For the longest time, I was not a big fan of this game.  I think I was disappointed that it wasn't an overhead view adventure like the first 1.  I think this motivates a lot of the Zelda two hate out there.  however, I think when this game is judged for what it is and looked at with eyes unclouded by hate, it's a pretty amazing game.this Nintendo games is a sequel to the genre defining The Legend of Zelda. In the first game you explore overhead viewed world wandering the wilderness finding the eight Triforce bits.  in the sequel, links girlfriend is suffering from this sleeping sickness put on her back again and I think and similarly you must explore the world from an overhead perspective and visit various pounds to speak with wise men and up and sword masters and upgrade your skills and magical powers. The big difference this time around is that all the action is viewed from a side-scrolling perspective and in the various dungeons exploration is made possible with elevators helping to add branching paths and confusion to the dungeons and the navigating thereof. Also new is a system that allows forleveling up in 3 main areas, how attack power and magicalNess.  the leveling up system is very well done and gives a sense of hope if you ever get to apartments too difficult, because you can always just level up your character.

Graphics 9:  the graphics are simply amazing for a game of this time.  The overhead map is functional, there is a wide range of interesting environments to explore, but where the game shines most is the character and enemy graphics and animations, particularly the main character.  This game takes a game like prince of persia and says pshaw!  THIS is how you animate a videogame character.   He moves super smooth, his attack animation is quick, convincing and super functional, and over the course of the game he continually gains impressive new techniques that make u wonder how u ever survived without em.  Overall, the graphics and animations create some of the best animated people and critters ever in a Zelda game and set the stage for some of the best swordfighting in the Zelda series (or any game from this era or the next).

Sound 8: in fine zelda fashion, the theme song played while wandering the map is very catchy and memorable, though the jangling high notes are a tad obnoxious.  Lol.  The title screen music is great.  Overall the music is solid and the sound effects are great too, a particular standout being ganon pig's creepy laugh when you get game over.  It sounds like the laugh bald bull does when he knocks you out. Good stuff. Speaking of the awesome music, I know how to play the title screen song theme song sing on the piano!!! Music has to be pretty good if you will learn how to play it on the piano, that's all I'm saying.

Addictiveness /depth:  8/9.  This game is crazy deep.going from town to town and learning new magical spells all while leveling up and exploring every nook and cranny of the vast overworld finding heart containers and magic potionsand learning new sword techniques from the sword teachers all adds up to a pretty crazy deep experience. I graded down addictiveness 1.2 an 8, because while getting to the end of the quest could become an obsession for some people, the way grinding for experience points can become a bit of a chore if you get sucked into the temptation of scamming the system and also the difficulty that sometimessap the fun out of the pita temps to get to some of the check your dungeon there box bites the crazy heart, I mean the difficulty can take the edge off your addiction.

Difficulty :  10.  Crazy hard.  There are these sword fights where, if the enemy blocks high or low, you do no damage, and since the computer can change block heights instantly and with crazy speed of light reactions, I swear it cheats!!  Some of these dudes can be killed with a jumping strike to the face, but still I swear it's insanely difficult and frustrating sometimes. Add to that certain enemies who just seem crazy overpowered and vicious and it adds up to and at times very difficult and frustrating game. I award this game the dubious honor of a score in 10 for difficulty, proceed at your own risk, my brave little pilgrim.

Story 9:   great story! The whole sleeping beauty thing where is no that is sitting right there at the beginning of the game and you get to see her every time you get a game over after continue right from Zelda, it's a great twist on the old rescue the princess formula turning the thing on its head. Brilliance! Also the fact that there's a town and little French quests every neighborhood of the kingdom or whatever and the fact that baby you know you old wise man don't see you unless you go get a trophy or rescue someone kid, it adds up to a pretty cool story. The only thing that's missing in my opinion is like love triangles or drama or maybe some kind of dating sim mixed in, the way he gets invited into ladies apartments to get his health raised is a little bit Grand Theft Auto ask in that you know it's a little bit the game but it doesn't really add to that like drama like they could maybe throw in some anime-style cutscenes we're like link is getting broken up with her you know it could be could be f up the story in my humble opinion. So I docked it down to a nine from a 10 so there you go.

there you have it. That's my review, I think after reading this review you will agree that this game is crazy underrated, and you'll be inspired to play it here on visit and just be overcome with joy at how amazing it is it will probably cause you to lose sleep because you'll be just shaking with the joy of playing this amazing game. You're welcome!