SECRETS, CODES, & INTEL | Zelda 2 The Adventure of Link Declassified NES | NESComplex リンクの冒険

I didn't get Zelda 2 when it first came out. I distinctly remember seeing it on the tab at some store (i don't remember which) but i was young. I eventually traded my friend Joey Camacho and finally was able to go on Link's Adventure. Strangely enough, my copy was much more silver than gold. Idk. Though the overworld never really sat right with me and seemed almost like a step backwards from the look of Zelda 1, I loved the action sequences. I still do. Thanks to school yard tips and Nintendo Power, I beat Link's Shadow (and definitely crouched. LOL). Such great memories... What are your memories of the game? Also.. thank you so much for watching! I’m so close to the 100,000 subscriber milestone. Please do me a favor and share this video with anyone you know who loves NES games or the Zelda franchise. Spread the Nintendo love and help me reach that elusive goal! Thank you! 🍄

Zelda 2 is my favorite in the series when it's about atmosphere. It really feels like a more grown up and more grim Zelda while still having that mystery and wonder.

The quality of the Declassified series is out of this world, way worth the wait between episodes for high class documentary quality. Appriciate the hard work and effort you put into this.

I don't ever want these videos to end. Some of the best content on the internet

My man, your production quality is always through the roof and you still keep topping yourself. Great research too. In other words you make other channels look bad... and I like it.

When I first played it as a kid, I liked Zelda 2, but didn’t love it because the difficulty curve was so high. Sometime around college, when my gaming skills were greater, I realized that it’s my favorite video game of all time—the combat platforming engine is unparalleled, with the idea of both high and low attack and defense, the towns are more numerous and interesting, and the dark and mysterious feel make every play through a real adventure. It has lots of flaws, and if I could remake it today, there are many things I would remove, or change, or expand upon, but it directly inspired video games that I’ve personally made, and I know a lot of people love it like I do. This video is an excellent service to humanity, and I thank you so much for highlighting such an underrated game, and teaching me lots of things that even I didn’t know, especially around the production of the game, and its connection to other games and mythology. I had to rewind and rewatch parts of the video many times in amazement! I know this video was a colossal effort, like all your Declassified videos, and I truly appreciate all the work you’ve done for fans of this dark horse in the greatest game series of all time. You did miss one minor thing, the explicit Dragon Quest reference at one of the graves that was removed in the English version (and mirrored in a Dragon Quest game)!

You never fail in making consistently interesting, funny, entertaining deep dives into the world of video games.

This series gives me the same feeling that reading Nintendo Power gave me as a kid. Another excellent video, with amazing production!

This game is very near and dear to my heart as I spent my childhood watching my dad play it, and it turns out there are some things I didn't know about and I just learnt them today. Thanks for the video and all the quality content 🫶🏼

Man it’s a shame that thing about links awakening taking place during the raft ride was retconned, that’s actually super cool. Great video as always it was well worth the wait

There was a chip shortage during the time Zelda II was being manufactured. I was with my father at K-Mart, saw the game in a box of random stuff, and asked him for it. He told me that it would be one of my Christmas gifts. I spent hours upon hours playing this awesome game learning where everything is. When I finally beat it, I felt a sense of accomplishment. Just like I did when I finished the 2nd quest of the Leg0end of Zelds.

The old woman in towns doesn't refill your magic meter indefinitely; you specifically get 16 containers filled. So if you're casting a bunch of spells during that filling segment, you'll eventually hit that limit.

This is incredibly well-edited! You can tell the love just poured into producing this video... You simply deserve all the success you can possible get friend.

When I was a kid, this is the game that started my lifelong love for Zelda (well…that and the animated series). It was a big game and kind of scary. The large Greek-like temple and strange Horsehead boss. The difficulty and music. It was the first game that felt ‘Epic’ to me. There was so much forgotten merchandise and mysteries surrounding this overlooked masterpiece. Thank you for making another amazing video. Also, I read somewhere that ocarina of time started as a remake of Zelda 2. Not sure if it’s true, but the earliest images of it definitely have a similar design to Link in this game.

Happy to see a new Declassified episode. Made 29 minutes seem like 30 seconds. I always learn so much about games I thought I had heard everything lol.

I randomly just reread the manual for the game a couple of days ago. Two items stuck out to me. 1. Was that their would be two Zeldas (which you cover). 2 The manual makes it very clear that all the bad guys in the palaces were placed there by the King of Hyrule. This explained to me why they a. didn't have the same names as the bad guys in the original Zelda and b. why they were so different (in a lot of ways) from the original Zelda. Someone else might have brought this up at this point, but I thought it would be worth sharing.

Finally, he uploaded again! I can’t believe that he can go from teaching history at school to making very good content for all of us to watch and enjoy! Keep up the hard work you do every video and let’s get to 100k subscribers!!!!

Yes I waited so long for this Zelda II is incredible!

What I love about Zelda II is it's a product of its time in terms of the culture. All the other popular classics we play constantly, so we don't think about the 80s. But when you talk about Zelda II, your brain goes back to that time, because that was the last time people really ever talked about it. Its a forgotten classic thats stuck in its time.

This game is severely underrated. Thanks for covering it!