The Game That Defined Zelda

It defined my childhood, that’s for sure. What an amazing game.

Skipping Zelda 2 is bad. It's foundational. Themes and mechanics from Zelda 2 were carried over and informed the Design of Ocarina of time. You know, the core mainline foundation of Zelda. You need to correct this error. It's a diamond in the rough for sure but its a very important title establishing Zelda as a whole.

Ehem... It's pronounced "Mee-yah-moh-toh" spelled Miyamoto

let’s all admit it, a modern 2d zelda could be pretty sweet theoretically

Zelda || was my first Zelda game. How dare you skip this one? As a kid I loved it! The shift between over-world and side scrolling was amazing. Shame!

That hole in the dungeon floor had me puzzled for days! I kept falling in and missing the platform. It took me days as a kid to figure out you had to actually fall from the top to reach.

why do people treat zelda 2 like garbage??? the game litteraly only asks for skill an patience, just like the first zelda, yes the translation is cryptic... JUST LIKE THE FIRST ZELDA idk dude the game has done so much for the series you cannot do a video on what made zelda by just dunking on this game. And what??? the game isn't fun?? learning to the ennemy patterns, solving the dungeons, the overworld quests, discovering the multiple fighting techniques isn't fun? You didn't understand it or maybe you don't have the patience to develop the skill needed to handle the fights, then it's fine, just don't dunk on it for that reason, people love dark souls nowadays yet zelda 2 still gets dunked on? fuck this world.

I'm loving this series, great analysis, but can the "clipping volume, too loud because funny" joke please be done already?

That four-hooked symbol is a swastika when it’s oriented diagonally. It is a manji when it’s oriented horizontally, which is an ancient Vedic charm adopted by Buddhism and as such has no connection to white supremacy or fascism.

You made a Zelda video essay fun… I subscribed

What's the music you used for the closing?

Adventure of linknis the best of any zelda... I'd trade all other titles to get a sequel to it

Zelda 2 is amazers. It just has a bad rap for changing the formula. I enjoy the game and if they remade it in the style of a Metroid Dread... I'd buy it now.

So people shit on Zelda 2 but consider this, lots of enemies in Zelda 2 have remained mainstays including goriyas, zols, and lizalfos, towns and variety of that started in Zelda 2, spells in Zelda 2 have continued to stay in future Zelda’s including shield, fire, and thunder, and dark link who continues to pop up in different contexts started from Zelda 2. I could go on but you get the point.

Yeah Zelda 2 is tough, it’s cryptic and sometimes it’s flat out unfair death mountain and great palace are the PRIME examples but the rpg elements of leveling up were innovative as hell at that time, the music is absolute fire, and honestly the combat for a game from 1988 was wild! Just something to consider from someone who played Zelda 2 as a kid when it was first out!! 😁😁💪👊

Big add though, Zelda 3 is amazing and still to this day is my favorite Zelda ever! I know it’s nostalgia and I don’t care. That game was magical to me at age 11!! 😍😍

A Link to the past is what got me into playing Zelda it just glues you in