Sidescrolling Zelda Deserves Another Shot

**Kugyince** · 04-19-2010, 06:19 PM

The original Legend of Zelda was praised for being revolutionary and even today it remains a significant milestone in gaming. That is something that we've all heard, perhaps too often. The Legend of Zelda was so out there in its time because it was such a step forward from the stock-standard sidescrolling games of the time. It was an adventure game across an open overworld. Players could explore any compass direction, not just a linear path. The classic received its share of criticism, as is justly due to something out of the ordinary, but was well received by players overall. Why then did Nintendo revert back to sidescrolling for its sequel, The Adventure of Link?

The Adventure of Link is commonly referred to as the odd one out, or the black sheep of the series, though such a term is socially unacceptable these days. With the criticisms received by the first Zelda game, coupled with the creator's worries that players would find the open world too hard, the developers reverted back to sidescrolling for this release. While the overworld of The Adventure of Link remained to be an 'open world', the caves, palaces and enemy encounters were all played out in sidescrolling. At the very least The Adventure of Link proved that sidescrolling can be as hard as games come, and while it has a strong fanbase today, it isn't absurd to call the second Zelda entry a complete flop. Today, well, I think sidescrolling Zelda deserves another shot.

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**samejamesbond** · 04-19-2010, 06:22 PM

We did get another Zelda sidescroller:

**DrunkN** · 04-19-2010, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by samejamesbond

We did get another Zelda sidescroller:

That game wasn't developed by Nintendo though. It was unsuccessful for obvious reasons.

**samejamesbond** · 04-19-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by drunkninja

That game wasn't developed by Nintendo though. It was unsuccessful for obvious reasons.

It's still a sidescroller. (One that no warrior would strive for.)

**Seahawk** · 04-19-2010, 08:47 PM

I say they should give it a shot, Zelda II was a good game, and the short sidescroller sequences in Link's Awakening and the Oracle game were good =).

**DrunkN** · 04-20-2010, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by samejamesbond

It's still a sidescroller.

You missed the point.

It isn't faithful to Zelda(atmospherical or gameplaywise), all of that feeling of fast paced adventuring is nearly stripped, there are few cryptic secrets or hints, and it had nothing to do with Nintendo.

It's not a Zelda game. It's something else entirely.

**TrakMastaTom** · 04-20-2010, 04:07 AM

I've been playing through Wonder Boy in Monster World again, and it reminds me of a knock off side scrolling Zelda. And it is awesome. So an awesome Zelda side scroller can't be that hard to pull off. Then again, it probably couldn't be better than Wonder Boy. So I'll just play Wonder Boy.

**Mareeps** · 04-20-2010, 07:02 AM

One things for sure, if they made a new sidescrolling zelda, a map would be mandatory. I can't tell you how annoying it is to spend 15 minutes in the great palace going the wrong way.

**Slime Slayer** · 04-20-2010, 08:23 AM

An upgrade similar to the boy and his blob upgrade would be cool, maybe throw in a few new skills and magic but keep it close to the original. That would be a launch day title I would buy.

**Kugyince** · 04-20-2010, 08:28 AM

New side scrolling Zelda for the 3DS?

**Slime Slayer** · 04-20-2010, 09:12 AM

Sounds like a good game, how do you picture the 3d being implemented?

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Besides looking up links tunic I mean.

**Kugyince** · 04-20-2010, 04:53 PM

Couldn't possibly fathom what would be lurking in Miyamoto's head.

**Kong** · 04-20-2010, 07:50 PM

I never played Zelda 2. But the Monster Land series was awesome.

Anyone played both Zelda 2 and Golvellius Valley of Doom? I think they are similar but like I said I haven't played Zelda 2.

**Billy Hoyle** · 04-20-2010, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by samejamesbond

We did get another Zelda sidescroller:

Sorry, but what game are we referring to here?

**samejamesbond** · 04-20-2010, 09:48 PM

These attrocities:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibK0Nj0sjyU&feature=related]YouTube - All Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon Cutscenes[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4SLjLen7-c&feature=related]YouTube - All Link: The Faces of Evil Cutscenes[/ame]

And the worst Mario game ever made:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8p0JKL1Y9Y&feature=related]YouTube - All Hotel Mario Cutscenes[/ame]

**ZedIsDead** · 04-21-2010, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Kong

I never played Zelda 2. But the Monster Land series was awesome.

Anyone played both Zelda 2 and Golvellius Valley of Doom? I think they are similar but like I said I haven't played Zelda 2.

I played Golvellius once. However, I don't remember it all that well. I disliked it for some reason. It seemed somewhat similar, at least.

I think a better example of a Zelda II knockoff would be Retro Uprising - Arcade - Battle of Olympus, The