My sister got it for me as a gift a couple months ago. It's quite good! I had never played Link's Awakening before, so it was all new to me. Enjoyed it thoroughly, though I confess that once I completed the main quest I pretty much lost all interest. I'd like to collect the rest of the shells and heart containers, but I am pretty satisfied with how my initial run-through went.
Maybe in a few years I'll get the itch to revisit it, and do a more thorough play through. One without so many deaths.
Happy to hear you enjoyed it, man.
Back in the day I enjoyed the Gameboy one a lot.
That got me thinking, I wonder how would the original be for people that first enjoyed the remake. Would it still be enjoyable for them? :/
There'll be some things they'd probably miss, like only having two buttons for all their inventory without a set button for sword and shield, haha.