The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was the perfect excuse to revisit Link’s Awakening
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As a kid, page my parents had a no TV policy, and by proxy, no video games. Some of my friends had the big gaming consoles with which they introduced me to Mario and Sonic on the occasional sleepover. But when it came to the world of games, I felt mostly left out.
My first exposure to gaming as a hobby — and to the fantasy genre in general — came from Link. My parents got me a Game Boy for Christmas in 1993, and it came with The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. When I asked them recently about it, they said I’d pestered them so incessantly that they couldn’t help but lift their parental restrictions.
I was smitten from the start. I distinctly remember my eight-year-old self playing it on long car rides…
