How Do You Cheese THAT!? Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link Part 3

[@CesarCordova]

"Development started with Mr. Miyamoto saying he wanted to make a side-scrolling action game that made use of up and down movements for attacks and defense. It’s rooted in actions like jump strikes, downward strikes, and high and low shield defense moves. Types of moves that weren’t possible in the first game. Rather than being a continuation of the series, it started as a new sword and shield type of action game. We were experimenting while producing the game so we didn’t really have the first game’s systems in mind while developing it. As for it being unique within the series, we were searching for new ways to play so you could say it’s like a spin-off. At the end of development we decided on a story and that Link would be 16 years old then attached The Legend of Zelda 2 and released it as the second game in the series." Sugiyama

[@Shalakor]

@Crude Wildfire We're literally on the heals of the most recent entries in Nintendo's flagship franchises being some of the most innovative they've ever released after finally delivering on a practical console/mobile game system with good game library support. Why are you speaking as if the only time anyone ever experimented was in the NES era? There's seldom been a time Nintendo haven't been trying to innovate on one project or another throughout all the generations, just not always in all the same places. They've got both many successes and meny failulars to show for it.

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

This game is the reason ALL other Zelda Sequels exist... Because you die so often that Ganon gets to return like 20 times.

[@kromagnum]

It was bugging me so much that he wouldn’t walk on the river to the palace instead of taking the maze.

[@GrandPOOBear]

I don't know if I ever found that way....

[@zekek3777]

@@GrandPOOBear he's talking about the river that's in the maze. The one you literally kept walking over...

[@scotthansen1442]

I was hoping he'd go to Old Kasuto before finding New Kasuto. That would have been hilarious. He finds the town, and there's nothing but death there for him.

[@Ajbomber14]

@@scotthansen1442 That's how the game intended it to happen. I was also bummed when he found the false wall right away. Wasted so much time on that in my first play through

[@alanbuckheitjr.5280]

Poo... I, like you, have unfairly deemed this game as unplayable as a child and never looked back but you have inspired me to seek out and find this game for a revisit, found it for for $5.00, and I have finally beat this game and enjoyed every second of it! Looking forward to the rest of the playthrough! GG & GL! ✌🤟

[@malifex9922]

I love how all of the towns are later used as names in Ocarina of Time. We've seen Ruto, Rauru, Mido, Nabooru, and Darunia mentioned now.

[@bulbasaur15]

#001 Which begs the question. Who is Kasuto?

[@xdecatron2985]

Since this game takes place later in the timeline, I like to think the towns were named in honor of the legendary sages. Not sure why they named a town after Mido though...

[@Tigerwyld]

@@xdecatron2985 his legendary cock blocking skills :p

[@joseespartamarin9174]

Also Saria.

[@jasonball3496]

Continually blown away by how you've managed to stumble accidentally onto every collectible and secret in the game.

[@GrandPOOBear]

Small map and I love secrets. Not that much area to cover. I just walk over every square.

[@jasonball3496]

@@GrandPOOBear That makes sense. When I played the game, I was really stupid and impatient and just wanted to get through it, and was also bad at the game, so it just seems like magic to me how you find everything so smoothly. Your enjoyment of it has made me want to revisit it! Great gameplay videos.

[@xdecatron2985]

I got this game for Christmas when I was 5 or 6 years old. It was probably the hardest game I had, but I loved it because I'd never seen anything like it. It was so hard, I never beat it on the NES and didn't even really try when I got it in the LOZ Collector's Edition on the GC. Skip forward to about three years ago or so. Finally made myself beat it. Not gonna lie, it was one of those moments that make you feel like you leveled up in your manhood. Glad you're finally having that moment too, Poo.

[@jdspencer60]

It's the River Devil, not a spider lol - the one the towns people were talking about hating noise

[@GrandPOOBear]

Ahhhhh

[@YoutubeAccount5]

This might be my favorite series that you've done. Not to take away from the hot gameplay from your other vids, but I HATED this game as a kid and I am loving seeing you beat it. It's filling that last Zelda shaped piece in my heart.

[@hankable1]

Barbarian did a blind play through of this game too, check that out. He also liked the game, damn the haters.

[@GrandPOOBear]

Thanks!

[@doopness785]

This is one of the best games the the NES has to offer. I don’t understand how it gets hate.

[@TTULangGenius]

With regards to “Would people like this game more if it didn’t have Zelda in the title.” I think it was Barb who said that Nintendo was experimenting with what direction to take the franchise, and that it was good for them to experiment like they did with the sequel. That said, I hated that this game kicked my ass when I was younger, but Barb playing it inspired me to replay it on my NES Classic. I beat it legitly and it felt so damn good. I’m enjoying your playthrough.

[@onemillionbc6006]

I think that's exactly right. I definitely think that this wasn't the right direction for the series to go as a whole , but it's awesome to have something that's Zelda, and a little different. Majora's Mask is kinda the same for me.

[@williamferguson8543]

GPB or anyone should play Battle of Olympus on NES if you want the Zelda 2 experience to continue. The game elements are SO similar minus the random walking around on overmap.

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

Im enjoying it because of a how much of a noob he is. When I play the game it's SO efficient that it's barely even fun anymore. You know when to grind, when to take on a palace, stuff like abusing the red potions at the beginning (and he doesn't even know to reset if it's an enemy) and maximizing XP gains from crystals.

[@spangly_J]

Thank you so much for this series.

[@onemillionbc6006]

Yeah, i was really excited that the game turned out to be one I'm excited to try after having written it off so far.

[@mr.cook5]

@@onemillionbc6006 personally I think it's super boring to play after a the first few palaces (becomes increasingly repetitive and cryptic which just isn't for me cus I'm not a great gamer) but I'm digging watching this series for sure. hope you enjoy it tho!

[@thenateman27]

I wish poo would notice the town names are the sages names from OoT. Partially so he's like, oh cool, but mostly so he stops butchering them, lol.

[@GrandPOOBear]

You think I wouldn’t butcher names? My sweet summer child. (Side note I have no idea how to pronounce nearly anything in Zelda despite playing nearly every title in the series

[@thenateman27]

@@GrandPOOBear goddamn it poo, lol

[@Something_Sharp]

Grand POOBear At least there isn’t a village named Bethesda

[@jerryhook5906]

Further evidence that Zelda and Mario take place in the same universe: Wiz Robes are Magi-Koopas.

[@doopness785]

In the the Gameboy Zelda you can stomp on Goombas

[@josephD32]

36:20 Poo: "This boss is not that hard." Winston Zeddemore: "We have the tools, we have the talent!" Peter Venkman: "It's Miller Time!"

[@copperdove056]

Haha!! Giving the thirsty girl a drink makes your sword shoot fire!! So good poo!!

[@HYENA_art_magazine]

This Zelda 2 series was awesome to watch. Its SUPER refreshing to hear your take/reactions on a a blind playthrough.

[@mklip2001]

Orange hags in palace 5 are 200 xp apiece. If you have some patience with their spawns, they are super convenient :-) But my main grinding technique was to fight in the grass areas just after the raft, casting Fire to kill spiders for 50 xp each. Then you refill magic in Nabooru and do it again.

[@derekstratton9699]

9 ad breaks? Get that grind Poo! Love these Zelda 2 uploads. See you in SMM2

[@GrandPOOBear]

That has to be a yt issue cause I wouldn’t put in 9 haha

[@wknight8111]

The island palace is one of the most cryptic parts of the game. First, you need to go to some random tile on the maze island and find the child, then you need to go back to darunia for reflect, then you need to jump into a random chimney (that nobody tells you about) to get up-stab, then you need to complete the palace. Plus there's that random "false wall" that you need to learn to just jump through.

[@jaydenthiriot9946]

I started playing along with you Poo! I never even thought about playing Zelda 2 since it wasn't anything like the first (my fav) but seeing you play it made me give it another shot. This game is way harder when you're the one actually playing it so I take back my silent backseat gaming from behind my laptop...

[@redmoonbloodmoon3161]

late comment: wow... you can horizontal slice those vertical breakable blocks (that had the key above them)... new/alternative trick for a speed run, if you need to save mana or don't have enough mana for fairy spell

[@jinxhead4182]

My wife keeps screaming at the enemies when watching as she really mastered this game and hates the RNG involved in some. We are having a lot of fun with your playthrough! And she finds your timing amazing!

[@Bookworm159]

I'm genuinely shocked that you managed to figure all of these cryptic hints out. Kudos to you.

[@kodytiffany5686]

Thank you for showing why saving the child first is worth the frustration of going through that Maze first.

[@rodneylives]

It's interesting to see how people react to a hard block like Carrock (the boss Wizzrobe) when they don't have the means to negate it. There were probably some kids back in the day who gave up right there.

[@pjcollects]

It's incredibly satisfying to watch you play, struggle, figure out this game, and get better. It's made me want to go back and play it so badly, I just started a new game!

[@jonbull7363]

I agree with what you said. As a kid I never enjoyed this game, but I’m really enjoying watching you play it. I might have to go back.

[@nordlead3296]

When we were kids, we made giant maps out of paper of all of the palaces. I was 5 when I got this, and still remember my brother getting the "0" powered sword (game bugged out) that was OP. None of us legitimately beat the game as kids.

[@Jolpe]

I LOVE the Wizzrobes in Wind Waker though, Poo.

[@DIProgan]

It's really entertaining to see someone go through this game that was my bread and butter thirty years ago and to do it fresh.

[@briankarcher4418]

Somehow it makes me feel better when a Mario master is falling into holes in this game.

[@zombiecrusher1100]

You're right. Using fairy to go through doors isn't a glitch. It's part of the use of that magic. And this is a great game. One of my favorite Zelda games.

[@BojackUnb0und]

I find that the 2 biggest things that make this game so much better are the downstab and when you figure out you can kill the Iron Knuckles (as well as other enemies) but jump stabbing them on the top of the head.

[@AlmarAZL9S]

I'm enjoying this series since I never heard or played this game back then so thanks Grand POOBear.

[@Nick-jb4xi]

"How can it be a glitch if it's in the game?" -Poo Uh.... that's where glitches are. If it's not in the game, wtf is it? A thing that doesn't exist. Also, if you had a key as a faerie, you'd use it, like at 27:32. Proves the point. "Shit!" LOL. Great series!

[@lordceno948]

You could avoid using the key by flying above or below the keyhole.

[@1ButtonDash]

with all the zelda remakes happening, they gotta do a remake of this. would be epic

[@doopness785]

I’d love remakes of the NES zeldas

[@MrBrackenfur12]

I love seeing you discover new things in this game and ignore obvious things like walking over rivers with your boots lol

[@Guil118]

Oh yes! My "work" day is now complete!

[@maxastro]

OMG. The two most obscure, impossible puzzles in the entire game - New Kasuto and the secret at edge of town - two puzzles that are infamous for *ending games* out of sheer frustration... and Poo just instantly figures them out. But he gets the boots and *literally never* realizes that he can walk on the river to skip the maze. WTF. XD

[@rodneylives]

Finding the town of New Kasuto is an infamous Guide Dang It in Zelda II.

[@Lamentations333]

Never noticed playing Ocarina as a kid that the sages had the same names as a lot of these towns. Cool realization over 20 years later.

[@bryanhaynes3764]

The good ole box graphic days. Makes you appreciate the advances in tech over the years.

[@KevinFerrellTheOneAndOnly]

I butt clench hardcore in basically every fight he gets in

[@johnmager9364]

the explanation for the fairy thing is that you become small enough to fit through the keyholes. it is intended, and is not a glitch.

[@mzxrules]

yea iirc it's even explained in the manual. amusingly, it doesn't work on the PAL version of the game

[@SladeDemesne]

Holy shit... fairy through the locked door.... new to me. The whole time, though, I was like ok, he is gonna leave and go get his upward thrust, find the boy and get reflect, lol... I remember getting here without those and getting pissed I couldn't kill the boss.

[@Night-Jester]

Just started and Poo is already quenching the thirst of all the local thirsty girls. Poo's going town to town setting up franchises. This is why red bull said you have a daughter they know...they know about all the hidden kids you have.

[@damsonrhea]

The Devil doesn't like noise, hence the whistle getting rid of monsters on the map.

[@MinqTheSkinner]

I appreciate you playing this. It almost makes me want to give this a shot again. I also hated it as a kid.

[@danielkirienko1701]

LOL. "That bubble would have murdered me."

[@UgatoSA]

Have to offer a correction sir. You don't go for the thirsty girl that invites you inside because you brought her some water. You end up in the basement with an old man and your sword starts shooting fire

[@catchifyoucan232]

I've played this game countless times, first beat it in elementary school, and I never knew that you can fairy through a locked door, wow.

[@DinoJoshsaur]

19:25 I died with you 🤣🤣🤣

[@samlay9588]

God damn, Poo! You play this game like an intelligent human being! I'm so proud of you. Watching so many other people not know anything because they didn't read stuff, or even talk to anyone was SO FRUSTRATING! Thank you so much for showing the best aspects of my favorite Zelda game.

[@Vintopolis8616]

Chat should have been screaming stop at the wizard fight

[@Vintopolis8616]

Before the reflect spell

[@Vintopolis8616]

The scorpion is vulnerable when the eye is open

[@chymera1221]

Just want to say that I am really enjoying this play through.

[@UltimatePartyBear]

It's been a lot of fun watching you validate my opinion of my first Zelda! How'd you figure out you could enter a chimney? That moment isn't shown in this video. I don't really think the game over is all that punishing, personally, since progressing by finding items unlocks so much of the world. It mostly sucks before you get the hammer, but then the hammer makes getting back to palaces 2 and 3 pretty quick. The boots let you skip the cave and maze to return to palace 4, and you can get to palace 5 from the start with only one random encounter to dodge. The raft and flute are each used to open paths that take like a minute to return to. Past the river devil, I admit there's a lot of crap it would be nice if you could skip.

[@Croxxo]

35:10 you got the upair downair and i have a bone... with this series😜🤗

[@DavidStavis]

It's kinda like Dark Souls. If you get a game over, you lose all your souls and go back to the beginning. You have to bait enemies. It's got looping level design with shortcuts. It's got a lot in common.

[@NastyMuckSpread]

A classic. Hopefully your videos on this game change peoples mind.

[@bariyou]

A dark nut is what you get when you have an iron knuckle

[@hurkyl1560]

It looked like the fire was briefly stunning the palace 5 boss. I wonder if that could be the basis of a safe strat?

[@TR-cy5fg]

This makes me so happy:) Love this series of videos.

[@swordguy8]

When you get magic, even your video gets seizures.

[@taragwendolyn]

Fairy's not a glitch. :) It's working as intended... the counterpoint is how much magic it uses.

[@nobodyimportant2470]

Another counter point is that the worst jump in the game can't be skipped with it. Invisible pit with a breakable wall on the other side so you need a sword.

[@SFMExtraordinare]

1:46 pooGasm might exist but I think pooHorny needs to be an emote just for comments like this

[@pvolt7]

one of my fave games, but fairy thru the locked door was just shocking

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

Good music... you guys should check out the "What if Zelda 2 had Lyrics" by Brentalfloss.

[@pyredynasty]

I have played through this game a million times and I never knew you could skip doors with the fairy. My world id blown.

[@doopness785]

Yep nice little secret put in by the developers.

[@anthonylakich1727]

FASTIST WAY TO BEAT the GREEN CASTLE BOSS....you use fire to push the boss off screen then stab when the boss comes a bit back on screen.

[@DjAether8]

You had your own strategy guide in the chat bro. Shouldve beat it like I did back in the day lol

[@MasterHigure]

The one town name Poo pronounces properly is the one which isn't an OoT sage.

[@swiftarino4096]

I hate you so much. Now I feel like I'm obligated to go back and try this game out LOL! Loving the series so far man! :)

[@absolutumdominiumx]

The game over mechanic alone is the reason I'll never attempt to play this game again. Good game, but casually that continue system is triggering.

[@swiftarino4096]

@@absolutumdominiumx it's definitely triggering but I find its easy to get back from where you were with shortcuts slowly opening. I can see it being a problem for others though

[@tzisorey]

35:40 - Is that not the type of water you're able to walk on? To bypass the majority of the maze?

[@alvarostockle]

I'm really digging this series.

[@Jerkwad152]

LMAO @ the Wilhelm scream!

[@GamingJoey]

The area after the spider is where I gave up as a kid... Btw, I expect to see you play this game with the PowerGlove next! :P

[@Vintopolis8616]

How does a boy know that theres a hole in the palace that can be jumped in?!! 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@CesarCordova]

Legends?

[@SavageGreywolf]

I'm a little disappointed Poo didn't make 'fuck the KKK' jokes when the Wizzrobes showed up like Barb did

[@TC_Turn_n_Burn]

Cup head is coming to the switch... how does this make you feel??

[@okfoxtrot]

The girl was thirsty. You quenched her thirst so she invited you over. Now your sword shoots fire?... What is this game about again?

[@RynLikeTin]

14:23 GOD. GAMER.

[@cardboardu6019]

To the person in chat who asked if the lost kid was the knight's child, that knight took a solemn vow to father no children, get in the game bro

[@pacojerteunchingo]

Looks like I'm taking my old NES out of my old rooms at parents house and playing Link 2!!

[@Jj-bt7cx]

I haven't played or heard of link 2 yet... Is it good?

[@WestonEvans]

Bro I’m loving these videos

[@Klassiekertje]

Been meaning to say this, but love the new video intro!

[@roracle]

So I watch watching this, and almost every question you have was excruciating to listen to. The reason you had so much trouble was due to a simple reality: Before computers were super powerful, in order to save space on game size, anything you would have in a tutorial today would be in the printed instruction manual. Almost EVERYTHING you had difficulty with is explained in the manual. Remember this in future NES games. Read the manual first, THEN play the game. Try to find a PDF if you can, because the manual had images to help correlate what you encounter in game.

[@nonewmsgs]

I beat it as a kid but I did call the 206 help line number.

[@romoso9595]

New speed strat, just clip

[@mncdssctn9110]

I’m still on the fence if door fairying is intended or a glitch. It would make sense that small insects can go through the keyhole, but at the same time, you cannot do it in some versions of the game.

[@hankable1]

its a trade off. One of the times he used fairy it drained his mana pool and he gamed over because of it.

[@mncdssctn9110]

froo It makes sense for it to be intended, yes, because sometimes it’s better to pick up a key than to use magic to go through, but in some versions of the game, door fairying isn’t possible.

[@kaner12341]

Really enjoying this play through

[@GatorMH]

Loving the series bro!!

[@Z3ROR]

Would be cool if Nintendo remastered this game to today standards (without making it easier, only more convenient).

[@lucasgrooters23]

cant help but think about the super smash bros temple theme

[@Zander10102]

...what did you think fairy was for then?

[@michaellada9871]

Can Barb make a Grand POOBear dedicated ROM hack of this game?

[@ExiledBowser]

magic 8 will reduce thunder to 64 (half of 8 bars)

[@muffntheB]

keep off the bridges, you gots da boots now

[@jonhconquest1334]

I love this series

[@rdc501]

How are you had at this game lol. You straight up run face first into flying maces, arrows, etc.