Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Complete Story Explained
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- Complete chronological story summary of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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What was the most memorable part of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link to you?
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Best part.....the look on my face the first time death mountain kicked my nes reflexes in full gear
Who exactly is the Triforce Keeper (standing at the end of the game during the battle with Dark Link)? There is no explanation of who he is. And, there is no explanation if "Triforce Keeper" is his name. Is he a sage or a wizard; he must be some spirit.
The most memorable part was.....NOT TO PLAY
@@mathewhorodner2000that little dwarf dude is supposed to be king (darunia) is that normal consensus
They kissed :V!!
"Upon facing shadow link, Link crouches into the left corner of the screen, thus cheesing the fight and proving himself a true hero!"
Yes! 😁
Who is the person/dwarf/whatever he is who gives you the triforce in the great palace?
@@thesnare100 I figure its the old man from Zelda 1 that gives you the sword. Probably a decendant of Sahasrala from aLttP.
I literally just did this lol
Cheesing? Not familiar with that word.
Prince: "Where is the Triforce?"
Zelda: "I'm not telling."
Wizard: "I cast sleep spell."
Prince: "Okay, now how are we going to find it. She's the only one who knows."
Wizard: "Gotta go, BYE!"
Or rather, the Wizard was too dead to care.
Lol
And then he flew off to one of the Palaces and became known as "Carrock". 😉
Jacob M. Zaccaria
I initially thought that too, but the story says the Magician "breathed his last" which is a common euphemism for dying.
@@TheBanishedWind could be a conspiracy. Maybe he collapsed to fake his death, but then secreted away to one of the Palaces to try and find the Triforce for himself. 😌
One of the hardest games I've ever beaten, but I don't regret a minute of it. Among the best NES games ever.
Its not ghosts and goblins hard
You mean megaman hard?
@@kevinlawrence4812 mega man has a health gage. It's still easier than ghosts n goblins. I beat mega man when I was 12 . I got the game at toys r us. Along with little Samson. That's how old school I am.
@@gavinpickens73 Little Samson: chucker of the magic bells lol. Jkjk Little Samson was awesome! Totally under rated. I still get the 'Samson Tune' stuck in my head. On repeat.
@@kevinlawrence4812 This^ I think the yellow devil from MM1 was one of the hardest things I ever beat. Battletoads is right there with it though
Very interesting story but I always wondered what happened to the older Zelda...she awoke centuries later to find her incredibly great grand niece is the acting ruler she's forgotten royalty.
The blacksheep in the zelda series yet its my favorite game in the zelda series and the most underrated in my opinion
The true black sheep of the series are the shitty CD-i games.
The true black sheep of the Zelda series is the shitty CD-i games. Damn do they suck.
Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon were pretty bad but Zelda's Adventure was actually okay.
The true black sheep of the series is OoT damn that game sucks.
Hell ya! Me too brother (also an M’s fan!)
Fun fact: Barba's name in Japanese is actually the same as the boss from Ocarina of Time, Volvagia.
Zelda 2 was a commercial success and was very popular amoung players back then. People who call this the "Black Sheep" of the franchise nowadays are just silly and weren't there obviously. Thanks for the video!
I played Zelda before this game even came out and I did not like it very much. So I have disproven your statement.
@@CapQuacer That's just you. You don't count for everyone else 😂
@@firionkaiser8291 im an 80's baby myself and though many people bought the game, it wasnt well received by the audience.
Botw is currently the black sheep right?
It’s popularity is probably because it had ZELDA in the title. Thankfully we haven’t gone back to anything from this terrible boring game.
This game gets shit on when it is in fact IMO the best formula in gaming. It combines classic Mario platforming with exploration and RPG. Tough and rewarding.
I'm a fan too! Glad you agree
@@Xygor I want to see a Castlevania game done in the style of this game as well as it's homage game Battle of Olympus and Prince of Persia. If Simon's Quest was done with this style it would be a spectacular title (difficulty setting/debuh menu pending).
@@ruminator3570 I think Simon's Quest still is spectacular as it is. My top 5 games to NES: Metroid, Zelda2, Simon's Quest, Life Force & Zelda 1.
This game sucks. Period
Rewarding indeed. If you manage to complete this game, you've earned it.
While getting through this game was quite the challenge, the reward of being able to start a “New Game +” made it worth it.
Nothing beats being able to fly through 90% of the game because your stats are maxed out.
I know, I finally started a new game+ after years of just resetting and i was surprised how easy everything was. Feels weird.
One playthrough I decided to grind the sword strength to 4 or 5 in the first palace. Then going through the game, you pretty much catch up everything else by the Time you get to death mountain so it's pretty much a waste of time.
Great video. Please keep them coming.
One note though: Link doesn't learn Spell in the same town as Thunder. Spell is learned in the hidden town of Kasuto, while Thunder is learned in the haunted town of Old Kasuto. Sorry to nitpick :)
Ahhhh! No, thank you for this correction.
Very underrated game. Without a doubt in my top 5 best Zelda game ever
Yeah I agree. I passed this game couple of months ago and damn it was hard, but once you get the hang of the game it's pretty fun.
@@rank2859 yes it was a difficult game and completely different from the 1st. I guess that is why gamers back in the day considered it not as good as the first. Personally i put this on my third fav Zelda game behind Botw and link's awakening
Link gets his freak on with the mature orange lady, always thought that was odd
Enjoyed the Lore!
Great to hear it! Looks like you have quite the channel!
Zelda II is one of my favorite NES games and I prefer it over the original. There's way more info here than I knew about the backstory, this video is so good!
Dude, me too. I thought I was the only one that preferred it. Thanks for the praise!
@@Xygor Two of the most polarized games on the system happen to be my two favorites, Castlevania 2 and Zelda 2.
This backstory and artwork is taken from the instruction manual. But I'm not sure how it fits into the supposed official timeline from Hyrule Historia.
It's a great game.
thats because you tossed the manual
Link gets the faerie spell and realizes he can totally break the game
This was the most literal explanation of Zelda II I've ever witnessed. Great editing
"- to sprinkle Link's blood on the ashes of Ganon.."
Jesus Christ
Zelda's pretty metal. Lol
Games were more edgy back then. Especially Zelda.
The death animation was pretty effing terrifying.
I mean it’s not that bad it is pretty terrifying thinking about how when you die Ganon is resurrected and takes over Hyrule
I really liked the little book that came with the game, it beats just downloading a game and playing it as it gives a background story, especially this book had nice cartoon styled explanations of what happened , but this video also explained a lot of things i didn't know yet. But after all these years, i still have NO idea who the old guy is at 9:06 who's holding the triforce. Who the hell is that old geezer ?
The prince from the booklet, who is now old? Last he was seen, he went to look for the Triforce
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@@joey21122112 that guess is as good as any
In the Ran Maru manga adaption, he's the same guy who gave Link his sword in the first game. The "it's dangerous to go alone, take this" guy.
@@tinyetoile5503 so its Abei then
@@joey21122112 The Prince became the king of Hyrule he didn't go away look ing for the triforce. How would get in the great temple when he was not the choose one? Have you ever play the game?
The thing these retrospects forget is that, at the time, it wasn't a controversy that this one was side scrolling because there were only two games. We didn't make a big deal about it. We played the game and enjoyed it. It wasn't until the later ones came out that it became a weird one since it was the only one of it's kind.
So true!
Yeah, I think it's a real shame that it gets so much hate. It's a high quality NES game and an excellent platformer with better controls than many games of its time. I feel like people who call this game "NES hard" don't really understand how insane some NES games were.
Ha ha right? While I do find it challenging it's definitely not hard for the wrong reasons (cheap enemies or constant respawning enemies)
Mr. M., not to mention it still retained the key elements of the Zelda formula. 1. Go to temple 2. Acquire item and defeat boss. 3. Access new area. 4. Rinse and repeat. It was simply a different battle system and perspective, but mostly the same type of game. No materially different than what makes final fantasy a consistent franchise.
Very true
So nice to see so many people that enjoy this game! Feels like anytime I speak up for it anywhere else I get trolled. Love this game 😎
Same.
This is my favorite game of all time
Same
The interesting thing is the Original Princess Zelda has actually been asleep for 1,000's of years.
That an ancient royal matriarch and possibly the original zelda is resurrected into the current timeline of zelda 2, it has huge possibilities for future titles and the future of the royal lineage, but we will never know what happens
The first Zelda was probably sleepin' for 1,000 years ta keep Demise imprisoned until Link 'n Fi got the full Triforce in Sky Keep 'n made a wish ta crush 'im. Then, she woke up in their present.
“I FOUND A MIRROR UNDER THE TABLE.” - Link.
One of the few times we see Link directly speak.
Prince: I fill so bad for casting a spell on zelda. No one:.......... Prince: u know what every princess will be named Zelda forever lol I'm so smart
@Kyle Lee I think both of those are different as it's debatable if every single princess after Zelda in Skyward Sword was actually named Zelda. Zelda II's backstory make it so by law every single princess even if she's your twin is to be named Zelda.
always loved this game!!! and the palace music (and great palace theme) are by far two of the best songs in video game history
Wait, so Link kisses a completely different, 100-year-old Princess Zelda, instead of the one from Zelda 1? So weird!
Oliver Lindsley he’s a playah, you can’t tie him down
Of all the things in these games THATS the weird part? Lol
soft cream imagine you’re Zelda from the first NES Zelda. Link saves you. You’re not gonna kiss him or anything, but that’s cool; you guys can be pals or something. Then, two years later, he goes off on a quest, comes back, and kisses your GRANDMA who you were pretty sure was dead this whole time WHAT THE HECK
I dunno, doesnt seem too crazy, I kiss grannies daily
@@grackleking6413 Probably her aunt.
These summaries are very well done. Thank you
"Ganon's underlings will sprinkle Link's blood on Ganon's ashes to restore the Prince of Darkness back to life. This event, the Return of Ganon, should be avoided at all costs."
That gave me chills. I do not know why, but just the way you phrased it. Cool though.
Awesome vid! Thanks for making it. I always wanted to know the story but want going to be able to beat it.
Actually it isn't the same town where you learn spell and thunder, you can learn spell at hidden town of Kasuto, which is in the opposite side of the real Kasuto. who is now a ghost town and in the kasuto abandoned town is where you can find the old man who teaches thunder
Alot of people liked Zelda 1 but Zelda 2 and majoras mask to me will always be my favorites
I never played this game so this was just really good to know. Thank you for that, keep it up!
Thanks man! Glad you like it. Keep posted for more storyline explanation videos!
Love this game. One of my favorites.
I need to share this too many people think the Adventure of Link isn't in the story line. When clearly its explained here.
this video was very entertaining. keep making videos like this.
Thanks! I agree to your terms!
This was wonderful. Thank you.
Thank you!
amazing, do more please!
This is a very well done video for my faviorite Zelda game
I love how some of the towns are named after the seven sages, although it was missing Ruto, and impa
Huh I never noticed that I guess they named the Seven Sages after some of the towns in this game when making Ocarina of Time
No ruto is the second town. Though I don't believe there was any impa.
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Very good Work! Thanks a lot :)
There's an implication that has never been resolved. In the first Zelda game you save the current Zelda. Then Zelda 2 takes place immediately after. You save Zelda's ancestor. What happens after that? There are two Princesses here. Does the original simply live a normal life in a new age, does the other Zelda step down to give her ancestor the crown? The personalities of both are unknown, so we can only guess what happens.
Though this would give us an interesting bit of intrigue if they ever decided to continue the series with a Zelda 3. I doubt they would though, but its fun to speculate.
Zelda 1: the legend of zelda
Zelda 2: the adventure of link
Zelda 3: a link to the past
Zelda 4: links awakening
Zelda 5: oracle of seasons
Zelda 6: oracle of ages
(Technically)
@@fortnightistrash3944 You forgot ocarina of time and majoras mask
I have to say this video was excellent knowledge details and this game one time and you gave me flashbacks great job excellent video
High difficulty seems to polarise audiences. Zelda II lovers adore the game for its high combat difficulty whereas haters loathe it for the exact same reason. I wonder if a mentality for acquiring skill through discipline divides these players
I don't think it's all about discipline. I personally play games because life is hard and I need a break doing something that is not hard. So I usually put my games anywhere from normal to easy. I used to play on hard mode and legendary modes and stuff. But.... I just want to escape and live the fantasy world and enter a new role. But I definitely agree that the difficulty settings of games creates a polarization.
Didn't you skip New Kasuto, which is where you get the final magic container and get Spell? I think you combined two towns in this.
I grew up with this game and beat it every once in a while. Just finished it yet again last night. Great video. Much nostalgia
Will Lewis I do the same thing! Every few years I bust out the NES and tell those ironknuckles what time it is.
This is such a great series :D
Great video, man.
I didn't realize some of the town names are also names for the sages from Ocarina of Time.
Love this game and this video was awesome!
Love these complete story things
Good breakdown, thanks.
Thanks John, glad you liked it
Great video! I love Zelda 2!
Picking this game up with my parents after school from Toys R Us when it first came out is still one of my fondest memories as a kid. As me and my Dad spent so many nights playing this game. Well my Dad played and I watched. Well actually he played and I was his navigator. As me and my friends would discuss all the secrets undiscovered along with tactics we had to share. And being only 7 yrs. old at the time it was mostly our Dad’s or older brothers that were actually playing. But we absolutely loved watching our more experienced fathers and brothers make there way thru this cryptic game. And we didn’t have the internet for aid. At best we had school yard word of mouth coupled with Nintendo Power, Nintendo’s Gaming Guide and Electronic Gaming Monthly. And it was awesome. Getting thru this game with my Dad as a kid is still one of my favorite childhood memories. The only other game I spent hours upon days playing with my Dad as a kid was Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest. Another game that I have very fond memories both picking and playing with my Dad as a kid.
Man I used to love going to Toys R Us’s gaming section back in the late 80’s with my Dad. As I always knew that we were definitely bringing one of those little paper slips up to the the gaming counter to redeem our game. Great times! And a wonderful game!
8:35 gosh that music sends shivers down my spine, I think I have childhood ptsd
Great video. I have so many fond memories of this game - I was absolutely in love with the first and I think I was about 8 when I played it. When the second came out I BEGGED my parents to get it but all the stores were sold out. We went to New York and saw it in a store there for like 75 dollars and they got it for me. I beat it eventually - loved the game and maybe it’s rose colored glasses but I don’t get the hate for it.
Great video! Thanks for your efforts. :-)
Zelda II is the best Zelda game and it's a shame Nintendo is too afraid to take risks anymore.
Agree, especially with the taking risks part 😎
dollores, I disagree about it being the best, even though I liked so much about it. It did set the stage for so many future innovations that gamers love and adore. For instance the expanded sword skills from twilight princess would never have existed without inspiration from the excellent combat system of Zelda II.
Currently attempting to play all LoZ games according to the “timeline” and this is the one I just couldn’t beat. This is the exact video I was looking for to put my mind at ease with skipping this one!!
Was obsessed with this game as a child. It took me many years to finally beat it too. Allot more than it took me to finish the original Zelda...dark link was a total prick!!!
Subbed. Too tired but will binge watch tomorrow.
Recently finished Breath of the Wild (Late, I know) and it was my first Zelda game so here I am trying to understand more of the Legend of Zelda's origins, stories, and lore. Thanks for the video!
botw sucks balls
My boy Link got all up in Zeldas goodies seeing how the backdrop comes down in the end
3:06 the art used here is by the artist Katsuya Terada! he's one of the most amazing zelda artists out there, so please check out his stuff
When I was young me and my older brother played this game alot, he manage to complete this game, I loved to see the princess wake up again, I was happy.
Right on! I have SO many great memories of this one.
One of the best NES games ever and the most underrated soundtrack as well
The temple music, my fav soundtrack of all the games.
Late to the party here, but Bagu and Riverman album by DJ Cutman does a great job of remixing some of these songs.
Cadence of Hyrule in free beat mode is incredibly fun and addictive. Just hearing the old ost of past Zelda games in remix is awesome!
love that nes ff7 music : )
Be consistent with videos like this and you will be at 100k in 3 months
Link to the past was your best video period.
Thank you so much. I played this game as a child.. meaning I was born before the game came out..lol I always wondered why Ganon never showed up. Now i know. Thanks.
A few gripes, but the worst is that you get spell in the Hidden Town of Kasuto, which isn't the same Kasuto where you learn Thunder.
Sadly this was glossed over in the review, but also, finding the hidden town when I was young with no help whatsoever for this entire game was pure adventurous joy
For many, Gooma (5th palace) is the 6th and last crystal, because you need to max out your lives there (falling brick room) before you go to the great palace.
One of my favorite games!!
The Magic Key is NOT in Kasuto. You forgot to mention having to travel to the Hidden town of Kasuto that you clear a forest patch using the Hammer on the overworld map to find it and inside you get the Magic Key, The spell Spell, and a Magic Container.
That was a fun flashback to my childhood. This game to me was precious. I enjoyed it more than the first Zelda tenfold. Great video. Hats off to you. New subscriber. Peace!
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Fantastic game! Very difficult, but rewarding. I always liked to jump on top of roofs in the towns, use the jump spell to jump off screen, then turn into a fairy. It causes the game to glitch. Pretty fun. Lol
Never beat this game as a kid. Was too hard for me. But I got great enjoyment of beating it on my NES MINI a couple years back.
Great game.
Never knew what I was doing with this game as a child. Yeah, I sucked haha.
My fav part of this game is going thru the maze area towards the bottom left. Can’t remember what it’s called. I always enjoyed that area. Hard, but fun.
Especially hard if you go there earlier in the game.
If you build up a little bit it’s a bit easier.
But that’s my fav part.
I love this game!
Me too!
You forgot that there are two Kasutos. I'm referring to the part where you say Link get's the "spell" spell in the same town in which he learns "thunder".
So that's where the 3rd Piece was !
I thought this was going to be a backstory as to why the game was developed so radically different from the first, but either way I enjoyed it. Works as a decent "hands-off" guide for the game as well.
My favorite game of the series. Hard? Yes. Different than other Zeldas? Yes. Flawed? Yes. Don't care. Love it anyway. :)
If they wanted to continue this timeline they don’t even need to kill Link to spill his blood to sprinkle on Ganon’s ashes. A wound would work
In first 2 Zelda games, you are not fighting against the villains. %90 of the creatures were made by kingdom itself.
That damn Thunderbird got me every time!
yay it's back now I can finish it.
Haha, sorry man. I noticed a problem with the rendering so had to reupload. Hope you enjoy!
@@Xygor I did. I found out about your channel due to your wonderful FF7 Story video. The quality of the Zelda ones have been great, but the narratives stand in stark contrast to the complexity of FF7's.
It is very interesting to see the progression through the games and compare Zelda 1 and 2. It will be cool to see how the series has evolved from this perspective. Keep up the good work.
4:45 you would expect a water town to be named after Ruto who was a zora who are underwater creatures but instead they name it after a child from kokiri forest confusing I know but I don't think the folks at Nintendo had this all planned out when they made the first two games
I have always found Zelda II to be > The Legend Of Zelda, who else agrees?
Kevin Lee You certainly are one of a few.
This game was ahead of its time for sure and in meantime was kicking my ass😅
I'm trying to figure out where this came from. I have Zelda II on virtual console. Were these illustrations depicting the backstory included in the guide book for the original game?
The instruction manual.
6:27 Link, what a stud
Love this game
It's such a classic!
It was commercially successful and highly anticipated and regarded at the time of release. Anything else would be revisionist history.
Besides, Nintendo did make a full sequel of Legend of Zelda on the NES, it's called "StarTropics".
I enjoyed Zelda 2 a lot. I beat it when I was in the 5th grade. I never really got into the Zelda games after Zelda 1 and Zelda 2. The games in the 16-bit era and beyond were simply too complex. The same can be said about Metroid. I liked Metroid on the NES, because it was simple and easy to understand. But on the SNES and afterwards it was just too complex and wasn't fun.
Zelda 2 is one of my favourite installments. Being a fan of the Wonder boy series, the side scrolling RPG style is my favourite, since not only can your stats help you, it's not some RNG luck, you can beat the game with no grinding.
Is it just me, or do this game's graphics remind anybody else of _Dragon Warrior?_ (the first one in the franchise)
Actually, at 9:09, the instruction booklet calls the final boss “Link’s Shadow,” not Dark Link.
Excellent review, and thank you for laying out the story very well, but I am not sure why you shied away from calling the building a Church that Link enters to learn down thrust when it was clearly marked. Also, to a lesser degree why you didn’t refer to seeing the invisible as mystical instead of magical when Link obtains the Cross.
Shout out to the men who killed dark Link without using the bullshit corner trick.
I love Zelda 2. I've beaten all Zelda games to date, except those on the Philips CD-i system. While Zelda 2 is by far the easiest Zelda and one of the simplest NES games, it has always given me the most enjoyment. It was also the first game I ever completed back in 1988 when I was 9 years old.
Hold off inserting any crystals until you're ready to beat the game; when your levels are maxed out any crystal will give you an extra life instead, so you can do a final tour to have lots of lives for the Great Palace.
Didn't realize this!