The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening Remake - 10 Things We Can't Wait To See
3. Mario Villains
These days there are all sorts of crossover games with characters from different series and even different companies turning up alongside each other.
You can see it in the Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games series or with Link turning up in Mario Kart to blaze a motorbike trail through Hyrule. That’s before we even mention the madness of Smash Bros. where the likes of Solid Snake can do battle with Kirby or Pikachu.
Back in 1993 this sort of thing rarely happened, so when Mario characters turned up in Link’s Awakening it was a delightful novelty. There were baddies inspired by Goombas, Thwomps and more - as well as “dogs” that were clearly Chain Chomps.
They’ll all be coming back for the remake and we can’t wait to see how they look. Especially since actual Mario games have had a fairly fixed artstyle in recent years.
We’d also welcome it if Grezzo wanted to throw in some koopa troopers this time around. In fact why stop at Mario characters? Why not chuck in a couple of Rabbids while they’re at it?