HCBailly plays Link's Awakening DX - Part 15 of 32

In this episode, we get to take Marin to Animal Village.

Overworld maps by Osrevad. Dungeon maps by Revned.

Koholint Map

In-Game Map

Using the teleporter near the Animal Village makes taking Marin down there less of a drag.

When you return to the statue of the Flying Rooster, Marin will be gone and one of the quadruplets will be there instead. Talk to him, and you'll find out that she's at Toronbo Shores near the ocean.

If you go to Marin and Tarin's house, you'll find a note saying that Marin is at the beach. I didn't even know this until watching this Let's Play. XD

Now that you have the Pegasus Boots, using them to run into the palm trees with the monkeys on top will knock the monkeys off, forcing them to retreat.

The screen south of the western exit out of Toronbo Shores will be Marin. Before we do that, though, let's explore the land west of Toronbo Shores. There's a house by the bay, but you won't be able to do anything with that place...yet...

Anyway, let's talk to Marin. After a nifty conversation on a even niftier scene where you and her stare into the sea, Marin will talk about wanting to be a seagull and flying as far away from the island as she could, as well as whether there's anything beyond the sea at all. When she asks if you're paying attention to her, say yes. After this, you'll be holding her like a trophy (does Link look up her dress?) before she joins you to...wherever it is that you go.

For added fun, fight enemies with her, explore with her, go through a dungeon with her, and even go to the cliff edge directly south of the entrance to Toronbo Shores (this one is GBC-exclusive, since all it does is give you a picture for the Album). If you jump into the well with Marin, she'll ask if you're okay (and you'll also get a picture for the Album if you're playing the GBC edition - which reminds me, how does the photographer know we're going to do this?).

Another weird thing you can do is have her play the Trendy Game when she asks to. Just go over there and when she asks to play the Trendy Game, say yes. She'll grab the guy running the game with the hook and then drop him off at the conveyor belt where the prizes land, then he'll kick the both of you out for being a pro.

In the GBC version, you can walk up to the Flying Rooster statue and get another picture for the Album! You'll get to see Tarin one last time here (unlike the original monochrome version, where you wouldn't see him again after getting the honeycomb until you beat the game).

I wouldn't recommend it if you're going for a perfect game, but Marin does react if you steal something from the store with her in tow.

Secret Seashells

17. Run into the tree west of the Tail Cave to knock a Secret Seashell out of it.