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'''Famicom Disk System''' | '''Famicom Disk System''' | ||
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| | |JP= January 14, 1987<ref name="E 7">{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 7}}</ref>}} | ||
'''Nintendo Entertainment System''' | '''Nintendo Entertainment System''' | ||
{{Release | {{Release | ||
| | |US= December 1, 1988<ref name="E 7"/> | ||
| | |UK= September 26, 1988<ref>{{Cite Web|retrieved=September 27, 2017|url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/jeux/nes/00006760-zelda-ii-the-adventure-of-link.htm |title=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link sur Nes |site=jeuxvideo.com}}</ref>}} | ||
'''Game Boy Advance''' | '''Game Boy Advance''' | ||
{{Release | {{Release | ||
| | |US= October 25, 2004 | ||
| | |JP= August 10, 2004 | ||
| | |UK= January 7, 2005<ref>{{Cite Web|retrieved=June 10, 2014|url=http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Game-Boy-Advance/Zelda-II-The-Adventure-of-Link-267673.html |title=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link |site=Nintendo Europe}}</ref>|AU=2005}} | ||
'''Wii Virtual Console''' | '''Wii Virtual Console''' | ||
{{Release | {{Release | ||
| | |US= June 4, 2007 | ||
| | |UK= February 9, 2007<ref name=EU-VC>{{Cite Web|retrieved=June 10, 2014|url=http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/NES/Zelda-II-The-Adventure-of-Link-823290.html |title=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link |site=Nintendo Europe}}</ref> | ||
| | |JP= January 23, 2007|AU=February 9, 2007}} | ||
<div>'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console'''</div><div>'''{{Small|(Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors)}}'''</div> | <div>'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console'''</div><div>'''{{Small|(Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors)}}'''</div> | ||
{{ | {{Release | ||
| | |JP=August 31, 2011 | ||
| | |US= August 31, 2011 | ||
| | |UK=September 1, 2011 | ||
| | |AU=September 1, 2011}} | ||
'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console''' | '''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console''' | ||
{{ | {{Release | ||
| | |JP=June 6, 2012 | ||
| | |US= November 22, 2012<ref>{{Cite Web|retrieved=June 10, 2014|url=http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/s9F89w_gvdQw9AHfp5S2yAU901BhQQne |title=Zelda II - The Adventure of Link |site=Nintendo of America}}</ref> | ||
| | |UK=September 13, 2012<ref name=EU-VC/> | ||
| | |AU=September 13, 2012 | ||
| | |KR=May 4, 2016<ref name="Korean VC">{{Cite Web|retrieved=May 6, 2016|url=http://www.nintendo.co.kr/3DS/eshop/eshop_virtualconsole.php |title=Virtual Console |site=Nintendo Korea}}</ref>}} | ||
'''Wii U Virtual Console''' | '''Wii U Virtual Console''' | ||
{{ | {{Release | ||
| | |JP=September 11, 2013<ref>{{Cite Web|url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/fbcj/index.html|title=<nowiki>Wii U｜リンクの冒険｜Nintendo</nowiki>|site=Nintendo}}</ref> | ||
| | |US= September 12, 2013<ref>{{Cite Web|url=http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=40507|title=NINTENDO DOWNLOAD HIGHLIGHTS NEW DIGITAL CONTENT FOR NINTENDO SYSTEMS - SEPT. 12, 2013|site=Nintendo Pressroom}}</ref> | ||
| | |UK=September 26, 2013<ref name=EU-VC/> | ||
| | |AU=September 26, 2013}} | ||
'''Nintendo Switch Online''' | '''Nintendo Switch Online''' | ||
{{Release | {{Release | ||
| | |US= January 16, 2019<ref name = "SwitchNA">{{Cite Web|author= Nintendo|published= 8 January 2019|retrieved= 21 March 2019|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJb8KSG1q74|title= Nintendo Entertainment System - January Game Updates - Nintendo Switch Online|site= Youtube.com|type=Video}}</ref> | ||
| | |JP= January 16, 2019<ref name = "SwitchJP">{{Cite Web|author= Nintendo|published= 8 January 2019|retrieved= 21 March 2019|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKw2EEpKmsc|title= ファミリーコンピュータ Nintendo Switch Online 追加タイトル <nowiki>[2019年1月]</nowiki>|site= Youtube.com|type=Video}}</ref> | ||
| | |UK= January 16, 2019<ref name="SwitchEU">{{Cite Twitter|quote= New #NES games have been added to #NintendoSwitchOnline – Nintendo Entertainment System! Wipe out hordes of radioactive mutants in Blaster Master, and seek out the Triforce of Courage in #Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.|url= https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1085487394214854656|archive= https://web.archive.org/web/20200914072903/https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1085487394214854656}}</ref> | ||
| | |AU= January 16, 2019<ref name="SwitchAU">{{Cite Twitter|quote= New #NES games have been added to #NintendoSwitchOnline – Nintendo Entertainment System!<br/><br/>Wipe out hordes of radioactive mutants in Blaster Master, and seek out the Triforce of Courage in #Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.|url= https://twitter.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/1085688196166500352|archive= https://web.archive.org/web/20200808135456/https://twitter.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/1085688196166500352}}</ref> | ||
| | |KR=April 23, 2019 |TW=April 23, 2019}} | ||
'''Nintendo Switch Online (SP)''' | '''Nintendo Switch Online (SP)''' | ||
{{Release | {{Release | ||
| | |US=March 12, 2019<ref>{{Cite Web|author=Ryan Craddock |published=March 12, 2019 |retrieved= August 8, 2020|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/03/nintendo_adds_new_nes_games_and_sp_versions_to_switch_online_earlier_than_planned |title=Nintendo Adds New NES Games And SP Versions To Switch Online Earlier Than Planned |site=Nintendo Life}}</ref> | ||
| | |JP=March 13, 2019 | ||
| | |UK=March 12, 2019 | ||
| | |AU=March 13, 2019 | ||
| | |KR=April 23, 2019 | ||
| | |TW=April 23, 2019}} | ||
|ratings={{List | |ratings= {{List| | ||
{{Game Rating|ESRB|E}}, | |||
{{Game Rating|PEGI|3|release=GBA}}, | |||
{{Game Rating|PEGI|7|release=Virtual Console}}, | |||
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}} | }} | ||
| | |platform= [[Famicom Disk System]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Nintendo GameCube]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Wii|Wii (Virtual Console)]], [[Nintendo 3DS|Nintendo 3DS (Virtual Console)]], [[Wii U|Wii U (Virtual Console)]], [[Nintendo Switch|Nintendo Switch Online]] | ||
|canon= Canon<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E|publisher= |page= 10}}</ref> | |canon= Canon<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E|publisher= |page= 10}}</ref> | ||
|predecessor= {{TLoZ}} | |predecessor= {{TLoZ}} | ||
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*Although the Japanese title for {{TAoL|-}} uses the English name of {{TLoZ|-}}, and the game's backstory explicitly defines {{TLoZ|-}} as a plot concept, the English language game is the only one in the main series not to include {{TLoZ|-}} in its title. | *Although the Japanese title for {{TAoL|-}} uses the English name of {{TLoZ|-}}, and the game's backstory explicitly defines {{TLoZ|-}} as a plot concept, the English language game is the only one in the main series not to include {{TLoZ|-}} in its title. | ||
*{{TAoL|-}} marks one of the few times where Link speaks in a main game, by saying "I found a mirror under the table" while in [[Saria Town]] and "Looks like I can get in the fireplace" in [[Kasuto]]. | *{{TAoL|-}} marks one of the few times where Link speaks in a main game, by saying "I found a mirror under the table" while in [[Saria Town]] and "Looks like I can get in the fireplace" in [[Kasuto]]. | ||
*The | *The Japanese version of the game uses the infamous "Gannon" spelling in the intro, as well as other typos such as "Tryforce." This intro was largely re-written in the international release. | ||
*Acording to series creator [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], {{TAoL|-}} is the only {{TLoZ|-}} game he considers a failure,<ref>{{Cite Person|quote= Compared to Legend of Zelda, Zelda II went exactly what we expected... All games I make usually gets better in the development process, since good ideas keep coming, but Zelda II was sort of a failure...|name= Shigeru Miyamoto|url= https://www.nintendoforums.com/articles/40/super-play-magazine-interviews-shigeru-miyamoto-about-zelda|title= SUPER PLAY MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS SHIGERU MIYAMOTO ABOUT THE LEGEND OF ZELDA}}</ref> this due to the limitations of the hardware.<ref>{{Cite Person|quote= I think specifically in the case of Zelda II we had a challenge just in terms of what the hardware was capable of doing, [...] So one thing, of course, is, from a hardware perspective, if we had been able to have the switch between the scenes speed up, if that had been faster, we could have done more with how we used the sidescrolling vs. the overhead [view] and kind of the interchange between the two. But, because of the limitations on how quickly those scenes changed, we weren't able to. The other thing, is it would have been nice to have had bigger enemies in the game, but the Famicom/NES hardware wasn't capable of doing that. Certainly, with hardware nowadays you can do that and we have done that, but of course nowadays creating bigger enemies takes a lot of effort.|name= Shigeru Miyamoto|url= https://kotaku.com/shigeru-miyamotos-bad-game-514017583|title= Shigeru Miyamoto's 'Bad' Game}}</ref> | *Acording to series creator [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], {{TAoL|-}} is the only {{TLoZ|-}} game he considers a failure,<ref>{{Cite Person|quote= Compared to Legend of Zelda, Zelda II went exactly what we expected... All games I make usually gets better in the development process, since good ideas keep coming, but Zelda II was sort of a failure...|name= Shigeru Miyamoto|url= https://www.nintendoforums.com/articles/40/super-play-magazine-interviews-shigeru-miyamoto-about-zelda|title= SUPER PLAY MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS SHIGERU MIYAMOTO ABOUT THE LEGEND OF ZELDA}}</ref> this due to the limitations of the hardware.<ref>{{Cite Person|quote= I think specifically in the case of Zelda II we had a challenge just in terms of what the hardware was capable of doing, [...] So one thing, of course, is, from a hardware perspective, if we had been able to have the switch between the scenes speed up, if that had been faster, we could have done more with how we used the sidescrolling vs. the overhead [view] and kind of the interchange between the two. But, because of the limitations on how quickly those scenes changed, we weren't able to. The other thing, is it would have been nice to have had bigger enemies in the game, but the Famicom/NES hardware wasn't capable of doing that. Certainly, with hardware nowadays you can do that and we have done that, but of course nowadays creating bigger enemies takes a lot of effort.|name= Shigeru Miyamoto|url= https://kotaku.com/shigeru-miyamotos-bad-game-514017583|title= Shigeru Miyamoto's 'Bad' Game}}</ref> | ||
*Ganon's laugh on the game over screen in the | *Ganon's laugh on the game over screen in the international version is also used in the NES game ''{{Wp|Punch-Out!! (NES)|Punch-Out!!}}'' as {{Wp|Soda Popinski}}'s laugh. | ||
*Link's side-view sprite does not have a visible mouth in the Japanese version. The Japanese version's sprite is used in all versions of ''Nintendo Badge Arcade''. | |||
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