Friday, June 21, 2019

Link's Awakening Remake: Seaside Fishing?

screenshot of Link catching a fish in the fishing minigame

This pond's all
fished out. Why
not try your
luck in the sea?

With Grezzo at the helm of developing the Link's Awakening remake, one of the first things that comes to mind are the new fishing locations that were added to Majora's Mask 3D. If you take a look at the new Fishing Pond minigame (for example in this video by NintendoLife), you can clearly see that they put some good effort into modernizing it. It looks really good, it seems to play a lot better and there's even a Fairy Bottle to get.

So, why not expand upon that and add a similar minigame to Martha's Bay? The original game teased you with this, but it simply ended up being another station on your trading quest...

screenshot of Link getting the Pearl Necklace in the DX version

This time, getting the Fishing Hook could actually unlock a similar minigame for the sea. You could also get different fish here, maybe another one with a Piece of Heart, but there would also be the Necklace somewhere on the ocean floor for you to get. (I'm assuming the Bikini Top won't return here, since you most likely will be able to view below the water surface.)

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