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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link | |
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Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Release date | Famicom Disk System: January 17, 1987 Nintendo Entertainment System 1988 1988 Game Boy Advance August 10, 2004 October 25, 2004 January 7, 2005 Virtual Console (Wii) January 23, 2007 February 9, 2007 February 9, 2007 June 4, 2007 March 31, 2009 Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program: August 31, 2011 August 31, 2011 September 1, 2011 September 1, 2011 Virtual Console (Nintendo 3DS): June 6, 2012 September 13, 2012 September 13, 2012 November 22, 2012 May 4, 2016 Virtual Console (Wii U): September 11, 2013 September 12, 2013 September 26, 2013 September 26, 2013 |
Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
Console(s) | Famicom Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Console (Wii, Nintendo 3DS) |
Mode(s) | Single player |
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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, often shortened to Zelda II, is the second installment of The Legend of Zelda series and a direct follow-up of The Legend of Zelda. It was first released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System in 1987, and about one year later, in 1988, saw an overseas release on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
The gameplay of Zelda II is vastly different from its predecessor, featuring role-playing elements and side-scrolling areas. This style was not reused into subsequent installments of the series (not including the Philips CD-i spinoff titles, Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon). When the third installment, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, was released, it reused the top-down perspective of the first The Legend of Zelda title.
Characters
Main characters
Sprite | Name | Description |
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Link | ||
Princess Zelda | ||
Ganon |
Supporting characters
Sprite | Name | Description |
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Impa | ||
The king | ||
The Prince | ||
The magician | ||
Bagu | ||
Child | ||
Error | ||
Medicine woman | ||
River Man | ||
File:River Devil ZII sprite.png | River Devil | |
Swordsmen | ||
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Townsfolk | (Some designs are Western-exclusive) |
Triforce Keeper | ||
Wise Men |
Enemies
Some of the enemies in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link take advantage of the four palette slots available on the sprite layer to give them up to three different color variations, as the fourth is Link's palette. The remaining palettes are an orange palette for the weakest enemies, a red palette for medium-strength enemies, and a blue palette for the stronger enemies. In towns, the white values in the red and blue palettes are changed to tan, with the blue instead being purple to work for the townspeople. The few enemies that appear in towns also have these color changes, but are otherwise the same entities. The red and blue palettes also have minor value changes between other locations, notably whether the darkest shade is black (for light-backgrounded areas) or a dark red/blue (for dark backgrounded areas). The middle shade of blue varies, with palaces typically having a deep blue and other areas usually having a light cyan. Before Link has the Candle, enemies with the red or blue palettes appear fully black when in caves, with the orange palette being unaffected. The orange palette is the only palette to stay the same throughout the game.
Bosses
Sprite | Name | Description |
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Horsehead | ||
Helmethead | ||
Rebonack | ||
Carock | ||
Gooma | (Western releases only) | |
Barba | ||
Thunderbird | ||
Shadow Link |
Items
Many of the items are not used as weapons, and rather are used to directly assist Link during his adventure; a handful of the items are used from the Overworld. The Magical Sword and Magical Shield is Link's main and only tangible weapon. However, the game introduces Magic, which consists of some spells that Link can use to attack or defeat enemies, if he has enough energy in his Magic Meter.
These are items that can only be obtained once.
Sprite | Name | Description |
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Boots | ||
Candle | ||
Child | ||
Cross | ||
Flute | ||
Hammer | ||
Handy Glove | ||
Magical Key | ||
Raft | ||
Trophy | ||
Water of life |
These are items that Link can obtain more than once during his adventure.
Sprite | Name | Description |
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Doll | ||
Heart Container | ||
Key | ||
Magic Container | ||
Magic Jar | ||
Treasure Bag |