VGChartz`s Evan Norris: `Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is not a bad game. Looking backward, it`s an unusual, atypical item in the series, sure, but I`d argue that its side-scrolling action, tactical combat, and role-playing mechanicsall things that make it aberrant compared to the greats of the franchisemake it worth playing. There are inventive, gratifying encounters and events in Zelda II that simply cannot be found elsewhere in the Zelda canon. It`s not an issue, then, that Shigeru Miyamoto and company embraced new perspectives and systems for this sequel. It`s an issue, however, that Miyamoto-san and the team he assembled for this gamea development crew different from the one that turned out its brilliant precursorcommitted a few too many unforced errors in its design phase. Zelda II might not a bad game, but it is a flawed one.`
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