Adventure of Link

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, released as The Legend of Zelda 2: Link no Bōken (THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 2 リンクの冒険 Zeruda no Densetsu Pāto Tsū: Rinku no Bōken) in Japan, is an action role-playing video game  with platforming  elements. The second installment in The Legend of Zelda   series, it was developed and published by Nintendo  for the Nintendo Entertainment System . The game was originally released in Japan on the Family Computer Disk System  less than a year after the release of the original The Legend of Zelda . Nintendo released Zelda II<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 19px; "> in Japan on January 14, 1987, seven months before the United States saw the release of the first Zelda<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 19px; "> title. Nintendo released Zelda II<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 19px; "> in North America in 1988, almost two years after its initial release in Japan, converting the game from its initial Disk System format to the NES cartridge.

<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal;"> The Adventure of Link is a direct sequel to the original The Legend of Zelda, again involving the protagonist, Link, on a quest to save Princess Zelda, who has fallen under a sleeping spell. The Adventure of Link's emphasis on side-scrolling and role-playing-style elements, however, was a significant departure from its predecessor. The game was highly successful at the time and introduced elements that would become commonplace in futureZelda games, although the side-scrolling and role-playing elements such as experience points were never used again. It was followed in 1991 by The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the Super NES. The game is also looked upon as one of the most difficult games in the Zelda series.

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