10th enemy has the bomb

[slimequest]

Out of nowhere I decided to replay Zelda II: The Adventure of Link last week.

I've always liked this game a lot, I think the fact that it's "different" gives it a unique atmosphere since Koji Kondo didn't do the music, Miyamoto wasn't involved in it, etc. Plus you get to make Link jump into pits of lava and give yourself a seizure as he dies. But really, the 2nd game in a series being the "weird" one was nothing new back then - "Mario 2" and Castlevania 2 being perfect examples. All these series went back to the original game's style in the 3rd game anyway, so it's fun to enjoy the offbeat titles for what they are.

It's actually the first game I can remember anticipating a lot, I must've gotten it the Christmas after I got my NES. I poured over the info printed in Nintendo Power constantly and made SURE that my Dad knew which Zelda game to get. There may have even been practice runs in Toys R Us to see if he could tell the difference between the original game and Zelda II.

Oddly enough I remember certain palaces in this game COMPLETELY differently than the actually are. I'm not sure if I made those levels out to be harder than they actually were in my head back when I was a kid or what, but it's bizarre. I'm still terrified of the Great Palace, but it's really weird to realize that I (mostly) remember the layout of it after all these years.

I've begun to play the original Zelda again too, but I'm not sure if I feel like playing that over again right now considering that Dragon Quest V should be arriving in the mail tomorrow. Ah, choices, choices.

Comments

[yachinami.livejournal.com]

I recently got Zelda I for the VC and spent the next hour or so blindly wandering the overworld and dieing about 6 times. I uh, haven't touched it since then. Constantly croaking and not knowing what the hell I should be doing weren't really a factor for that, though; I want to try it again when I have lots of free time and no other games that I really want to play right then...and possibly whenever I'm not feeling too lazy to move the Wii into my room, because I don't like playing games in the living room.

[slimequest.livejournal.com]

The original Zelda is a really amazing game when you realize that there's no way you could possibly know where most of the secrets are unless you obsessively burned every bush on the overworld and bombed every wall. So when you DO find a secret it actually feels like a big accomplishment, even if it's the "door repair charge" guy. Basically, there's so much content for a game of its time (including the Second Quest which is still basically unheard of in games) that it still has a daunting, mysterious quality to it, even if the formula has arguably been improved in later games in the series.

Most of the time I like to pimp myself out with the White Sword, Blue Ring, and various other awesome gear before even going into Level 1. It feel awesome to kick this game's ass a little even if it's only at the very beginning.

Also, the "shooting my sword cuz I have full hearts" sound effect is basically the best ever.

[krile.livejournal.com]

You used a map on that last dungeon.

[slimequest.livejournal.com]

You might need to use a map to SLEEP ON THE COUCH TONIGHT.

I have certain privileges considering I have beaten this game many times many years ago, for one, and for another SOMEONE was intently watching me and I did not wish to bore them with going the wrong way a few times or something.

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