Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link (NES) - Extraordinarily Hard Games [#11] 

Yass pls!

On RU-vid, please.

Yes, we dont mind if you dont make a ton of progress. We enjoy watching as much as we can on YT

Yes plz

Would love to see the full playthrough if that's possible

I would!

I would too ... but man, the guy's gonna need some correct info on directions, or he will most likely fail, lose interest entirely, or both.

Luminous yes this was so rad

@@RubberyCat you're clearly new here :) Ryu never loses interest in a game he plays, and just because other people know how to play this game, doesn't mean Ryu automatically knows what you know..... which makes watching him play these games, even more fun.

@@chrismeulen8108 Right like, I don't think he's caught on to the fact his shield can block things, and of course he missed the Life spell, that's a big miss.

some guy this is something I’ve never quite understood, Death Mountain in this game was straight forward to me, you just go right every time theres a few of those axe guys that are kind of hard but it’s not nearly as difficult as some of the later dungeons in the game, yet people still talk about how hard death mountain is in this game

@@erkreimer2494 The problem isn't Death Mountain by itself, but the journey there. Every time you game over you have to go through the whole overworld map. And on the way there are a few hard encounters which can easily cost you a life if you aren't careful.

Death Mountain is especially hard if you know what your doing in the beginning of the game and get there without having gained a bunch of levels. It's brutal to get though and have the resources you need to get everything done, so you have to do it a second time. I def want to see Ryukar enjoy the suffering. I don't know if Zelda 1 swordless is hard enough for this, but I would like to see that too.

​@@erkreimer2494 The last dungeon is harder but imo Death Mountain is the hardest thing in the game before that point, mostly because you don't have down slash yet, which makes all those enemies SO much more manageable. And there's no reason anyone should know right away that you "just go right every time". "oh this is easy just know exactly where to go and what to do why does anyone have a problem", heh.

Then, to be honest, looking at the games he played in Season 1, I am not sure Zelda 2 really deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as pretty much any of those games, in terms of difficulty. It is the hardest Zelda game, sure, but Zelda games aren't really known for being difficult. Because progress is always saved, even between play sessions, pretty much anyone can really just put the time in and grind it out. I was basically able to when I was probably less than 10 yet I was never able to get past Turbo Tunnel.

This game is one of my favorites, too! I actually like it better than Zelda 1!

The only really good zelda game along with a link to the past and minish cap. Side scrolling zelda is so underrated

Top 20-25 NES game in my opinion

Haha it took me 9 years beating that Game without Internet xp

It was insane, the palaces near the end was HUGE, and even though areas in games like general metroidvainias today probably is larger, the combination of all rooms and corridors looking the same, there being no directions at all, and even several non-bosses being terribly hard in attack pattern .... i never completed it either.

Same the difficulty and confusion of this game is ridiculous curious if Ryu actually cracks how to beat it because he seems to have the components of the triforce in his personality alone to crack any video game no matter how cruel that game may be.

I havent beaten it yet I've been been play since I was 5

@@breetheumo6832 I mean I think it has one equal perhaps the highest brackets of league potentially but this game was made back when game companies did not care about difficult of video games. This is has made it one of the most difficult video games in existence today.

He only completed them on Twitch as a way to get more subs on there but I was never interested in Twitch

Dude, you don't know how much watching this video and reading this information helped me! I got the Nintendo Classic Mini console (30 something preinstalled games) as a Christmas present, and once I started with Zelda 2 I seriously had no damn clue what to do. The enemies, especially the knights and boomerang terriers are hard as hell, I have no manual or anything to help me navigate the world. I'm not a "hardcore gamer" so learning the controls with even as simple controller as the classic Nintendo one was a struggle. Had to get my brother to beat the horse boss for me, glad he's always up to help his sister. XD So far I haven't managed to get through a mountain labyrinth. Everything is just so damn hard and since I have no such ability as "gaming logic" I just keep panicking and swinging my sword while jumping all over the place. I thought the shield just made you a bit more stronger, enemies draining a bit less hp from you, which is why I'm constantly out of magic. I just happened to find some secrets in random woods by accident, which has caused me to basically walk through every block of land you can walk on just in case I don't miss anything. At the end of the day, I don't understand how the kids from 70's-80's managed to keep themselves sane with these games. XD

@@iRinnda Games back in the day really had to rely on the instruction manual to explain and tell a lot of things, the game just couldn't hold enough information to explain everything directly so it made sense to just put it in paper. Using the shield to block meant the physical shield that Link holds to block the knights and stalfos in the palaces. Using the shield spell will reduce damage taken (changes to the red tunic similar to old Zelda 1), but it also strengthens the actual shield that Link holds to block fire attacks.

Zelda II Adventure of Link (NES) and Sim City (SNES) have the most beautiful instruction booklets I've ever seen. Spent hours and hours reading those two.

This entire video I was shouting at the screen "Ryu! You. Have. A. Shield!" XD

Seriously, what IS it with “Professional Gamers” and not reading instruction booklets?!? It’s not like you’re using a strategy guide; you’re MEANT to read it! James Rolfe and Mike Matei from Cinemassacre(AVGN) do it too; they blindly play a game and call it crap without reading the instructions. It’s frustrating!

It's on RU-vid, people actually speedrun this game. Nuts. Or did you mean by Ryu. This is not a game you beat in one sitting. I've been playing this for 30 years and still can't beat it, I've made it all the way to dark link and die instantly.

@@punker-gamer-trucker-guy 24:00

Don't get me wrong, this game is hard, but it is beatable in one sitting. Definitely not by someone on their first try, but people speedrun this in about 2 hours. Best I've ever done is a little over 4, but it's doable for sure. I have faith Ryu could figure it out.

@@punker-gamer-trucker-guy That's awesome. Lots of folks would have given up or never even attempted it due to the game's reputation. I'm assuming you haven't been using the most common strategy for beating Dark Link?

Been playing this game since 89 and my personal best in one sitting is 3 hours and some minutes. Didn't beat it till I was in 7th grade in 94

I'm finding all kinds of game to play myself in these comments lol

yes to be honest any game from gamecenter cx would do :p

maybe it would have been more popular if it wasn't a zelda game, since they are usually quite different.

How come 🧐?

The old NES boxes or cartridges had those warnings.

But not the videos!

Idk when the warnings started, but definitely should have been during the Atari days.

Thanks for the heads up

In the eighties, we didn’t care lol

Palaces 3, 6, and 7 are going to wreck him. 😁

Actually he figured out the jump and aim for the head strategy against the Iron Knuckles rather quickly. Took me years before I found a way to confidently take them on.

The jump and slash technique will work on the blue iron knuckles but plan on taking lots of damage

I did too, but it should really have a save function. When i revisited the game 20 years later, i had to leave the console on overnight just to beat the last boss. What were the developers thinking, seriously. Way too hard of a game.

I really enjoyed watching grandpoobear play through this game.

More stream vods would be epic in general tbh

It should be noted, no other Zelda game is like this one. But they are amazing.

All Zelda games are awesome

This is regarded as one of the worst Zelda game. The first game is definitely better.

Indeed, this is unqiue in terms of Zelda games. And, in my opinion, much better than any of the rest.

@@Gatorade69 Unfairly in my opinion. While the first game was a masterpiece, Zelda II is a fantastic game that got a lot of hate mostly just for not being Zelda I.

SHUT

I think he is more like our age (I'm 31...) or older...

Yep, just looked it up, 33, in between us.

Huh! good to know. He looks a lot younger than I do but I guess that's not terribly surprising 😪

Right?! I never beat Zelda 1 either, because holy shit is it hard and cryptic. If you read the hints and remember them in this game though, you have a much easier time. Not to mention the life spell and strategizing magic use... Zelda II is a classic that doesn't deserve the hate it gets.

@@samlay9588 That's the truth. Even fighting Shadow Link isn't as bad as some people make it out to be. It's a hard game but it's not punishing if you're willing to sit with it.

Zelda 1 was easy back in the day because Nintendo Power provided all the maps. Now, Zelda 1, 2nd quest, good luck with that. That is crazy hard.

Link is a tall specimen. But he probably took the Long mushroom cause he *skinny af.*

Lanky Link? They should probably do that actually.

@@Gideon_Judges6 😮😂👍

Yep…that's the Strat.

Who is that?

I love Smosh tho

When Smosh was actually funny 👀

@@ProtomanBluesOfficial Fr tho

@@ProtomanBluesOfficial 2006 - 2013

That tower in mortal kombat is insane Had to beat mileena, goro, kintaro, and shaokahn while your health drains, you cant block, deal reduced damage, while they all have increased damage, health regen and cant be staggered Or something like that But that wasnt the main game, just a challenge mode But extremely hard

Agreed, it's not ghosts and goblins or anything.

I never got past Death mountain

Right, the only part that is a bit tricky is the Grand Palace at the end because it's so huge, and those bird soldiers are tough, but once you know a route it's doable. Didn't even write it down, just remember the "landmarks".

@@HumanWast3 a lot of people try to do that early befoe you even do the 2nd palace, and you *can*, if you're really good and/or level up enough, but there's absolutely no reason you have to go there early. Also again, once you know the route it's a piece of cake.

In my chanel load some games