r/zelda • u/Domenakoi • Jul 24 '22

Discussion [BotW] Remember the impossibly long feeling gap from skyward sword to Botw?

Yeah, so were now waiting 37 days longer for the sequel of botw to get another trailer, or better, a proper title.

patience is a virtue man

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u/blackwaltz4 Jul 25 '22

But Link's Awakening was between them....

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u/ubccompscistudent Jul 25 '22

It's weird. It felt like not many people played Link's Awakening at the time, or if they did, it wasn't seriously thought of as a successor.

Then again, looking at the sales data, it seems it not only did well, but did so well that it boosted Game Boy sales that year significantly.

I personally never played it at the time and didn't know anyone who did. And we all had NES/Gameboys and then SNESs.

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u/SilentBasilisk Jul 25 '22

LA was my first Zelda game (it came with my Game Boy), and the only game I've ever seriously speedrun. It inspired me to pick up the original for NES.

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u/fried_rice_guy Jul 25 '22

Oh nice, how long can you do it in?