Well, I think I'm screwed and have to start over. According to the Zelda Wiki on the glitch, I did everything I was not supposed to do (emphasis mine): Dangers: Screen-warping is generally safe, but there are several dangerous situations to avoid. Don't attempt to warp through the Nightmare doors. The game crashes spectacularly and fades to white while having the text box stating that the door is locked. Upon rebooting the system, your save files are usually all gone! If you end up inside the cave where the Magnifying Glass is located or in Eagle's Tower, don't exit out to the overworld unless you have already freed the entrance. If you DO exit, and become stuck inside the statue or the wall, do NOT save and exit in an attempt to free yourself. If you do, that file will be stuck in that spot forever. I was in Eagle's Tower, I did exit to the overworld before opening the entrance, I did get stuck, I did save and exit, I am stuck in that spot forever. Oh well.

No. However: If you collect 15 secret seashells and go to the Seashell Mansion, you'll be given the Seashell Sensor, an item that alerts you when a seashell is nearby. (Nintendo Switch version only.)

It seems your picture is not from Angler's Dungeon (number 4) but the Bottle Grotto (number 2). If I recall correctly, this room is a puzzle in which you have to kill the enemies in a certain order. A tablet somewhere in the dungeon could help you find out the order. TABLET / CLUE SPOILER : First, defeat the imprisoned Pols Voice, Last, Stalfos... Answer : The order is Bunny, Bat, Blue Skelteon

Note: This answer doesn't cover the solutions exploiting glitches (screen wrapping and such) and alternative ways (such as stealing the shovel). There might be a way to get the Level 2 sword much earlier (so far I think I can get 15 - got 12 - seashells with only the sword and the stolen shovel if I use the screen wrapping). I might try to document this later, but feel free to comment/post your own answer if you know a way. According to this page (which lists only the requirements to get the seashells, not to get where they are located), one could get 13 seashells only having the Sword, the Roc's Feather, the Power Bracelet, the Deluxe Shovel and some Bombs (in the order you should get them (from the numbers they have on the link above), specifically for #6 and #11). Please note that unless otherwise mentioned, they all require the Power Bracelet1 to be reached: #1 (Sword only) #2 #3 (Deluxe Shovel2 only) #4 (Magic Powder3 to reach the key to the Dungeon; then Bombs4) #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #13 #11 #14 (Power Bracelet1, with bombs and Roc's Feather to reach the emplacement, then Deluxe Shovel 2 to get the seashell) #15 Once you have obtained the Pegasus Boots, you can get four more seashells (which brings the total to 17): #10, #12, and also (after accessing the animal village area) #20 and #21. In addition, after completion of the third dungeon, Marin will help moving the Walrus away, and therefore the player can access the seashell #16. As soon as you get the flippers, you can reach the two missing seashells to obtain the Level two sword: #18 and #19. TL;DR That means that the earliest moment you can have the level two sword is after getting the flippers from the fourth dungeon (it is not required to beat the boss - you need, however, to kill the bosses of the first three dungeons, since Bowwow is required to access the second dungeon, Richard is needed to access the third one; and Marin has to sing for the Walrus for you to both access to the flippers in the fourth dungeon and to the seashell #16). Also, from all the information I could find, the DX version does not differ from the original one on that point. 1 Needs the Sword, the Roc's Feather and some Magic Powder to be accessed. 2 Costs 200 Rupees. Usually affordable after the second Dungeon. 3 Needs the Sword to access, part of the main plot. 4 Costs 10 Rupees. Post Scriptum: Should you need to orient yourself, I found a very handy complete map (spoilers ahead!

Places with a symbol on the map are just places of interest. Locations include people's houses, phone booths and the Wind Fish Egg.

From zeldawiki.org: In Link's Awakening, the Ocarina can be found in the Dream Shrine, which can only be completed if Link has the Power Bracelet and the Pegasus Boots. The Ocarina can be played before learning any songs, but all that comes out are random notes which have no effect. Yet again from zeldawiki.org: The Dream Shrine is a strange building located in Link's Awakening's Mabe Village. It is unknown if Dream Shrine's main chamber is a real place or not, even by Koholint Island's standards. The doorway to the shrine is blocked by three large stones, and Link will be unable to enter until he has claimed the Power Bracelet. When he enters the shrine, it appears to be a small room with a single bed. However, if he goes to sleep, he will wake up in a large room. This room is guarded by large groups of Arm-Mimics, which act as part of a puzzle. Fifty Rupees can be found here, but the real prize of the shrine is the legendary Ocarina. Getting this item requires use of the Pegasus Boots. After leaving the room, Link will wake up in the bed found in the first room. In Mabe Village, the Dream Shrine is located in the north east corner. This image from zeldaelements.net (edited by me) shows exactly where is it. You can't really do anything with the ocarina unless you have songs, so here they are (information from Zelda Wikia Ballad of the Wind Fish The first song that Link can learn is the "Ballad of the Wind Fish", which is taught by Marin. This mysterious song has the power to awaken the Wind Fish if played in conjunction with all eight Instruments of the Sirens. Manbo's Mambo The second song is "Manbo's Mambo", learned from Manbo, a talking fish who lives in a cave near Angler's Tunnel. In the overworld, this song transports Link to Manbo's Pond, located directly outside Crazy Tracy's Health Spa near Tabahl Wasteland. When played inside dungeons, it transports Link back to the entrance of the current dungeon. Frog's Song of Soul The third and final song is the "Frog's Song of Soul", learned from Mamu the frog singer after Link successfully navigates the Signpost Maze near Mabe Village. This song brings certain dead or inanimate objects to life.

From zeldawiki.org: The Ghost then asks Link to bring it to its grave, which is located in the Koholint Prairie near the Cemetary. Koholint Prarie is west of the Graveyard and east of the Mysterious Woods, and the grave itself is towards the south west corner of Koholint Prarie. This image from zeldaelements.net (edited by me) shows exactly where is it.

It is the same as the original, you won't be able to change your name. Once you steal from the shop, you are a Thief for life. (or until you erase that save.)

There are 2 "fast" ways: Steal the stuff you want: You get it for free, BUT the shopkeeper will kill Link for stealing from him. In addition, every character in the game will refer to Link as 'THIEF' from that point on, effectively replacing his name in in-game text Farm at the crane-game: This is IMHO the fastest way to get rupees but still takes some time and doesn't have any down sides. Hold B to move the crane over to the exact center of the left conveyor belt. Now wait until the rupee's top is about to hit the end of the right conveyor belt, then quickly press A and let go immediately. Works every time.

The key to the Face Shrine is in the Southern Face Shrine. To get there from the (locked) dungeon entrance, head south one screen, and then east (right) until there is a break in the bottom wall and you can head south again. From here, follow the path (the Armos statues that block your path can either be pushed or will come to life) until you get to the entrance of the Southern Face Shrine, wherein you'll need to defeat a miniboss to obtain the key.

The extra key is a safeguard for earlier versions of the game where it was possible, through certain combinations, to incorrectly use your keys and make it impossible to finish the dungeon. Key Cavern contains one more key than it does unlockable doors. The final Small Key in the dungeon drops from above automatically in the final room before the boss, when there is no use for it. If Link has not unlocked the optional rooms in this dungeon, it can be used to unlock them, although since both of them contain keys themselves and have no other purpose the end result will always leave Link with an extra key. Source found on the Zelda Wiki

Looks like this is a known glitch. Getting two shovels will require you to use up all your magic powder, bombs, or arrows in order to have room for the other items. If you use up all you magic powder, the game is rendered unbeatable. From the above link: The magic powder is not vital until towards the end of the game, so it is easy to miss the error (which results in the game becoming unbeatable).

The short answer is no. There's no 3D* and the game has no major changes. However, there are a few minor tweaks to non-gameplay elements: Grandma Ulrira no longer has her "YAHOO!" shout; it's been replaced with "HELLO!" and "YIPPEE!". Effects that make the screen flash (e.g., capacity upgrades) have been slowed down greatly, like most other Virtual Console games. Mamu's song loses the spotlights, which were done by rapidly flashing parts of the screen The photobook no longer allows you to print pictures. The game ignores the A button entirely, so you can't even get the "Error 02" message. Inaccurate emulation bugs sometimes lead to minor music and graphical inconsistencies The actual changes to the game itself have been verified by examining the game's content. The ROM itself is a standard Link's Awakening ROM with an included text-based patch (applied in real-time). * Holding Start or Select when starting the game will render the game at original size (no filtering) with a faux-Game Boy Color border around it. The game screen is slightly sunk into the border using 3D effects.

So whether you decided to fight gohma or not, backtrack down a screen, right, and up two screens to get back to where we first fought master stalfos. Continue right a screen and you’ll see a staircase here. If we head down this staircase at this point in time and go through the underground sequence, we will resurface and nearby we’ll find an owl statue that states, “Dive under where torchlight beams do cross…” The rest of the area leads to the same dead end that the stairs by Gohma led to. So, backtrack to the room just to the right of where we first fought Master Stalfos. From here walk up a screen and push the central block once again before heading left a screen. Defeat or avoid the enemies and head up a screen. Defeat the four water tektites found in this room and then if you look at the walls, you’ll see four torchlights. If you were to connect the ones on opposite sides with lines, they’ll meet right in the center of the deep water. So just as the owl statue stated, let’s dive underneath. Make your way through this underwater area, defeating enemy bloopers along the way. These are another example of Mario enemies found within this title. Resurface on the next screen to find yourself in a new part of the dungeon. Use the hook shot to grab onto the latch and extend a bridge across. Walk over to the treasure chest and open it to get the Nightmare’s Key. Backtrack through the underwater area. Map Here

The Bow & Arrow can be found in the shop mid-way through the game for a whopping 980 Rupees. A lot of money, but the monopoly you'll have to do for this item is worth it. I usually just stole this item as saving for it always became a pain... Its in the main shop in the first city you start in. Keep in mind, if you steal something, your name will forever be changed to THIEF!

As you are traveling around after Level 4, you will soon notice a ghost following you. Although this will probably scare you at first, he will tell you that all he wants is to be taken back to his old house by the sea. You will have to do what he wants, because you cannot enter Level 5 until you do. His house is located just to the east of where you talked to Marin by the seashore. Take the ghost to his house and let him look around inside. Soon, he will become overwhelmed with memories and ask you to take him back to his grave. His grave is not located in the main cemetery, but it is the single headstone just to the west of the Witch’s Hut, which is just east of the Mysterious Woods. Once you return him to his grave, he will tell you that under one of the jars in his house is a gift for helping him. So go back to his house and look under all the pots. Under one of them, you will find your reward, a Secret Seashell! Source Here EDIT You can take the ghost straight to his house, then straight to his grave. An example would of this is walk-through to about 5 minutes in.

According to this, yes indeed! I can't tell you how great it is to finally get to play the [Color D]ungeon in one my all-time favorite games.

Here is the segment I found on that dungeon: Once you defeat the two red zols in this room and a small key will fall from the ceiling, but unfortunately, it falls right through the holes in the ground. If we walk back to the right a screen and go down the stairs we will see the key, but we cannot get it quite yet. So instead, from where you defeated the zols, just head down a screen. Speak with the owl statue and it gives you a hint about the glint of the tiles that we will find in one of the rooms ahead. Keep that in mind as you avoid the enemies and head down a screen. Use roc’s feather to jump over the deep water that is marked by the dark blue color. Avoid the water tektites and peahats as you head left two screens and up a screen. There is a treasure chest in this room, but it is a dud and only contains a enemy zol inside. Avoid the enemies and then head up a screen. There are five strange tiles found on the ground in this room, but we cannot do much with them just yet. Just ignore them for now and head right a screen. Open the treasure chest that is found in this room to get a small key. With the small key in hand, we need to backtrack left a screen, down two, right two, and up two to get back to the room where we defeated two red zols and a small key dropped. From here head up a screen to take on the dungeon mini-boss, Cueball. Cueball can be confusing at first, but is really one of the easiest mini-bosses in the game. Its weak spot is its giant head and there are multiple ways to go about attacking him. Cueball will simple move around the room trying to dash into you. One way to defeat him is to equip your Pegasus boots and dash around the room and eventually strike him in the back of his head. Another way is to equip Roc’s Feather and jump over Cueball and then deliver a sword slash. Perhaps the easiest way is to stand near one of the corners of the room so you are facing an area where Cueball has to change direction. Before he gets a chance to change the way he’s moving, slash him at the side of its body and you’ll deliver a blow. After a number of sword slashes, Cueball will be defeated and the door above will open up, so head through. ~ Flippers ~ Equip the power bracelet and pull the lever back in this room as far as it goes to move the blocks apart. Quickly run to the left and go through the door before the blocks close in. Watch out for the fireballs that are shot towards you and defeat the red zol that are found in this room. Open the treasure chest here to get the dungeon item, the Flippers! These will now let Link swim in deep water as well as underwater. They are automatically equipped as part of your equipment and thus, they are not an equitable item. With our new goodies in hand, head down a screen. The new enemies here are known as iron masks and they can only be hit from behind. Use roc’s feather to jump over them and then quickly deliver a blow to the back to defeat them. This is the room that the owl statue was referring to earlier when it was talking about the glint of the tiles. There is a glint on the middle tile and once you walk over it, it moves to the tile at the bottom-left. What you need to do is just walk over the five tiles in a row, without walking over any of the other tiles. Once you’ve walked over all five of them the door above will open up. More importantly though, we now know the pattern of middle, bottom-left, top-right, top-left, and bottom-right. With that in mind let’s head down a screen, push the block, and then head left a screen. ~ Nightmare's Key ~ There are five tiles on the ground in this screen and you have to walk over them in that correct order, middle, bottom-left, top-right, top-left, and bottom-right. (Order is random, can be different for you) Once you’ve done so a staircase appears at the top-right part of the screen so let’s head down it. There is another Mario based enemy here known as a thwomp. Walk underneath it and it will slam to the ground, so quickly step back. As it retracts to its original position, walk by it and continue to the left. Trigger this second twomp and walk by this one as well. Trigger it once more and then quickly climb the staircase, jump on top of it, and then jump to the ladder to resurface. Walk down a screen and open the treasure to get the nightmare’s key! With that goodie in hand let’s head up a screen, jump off the ledge, and swim right two screens. Swim up a screen and open the treasure chest found here to get a 50 rupees. With that in hand let’s go right a screen and up a screen to get back to the room just before the mini-boss. > - If you haven’t already, defeat the red zols in this room to cause a small key to drop from the ceiling through one of the holes. Then walk right a screen and head down the staircase. Jump over to the screen on the left and then jump into the water to get the small key. Go back right a screen and climb the steps to resurface.

Apparently there are bombs in Angler's Tunnel: there are bombs in Dungeon 4 [...] in the Angler's Dungeon go left in the first rm with the enemies and there are ten bombs If you've already got them and broken all the pots and so on you'll have to leave the dungeon to find more (not in this case, see comments). I don't recall anything specifically nearby but the world map isn't too big, so if you ignore all the distractions along the way it shouldn't take long to get to the shop

The Desert is in the South-west corner, as is documented in this wiki article. There is a detailed article as to how exactly to get into the desert. The basic steps are: Try to find Marin. Start in Mabe Village. Head to Toronbo Shores. There after some searching you will find Marin. Head to the desert, and she will sing to the Walrus. That will cause the Walrus to move out of the way, allowing you access to the Desert.