REVIEW: Zelda IV - Link's Awakening DX 1998 GB
	By: Nintendo Type: Adventure Players: 1 Difficulty: Normal

In what some might call Zelda 4.5, Link is shipwrecked on Koholint Island. This island holds much mystery for Link as he must battle through 10 dungeons (The 9 Instrument Dungeons, the Color Dungeon, and the "Egg") and wake the Windfish to leave. Link wakes up in the home of his new found friends Marin and Tarin, residents of Mabe Village. They give him his shield and direct him on where to go next. They're also good for helping solve mysteries and such along the way. Along his journey, Link meets another helpful dude, known as the owl. This friendly (yet sometimes creepy) owl directs you on where to go next, how to do some things, and so on and so forth.

Since this game is almost the same as Zelda 4, I'll just focus on the two or three new things that have popped up. First off, there's the Camera Shop located near Tal Tal Hights. Here, you will meet the Camera Mouse who will take 12 printable* pictures of you on your journeys throughout Koholint Island. Second off, there's the new Color Dungeon (from here on I'll refer to it as the CD). You may only access the CD with the Game Boy Color. There is also a trick to getting in which, so as that not to take your fun away, I will not reveal. Once inside the CD, you'll experience 22 new rooms of previously unplayed fun and excitement.

Zelda 4 sure looks much more fun in color!

Since a lot of you may have been shocked (even I was) when you saw my "Sound" rating of 50%, I'll explain it. Had I reviewed the original one, I would have given it a much, much better grade. But to put it bluntly, the Game Boy Color's sound is horrible. First off, to turn it up you switch down; to turn it down, you switch it up. Second off, when you switch it all the way down (which turns it up), it sounds like only 40% of the original Game Boy's sound (Nintendo used a much smaller speaker for this model). Thanks for reading. - Mike McCue 98%

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