Koholint Island
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Koholint Island is a fictional dream-isle that is the setting for the video game Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening In the course of the game, Link is washed up on shore on the island and found by one of the inhabitants, a girl named Marin. He collects the eight instruments and wakes the Wind Fish, though the 'nightmares' (bosses) try to hinder his progress. After the Wind Fish wakes up, the island vanishes and Link awakens and finds himself in the middle of the sea clinging on to driftwood.
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Mabe Village
Mabe Village is located North-West of the Tail Cave and South of the Mysterious Wood. The name "Mabe Village" is a pun, just like "Link's Awakening"--literally, Link wakes up! It is based on the word "maybe", and this word is used because of the whole dream island and illusion idea seen throughout Link's Awakening
Mabe Village contains a shop, a "Trendy Game", the Dream Shrine, a fishing pond, a phone booth, a library as well as a couple of houses. Mabe Village and Animal Village are often called "sister cities" even though they aren't exactly large enough to be called cities. In the days before monsters roamed freely around Ukuku Prairie, people used to travel between Mabe Village and Animal Village but unfortunately in the time that Link is there, it is too dangerous for anyone but warriors to do so. In the centre of the village, there is a memorial to a creature called the "Flying Rooster" who, in bygone times, used to give rides to the children in the village. The currency of the village is rupees which can be found in many places.
Places of Interest
Shop
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Link purchases many useful items at the shop in Mabe Village to aid him in his quest to wake the Wind Fish. At the start of the game, this shop only stocks a 200 rupee shovel, 3 hearts for 10 rupees and a Level 1 shield for 20 rupees but during the course of the game somehow starts stocking other items such as bombs, an expensive bow (980 rupees!) and arrows. The owner of the shop isn't very kind toward shoplifters—if Link steals something from the shop and then returns at some other point, the Boss Music will play, the shopkeeper will say something like "I wasn't kidding when I said no stealing!" and then will attack him with some sort of lightning bolt, slowly depleting Link's health until he dies. Link is paralysed by it, and cannot move while being attacked in this way. After that the shop owner will once again sell to you, but your name is forever tarnished. If you later visit the Camera Shop after committing a theft, your album will have changed from "[yourname]'s Album" to "Thief's Album"!
Dream Shrine
The Dream Shrine is a mysterious shrine which, until Link finds a special item, will be blocked by heavy boulders. Inside the shrine there is a small room with a bed and four candles surrounding it. If Link sleeps in the bed, he will be teleported to a strange place. In this place there are two chests, one containing rupees and the other an Ocarina. Not much else is known about the Dream Shrine. It made a repeat appearance in The Minish Cap as a virtual monster-battling "simulator".
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The Library
The library is another useful place in Mabe Village. The books there contain all the information anyone needs to know about Koholint Island except for all the real useful things like how to get through the dungeons. Except for that, the books are entitled "Fun with Bombs", "The Properties of Warp Holes", "Auto Map and Memo Guide Book", "Selecting the Item That's Right for You", "Secrets of the Whirling Blade", "How to Handle Your Shield Like a Pro!", "Atlas of Koholint Island" and "Dark Secrets and Mysteries of Koholint". In the Deluxe version there is also another book that you can't access until Link has the Pegesus Boots. This book has information on how to get into the new color dungeon. The book, "Dark Secrets and Mysteries of Koholint" states how to find your way in the maze inside the Wind Fish's Egg.
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Trendy Game
The Trendy Game is an interesting place in Mabe Village. The player of the game uses a crane to pick up items on a rotating conveyor belt. The main prize is a Yoshi doll which is a popular toy among the young children in Mabe Village. Link can trade this to a person in Mabe Village in exchange for a ribbon.
The Phone Booth
This place is also useful in Link's advenure. From here and other phone booths scattered around Koholint Island, Link can ring Old Man Ulrira for hints on what he should do next.
External links
- early Nintendo Power preview (http://www.maj.com/gallery/TheFanatic/BetaZeldas/zelda4gameboy.jpg) showing a significantly different island map
