File:The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening platform comparison.png

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Description

A side-by-side comparison of the video game The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993: Nintendo) and its 1998 color reissue Link's Awakening DX. The protagonist and player character Link is seen battling an enemy Darknut.

Source

Black-and-white version: MobyGames, 1. Color version: Taken myself using KiGB emulator. Image stitched in Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Article

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Portion used

Two screenshots of a video game split in half and combined.

Low resolution?

Original resolution; further reduction in handheld resolution size would result in the gameplay aspects becoming impossible to decipher.

Purpose of use

To depict the main character of the game as he appears in the title, and the game interface. The image contrasts the black-and-white graphics of the original with the vibrant colors of the DX reissue. The image aids reader understanding by providing readers a frame of reference for critical commentary on the graphics of both versions.

Replaceable?

No free images of the copyrighted games are likely to be possible, as Nintendo has not released such an image or similar into the public domain, or allowed free use.

Other information

© 1993/1998 Nintendo; Use of the screenshot in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening//en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:The_Legend_of_Zelda_Link%27s_Awakening_platform_comparison.pngtrue

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current00:41, 24 January 2011Thumbnail for version as of 00:41, 24 January 2011160 × 144 (9 KB)David Fuchs (talk | contribs)== Summary == {{Non-free use rationale |Article=The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening |Description=A side-by-side comparison of the video game ''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening'' (1993: Nintendo) and its 1998 color reissue ''Link's Awakening DX'

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