>>11818232
Its smaller scale means it has more character.
The plot of link to the past is more grand but also more totemic.
Zelda is just the princess, Link is the just hero.
Marin is a girl who dreams of a life beyond the island that people tell her doesn’t exist and Link is the stranger from somewhere else that gives Marin hope because his mere existence proves that her dream can come true.
Link’s Awakening may not be big, but it’s small.