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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)

Grezzo · 2019

Three-quarter · Side-scrolling · Action · Adventure · Console

Dimension: 3D, 2.5D
Rendering: Stylized 3D, Diorama
Colors: Green Yellow Black Gray Teal Blue Brown Red Orange White Export palette ↓
Linework: No outlines
Shading: Soft gradient
Post-processing: Tilt-shift
Palette: Vibrant
Proportions: Chibi, Cute

Then and now1993 Game Boy → 2019 Nintendo Switch

About

Link explores Koholint Island, fights monsters and completes dungeons to awaken the Wind Fish and escape. This action-adventure remake rebuilds the Game Boy game with miniature-style 3D visuals and adds customizable Chamber Dungeons.

Art style

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) (2019, Grezzo) is a 2.5D stylized 3D and diorama game played from a three-quarter / side-scrolling view. Its look is built from shapes without outlines, soft gradient shading and tilt-shift. The palette is vibrant.

Then and now 1993 → 2019

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, black outlines (environment)

1993 · Game Boy

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) screenshot: stylized 3d, diorama, three-quarter, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)

2019 · Nintendo Switch

Palette 12 colors

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Details

Release: Remake · Modern (PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Series / Switch)
Developer: Grezzo
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 2019-09-20 Japan, Nintendo Switch
2019-09-20 United States, Nintendo Switch
2019-09-20 Europe, Nintendo Switch
2019-09-20 South Korea, Nintendo Switch
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Also known as: ゼルダの伝説夢をみる島 (Japan)
Zelda no Densetsu: Yume o Miru Shima (Japan)
젤다의 전설 꿈꾸는 섬 (South Korea)
Credits: Kazuhiko Takahashi Art Director
Masaki Yasuda Art Lead
Eiichi Amano Character Modeling Lead
Satoshi Terada Map Modeling Lead
Hiroyuki Sano Animation Lead
Yutaka Kunimoto VFX Lead
Yoshimitsu Sato UI Lead
Yoshiki Haruhana Graphic Refining Directors
Keijiro Inoue Graphic Refining Directors
Mikiharu Oiwa Director
Eiji Aonuma Producer
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