Link's Awakening DX: Skip Dialog

Original game : The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

Platform : GB

Author : Tobias V. Langhoff

Release date : 04 November 2022

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : P

Downloads : 439

ROM Information

Database match: Legend of Zelda, The - Link's Awakening DX (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced) (GB Compatible)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy/Color (v. 20210227-015730)
File/ROM SHA-1: D90AC17E9BF17B6C61624AD9F05447BDB5EFC01A
File/ROM CRC32: 97822948
Database match: Legend of Zelda, The - Link's Awakening DX (USA, Europe) (Rev 1) (SGB Enhanced) (GB Compatible)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy/Color (v. 20210227-015730)
File/ROM SHA-1: 363D184D9B1E9FAA5A2FACD80897B7E118446164
File/ROM CRC32: B38EB9DE
Database match: Legend of Zelda, The - Link's Awakening DX (USA, Europe) (Rev 2) (SGB Enhanced) (GB Compatible)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy/Color (v. 20210227-015730)
File/ROM SHA-1: 1C091225688D966928CC74336DBEF2E07D12A47C
File/ROM CRC32: 6887A34

Hack description

This hack is a Quality of Life improvement that lets you skip most dialog with the B button. It's compatible with versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 of the US release of the game. It should be compatible with most other hacks, as it's a very minor change to the ROM.

In the original Link's Awakening for the Game Boy, pressing B would close most text boxes immediately, while pressing A would advance the text. For some reason, Nintendo removed this feature in Link's Awakening DX, making both A and B advance the text.

However, the functionality was still present in the game, and even enabled in the French and German versions. This hack will enable it in the English version as well.

Note that, just like in the original Link's Awakening, not all dialog is skippable. Some important dialog cannot be skipped, as well as most dialog boxes that require you to choose between two answers at the end.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Tobias V. Langhoff	Hacking

Reviews

The hack that saved the game!	Sakitoshi	2023-12-31	Version 1.0
I always preferred monochrome link's awakening just for this little thing that made the game less tedious, being able to skip the useless piece of power, guardian acorn and power bracelet textboxes makes the game more fluid.

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