29 votes

Link's Awakening DX HD - PC port (unofficial)

18 comments

  1. [6]
    updawg
    Link
    I saw that you can zoom out while playing this and watch all of Koholint go about their lives. That would be great to watch. One last peek around the map before the end of the game spoilers when...

    I saw that you can zoom out while playing this and watch all of Koholint go about their lives. That would be great to watch. One last peek around the map before the end of the game

    spoilers

    when you destroy the dream and wipe everybody out of existence. The game does give you one last look after you defeat the Nightmare, but it would be great to have that overview of the whole island.

    6 votes
    1. [5]
      phoenixrises
      Link Parent
      Yeah! I should probably download this before Nintendo's Lawyers catch wind of it lol it looks super interesting. I actually only played Links Awakening for the first time very recently so it's...

      Yeah! I should probably download this before Nintendo's Lawyers catch wind of it lol it looks super interesting. I actually only played Links Awakening for the first time very recently so it's still pretty fresh in my mind lol

      6 votes
      1. [4]
        Comment deleted by author
        Link Parent
        1. [3]
          PuddleOfKittens
          Link Parent
          Copyright for videogames shouldn't last more than 20 years. Actual gamedevs plan to make money off the game launch now, not in a few decades. Being "ramen profitable" means you can buy instant...

          It's not like they're really making any money off their old games anyway

          Copyright for videogames shouldn't last more than 20 years. Actual gamedevs plan to make money off the game launch now, not in a few decades. Being "ramen profitable" means you can buy instant noodles to eat today, not in the 2040s.

          It's bizarre corporate pandering, baked into international treaties pushed by the WIPO. And because it's international, it's democracyproof. Disgusting.

          3 votes
          1. [2]
            arrza
            Link Parent
            Copyright for anything shouldn't last more than 20 years.

            Copyright for anything shouldn't last more than 20 years.

            8 votes
            1. PuddleOfKittens
              Link Parent
              Disagree. Aerospace software is basically useless for the first decade or two, because it takes a whole lot of time after release to be certified and acceptable for production systems. It wouldn't...

              Disagree. Aerospace software is basically useless for the first decade or two, because it takes a whole lot of time after release to be certified and acceptable for production systems. It wouldn't surprise me if most aerospace software packages take more than 20 years before they even make their first dollar.

              Gamedev might work just fine with a duration of 10 years, or maybe even 5 years. If aerospace had a 5-year copyright duration it would completely and utterly collapse.

              I'm not convinced that there's a single one-size-fits-all copyright duration that fits every industry and application, I think there needs to be some mechanism to vary it and there also needs to be different durations for different industries, if it's possible to do so without companies exploiting loopholes.

              2 votes
  2. [3]
    McFin
    Link
    Looks like it's already been flagged for review. Won't be up long I imagine. Nintendo won't have to do anything - itch will probably preemptively bomb it specifically to avoid summoning the Disney...

    Looks like it's already been flagged for review. Won't be up long I imagine. Nintendo won't have to do anything - itch will probably preemptively bomb it specifically to avoid summoning the Disney lawyers.

    6 votes
    1. [2]
      phoenixrises
      Link Parent
      -joke- Disney Lawyers are now working for Nintendo??

      -joke- Disney Lawyers are now working for Nintendo??

      3 votes
      1. McFin
        Link Parent
        Typo on my part but I do find it quite fun that I so easily swapped out one hyper-litigious legal department with another without noticing.

        Typo on my part but I do find it quite fun that I so easily swapped out one hyper-litigious legal department with another without noticing.

        4 votes
  3. [8]
    knocklessmonster
    Link
    It has been bonked. I have it on my phone and made sure I got it while I was at work.

    It has been bonked. I have it on my phone and made sure I got it while I was at work.

    6 votes
    1. [2]
      Raistlin
      Link Parent
      Damn, wasn't fast enough, missed it.

      Damn, wasn't fast enough, missed it.

      2 votes
      1. godzilla_lives
        Link Parent
        I snagged it before it was taken down, feel free to DM me! Not sure if the admin would appreciate me sharing it openly or not.

        I snagged it before it was taken down, feel free to DM me! Not sure if the admin would appreciate me sharing it openly or not.

    2. [5]
      0xSim
      (edited )
      Link Parent
      So huh, if you upload it somewhere and send me the link privately and delete that upload as soon as I download it, that'd be great. 100% hypothetical scenario 👉👈 Edit: my wish has been...

      So huh, if you upload it somewhere and send me the link privately and delete that upload as soon as I download it, that'd be great. 100% hypothetical scenario 👉👈

      Edit: my wish has been hypothetically fulfilled.

      6 votes
      1. [4]
        updawg
        (edited )
        Link Parent
        I hypothetically wish I could get it, too. I hypothetically thought about downloading it to my hypothetical phone but I hypothetically figured I'd hypothetically do it when I got to my...

        I hypothetically wish I could get it, too. I hypothetically thought about downloading it to my hypothetical phone but I hypothetically figured I'd hypothetically do it when I got to my hypothetical computer but it was non-hypothetically removed before I could hypothetically open it on my hypothetical computer.

        Edit: my hypothetical wish was also hypothetically fulfilled. Hypothetically.

        3 votes
        1. BHSPitMonkey
          (edited )
          Link Parent
          I wonder what my life could have been like under hypothetical circumstances similar to yours... Edit: I've moved on to wonder about different things 🙂

          I wonder what my life could have been like under hypothetical circumstances similar to yours...

          Edit: I've moved on to wonder about different things 🙂

          1 vote
        2. Promonk
          Link Parent
          Hypothetically, this was exactly the thought process I hypothetically went through as well. Hypothetically, of course.

          Hypothetically, this was exactly the thought process I hypothetically went through as well. Hypothetically, of course.

        3. dingdorp
          Link Parent
          Hypothetically, this is my wish also. If only, hypothetically, i also got this link, I too would like to use my hypothetical computer to hypothetically see what this is all about. Hypothetically...

          Hypothetically, this is my wish also. If only, hypothetically, i also got this link, I too would like to use my hypothetical computer to hypothetically see what this is all about. Hypothetically of course.

  4. Bemels
    Link
    The remake is easily the best version of links awakening, the QoL changes like 4 equipped items is really nice and in general it feels really snappy.

    The remake is easily the best version of links awakening, the QoL changes like 4 equipped items is really nice and in general it feels really snappy.

    1 vote