the world. I really liked Shantae as a protagonist! She's funny :)

Also the final level platform difficulty really came out of NOWHERE. Reminded me of the White Palace, minus buzzsaws... but this game was released before HK, of course.

Anyway I'm really glad I was talked into buying this game way back when it was new for the 3DS and not now when it's unreasonably expensive... a mistake I usually do with other games (one day I will own a copy of you, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon. One day.)

Mario Kart 64!! As someone who have played hours and hours of MK8 it was really cool to see how this game laid the foundation for future 3D MK titles to come. It also has the dubious honour of being the only non-first person view game to make me motion sick? Haha. I don't know if it was the blend of 2D-sprites in a 3D environment or the super floaty controls or what, but I was just about ready to throw up after the last cup. But i DID play through all cups so that's gotta count for something.

This is a cool game and it would probably get a higher rating if it didn't make me feel physically ill. And from what I've understood MK64 truly shines in multiplayer, and with the battle mode which i didn't try! I can see how this game would be loved by a lot of people, but i'll stick with MK8 :^) Well, at least until they make MK9 about 600 years from now.