There was one new feature in the remake of Link's Awakening, which was visible during E3, but didn't get elaborated on. Most of the houses in Mabe Village now have stands or pedestals for what might be figurines. This could be similar to the decoration sockets on Windfall Island in The Wind Waker, but with the difference that every stand has a set piece, which is supposed to be put there.
For example, there are two of these stands in Marin and Tarin's house, where the small stand on the table is for a Goomba and the stand in front of the beds for a Piranha Plant. There is another of these in Madam MeowMeow's house saying "CiaoCiao", which is probably the third Chain Chomp pet.
In addition, according to IGN there are also stands for Boo, Shy Guy, Pokey and Spiny. So, we know of the following stands so far:
- Goomba
- Piranha Plant
- CiaoCiao
- Boo
- Shy Guy
- Pokey
- Spiny
And what do all of these have in common? They are enemies from the Super Mario universe, specifically enemies that all appear in Link's Awakening. In case of the Spiny, it simply might be that the enemy we know as "Spiked Beetle" was originally a Spiny in this game. It makes sense.
So, it seems you will be able to collect the Mario enemies as figurines or something similar and place them on the stands in the houses. Of course it could be that there are stands for other things than just the Mario enemies as well, but we would have yet to find out about them.
Update: One idea would be that you earn those as rewards from the Chamber Dungeon. If each Challenge gives you a reward, there isn't really much to give the players besides Rupees, maybe Secret Seashells, new Pieces of Hearts, a Fairy Bottle (already confirmed) and maybe a new Heart Container at the end. This could be the place, where you earn them, which even makes sense, because most of the Mario enemies are encountered inside the dungeons. So, maybe an early Challenge based on the Tail Cave gives you a Goomba.
But this is really interesting and it will certainly be neat to see what this is all about.
I really like this idea as new collectibles, but I would like it to be expanded. I loved the figurines sidequest in Wind Waker and Minish Cap, and something similar could be done here for all enemies, bosses and characters. Yeah, I know it is very unlikely, but just imagine different exhibition rooms in Canalet Castle full of figurines.
ReplyDeleteI agree that these figurines could be given in the Chamber Dungeon. Thinking of other possible rewards in this mode, I thought of a spin attack upgrade, similar to A Link Between Worlds, but it fits better as a (final?) reward for collecting seashells.
Good call on the Great Spin Attack. That's likely to be added, I agree.
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