Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link is, in my humble opinion, one of the best Zelda games and one of the best NES games. I know many may laugh at the idea and many might think of Zelda 2 as a fluke game that was hard and had too many flaws. I am going to go over many standout reasons why Zelda 2 was a great game.
First, random enemies unlike the Dragon Quest "or Dragon Warrior as it was know then," and Final Fantasy, Zelda did not have the random enemies that popped up. As shown below in the picture, Zelda 2 had a number of random enemies come up on the screen.
These enemies came up in such a way that you could run away from them or attack them to level up. What!!! Level up in a Zelda game. Yes there was leveling up in Zelda 2 and I will get to that later. These enemies would come out whenever you got off your path. When one did attack you, the screen turned from the the picture above to the 2d image you see below.
The whole attack system of where you fought the enemies made it where each enemy was like a mini level on itself.
Second, a leveling system: Notice the top of the screen the bar shows magic 1 and life 1 then next 0000/0050. The reason for this is as you attacked enemies you gained experience. How much magic you could do or how much life you had was based on the level you were in the game. Giving Zelda 2 more of an RPG feeling than any other Zelda offered.
The Third reason: the missions in the game with could be found in the towns. To get a spell like healing in the game you may have to get a mirror for some person who has lost it or find some lost kid. This added more to the game and made it much more enjoyable.
The Forth reason: A number of attack moves which are used in future Zeldas also came from this game. The up and downwards thrust used in many Zeldas now.
They had their start from this game. I could keep going but the point of the story is spend the $5. Download this game, and see what we are missing in some of the Zelda games that come out today.
Jack Campbell -HarlockJC
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