Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

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…

14 January 1987

What Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is an adventure game developed by Nintendo R&D4 and released in 1987. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Family Computer Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Several years after the events of The Legend of Zelda, Link has just turned sixteen and discovers a strange birthmark on his hand. With the help of Impa, Zelda's nursemaid, Link learns that this mark is the key to unlock a secret room where Princess Zelda lies sleeping. When young, Princess Zelda was given knowledge of the Triforce of power which was used to rule the kingdom of Hyrule, but when a magician unsuccessfully tried to find out about the Triforce from Zelda, he put her into an eternal sleep. In his grief, the prince placed Zelda in this room hoping she may wake some day. He ordered all female children in the royal household to be named Zelda from this point on, so the tragedy…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the The Legend of Zelda series

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the second of 133 entries we hold in the The Legend of Zelda series. It arrived 11 months after The Legend of Zelda. The next entry was Zelda in 1989.

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What it launched against

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link launched on 14 January 1987, within three weeks of World Games, Contra, Gauntlet and The Sentinel.

Released around the same time: World Games, Contra, Gauntlet, The Sentinel.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link — frequently asked questions

When did Zelda II: The Adventure of Link come out?

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link was released on 14 January 1987 for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Family Computer Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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