The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Developer(s)	EAD (Nintendo)
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Producer	Shigeru Miyamoto
Director(s)	Takashi Tezuka
Release date	LA GB(JP): June 6th, 1993 GB(US): 1993 LA DX GBC(JP): December 12th, 1998 GBC(US): October 31th, 1998
Genre	Action Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E)
Platform(s)	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance

Overview

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening ("Yume o Miru Shima" in Japanese) was the first Zelda game to be released on the Game Boy. It was also the first Zelda game to take place outside of Hyrule, and also the first to have no relevance to the "main" story of Zelda, Ganon, and the Triforce. However, the game did influence future Zelda games. (In particular, the characters of Marin and Tarin were remade in the next Zelda game released, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, as Malon and Talon.)

The game was originally released June of 1993 in Japan. The DX version for Game Boy Color, which colorized the original game and added a new photography sidequest and a new dungeon, was released December of 1998.