The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a 1993 action-adventure video game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the fourth installment in the Legend of Zelda series, and the first for a handheld game console. What became Link's Awakening began as a port of the Super Nintendo title The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, developed after-hours by Nintendo staff. It grew into an original project under the direction of Takashi Tezuka, with a story and script created by Yoshiaki Koizumi and Kensuke Tanabe. The protagonist Link begins the game stranded on Koholint Island, a place guarded by a creature called the Wind Fish. Link then searches for eight musical instruments that will awaken the sleeping Wind Fish and allow him to escape. A remake called The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX was released for the Game Boy Color in 1998; it features color graphics, compatibility with the Game Boy Printer, and an exclusive color-based dungeon. Together, the two versions of the game have sold more than six million units worldwide, and have appeared on multiple game publications' lists of the best games of all time.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1813:

War of 1812: The British ambushed an American encampment near present-day Stoney Creek, Ontario, capturing two senior officers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stoney_Creek

1882:

The Shewa kingdom made big strides towards gaining supremacy over the Ethiopian Empire by defeating the Gojjam and gaining control of territories south of the Gibe River. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Embabo

1894:

Colorado Governor Davis Hanson Waite ordered his state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple_Creek_miners%27_strike_of_1894

1982:

A war in Lebanon began when Israeli forces invaded southern Lebanon to root out members of the Palestine Liberation Organization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War

2004:

During a joint sitting of both houses of the Indian Parliament, President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam announced that Tamil was to be made the first legally recognised classical language of India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

enfranchise: To grant the franchise to an entity, generally meaning to grant the privilege of voting to a person. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enfranchise

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength — and strength alone.   --Dwight D. Eisenhower https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower