Saturday, June 15, 2019

Link's Awakening Remake: Rupee Rocks?

There was some other small addition visible during the Treehouse Live segment for Link's Awakening, where I'm sure some people have missed it: it seems that Rupee Rocks were added to the game.

You can clearly see such a rock north of Dampé's Shack, which wasn't there in the original versions and has a green glowing effect on it (this effect can be seen better in the video):

screenshot of Dampé's Shack, where you can see the special rock just north of it

That's probably a Rupee Rock and they first appeared in the GameBoy Advance version of A Link to the Past. Since then they have appeared only one more time, in A Link Between Worlds, where it's likely that the same team, who was developing A Link Between Worlds, is now working on Link's Awakening and re-using some features from the 3DS game.

It's also not the only thing that was brought over from A Link to the Past and A Link Between Worlds. As we already know, apples can grow on trees as well, where Link can get them (probably with the Pegasus Boots) and eat them:

screenshot of Link eating an apple north of Martha's Bay

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