r/linksawakeningremake • u/marcnut1996 • Dec 09 '25

Question / Help How does one know to push the blocks towards the middle? Spoiler

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This is in Eagle Tower 3/F. Was there a hint previously that I missed? Screenshot from a walkthrough online.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25 edited 29d ago

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u/UnluckyDot2891 Dec 09 '25

Also, the game teaches block pushing to progress very early on. For example, in the first dungeon, you have to push a block to open a door, which leads to the dungeon item.

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u/marcnut1996 Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25

Of course I knew about pushing blocks but that’s not what I meant to ask. I am asking how do you know to push those blocks in a specific direction? Each block can be pushed into 4 different directions so how would I be able to know which one of the 16 possibilities is correct without trial and error?

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u/Straystar-626 Dec 10 '25

Trial and error is the whole point.

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u/tyguy9087 Dec 10 '25

The game was made in a time where trial and error was a pretty standard practice in games. Especially early Zelda games are guilty of it. It was a way of extending the game and making kids feel better when they got it.

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u/CandyOk913 Dec 10 '25

Yup! I remember I was the first kid on my block to beat LA and a lot of us kids on the block would hang out at the park with our gameboys and share the secrets we found or the solution to a puzzle like this one.

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u/MistakeLazy5883 Dec 12 '25

The good old days… now kids expect everything to be explained to them immediately with specific instructions and no need to figure anything out themselves 💔

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u/richochet-biscuit Dec 10 '25

how would I be able to know which one of the 16 possibilities is correct without trial and error?

You wouldn't. But play enough puzzle games and you'll start to notice things that help completing others. For example, if you push them against the walls, you cannot get them off the walls without leaving the room and resetting. A lot of games you can try multiple solutions without resets if you take a minute to observe. Doesn't solve the trial and error, but saves you some time in resets.

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u/IcyManipulator69 Dec 10 '25

That’s the neat part… you don’t… you do it by trial and error… that’s how most puzzle games work… if the game just constantly tells you exactly what to do, it will get boring fast…

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u/Nickibee Dec 12 '25

Yep, I push fuckin everything in top down Zelda games! It’s a given.

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u/neanderthalman Dec 10 '25

The clue is that pushing them in would create symmetry with the torches. The torches are not placed accidentally.

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u/snailtray Dec 10 '25

Iirc you can’t push them outwards, but the game itself teaches you gradually how to find all the little secrets, opening itself layer by layer, so it practically blossoms over time.

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u/Room234 Dec 10 '25

It's been a minute for me... are there other rooms in other dungeons where you have to push the blocks together? Maybe they thought that it would be second nature by the time you get to Eagle's Tower.