Link's Awakening

Link's Awakening (ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島) — Game Boy, Japan, Nintendo, 1993. JP June 6, 1993. From Super Famicom & Game Boy in the Zelda Games Gallery.

First handheld Zelda and first Zelda set outside Hyrule. Japanese subtitle is a phrase, not a name — *Yume o Miru Shima* describes Koholint.

JP and US boxes share the core key art idea but differ in layout, logo treatment (Japanese logo vs. gold/red US logotype) and text — they are not the same scan with a logo swap. No ESRB/CERO rating mark on the JP 1993 box (both rating systems postdate / do not apply to this printing in US form).

Across the Pacific in this gallery: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

Identification: this box carries the product code DMG-ZLJ, read off the printing itself.

Shown here at its verified native size, 629×800, the largest honest copy the Library holds for this box.

This page carries the verified front-and-back pair: use the flip control on the cover to turn the box over.

The Japanese back panel: JAN 4902370501667, FOR SALE AND USE IN JAPAN ONLY.