Zelda II The Adventure of Link Complete Tips and Tricks

Is Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link too difficult? Not if you tackle it the right way! Today I'm going to go through the entire game and give you as many tips and tactics as I can think of about how to make this game a bit easier and more forgiving.

Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link was released on the NES in North America in late 1988. It took the overhead design of the first Zelda game and turned it on its side, making it a side-scrolling adventure game. This change, at the time, wasn't met with harsh criticism like it is today. Back then, it being only the second Zelda game in existence meant that it could try new ideas without raising too many eyebrows.

Now, this game is seen as the black sheep entry of the series. It is drastically different from other Zelda games. It's side-scrolling. It has RPG elements like gaining experience and levels. It features lots of different types of magic spells. There's no Ganon! Truly this game stands out from the rest, but I feel like that's a good thing. It tried something different and I feel like it worked.

I got this game the year after it came out. It was one of my first NES games. I have always really liked this one a lot, to the point that I would say I like it more than the original game. I wrote about it a bit here and here, so you should check those features out as well if you haven't already.

But enough about all that. Let's get into these tips and tactics I was talking about!