igotkings reminisces on his fondness for Zelda II on the NES! You can too by checking out this interview and more on the Zelda Fan Interview playlist: Zelda Fan Interviews ru-vid.com/group/PLgftn7paENSRfP5r7rq3uucEH6bEd5kXV
I have literally been saying for probably 10 years now that they need to remake Zelda 2 because it is extremely underrated and now that they've done the current Link's Awakening refresh, I'm pretty sure they could do something pretty great with the Zelda 2 RPG format
It's fun to see that dark souls clearly took inspiration from this game. In dark souls, you lose your carried xp on death as well, but it built a mechanic where you can get it back if you can get to where you lost it.
A game I'm still working through, but highly recommend, is Pheonotopia: Awakening. It feels like what a modern Zelda would be if they did another 2D game that learned everything the rest of the series has to teach.
That’s a good idea to bring the experience system back. Nintendo is going to have to get really creative to both avoid “Breath of the Wild 3” and not make “another 2D Zelda”. Maybe a small scale 3D Zelda with an exp system is the answer, or at least a 2D game that occasionally goes 3D. (ALBW was great.)
Any meaningful integration of the rpg system would be welcome at this point. Zelda has mostly been about trying new things so I’m excited to see what they come up with.
Captaaaaain Keatoooon! It's interesting that you mentioned how you came across all of the dungeons! I had an entirely different approach to how I wound up beating the game for the first time! Man oh man, I wish I remembered to mention this during my interview, but I actually had a guide inside of an old Nintendo Power. I had literally cut the guide out and taped it to my bedroom door! 😂🥲 Boy does it pain me to suddenly remember something like that when it is too little too late 😂 The experience balance really is an enormous aspect of the game! You can clear the game without too much farming if you play 'thoroughly' i.e. not running past too many enemies, but if you want Link to be totally overpowered, you can totally level grind 💪💪 Igotkings is totally right. You can approach the game in so many ways adding lots of replay value! Fun interview as always!
Ahoy Omega! Hey, the beauty is that you're remembering it now -- it's never too late to invigorate your nostalgia!! It's funny, I saw someone call the enemies "random encounters" recently and was confused since they are on the map. True, you can avoid them when you encounter them but if you play the game naturally, you'll level up anyway. Many ways to play and they're all fun! Signs of a great game :)
