Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is a sequal to the game The Legend of Zelda. The game is very much different to The Legend of Zelda, or any other Zelda game. It features a more RPG style game, and was mainly a sidescroller, which the first one was not. Many of the fans don't care for this game as much as others on the account of the diffrent elements of gameplay, though Electronic Gaming Monthly put the game in there top 200 games of all time, as did Nintendo Power.

One reason why this game did become popular though, is that many of it's mechanics are used in current Zelda Games. Items that appeared in Zelda 2 were put into current Zelda games, such as the hammer that is used to destroy paths and enemies. Also, 2 bosses have most likely inspired enemies in other Zelda games such as Ocarina's Volvagia, and 4 Sword's Shadow Link.