Legend of Zelda Thread

@Beau Skunky
 
Something like that, yes.

@Jarkes  
Oddly, Darknuts and Iron knuckles have never even appeared in the same game.

@Shepherd  
Also, they should completely drop the whole “Weapon durability” gimmick.

@Beau Skunky
 
Yaa let’s bring them back. and add Lance ones.
 
@09MurphyM
 
Or at least give us one invincible one.

Fun Fact: In the Japanese version of the Adventure of Link, Gooma did not appear at all. Instead, Helmethead appeared in two different dungeons.

@09MurphyM
 
I thought it was Horsehead that appeared twice, with the second one being replaced by Gooma.

@Jarkes  
No, it was Helmethead who had two appearances.

@09MurphyM
 
I see.

@Jarkes  
I’d imagine Nintendo of America probably had it’s reasons for doing so in the first place, like not wanting the player to fight the same boss twice and decided to use Gooma instead.

@09MurphyM  
@09MurphyM  
Zelda 2 is probably one of the few rare cases where the American version of the game is better then the Japanese version. From the multi-colored dungeons, (they were almost all the same color in the Japanese version) to the new bosses.  
The only unimprovement is requiring the fire attack to kill some enemies like Tektites, but on the other hand, it gives the power a reason to exist.
 
Oddly, despite the Famicom Disk System, having better sound quality, the music was actually better in the American NES version. The boss music was shorter, and repeated the same few notes too much for example. The Japanese battle stage theme is pretty good though, and was reused in “Minish Cap.” (Though, the American one is catchy too.)
 
While the Nintendo Switch’s current online subscription service has proved quite controversial, especially for those that feel NES games aren’t good compensation for it, interestingly, fans have discovered a way (without hacking, or anything technical) to play the Japanese Famicom versions of the games, making this the first time the Japanese versions were officially available to American gamers.

@Beau Skunky
 
Where did Minish Cap reuse that battle theme?
 
Also, Barba/Volvagia’s sprite is actually animated and bigger in the American version.
 
The Game Over screen is also different in the Japanese version. I forgot what the difference in text was, but aside from that it’s just a black screen with the sound of a dragon roaring.
 
Personally, part of what always turned me off from Zelda II was the fact that so many enemies in the game can steal your experience points, even early on. Heck, some enemies that don’t steal EXP in the Japanese version do steal EXP in the American version.

Worth noting that Horsehead and Helmethead are now officially known as “Mazura” and “Jermafenser”, their Japanese names, thanks to those names appearing in more recent material like the Art and Artifacts book and the Zelda Encyclopedia that was released recently.
 
Volvagia is also still referred to as “Barba” in Art and Artifacts, though the Vovalgia name is reference in the Encyclopedia.

@Jarkes  
Granted, the Encyclopedia was printed in Japanese originally, (translated by Dark Horse) so it doesn’t regard the American names, and such much. It did regard the Game & Watch Zelda game which was apparently only released in America according to the book. It even shows the “Nintendo Mini Classics” keychain remake of the Zelda G&W game.
 
@Jarkes  
The Japanese battle theme from Zelda 2 appears in Minish Cap in a few moments when Link is trapped in an area, and has to beat all the enemies to open the way.
 
Sense they’re pretty easy to beat, (like the tinsuit wolf soilders) I wasn’t that bothered by them, but those flying fish things are a pain, until you get used to their patterns, or learn the downward/upward sword thrust moves.
 
Zelda 2 actually gets easier later in the game, and getting EXP points wasn’t too much of an issue to me. You even automatically level up, whenever you beat a dungeon/temple.

@Beau Skunky
 
Oh, that’s what that music was? I never even realized that.

@Jarkes  
I didn’t notice it at first either, sense the Japanese version of the theme is so different from the American one.
 
Zelda 2 actually has cool music (by “Hip” Tanaka, the composer of the Dr. Mario, Balloon Fight themes, and such) shame they usually don’t reuse or remix it.

So, one question I never asked, who are you guys’ favorites bosses?
 
Mine personally are Molgera, Argorok and Koloktos. Especially Koloktos because of the music and the motion controls. Made it so epic!

@nooby  
Aw, don’t make me choose. There’s too many.

@Beau Skunky
 
The Temple music gets reused in Streetpass Shadow Link fights in A Link Between Worlds. Shame that it’s almost impossible to get lots of Streetpasses for it unless you live somewhere like Japan. Especially nowadays.
 
I used to be able to get quite a bit of Streetpasses when I was in college, but after that I didn’t really have anywhere else to do that.

@Jarkes  
You know you can listen to the song online, right?

@Jarkes  
You can actually get alot of streetpasses from places like Mcdonald’s, and Home Depot. Especially, sense the streetpass data stays on their Wi-Fi systems for at least a week. I’ve gotten lots of streetpasses that way. I oddly once got one in a hospital too.

@Beau Skunky  
Actually, McDonald’s shut down the relay system in March.

@Minshi Woods
 
Yeah, I know, but it still sucks that the Streetpasses are so hard to do.

@Jarkes  
Maybe stop focusing on getting StreetPass tags and just have fun with the rest of the game?

@Minshi Woods
 
Oh, that’s what I usually do anyway. In fact, these days when I start a new file I don’t even bother talking to Gramps to set up the Streetpass.

I could live to be 100 and still be bad at deflecting Guardian lasers with my shield alone.