Link's Awakening features many references to Super Mario games. Among them are the Yoshi Doll (modeled after the Mario character of the same name) and several enemies/characters in the game, including Goombas, Chain Chomps, Boo Buddies, Piranha Plants, and Wart. Incidently, the Zelda games and the Mario games were both conceived by the same man, Shigeru Miyamoto.