Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
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Logo of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Original title リ ン ク の 冒 険
transcription Rinku no Bōken
Studio
Publisher Nintendo
Senior Developer
  • Tadashi Sugiyama , Yasuhisa Yamamura (Directors)
  • Shigeru Miyamoto (producer)
    		•
    composer Akito Nakatsuka (composer)
    Erstveröffent-
    lichung    		 JapanJapanJanuary 14, 1987 December 1, 1988 November 26, 1988
    North AmericaNorth America
    EuropeEurope
    platform FDS , NES , GBA , NGC , VC
    genre Action adventure
    Subject Fantasy
    Game mode Single player
    medium Plug-in module / module
    language Japanese, English, German
    Age rating
    USK released from 6
    USK released from 0
    PEGI recommended for ages 7+
    PEGI recommended for ages 3+
    PEGI content
    rating
    Game contains violence

    Zelda II: The Adventure of Link ( Japanese リ ン ク の 冒 険 , Rinku no Bōken, about: Link's Adventure ) is the second part of The Legend of Zelda series and was released on January 14, 1987 on the Famicom Disk System only eleven Months after the release of The Legend of Zelda (1986) and seven months before the first Zelda title was released in North America . The game was released on Nintendo Entertainment System in the PAL region in November 1988 , almost two years after its release in Japan .

    The Adventure of Link is the direct successor to The Legend of Zelda , in which the protagonist Link has to wake up Princess Zelda . The game is the only direct successor to the first part chronologically, because all other games are prequels or set in a different universe, according to the official Zelda timeline.

    The game was re-released for multiple Nintendo platforms . It sold around 4.4 million times.

    action

    The events of The Legend of Zelda date back a long time. After Link defeated the villain king, Ganon, peace and quiet returned to the kingdom of Hyrule. One day, Link, who is now almost 16, noticed a strange sign on the outside of his left hand, which looks exactly like the coat of arms of Hyrule. Worried, he turns to Impa, Princess Zelda's nanny. She then takes him to the North Castle, where a door has been magically sealed for a long time. Impa pushes left left hand against the door and it opens. In the middle of the room is a sleeping woman. Impa tells Link that this is Princess Zelda.

    After Zelda's father, the king of Hyrule, died, Zelda's brother, the prince of Hyrule, tried to force her to reveal the hiding place of the last of the three magical golden triangles to him. After the death of her father, only she knew the secret of the whereabouts. It was the so-called "Triforce of Courage", which gives its owner great power. However, Zelda refused to reveal the hiding place. Thereupon a wizard friend of the prince, furious, cast a powerful spell on the princess, so that she fell into an "eternal" sleep. However, the wizard died as a result of his spell. The prince was unable to undo the spell, so he took Zelda to the north castle, hoping that she would wake up someday.

    Impa tells Link that the sign on his left hand means that he has been chosen to bring Zelda back to life. She then hands him a small box containing six crystals and an ancient scroll that only the future King of Hyrule can read. Link can read it and learns from it that each crystal must be placed in a different palace in Hyrule. This opens the way to the “Grand Palace”, in which the last of the three golden triangles, the “Triforce of Courage”, is located. This powerful artifact, in combination with the other two magical triangles, has the power to awaken the enchanted Zelda from her magical sleep. Link takes the crystals and sets off to put them back in the palaces.

    In the meantime, however, Ganon's followers begin looking for Link in order to kill him. Their goal is the return of their king Ganon. This can only happen if Link dies and his blood is spilled on the ashes of Ganon.

    technology

    The game is no longer shown to the player from above, as was the case in the previous game, but mostly from the side. Furthermore, were RPG elements added. For example, Link can now use magic and, by defeating opponents, gain experience points that improve his stats.

    New releases

    On September 1, 2011, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link was released as part of the so-called "Ambassador Program" for Nintendo 3DS , where it can be downloaded from the eShop . Through the Ambassador Program, Nintendo 3DS is offering 20 free games to first-time buyers, including 10 for the NES and 10 for the Game Boy Advance , which were available at the end of the year. With this, Nintendo reacted to the sharp drop in the price of the 3DS, which took place on August 12th. The game is also downloadable from the Virtual Console and included in the Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System .

    literature

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ な ぜ 『リ ン ク の 冒 険』 は 当 た り 前 に な ら な か っ た の か？ . Nintendo . October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
    2. ↑ 「ゼ ル ダ の 伝 説 夢 を み る 島」 開 発 ス タ ッ フ 名 鑑 . In: Nintendo Official Guide Book - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening . Shogakukan , July 1993, ISBN 978-4-09-102448-0 , pp. 120-124, (accessed October 2, 2019).
    3. ↑ a b Nintendo : Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (credits), Nintendo of America, December 1, 1988.
    4. ↑ Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol. 2 . Scitron Digital Contents, 2004, SCDC-00318.
    5. ↑ http://www.zeldaeurope.de/spiele/aol/
    6. ↑ Game instructions for Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (English), available at: http://www.kasuto.net/zelda2.php?main=zelda2/z2graphical_manual.html
    7. ↑ Nintendo 3DS: All the details about the Ambassador Program! at videogameszone.de. Retrieved September 5, 2011 .