FULL History of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link - Failure, Controversy, Censorship-Game Nerd Legacy

A Complete History of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link documentary from its creation to release. A Failure? Or A Success? Let's Find Out Please subscribe to stay up to date on NEW vids! Watch the Zelda 1 Doc here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNDZCJjx25g&t=607s Follow me on Socials: TwitterX: https://x.com/gamenerdlegacy Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gamenerdlegacy Chapters 0:00 Introduction 2:10 Just Before Zelda 2 3:49 A New Team 9:19 Changing the Gameplay 24:15 Overworld & Towns 29:59 Death Mountain Run 31:21 New Game Plus? 31:47 Bad Load Times 33:02 Story & Lore 33:36 Movie Legend Influence? 35:43 Zelda 2's Opening Story 38:40 Triforce Meaning 39:35 Sleeping Princess 44:33 Magic Sword Return 44:53 Graveyard Easter Eggs 45:22 Towns & Seven Sages 46:13 World Map 47:07 Link on the Zelda Timeline 49:15 The Music 54:43 Japan Release 56:41 Death of Zelda 2's Console 58:58 Miyamoto's Turning Point 1:00:09 Changing the Game for USA 1:15:00 Coming to America 1:20:21 Computer Chip Shortage 1:23:14 The Reviews 1:23:58 Action over RPG 1:24:51 The Canceled Sequel 1:27:21 GameCube Collector's Edition 1:28:28 GBA and Switch versions 1:29:24 Final Thoughts #zeldanintendo #legendofzelda #retrospective Voice Cast: Narrator – Kevin Dowell Story Narrator – Camra Godwin Takashi Tezuka – Eric Keitel Tadashi Sugiyama – Eric Mark Village Woman/Princess Historian – Katie Massey Shigeru Miyamoto – Daniel Shawn Miller Full Sources list here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KFe3ql0SsXlkNH_yf5N535_JJJNtZD12WE4m6EEWSOM/edit?usp=sharing Some Sources and References: Books: “Japan on the Upswing: Why the Bubble Burst and Japan's Economic Renewal” By Yoshiyuki Iwamoto Sheff, David. “Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered The World” Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Cunningham, Andy. The World of Nintendo Book Volume One: A World of Wonder Magazines: Computer Entertainer June 1987 Issue 6-3 page 11 Computer Entertainer Aug. 1987 Issue 6-5 page 1 Computer Entertainer Sept 1987 Issue 6-6 page 9 Computer Entertainer Dec. 1987 Issue 6-9 page 10 Computer Entertainer Jan 1988 Issue 6-10 page 10 Computer Entertainer March 1988 Issue 6-12 page 11 Dragon Magazine Issue 198 Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 100 Nov. 1997 Game Machine 1987 by Amusement Press, Inc. Issue No 307 page 14 Nintendo Fun Club News Issue 3 Fall 1987 Nintendo Fun Club News Issue 4 Winter 1987 Nintendo Fun Club News Issue 6 Apr/May 1988 Nintendo Power Issue 4 Jan/Feb 1989 Nintendo Power Issue 5 March/April 1989 Nintendo Power Issue 6 May/June 1989 https://archive.org/details/thegamesmachine-14/page/n143/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/ClubNintendo1996German/page/n35/mode/2up?view=theater Famicom Tsūshin No. 3 Biweekly 1987 February 6th YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQMJmt5ViAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKRz1wvn9es https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNkVrMBLh94&t=512s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDBfNTf4ORY&t=10s Photos (Some were Upscaled): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ThunderBird_Rock_Carved_Petroglyph_at_Twin_Buffs.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/asirap/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/asirap/albums/72157608995496552/with/3044850131 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yoshiaki_Koizumi_2007.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SuperFX_GSU-2-SP1_chip.jpg