Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

a.k.a "The Adventure of Link", "AoL", "Zelda II"

The Dark Spot?
The Adventure of Link was the sequel to the highly acclaimed Legend of Zelda, and the second Zelda game ever to be released. (Not counting the Game&Watch Zelda) It is by many considered to be the "dark spot" of the Zelda series, mainly because of its attempt to break away from what would later define the 2D Zelda games, the overhead view. Many saw this as attempt to fix something which wasn't even broken in the first place, and were therefore slightly disappointed with this game.

It is however unarguably a great game which deserves to be recognized as a Zelda game well worthy of the title, regardless of the fact that it strayed away from some of the formulas that would eventually become tradition for the series.