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I think Zelda II divides a certain group of Zelda fans, not all of them. The jump from top-down to side-scrolling is contentious, apparently. The level of difficulty is also a turn-off for some, probably popularized as a negative thanks to game critics (AVGN). I have not played it, so I have no opinion. At the very least, it gave us "I AM ERROR", so it can't be bad at all.

(04-04-2018, 11:57 PM)Admentus Wrote: [ -> ]I don't count the CDI Philips Zelda games... Those should be illegally banned. Never played them through... And never will...

I count them as Zelda games. It's karma, retribution if you will, for Nintendo snubbing Sony on the original SNES CD/Playstation project /s

I do think Sony felt a bit of schadenfreude when they saw Nintendo experimenting with CDs and all they got were 3 crappy Zelda "games" and a somewhat okay Mario puzzle game.

Zelda II is a really weird game for the series, made even weirder by the fact that it was absolutely nothing like the first game; it's almost never a good idea to completely change the formula for your second game ever, especially when the first one made such a good impression. I personally don't think Zelda II is too much harder than the original Zelda, maybe comparable to the 2nd quest. But I would understand if someone said they didn't like it just because it's so different, and although I said I don't think it's much harder than the first Zelda, it is definitely still hard.