Complete The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening without a single death recorded on your save file and you’ll unlock a secret end following the match credits.

This was the case for both versions of Link’s Awakening introduced back in the afternoon, about the Game Boy and Game Boy Color, and it’s something the brand new Nintendo Switch version of this game comprises too.

After waking the Windfish and watching Koholint Island vanish, Link wakes up floating at the sea holding on to a driftwood. Had the entire adventure been a dream? No – since the hulking Windfish itself unexpectedly appears, flying overhead.

It’s here the end credits roll, and after those you will find a final”The End” message.

But if you’ve defeated the whole of Link’s Awakening without expiring, you’ll then get a heartwarming Easter egg comprising Marin, Link’s beat and nearest in-game ally.

Throughout your experience, Marin informs you she wants nothing more than to depart Koholint herself, and will wish into the Windfish to make it occur.

“If I had been a seagull, I would fly up to as I could! I would fly to far away places and sing for lots of people! … When I wish to the Wind Fish, I always wonder whether my dream will come true”

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And it’s this you’ll get to see if you’ve got that no-death save document – the implication being the Marin obtained her wish and has been saved, despite Koholint Island being no longer.

She just flew across the”The End” screen.

In the Game Boy Color variation, Link’s Awakening DX, a fantasy of Marin herself has been temporarily seen, before a seagull is shown flying away. The response here is not as that Marin has sprouted wings, along with more that her wish has literally come true.

At length, in the Nintendo Shift variant, which is an immediate remaster of this DX ending. We see a vision of Marin, before the seagull flies off. Is Link simply remembering her when he sees the seagull? Or has never been reincarnated as a spirit? The game enables you to decide.

It’s one of the many ways Link’s Awakening on Change remains true to the original game – that in turn was a big reason I found so much to appreciate about this remake. “Koholint warrants nothing less, while Link must travel to leave its shores, this version will always be an area which preserves the island to get others to follow,” I wrote in Eurogamer’s Link’s Awakening Shift inspection.