Zelda 2 just fucked me up.

I'm on the fourth palace. I can't get to the key I need to get the boots. Can someone help me?

I think that's the palace with an invisible tunnel in one of the walls?

Turn into a fairy and you can fly through the keyhole

This makes me laugh for some reason.

Now do you mean fairy or fairy?

edited 30th Mar '11 6:15:18 PM by Deathonabun

Press against the walls. There should be one that's invincible.

Jump into them just to be on the safe side.

Wait, fairies can fly through keyholes? I didn't know that because    I only abused the fairy spell in a fucking cave and never did again!   

edited 30th Mar '11 6:21:27 PM by StongRadd

What's that?

A fairy abused you?

Where did it touch you?

*child fnagles with doll offscreen, everyone winces*

Now that can't be right, child! You don't even hav-

...

Oh. Oh, you do...

-cough-

Zelda 2 fucked me up, indeed.

Yes, its important to thoroughly explore the palaces. The Fairy thing is a nice shortcut but if you find every key in each level, it shouldn't be necessary.

Secret Walls are normally located in conspicuous dead-ends. The biggest givaway is that that the screen scrolls further than it usually does when you're at the end of a room.

EDIT: Also, sometimes secret walls are in elevator shafts. These ones are easy to find.

edited 30th Mar '11 7:11:36 PM by MoeDantes

I AM ERROR

WE ARE ALL ERROR

"If all else fails, use fire!"

Also, good luck with Zelda II. It's tough as nails, but if all it takes is a hidden wall to stump you thus far, you'll make it to end game yet. You won't see very many cheap shots like that often later in the game.

Great Palace?

There's only two things you need to know about the final palace:

Once you're actually inside the palace, go left.

When you see GIANT SLIMES, you're close to your goal (I think you see something like four of them before you reach the boss).

The first time I went through the great palace as a kid, I made myself a map through several play throughs and wrote down notes on what paths to avoid, how to beat what etc.

Then came Thunderbird. He took 4 game overs.

Then came Dark Link. He took 10.

When you've made it to the later dungeons without dying once in the overworld, you'll know you're doing ok. That game is harder than college.

Protip: Don't collect any extra lives until it's time to go through Death Mountain to the Great Palace. See, they don't respawn.

That being said: If you die in the last palace, continuing takes you back to the beginning of that palace (whereas everywhere else in the game it takes you back to the place where Zelda is napping) so lives aren't really that essential.

Thanks for the help! Now someone close this thread!

edited 14th Apr '11 12:33:47 PM by StongRadd

Why close it? What if you need help again in the future, or want to turn this into just general Zelda 2 (or Zelda general) discussion?

Lemme think about it...