S3E01: Link's Awakening -or- A Nightmare on Koholint: Dream Warrior
Twitch streamer RiRiYells and the Underrated movie podcast’s Derick McDuff are instrumental in exploring The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Game Boy / Game Boy Color 1993/1998) as Mike and Jaymo continue on season 3 of their epic quest to research and review every retro game in the Nintendo Switch Online catalog!
In this episode, we’ll learn t how Link’s Awakening was like an afterschool project with a life of its own, try to figure out the boundaries of reality in this Lynchian entry of the franchise, and discover how so many unexpected Nintendo characters were snuck into Link’s Awakening roster of enemies. Think you can name them all? Play along with our trivia round: CameO or CameNo? Last but not least, stay tuned until the end of the episode for our first-ever Ranking Retro segment, where we decide the pecking order of the first 5 games in the prolific Zelda series.
Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our catchy theme song! Subscribe to The Old SwitchAroo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com, where you'll find access to our Discord, voicemail, and so much more!
Game on, everyone.
(0:00) Intro
(1:12) Welcoming Derick from the Underrated movie podcast
(1:32) Welcoming RiRiYells
(4:02) The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
(35:54) Mini-Game Minute: Cameo or CameNo
(1:24:24) Ranking Retro
(1:27:18) NintenDO or NintenDON’T
You can find more from Derick and the Underrated movie podcast at https://underratedmoviepodcast.com/ wherever you get your podcasts and on social media.
You can join RiRiYells on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/ririyells
Link’s Awakening manual: https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/nintendo-game-boy-color/legend-of-zelda-links-awakening-dx
Iwata Asks| Volume 2 : The History of Handheld The Legend of Zelda Games: https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/ds/zelda/1/0/
RiRi
Streamer / Zelda Consultant
RiRi is a variety streamer focusing on indie and and cozy games, with a healthy amount of co-op games thrown in. She also loves Zelda randomizers and multi-worlds. She studied astrophysics in grad school with Mike and they've been friends for over 10 years!
Derick McDuff
Writer/Podcaster
Derick McDuff is the host, editor, and producer of the Underrated Movie Podcast discussing underrated, under-appreciated and under the radar films. He also writes about film and pop culture for sites like WatchMojo and Film Threat.
