History VideoGame / ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink

** [[Nerf]]: The Famicom version of the 6th boss, Barba, is harder to fight than the NTSC and PAL versions.
** [[Buff]]: The Tektites in the Famicom version are easier to kill than the NTSC and PAL versions.

* Nerf: The Famicom version of the 6th boss, Barba, is harder to fight than the NTSC and PAL versions.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Only in the side-scrolling segments. There is an item you can get that allows you to walk on (certain tiles of) water, but [[GameplayAndStorySegregation that only works on the overhead map]].

* SuperDrowningSkills

* OneTimeDungeon: The Palaces both become Mountain squares on the overworld map after you beat them, but only after you both defeat the boss and collect the required item, fortunately. The only things that can truly be LostForever are some ExperiencePoint bonuses.

* [[PALBonus (NTSC-U and) PAL Bonus]]: The game received quite a few changes in the localization process; the dungeons are all colored differently, the overworld battle music was changed, Barba/Volvagia is drawn and animated better, the boss Gooma is added to replace what was originally a rematch with Helmethead, etc.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The enemies named "Horsehead" and "Helmethead". Guess where you need to strike? Inverted with Gooma, a boss [[PALBonus added to the international releases]] in place of a second battle with Helmethead, whose weak point is his body and, in contrast to the boss he replaced, whose head is invulnerable.

* MirrorMatch: The fight against Dark Link. Ironically, the fight can be made one of the easiest in the game by exploiting a glitch that allows you to hide in the left corner and stab repeatedly. Various ROM hacks of the game have put lava in the corner to make this impossible.

Reviewed by the AngryVideoGameNerd [[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/player/702460 here]]. The review was done on request, and mostly just highlights how insanely NintendoHard the game is. Despite that, the CausticCritic ''likes'' it and was surprised when the requester called it a bad game, and he had spoken favourably of it in previous episodes.

* NintendoHard: Widely considered the hardest of the entire series, with good reason. Blue Iron Knuckles in particular will have you tearing your hair out. The Hawk knights in the final palace are even worse.

* WhenAllElseFailsGoRight: * All of the bosses in ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'' are faced after entering their rooms from the left. Most are considerable distances to the right of the dungeon entrance.

* NintendoHard: Widely considered the hardest of the entire series, with good reason. Blue Iron Knuckles in particular will have you tearing your hair out. The Hawk knights in the final palace are arguably even worse.

* SuddenlyVoiced: Link has two lines of dialogue in the game, although both times it is to the [[NoFourthWall player]]. Nevertheless, this was pretty nearly the only time in the entire series he gets ANY form of dialogue whatsoever until ''SpiritTracks'' and ''SkywardSword'' added response choices to NPC dialogue more complex than a simple "yes" or "no."

* LethalLavaLand/{{Mordor}}: The Valley of Death. Lava is also a common hazard in caves and dungeons, more so than anywhere else in the series. (Literally every dungeon contains lava somewhere.)

* LethalLavaLand/((Mordor)): The Valley of Death. Lava is also a common hazard in caves and dungeons, more so than anywhere else in the series. (Literally every dungeon contains lava somewhere.)

* SuddenlyVoiced: Link has two lines of dialogue in the game, although both times it is to the [[NoFourthWall player]]. Nevertheless, this was pretty nearly the only time in the entire series he gets ANY form of dialogue whatsoever until ''SkywardSword'' added response choices to NPC dialogue more complex than a simple "yes" or "no."

* [=~You Shouldn't Know This Already~=]: You cannot do the downward and upward thrusts until you are taught them.

* Foreshadowing: Beating a boss is the only time Link's shadow is visible.

* SuddenlyVoiced: Link has two lines of dialogue in the game, although both times it is to the [[NoFourthWall player]]. Nevertheless, this is pretty nearly the only time in the entire series he gets ANY form of dialogue whatsoever.

** Link himself is particularly more badass in this game than the last. With the sidescrolling combat he can now jump, use upwards and downwards thrusts, and fight enemies in one on one sword fights.

** Tektites especially. Immune to anything but the Fire Spell, and you first run into them ''before'' you get it. They hop really high and far, and every part of their body gives CollisionDamage (which means with their legs fully extended they are practically boss-sized in terms of do-not-touch radius.)

** It also turns several enemies into Bots (those little blue blob things, basically Zelda's [[SuperMarioBros Goomba]]), rendering their butts ''far'' more kickable (at the cost of lowering the XP you get from them drastically.) It's a lifesaver in the particularly {{Mook}}-heavy rooms. It's basically the poor man's Thunder Spell (Thunder kills every {{Mook}} enemy onscreen with full XP... if you don't mind ''emptying'' your magic meter. Spell Spell doesn't take much MP at all.)