Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is an adventure-role-playing video game made by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System game console.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Developer(s)	Nintendo R&D4
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Tadashi Sugiyama Yasuhisa Yamamura
Producer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto
Designer(s)	Kazunobu Shimizu
Writer(s)	Takashi Tezuka
Composer(s)	Akito Nakatsuka
Series	The Legend of Zelda
Platform(s)	Famicom Disk System Nintendo Entertainment System GameCube Game Boy Advance
Release	January 14, 1987 Famicom Disk System JP: January 14, 1987 Nintendo Entertainment System PAL: September 26, 1988 NA: December 1, 1988 GameCube PAL: November 14, 2003 NA: November 17, 2003 JP: April 1, 2004 Game Boy Advance JP: August 10, 2004 NA: October 25, 2004 PAL: January 7, 2005
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

It was also released in The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition.

Plot

The main hero of the series, Link, finds out that Princess Zelda has gone under a deep sleep after a fight with a wizard. While trying to find crystals to awaken Zelda, Link also fights off followers of Ganon, who are trying to bring him back to life.

Gameplay

The gameplay of The Adventure of Link is very different from the rest of the series. It is a role-playing game where the player gains experience and levels up stats. The map is also different; the overworld is a birds-eye view, while smaller maps are side scrolling where the player moves only left and right.

Development

Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to have a very different game than the first game, The Legend of Zelda. While Miyamoto was still the producer of the game, it was developed by new people than before. Instead of keeping a view from above, Zelda II has a side-view of the game when fighting enemies or exploring dungeons. The game was originally developed for the Famicom, but was released on worldwide systems after.