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10th enemy has the bomb
Feb. 19th, 2009 08:55 pmOut 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.
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.
