Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
- Nintendo R & D4
- SRD (programming)
- Shigeru Miyamoto (producer)
- Yoichi Yamada, Tadashi Sugiyama ( directors )
- Akito Nakatsuka (Composer)
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Japaneseリンク の 冒険, Rinku no Boken, literally: The Adventure of Link ) is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the second part of The- Legend -of- Zelda series. The game was released in November 1988 in the European sales region.
The game was re-released for several Nintendo platforms. It sold about 4.4 million copies.
Action
The events of The Legend of Zelda are back for long. After Link had defeated the king of the bad guys, Ganon, peace returned and peace in the Kingdom of Hyrule. Noticed the now almost 16 -year-old link one day on the outer surface of his left hand a strange character that looks exactly like the crest of Hyrule. Worried he turns to Impa, the nanny of Prinzession Zelda. She takes him then with the North Castle, in which a door is magically sealed for a long time. Impa pushes links 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, died of Hyrule, Zelda's brother tried, the Prince of Hyrule to force her to tell him the hiding place of the last of the three magical golden triangles. The secret of the whereabouts knew after the death of his father, only her. It was called the " Triforce of Courage ," which gives its owner great power. However, Zelda refused to reveal the hiding place. Then put a friendly with the prince magician rage a powerful spell on the princess, so she fell into a " permanent" sleep. However, the magician died from the effects of his spell. The prince it was not possible to reverse the spell, so he spent Zelda in the North Castle, in the hope that they will eventually wake up.
Impa tells Link that mark on his left hand meant that he had been chosen to revive Zelda. She hands him then a small box in which six crystals and an ancient scroll found that can read only the future king of Hyrule. Link can read it and learn 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 three golden triangles, the Triforce of Courage is located. This mighty artifact has to awaken in combination with the other two magic triangles the force enchanted Zelda from her magical sleep. Link takes the crystals in and makes his way to use them again in the palaces.
In the meantime, the trailer Ganon's start, however, with the search for Link to kill him. Your goal is the return of their king Ganon. This can only happen if the link dies and his blood will be shed over the ashes of Ganon.
Technology
The gameplay shows the player not from above, as was the case in previous models, mostly from the side. Furthermore, role-playing elements have been added. For example, Link can now use magic and obtained by defeating opponents of experience points that improve his status values .
Republication
On September 1, 2011 Zelda appeared II: The Adventure of Link as part of the so-called ambassadors program for the 3DS, where it can be downloaded through the eShop. Through the Ambassador Program Nintendo 3DS offers first-time buyers 20 free games, including ten for the NES and ten Game Boy Advance, which should be available end of this year. This Nintendo responded to the sharp price reduction in the 3DS, which took place on August 12.