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11. GB: Links Awakening (August 1993) & GBC: Links Awakening DX (December 15, 1998)
I actually played this much later as a port on the 3DS from the Nintendo eShop. I hadnt really been interested in the GameBoy Zelda Titles thinking that they couldnt be that great due to the restriction of the technology back then. Damn, was I wrong! Links Awakening was so much fun! It was one of the few Zelda titles to not take place in Hyrule and it just seemed to have such a different feeling than any other Zelda titles I had played thus far. I didnt play the original Links Awakening, but instead the DX port, but from my understanding its the same game but better. It was originally supposed to be a port of Link to the Past, but it ended up becoming this great original game.
I dumped a ton of time into this game during my junior year in college, so around 2014-2015. It was probably one of the few Zelda games I just felt the need to explore in its entirety. I was just so impressed that a GBC game still held my attention for so long. The play style was fun, the dungeons were fun, and the story was new and exciting. I dont really have a reason for not liking this game. I think its just so far down because even though it was this really great game, I either have more nostalgia for, or just more enjoyment from higher up games.