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| | RPGamer > Retroview > The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening |
 | | The menus are tidy, and the player even gets a map of Koholint Island showing which areas they've visited and which they have yet to uncover. |
 | | The hero, Link, is sailing out at sea, when a nasty storm sends him ashore on a mysterious island, Koholint, where he meets a girl, Marin, who resembles Princess Zelda. |
 | | While the change of setting to a location other than Hyrule is quite welcome, the plot nonetheless takes a backseat to the exploration of the world and dungeon crawling, and though there is some slight attempt at development at a few points, the characters remain largely underdeveloped, and the story is still below average overall. |
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