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'''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''' is an [[action-adventure]] game developed and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[NES]], and the second installment in | '''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''' is an [[action-adventure]] game developed and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[NES]], and the second installment in {{c|The Legend of Zelda}} series. It was originally released in Japan on the [[Famicom Disk System]] less than a year after the release of the original [[The Legend of Zelda|Legend of Zelda]]. Nintendo released Zelda II in Japan on January 14, [[1987]], seven months before the United States saw the release of the first Zelda title. It was the second best selling Famicom game released in 1987, selling approximately 1,610,000 copies in its lifetime (roughly two thirds as many sales as [[Dragon Warrior II]]). Nintendo released Zelda II in North America in 1988, two years after its initial release in Japan, converting the game from its initial Famicom Disk System format to the NES cartridge. | ||
The Adventure of Link is a direct sequel to the original The Legend of Zelda, and again involves 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 RPG-style elements was a significant departure from its predecessor, and has given it a reputation as the "black sheep" of the Zelda series. Despite never being as popular as its predecessor, it was still one of the most successful NES games of all time and introduced elements that would become commonplace in future Zelda games. In its time it was voted "Best Overall Game" in the Nintendo Power Awards '88, was ranked in Nintendo Power's Top 5 games from their January/February 1989 through July/August 1990 issues, and stayed consistently in their Top 30 (later Top 20) NES Titles from the game's introduction in the September/October 1988 issue until the NES Top 20 was phased out in January 1995. It was followed in 1992 by [[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]] for the [[SNES]]. | The Adventure of Link is a direct sequel to the original The Legend of Zelda, and again involves 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 RPG-style elements was a significant departure from its predecessor, and has given it a reputation as the "black sheep" of the Zelda series. Despite never being as popular as its predecessor, it was still one of the most successful NES games of all time and introduced elements that would become commonplace in future Zelda games. In its time it was voted "Best Overall Game" in the Nintendo Power Awards '88, was ranked in Nintendo Power's Top 5 games from their January/February 1989 through July/August 1990 issues, and stayed consistently in their Top 30 (later Top 20) NES Titles from the game's introduction in the September/October 1988 issue until the NES Top 20 was phased out in January 1995. It was followed in 1992 by [[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]] for the [[SNES]]. | ||
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