Link's Awakening Remake: New Warp Points Confirmed!

In the gamescom footage of the new Link's Awakening we could finally see one of the Warp Holes in action, where during the demonstration they traditionally take us from Animal Village back to Mabe Village. However, unlike in the original you don't go from one Warp Hole to the next in sequence, but instead you're prompted with a warp select screen:

And if you look closely at this screen, you can actually spot a total of three new warp points:

• At Dampé's Shack
• At the Seashell Mansion
• Near the House by the Bay

All of these should be very useful and this even matches with what we had speculated about new warp holes two months ago, where both the House by the Bay and the Seashell Mansion were considered as new warping locations.

Dampé's Shack, however, comes as a bit of a surprise, where it turns out that the supposed "Rupee Rock" that we had spotted at E3 was not a Rupee Rock, but another hidden warp point:

But since you want to return to the Chamber Dungeon many times over this will certainly be nice to have, it's just that it renders the warp point in Manbo's Pond somewhat useless, since this one was just around the corner. But maybe the functionality of Manbo's Mambo will be enhanced as well and it lets you use any of the Warp Holes in addition to Manbo's Pond with the Ocarina.

The new gameplay didn't go as far, so we will see about that in a month, maybe even a little earlier.