The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (German version)

[Obiwanshinobi]

Is the German version for the original GB multi-language? More specifically, is English an option?
(Actually, I should've just ask in the GB/GBC games thread; feel free to lock this one once the definite answer arrives.)

[Drum]

I have no idea, but I've just been playing this. Rad game.

[Mortificator]

Damn right.

I just gave the ROM of the German version a try and there doesn't seem to be an option to change the language.

[Obiwanshinobi]

Silly me, why didn't I even think about trying it on VisualBoy Advance? Talk about a pointless thread.
Oh dear. Looking up a dictionary wouldn't be all that comfy on the go. I think I'm not gonna buy this version, then.

[Drum]

The real question is to go DX or vanilla. Probably up to personal preference - the extra dungeon is fun (if small), but some people may feel that the reward for beating it makes the game too easy, idk.

[Obiwanshinobi]

If it's as good as its reputation suggests, I'd probably be able to play through it twice (b&w version first, DX second).

[Jockel]

It is definitely only German, both vanilla and DX versions. They're also "uncut" and a bit closer to the Japanese versions, so you're fishing after the lost bikini top instead of a necklace ;D
The translation got criticized a lot, since it's the work by Claude M. Moyse. The "M." is for "monkey on a typewriter". It's full of 90s pop culture references in inappropiate ways or places, just like every game he translated.
If there's enough interest I can write up some of the crimes he has commited to videogame translations.
^_~

[Drum]

It is definitely only German, both vanilla and DX versions. They're also "uncut" and a bit closer to the Japanese versions, so you're fishing after the lost bikini top instead of a necklace ;D
The translation got criticized a lot, since it's the work by Claude M. Moyse. The "M." is for "monkey on a typewriter". It's full of 90s pop culture references in inappropiate ways or places, just like every game he translated.
If there's enough interest I can write up some of the crimes he has commited to videogame translations.
^_~

Playing through again now that I know this, it's funny to see the stuff that went over my head before I knew: like how when you dive under the water near her she swims away and yells that she already looked there. The (unaltered, I'm guessing) dialogue with the fisherman is great too.

[Obiwanshinobi]

Zelda curio - in Wind Waker, while giving Medli a piggyback, you can look up her robe. Not that any westerner would even think of such a thing. Blame Japan.

[Mortificator]

Duck duck goose.

I do think that the tunics from DX's new dungeon make the game way too easy, but there's nothing forcing you to wear them. The big upgrade is colorization. That said, I originally played through Link's Awakening on the old black & green brick and enjoyed it at least as much as the SNES game.

The translation got criticized a lot, since it's the work by Claude M. Moyse. The "M." is for "monkey on a typewriter". It's full of 90s pop culture references in inappropiate ways or places, just like every game he translated.
If there's enough interest I can write up some of the crimes he has commited to videogame translations.

Reading this got me to load up the German game again! I answered Ulrira's phone and got a guy asking for Pizzeria "Da Mario" and ordering four with ham, nine with corn, one lasagna and two tiramisu. Does this Claude M. Moyse put that kind of stuff in all his translations?