One curious detail about the Link's Awakening remake is that Link actually brought the Hylian Shield with him from Hyrule:
That's not an item from A Link to the Past, though it appears in A Link Between Worlds – in a dungeon in Lorule, which makes no sense at all, because that should have been the Lorulean Shield. In this case it does make sense, however, and if they were to remake A Link to the Past, they probably would get the Hylian Shield somewhere in there, too. The original Fighter's Shield was actually quite similar in design, but maybe they would even go as far as replacing the Mirror Shield just like they did in A Link Between Worlds.
But let's hope that they won't replace the Mirror Shield in Link's Awakening. Well, considering that the Hylian Shield seems to be Link's starting shield this time, there is a fair chance that the Mirror Shield will finally return. Sadly, it's been completely absent since The Wind Waker (HD) and The Minish Cap.
In the meantime the Hylian Shield grew more and more in importance, making it effectively the Master Sword of shields in the series. Twilight Princess started this trend and Skyward Sword solidified it, where in Breath of the Wild the Hylian Shield again became the best shield in the game. But it doesn't feel entirely right, because in its first appearance in Ocarina of Time, the Hylian Shield has been neither indestructible nor the strongest shield. That was still the Mirror Shield at the time.
Maybe the Hylian Shield can even be eaten by Like Likes just like in the original and maybe the Shop will sell you a different looking shield as a replacement, which would put it into a similar situation as the Ordon Shield in Twilight Princess – just with the difference that losing it won't matter, because it will get replaced in the end anyway.
In any case the Hylian Shield in Link's Awakening should be more like this shield:
The original shield from the GameBoy classic. And not like the all-powerful shield that it has become over the years...
That would be a nice change for the role of the Hylian Shield, which is badly needed to get away from that whole Master Sword & Hylian Shield "stigma". Apropos, we also have to worry that the Seashell Sword will simply be the "Master Sword" as well... After all the original was kind of similar and it didn't even have an actual name in the game.
But I really hope that they will make it clear that this isn't just the Master Sword.
That's not an item from A Link to the Past, though it appears in A Link Between Worlds – in a dungeon in Lorule, which makes no sense at all, because that should have been the Lorulean Shield. In this case it does make sense, however, and if they were to remake A Link to the Past, they probably would get the Hylian Shield somewhere in there, too. The original Fighter's Shield was actually quite similar in design, but maybe they would even go as far as replacing the Mirror Shield just like they did in A Link Between Worlds.
But let's hope that they won't replace the Mirror Shield in Link's Awakening. Well, considering that the Hylian Shield seems to be Link's starting shield this time, there is a fair chance that the Mirror Shield will finally return. Sadly, it's been completely absent since The Wind Waker (HD) and The Minish Cap.
In the meantime the Hylian Shield grew more and more in importance, making it effectively the Master Sword of shields in the series. Twilight Princess started this trend and Skyward Sword solidified it, where in Breath of the Wild the Hylian Shield again became the best shield in the game. But it doesn't feel entirely right, because in its first appearance in Ocarina of Time, the Hylian Shield has been neither indestructible nor the strongest shield. That was still the Mirror Shield at the time.
Maybe the Hylian Shield can even be eaten by Like Likes just like in the original and maybe the Shop will sell you a different looking shield as a replacement, which would put it into a similar situation as the Ordon Shield in Twilight Princess – just with the difference that losing it won't matter, because it will get replaced in the end anyway.
In any case the Hylian Shield in Link's Awakening should be more like this shield:
The original shield from the GameBoy classic. And not like the all-powerful shield that it has become over the years...
That would be a nice change for the role of the Hylian Shield, which is badly needed to get away from that whole Master Sword & Hylian Shield "stigma". Apropos, we also have to worry that the Seashell Sword will simply be the "Master Sword" as well... After all the original was kind of similar and it didn't even have an actual name in the game.
But I really hope that they will make it clear that this isn't just the Master Sword.
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