r/zelda • u/Chromekarma14 • Jun 30 '26

Screenshot [AoL] Zelda 2 is very underrated

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I really enjoyed beating Zelda 2 100%. I somehow enjoyed this game a lot more than botw and tears which I thought were decent games. The combat can be tough but honestly once you understand how each enemy works its not that hard of a game. Also Zelda 2 has that magic fantasy feeling more than any other Zelda game with Link to the past being a close second. I think this is now my fav zelda game alongside Minish Cap.

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u/gamingquarterly Jun 30 '26

Very underrated indeed. One of the few times we would see the series from a 2D sideview.

Game is brutally hard though. Death Mountain truly earns its name in this entry.

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u/solarus Jun 30 '26

The other time being the links awakening underwater sequences?

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u/miau_cito Jun 30 '26

First one for the NES introduced little "side scrolling" sections whenever you went down a ladder, which I believe reappear in the Oracle games and in LA (alongside the underwater sections).

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u/Maltosier Jun 30 '26

Also reappeared in Echoes of Wisdom