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Link's Awakening fik en meget positiv kritik. Hjemmesiden [[1UP.com]] har anmeldt spillet som ''Bedste Game Boy-spil nogensinde''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/features/link-thousand-faces|title=Link of A Thousand Faces|date=15. november 2006|author=Parish, Jeremy|website=[[1UP.com]]|publisher=[[UGO Entertainment, Inc]]|accessdate=8. december 2019|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225033438/http://www.1up.com/features/link-thousand-faces|archivedate=25. februar 2013}}</ref>, og Nintendo Life gav spillet 10 ud af 10 stjerner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/08/legend_of_zelda_links_awakening_retro | title=The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Review (GB)| publisher=[[Nintendo Life]] | last=Dillard|first=Corbie|accessdate=8. december 2008}}</ref>. Youtube-kanalen WatchMojo.com placerede spillet på en tredjeplads i deres video om "Top 10 Gameboy Games" <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/12043/|title=Top 10 Gameboy Games|accessdate=8. december 2019}}</ref>, en sjetteplads på listen med "Top 10 Legend of Zelda Games" <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/12512/|title=Top 10 Legend of Zelda Games|accessdate=8. december 2019}}</ref> og en ottendeplads på listen med "Top 10 Emotional Video Game Endings" <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://watchmojo.com/video/id/13094|title=Top 10 Emotional Video Game Endings|accessdate=8. december 2019}}</ref>.
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