Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

January 14, 1987

Collection

The Legend of Zelda

Franchises

The Legend of Zelda

Platforms

Family Computer Disk System Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Entertainment System Wii Wii U

Companies

Nintendo Nintendo R&D4 Playtronic

Genres

Adventure Platform Role-playing (RPG)

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The bottom-left corner of the overworld features a miniaturized version of the map from The Legend of Zelda, revealing that the entire first game takes place in one small part of the second game's overworld.

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Contributed by MehDeletingLater on September 25, 2022

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The Infamous "I am Error" quote is actually his name, the other man you can find there, "Bagu", is Japanese for bug. This was likely an inside joke, making them "Bug" and "Error".

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Contributed by Glitchinthesyetem45 on May 5, 2016

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On the game over screen, a silhouette of Ganon is displayed along with the sound of him laughing. This laugh was taken (and slightly altered) from Punch-Out!!, where it was used as Soda Popinski's laugh whenever he wins by knock out.

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Contributed by Kakariko Kid on August 29, 2015

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The Famicom Disk System release uses different battle music than that of the cartridge release for the NES. The reason for this change is unknown. The song was eventually remixed and used as the mini-boss theme in The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap.

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Contributed by Takahashi2212 on December 30, 2013

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Thus far Zelda II is the only official side-scrolling Zelda game. Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon were also side-scroller Zelda games for the Phillip's CD-I but these games are not considered official Zelda titles by Nintendo.

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Contributed by VNRob on July 7, 2013

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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the only game in the The Legend of Zelda series, excluding spin-offs, without the word "The Legend of-" in the title. It is also the only numerical sequel (marked by the roman numeral "II") in the Zelda franchise.

However, in the Japanese release, the game does have the prefix of "The Legend of".

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Contributed by pkmngmr on March 25, 2013

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Zelda II marks one of the few instances where Link has lines in a canonical game. He says "I found a mirror under the table."

In the Japanese release, this isn't the case, and it is simply a generic message stating that Link found the mirror, rather than him stating it.

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Contributed by Shinitenshi on March 25, 2013

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In the Japanese version of Saria Town, one of the graves in the town reads "The Hero Loto rests here." This is a reference to the Dragon Quest hero.

The first Final Fantasy game had a similar grave in the town of Elfheim. The grave reads "Here Lies Link".

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Contributed by Shinitenshi on March 25, 2013

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The Sages in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time are named after the towns in this game (in Zelda chronology however, the towns were named after the Sages).

These towns are Rauru, Ruto, Saria, Mido, Nabooru, and Darunia. However, Mido is not a sage.

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Contributed by Shinitenshi on March 25, 2013

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It's possible to get past locked doors without keys by using the fairy spell and flying through the keyhole.

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Contributed by ecylisis on March 19, 2013

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When Zelda II was re-released on Virtual Console, the flashing colors that played during the death animation were removed and replaced with a solid red background in an effort to prevent seizures.