Overview
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the second major installment in The Legend of Zelda series and the direct sequel to the first game. Like its predecessor, it features dungeons that must be located in the overworld and searched for an item that will prove useful. However, the game presents many very important gameplay changes compared to the previous one, affecting especially the movements and the combat. Moving around the world map involves encounters with enemies that take place on a side-scrolling playfield rather than the top-down perspective for which the series became known.
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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES) - Cheats and secrets
• Continue trick: when the GAME OVER screen appears, hold UP and press A while it flashes to continue right where you died, keeping your earned experience.
• Fire spell: after obtaining it from the old man in a hidden location, use it via the spell menu (SELECT) to damage certain enemies and clear obstacles.
• Hidden houses and hermits: several invisible houses exist (e.g., near the Death Mountain area); walk against trees and press into suspicious spots to find elders who heal you or teach spells.
• Shield spell: learned from the elder in Rauru's town once you have enough heart containers... it reduces damage taken; cast it before entering tough palaces.
• Experience farming: red Bubbles in Death Mountain and Iron Knuckles near late-game palacios give big experience; repeat a route with the Shield spell active to level up quickly.
• Jump and Fairy spells: Jump (Ruto town) reaches high ledges; Fairy (Darunia town, after returning the jailed girl) lets you turn into a fairy to enter small cave openings.
• Pro tips: use Downthrust (down+A in midair) to break blocks and hit armored enemies; keep your spell menu ready and always visit a town elder before a palace boss.
• Fire spell: after obtaining it from the old man in a hidden location, use it via the spell menu (SELECT) to damage certain enemies and clear obstacles.
• Hidden houses and hermits: several invisible houses exist (e.g., near the Death Mountain area); walk against trees and press into suspicious spots to find elders who heal you or teach spells.
• Shield spell: learned from the elder in Rauru's town once you have enough heart containers... it reduces damage taken; cast it before entering tough palaces.
• Experience farming: red Bubbles in Death Mountain and Iron Knuckles near late-game palacios give big experience; repeat a route with the Shield spell active to level up quickly.
• Jump and Fairy spells: Jump (Ruto town) reaches high ledges; Fairy (Darunia town, after returning the jailed girl) lets you turn into a fairy to enter small cave openings.
• Pro tips: use Downthrust (down+A in midair) to break blocks and hit armored enemies; keep your spell menu ready and always visit a town elder before a palace boss.
