Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link by Error72 in

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[@BaufenBeast]

In case you're wondering, the bird knight things are called "fokkas." I figure that the blue ones are the mothers.

[@randomjive7310]

BaufenBeast lmao

[@henrygutierrez3243]

@@johnnyace2287 Yep. The "Spicy Chickens" are actually called Fokkeru.

[@StormyTideSage]

Word

[@yellowlemonPenguin]

I always pronounced it "foe-cause" with emphasis on the 'ka' part to mask how it sounds bad.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

All I have to say to those things is "Fokka You!"

[@Baboonballs]

I like how the game gives you a preview of the final boss after you beat each dungeons boss by showing Link's shadow while the boss dies and the screen flashes. It's the only time you see his shadow as well, I think, besides the end of the game.

[@fieryfist3150]

I never even noticed that until you pointed that out, good catch!

[@Anonymous8421]

You do during the fall screen transitions too

[@WereDictionary]

I like that a game that came out a good three decades ago can still evoke this much joy and happiness. ^^

[@scotthartley5548]

The Death Mountain warp is crazy!! Ive played this game for nearly 30 years and never figured that one out. Definately adds a new challenge to it. Great run Error72!

[@gideonbowman2689]

You all make it look so easy. Thank you for all your time invested.

[@AceAileron]

I've always loved this game and never get tired of watching someone destroy it - such an awesome run. One thing about this game is that I'm always surprised it never get its due credit for being the game that really revolutionized the "New Game +".

[@betterinsodapop]

Great playing and explanation by ERROR72. Really enjoyed it.

[@georgebarbosa9893]

I am Error...😊😆

[@ReverendTed]

Great run and good explanations! The only thing I didn't get explained was what characterizes a "No Scroll Lock" run.

[@andywarda1481]

Nothing short of just mind blowing. I thought i knew this game like the back of my hand but i have been shown I have much to learn. Never dared to play through with no candle.

[@markmassey7916]

I always look forward to a Feasel Zelda II run. Have to say it was cool to have him on the couch while Error72 ran an amazing game.

[@Billo1281]

Just beat this game yesterday after 20+ years. Zelda 2 is such an awesome damn game! Play it now and beat it! It is such an awesome feeling, taking this beast down!

[@BJGvideos]

Billo1281 I saw the parrot in your icon and had to check you out Make more Paco videos!

[@owenwalker1774]

This game gave me serious problems as a kid. I beat this game for the first time a couple months ago. Well worth the work!

[@GuiDaFunkyMan]

In my opinion Zelda 2 is the best Zelda ever. I don't understand why Nintendo didn't try to use back its concept. Maybe because it's the most difficult opus and doesn't suit to Nintendo video games philosophy.

[@mugglebungle]

i just bought a new fancy gameboy and am working on getting the hammer.... I'm so stoked.... Never owned this game, but always was around it growing up. Lagged too much when i tried to play it in an emulator.... Worth the money. So sick

[@nickred652]

I love how enemies exploded back in the days :)

[@Spock1777]

As a kid I could never figure out how to get the candle so I eventually figured out how to see the enemies feet in the floor, so I was able to get through to the other side. I didn't know that the game had a candle until my friend told me that it he,led for a puzzle and I just look at him and said "what candle?" I was half way through the game at that point.

[@thecoffeeengineer]

You da man

[@GreatHope3-16]

That's great 😊

[@cheezy0893]

just listen to the townspeople

[@tatevisser6314]

14:27 "what happens if you stick your sword above you? mnneeehhh" i fucking died that is like tim and eric level of awkwardness and i love it

[@joeyblowey3460]

I just love how one of the donation comments was "don't while fighting Thunderbird" and the runner guaranteed that wouldn't happen...and finding out why was incredibly amusing

[@joemerkel20]

That Thunderbird skip was epic! Nicely done!

[@ytyt3922]

By far the most difficult game of the Zelda series. A great challenge.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

@Stimulator7 Breath of the Wild can actually be pretty hard, but Zelda 2 still takes the cake.

[@cloroxhammer3289]

Zelda 2 is just a nightmare to play casually, dodging all these enemies, attacking and defending at the right times can get very tiring and getting a game over in it is very easy. Something I never saw in any other Zelda game, and I've beaten all the 2D and 3D Zelda games to know that. Zelda 2 is also a platformer and more RPG-like, so it's very different compared to other Zelda games.

[@breakfaith3031]

@@cloroxhammer3289 I know I'm late, but when you say you've beaten all the Zelda's does that include the CDI titles?

[@tikon2610]

The armoured beam-shooting enemy in the last temple is "fokker" in japanese.

[@robonerd125]

Yooo, i had ZERO clue that THAT song from Smash Bros. was the Zelda 2 Palace theme... i am floored.

[@rockman369]

Man I love playing Zelda II but even more watching people just straight up murder it on speed runs!

[@paleo704]

This was awesome. Great commentary ! Throughly enjoyed. Thank you

[@22DBRUM]

ive had this game for 30 years and havnt beaten it and this guy does it in under an hour

[@garmaggiodominations432]

Same here, bro. I'm using an NES Classic and saving the shit out of my game and still having so much trouble.

[@abhijithravikumar5300]

Garmaggio Dominations Took me three whole days with save scumming to beat the game. The best strategy is to grind exp right at the beginning

[@blarghblargh]

sounds like you didn't buy the strategy guide...

[@garmaggiodominations432]

kavika13 oh I had Nintendo power and all that. I just suck

[@blarghblargh]

@@garmaggiodominations432 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_hard - there's a reason that term exists hehe. I think I had to come back to it 6+ times before I beat it. I never finished SMB 2 (either the Japanese or US version)

[@spencel7035]

I like how in the Zelda you could grind a bit if the enemies were too difficult initially.

[@rubykelly2305]

I remember back in the day training myself to fight Shadow Link straight up. I knew about the corner, but didn't want to use it. It's the same reason I didn't use the kode in Contra

[@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459]

You can cheese Shadow Link exactly like you would cheese Dark Nuts

[@qbradq]

Error72, you are real hero! Love this run, so entertaining.

[@SakayaYT]

This game made me so angry as a little kid, but i still love it. Thanks for destroying it. Awesome run.

[@MaelstromExceptions]

Holy shit, I remember those blue knights, Holy shit does this bring back memories, even clap My f'in two hands and I rarely do that to any game. A+

[@Vistico93]

That big bot scared the crap out of me as a kid the first time I played the Grand Palace

[@kintozero3169]

Me too! It's like the same reaction you get from a horror movie jump scare!

[@bud7707]

I don’t even play Zelda, and I find this entertaining.

[@vintageclassicgamer5707]

Sick run. Love it. Has to be one of the harder games to speed run.

[@lawnboyfreak]

I never knew the fairy could pick up items!

[@mncdssctn9110]

Anything you don’t have to stab to pick up can be picked up as a fairy. So in the North American and European version that means anything except P-bags, keys and magic jars.

[@mresturk9336]

7:46 glitch town is actually a clone of the left side section of the town you learn the fire spell. Though the NPCs that appear in glitch town are different, based on where ever you trigger the warp glitch.

[@adamfrost8417]

"Gannon-dwarf" is funny af

[@MurryScurry]

Just beat this game today on my NES Classic Edition without save states. Such a fulfilling feeling beating this beast of a game!

[@hiimmeurnot]

Really awesome run Error!!

[@algol291]

Always loved the random cemeteries scattered for no reason throughout the game. Is that why the bridge is there to get to Death Mountain? I always thought you needed the letter to give the guy so a bridge appears and you enter Death Mt. from the north. Had no idea that you could get to the River Devil without a raft. These guys must have at least a thousand hours put into this game.

[@Jesus-bs5fl]

The in-game hug was only matched by the hugs on the couch

[@canadianturfsandwich1258]

and underrated Zelda game. I loved it. It as its dark atmosphere. I finally beated it this year on a gameboy advanced. lol

[@Evan-C]

One time I beat the dragon palace without the key only using faeries and my wits. I was seven years old. No KZbin, no guide, no word of mouth. I was the man. Even made it to the final dungeon but couldn't open the door. That was probably the only thing preventing me from beating the game.

[@scagsr301]

Watching this gives me anxiety lol

[@ChairmanMeow1]

I like most all speed runs but I get extra enjoyment out of ones where a game that frustrated me as a kid is obliterated. Makes me feel some sort of revenge lol.

[@c4_murloc782]

Duckfist, Feasel, Sinister1, Klaige, PJ, Mitchflowerpower Off the top of my head, those are all the best runners I remember from when I first started watching speedruns (not to say they dont do GDQ at ALL anymore, just less). Those were the days. Oh! And that dude who ran Super Mario: Lost Levels. I'm sure Im forgetting tons of other cool people too, but oh well, GDQ is full of 'em

[@seluhir8820]

Second best Zelda after LTTP. Fun run to watch.

[@robertanderson2898]

Anyone notice how much Error72 sounds like Harold Ramis ??? It's almost an exact replica.

[@rageman2247]

fun fact. According to speedrun.com/Zelda_II_The_Adventure_of_Link#Any_No_Scroll_Lock this actually beat his PB in this catagory

[@kingkongdeluxeable]

one of the hardest games ever made

[@carbilicon]

This one is the only one I need.

[@brianbernstein3826]

so if he would have beaten the world record if he hadn't been Fokkeru'd over?

[@Nekenieh7]

Awesome run! Great to see Feasel there too.

[@dadbodgamesquad]

This run is legendary.

[@random11]

35:14 A SWEAR WORD A SWEAR WORD!

[@JakeHennett]

One of the few Zelda games that I've never finished.

[@justintahair9119]

its ok i liked playing this one as well its still fun

[@ytyt3922]

Nathaniel NIZARD I call bullshit. Zelda 2 is widely recognized as the most difficult of the series. Or are you some sort of video game prodigy? Or you used game genie?

[@jasonharrington5200]

Yes. I literally came to this comment section just to see if I wasn't the only one who also never finished this game. I remember I just gave up after a few months and accepted I would never beat it, but I still respected it to a degree and occasionally played it. But I have to say, that fact made me dislike this game more than all the others in the series, for obvious reasons. I remember I regarded this game as kind of depressing. I also didn't like the side scrolling action. Well, at least I get to come here now and finally see it done all these years later. Grabbing popcorn now

[@georgebarbosa9893]

Finished it yrs later in my mid 20s. As a child couldmt beat the final boss. Had no Idea after him was shadow link. I escaped with my life with one health bar and jump and slashed him thank god.

[@georgebarbosa9893]

@Brian Paquin Never conquered that beast TMNT hard game couldnt make it 2 Chrome Dome. Couldn't manage my health right. Techno was Hard asf.😠

[@skaterdude7277]

I just watched oney play this, and ihad it on my wiiu. Never knew how in depth you could plan your shit like that. Already thinking like a souls game where i do a vitality/magic/attack only builds, or base stat builds.

[@gsv213able]

I still can tear through this game.got my original nes. Gold cartridge. Still 30 years later can beat it beginning to end. But never this fast.

[@alfredonichlosa1796]

Too bad Nintendo won’t make a 3D Zelda that implements mechanics from this gem. Levelling up, upgrading weapons and needing a candle (lantern, torch) on at all times to make your way thru pitch black caverns sounds awesome. I may be one of only a few people who genuinely enjoyed Tomb of the giants in dark souls.

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

my younger brother got this in the christmas of 89. had tons of fun and i got the first 5 crystals placed but didnt find the hidden palace until i got the game again in late 97(since the game went missing around 91). so i thought the great palace was for the final crystal at the time boy was i wrong then. but i figured it all out and beat the game within a week in 97.

[@Hankola]

Is it possible to fairy past the Great Palace's force field? I tried as a kid but always fell a pixel before getting past.

[@absentehhh8263]

Just beating zelda 2 is an accomplishment

[@mittensfastpaw]

Nice to see this beat because as a kid me and my brother just wrote the game off. We decided that while we could do it that it wasn't fun to do it. So moved onto quite a few other games. Which kinda says something because we'd rather play the first three megamans as kids than this game.

[@bushbasher85]

*Skips Thunderbird* Me in Shelia Broflowski's voice; Wha, wha, WHAT?!?!?!?!?

[@underwaterlevelz1947]

great game, ive always liked zelda 2 more than the original

[@MethosChannel]

It felt like they reUsed sprites/backgrounds for Zelda 2 from Super Mario Bros 3.

[@machoman6969]

Best Zelda ever. Fight me

[@orelas167]

Aww, why couldn't Error meet himself?

[@IXxKINGxXI]

Badass Run!!!

[@thegeekonskates1768]

Holy crap! I had to see this to believe it, and I still don't believe it! When a friend (who's into all the MOBAs and newfangled modern stuff lol) told me speed-runs were a thing, my first thought was, "okay, maybe for Super Mario or Donkey Kong, but not Zelda II!" Now I grew up playing Zelda II and love it, but OMGosh it's fokka brutal! All those iron knuckles (and later fokkas) firing beams like machine guns, all those bots and bubbles and other cheap shots near lava/water, Thunderbird and THEN Dark Link, I could go on and on and on... I love it but nowadays if I decide to pick it up again I know I'm in for a long weekend! I could probably beat it in a weekend, but you just skated by in under an hour! Of course glitches are a big part of that, cuz you definitely skipped some huge chunks of the game, but you still beat the game! Way to go! :) PS: I wonder if it really is pronounced "fah-kah" in Japan (and what it really means) lol

[@noobandfriends2420]

43:37 You can down thrust through him if you aim for his belly. Kills him almost instantly.

[@Puckanm]

man this game seems so ruff and hardcore compared to part 1 no wonder I never got it but now I must PLAY!

[@ryanglaser5336]

And it turns out the makers were ashamed of it...I always liked it better! GOLD!!

[@nimaiiikun]

when did he get the down thrust? he didn't go to that town yet

[@herooftheminish9547]

He did at 14:21

[@codprocamp4690]

If you could get through death mountain then you were on your way to beating the game, for 2 years I couldn't get through death mountain so I paid my friends older brother 5$ to get me through, the rest of the game was basically a piece of cake. Another year later I completed it all from scratch just because buying my way through that part of the game was always stuck in my head bugging me. In opinion one of the greatest Zelda games ever.

[@billclark6688]

Most of what I remember was not getting the gems at the end of the temple until way later... and going to a swamp and using turbo to kill endless enemies to max out....

[@paranoidfrandroid]

"missed the key, RESET"

[@NoName-cz3wn]

Imagine if Zelda I and II had an SNES Zelda All-Stars version

[@FFXI_Addict]

Sean Cone as far as graphic style goes, there is BS Zelda. Part of JP Nintendo satellite game thing they did. It's weird though.

[@timmyjupiter8641]

I wonder what this guy's time would be if not for the "up and A"? The strategy for leveling up would be different as the original pacing of the game is being used. I think I would be more impressed with a "play and react" as opposed to some one who has memorized all the game triggers. But either way this guy is really good and has mastered a classic.

[@mncdssctn9110]

As far as I know, the only no up+a this guy runs is the 100% all keys category. His best time is 76 minutes. But as the name implies, that category requires you to get all keys (door fairying isn’t allowed), all spells and all containers, so naturally it’s a lot slower. The any% no up A category that simpoldood and pro_jn did a race of in another GDQ takes about one hour.

[@mortonscastle5811]

Love this game

[@phixphixation7261]

Blue Fokkers and red Fokkers are the names of the enemies he is not allowed to pronounce, writing them doesn't seem to be a problem though.

[@Supermario0727]

Nice run!

[@truepixelgamer8779]

Wait, there's a Zelda 2 randomizer?

[@MaltaMcMurchy]

That was awesome!

[@baddmatt9588]

The main boss' weapon in the ocean palace is NOT a mace, it is a flail!

[@strohkoenig]

Anyone a lunk to this image with overworld enemy movements based on their relative position to lunk? :o

[@Filiaris1]

That was impressive!!

[@phantasyryder]

52:40 'Spicy Chicken' Fokkeru

[@Spong388]

Really great run, and this Zelda doesnt look so bad like most people refers at it :/

[@lapanthanim]

It's not as hard as some people say.

[@heaintloveu]

The guy playing sounds like Fozzy Bear

[@TitanMorsche]

almost had that hero slime around 27:00 man oh.

[@michaelinks5013]

If I close my eyes the speed runner sounds like Egon Spangler.

[@quantumfoam140]

Michael Inks “Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously, and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.” “Total protonic reversal.”

[@jamesbohnenkamp778]

nice job!

[@Deedlbug]

Awesome run and very informative. Brings back memories.

[@Faben32]

I'm not a speedrunner and I'm really confused as to how he's skipping those encounters as a fairy near the end of the run. I tried to do it myself but I can't figure it out. I would look it up but I'm sure there's a term for what that maneuver is called but I don't know what it is. Can someone explain, please?

[@mncdssctn9110]

They explain how it works at 31:30

[@Frosh007]

is there anyway to do the up + A shortcut in retroarch or another emulator?

[@brettbaratheon9776]

After months and months, and months, of playing this game as an 8/9 year old, then an older one, I finally made it to dark Link. Never beat him. My game crashed on me eventually and I never felt like doing it all over. Shit, I remember having to leave the Nintendo on for days to save it before I knew how to change cart batteries. Now I see this video. Wow, this dude is freaking amazing at this game. It almost makes me angry watching him breeze through this 😎 does the second controller up A work normally or is that a hack??

[@michaelleblanc2885]

This game is the most underrated Zelda. All cuz AVGN made it popular to hate it.

[@mncdssctn9110]

AVGN didn’t hate it, he said he liked it although he recognizes that it has some big flaws.

[@mattojeda1491]

Holy shit, my entire life until somehow I just saw it differently in this video. I always thought link was holding the shield up with his hands. I always thought how stupid it looked and why the hell would he hold the shield like that anyway. For the first time in my life my eyes adjusted in a way to see that it is not his arm holding the shield, it's his sword in his hand. My God how many years I've been blind.

[@mattojeda1491]

@Madame Miau Imagine how I feel. I thought that for over 30 years. Lol

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

Omg, I had to stare at the sprite for a good min to understand what you saw. You thought his sword was his arm, and that he was holding the shield up with two hands gripping its sides?! XD

[@mattojeda1491]

@@TheGoldenDunsparce Now imagine having only seen it that way for over 30 years then to have the realization only a few months ago. Lol.

[@nightsong81]

Wait, what did you think the big round object (his hand) at the base of his sword was? His elbow?

[@RiffRock51]

I AM ERROR

[@1977Eelco]

Amazing :o

[@retropolis1]

In the EU version Nintendo fixed the fairy glitch, so you cannot fly through doors.

[@mncdssctn9110]

Only the B-version. The PAL A-version still had door fairying.

[@skaterdude7277]

I can't believe the only other time nintendo try anything that resembles the depth of this games attack options its skyward sword doing simon says. I don't know enough about the game, but it doesnt look like there are any items compared to other zeldas, but if they combined this level of combat or thought about combat to the utility of the zelda items. Shit would be incredible.

[@scantyer]

Just play dark souls

[@breakfaith3031]

@@scantyer it's not even remotely close to what he's suggesting

[@RoachKai]

The song is the same as Motley Crues "Looks That Kill"

[@garmaggiodominations432]

I know this is older, but can anyone describe in more detail the fairy glitch he used at 31:30 ?

[@lapanthanim]

There is an invisible line at both the beginning and the end of the screen for each regular subarea (so not in palaces) that marks the boundary. The way the game is programmed, if you pass either of those boundaries while going left, you return to the Overworld *before* the square where the area starts, and if you pass them going right, they send you to the next square after in the Overworld. The point is, it doesn't check if you're actually at the beginning or the end; just which direction you're going in. As a fairy, for some reason you can do a couple of one-pixel taps and pass the beginning boundary line to the left without exiting the area. Then you go right at full speed and it "warps" you to the Overworld in the spot you'd be if you'd properly completed the subarea.

[@lilskeet185]

The vector field.