Nintendo 3DS

[Dogg Thang]

Link's Awakening is easily as good as many current full price games. Personally, I think they're great value.

[SUMIRE]

I personally don't mind shelling out upto ?5 or so for the best gameboy games just because its so convienient to download and play them on the 3DS. If I was that way enclined, I could download them for free and play them on the PSP, but that is besides the point.

I always found when you have access to tons of free or mega cheap games you never play half of them anyway, or never play them through. I just like the 3DS and am happy to pay for quality titles on it as I think its great, even more so when Zelda arrives tomorrow!

[davek22]

Problem is it's not just shelling out ?3.50 or whatever DK costs as you have to add minimum of ?10 to the store.
As for 59p games with as much length and playability as DK well I would volunteer Scrabble on my IOS. It's been on my device since release and I must have clocked 200 hours on it and it never gets boring

[Nu-Eclipse]

This is Donkey Kong '94 that's been released yes? Because if so, that's an amazing game and everyone with a 3DS should buy it immediately.

+1. DK '94 is brilliant, and so is Mario vs. Donkey Kong on the GBA.

STILL cannot understand why the Mario vs. DK sequels on the DS are so rubbish in comparison.

[rmoxon]

Problem is it's not just shelling out ?3.50 or whatever DK costs as you have to add minimum of ?10 to the store.
As for 59p games with as much length and playability as DK well I would volunteer Scrabble on my IOS. It's been on my device since release and I must have clocked 200 hours on it and it never gets boring

Although Scrabble will last you forever basicaly, thats not relaly what i meant by length and quality.

For example if someone decided to release Scrabble on the 360 or PS3 and expected you to pay ?40 for it then it would get terrible reviews and few people would buy it, its just a single screen boardgame afterall.

However, mono 2d graphics aside, there are quite a few original GB games that are as long and and play as well as any game on any modern console, in fact links Awakening is probabaly the best Zelda game ever.

Also look at it this way. Ocarina of Time 3D just came out with an RRP of ?39.99 and again, with the exception of the graphics, its the exact same game that came FREE with Windwaker on the gamecube.

So tell me, how is ?5.70, for one of the best games ever made, really that expensive?

[Nu-Eclipse]

in fact links Awakening is probabaly the best Zelda game ever.

Sorry - cannot agree with this.

A Link to the Past is comfortably a better Zelda game, as are Ocarina of Time & Majora's Mask. You could also argue that the "Oracle" games on GBC are both better than Link's Awakening.

Awakening is a fine game, but probably only just in the top 5 all-time greatest Zelda games for me. It isn't top 3.

[rmoxon]

Sorry - cannot agree with this.

A Link to the Past is comfortably a better Zelda game, as are Ocarina of Time & Majora's Mask. You could also argue that the "Oracle" games on GBC are both better than Link's Awakening.

Awakening is a fine game, but probably only just in the top 5 all-time greatest Zelda games for me. It isn't top 3.

I will accept Ocarina and Majora's mask being up there, but IMO A Link To The Past has aged as badly as the first two Zelda games. Unlike Links Awakening things like the animation just dont hold up well today, the combat feels stiff and the actual pacing of the game is kind of a mess, though thats a personal thing but compared to most games in the series (which excel in this area) I think its badly structured. Most importantly it just lacks that sense of magic that most games in the series have. I feel even the music is some of the worst in the series.

I actualy think A Link To The Past is one of the worst Zelda games in all honesty.

[Dogg Thang]

Link To The Past outstayed its welcome for me. It's too long. And personally I don't feel it has even half the charm of Link's Awakening.

[rmoxon]

Yeah I think Alot of people have found memories of A link To The Past becuase it did really make big leaps with the series and was a really big step up in alot of ways.

Links Awakening wasnt so much a step up for the series, it didnt add much, it just polished what was there and the fact that it did it on a gameboy was really impressive, it really pushed the system, its a really big game.

The big difference though is that while they both did impressive things at the time only one of them is really that impressive today, and thats why I like Links Awakening alot more than A link to The Past.

[SUMIRE]

I think you could argue forever about what Zelda game is the best, each person has their own reason why a certain one is their personal fave.

I think the bottom line is if you think the Gameboy titles are too expensive, don't buy them, and/or write a letter of complaint to Nintendo. I do agree the having to add a minimum of ?10 is annoying, but its not like there wont be more that 3 titles that are worth buying eventually anyway.

[Dogg Thang]

I think you could argue forever about what Zelda game is the best

You're right. We should totally do that!

[Nu-Eclipse]

Awakening's in-game animation is mostly derived from LttP anyway, so if LttP has aged, then Awakening definitely has aged (DX version confirms this, ironically enough). Same applies to Awakening's combat and structure - derived from LttP, imho (I didn't have a problem with either games in those aspects). Can't agree with LttP's music being rubbish, either - most of the soundtrack has stood the test of time and appeared in later Zelda games, whereas Awakening's soundtrack hasn't.

I will agree with LttP dragging on a little towards the end, though.

LttP isn't the best Zelda title, but it raised the bar for the series more than Awakening AND influenced the series FAR more than Awakening. It has more of a legacy, that's why it is the better game, imo.

[Ouenben]

I'm playing Zelda: Links Awakening DX on my GBA SP AGS101
?5.60 isn't that much though, it costs around that second hand for cart only, more if it's boxed complete

[Ouenben]

I love Zelda: A Link to the past (Completed it for the first time last summer) and Links Awakening DX. They're both fantastic games in their own rights.

But I don't understand how someone can call this 'as outdated as the first two Zeldas:


And not call this out-dated:


Zelda: A Link to the past had brilliant sound and songs too.

Also while it's all subjective I thought i was generally seen as:

Zelda: Links Awakening > Zelda: Oracle of Seasons > Zelda Oracle of Ages

[rmoxon]

Awakening's in-game animation is mostly derived from LttP anyway, so if LttP has aged, then Awakening definitely has aged (DX version confirms this, ironically enough). Same applies to Awakening's combat and structure - derived from LttP, imho (I didn't have a problem with either games in those aspects). Can't agree with LttP's music being rubbish, either - most of the soundtrack has stood the test of time and appeared in later Zelda games, whereas Awakening's soundtrack hasn't.

I will agree with LttP dragging on a little towards the end, though.

LttP isn't the best Zelda title, but it raised the bar for the series more than Awakening AND influenced the series FAR more than Awakening. It has more of a legacy, that's why it is the better game, imo.

I have been playing them both recently (in preperation for ocarina of time) and Links Awakening plays alot better than A link To The Past. The combat in A Link To The Past isnt really any fun and it just all feels a bit stiff to move around, while the combat in Links Awakening is actualy still pretty good to this day and its a very fluid gameplay experience. They both suffer from awkward item switching systems (as nearly all games in the series seem too for some reason) but Links Awakening is a much more enjoyable experience, it just plays a hell of alot better than A link To The past.

I love Zelda: A Link to the past (Completed it for the first time last summer) and Links Awakening DX. They're both fantastic games in their own rights.

But I don't understand how someone can call this 'as outdated as the first two Zeldas:


And not call this out-dated:


Zelda: A Link to the past had brilliant sound and songs too.

Also while it's all subjective I thought i was generally seen as:

Zelda: Links Awakening > Zelda: Oracle of Seasons > Zelda Oracle of Ages

See my above comments, A Link to The Past obviously has better graphics but thats the only way it could be considered a better game, in every other area its lacking compared to Links Awakening. ALTTP is outdated becuase I dont think it holds up that well, where as I think Links Awakening is alot more fun to play.

And no way!, Links Awakening is far better than the other two GB titles.