1up's webcomic artist John Pading points out today that "Zelda II has become the avant-garde cred game. Of the franchise, it gets the least love, ergo it's the Velvet Underground of video games."
For a while, Zelda II was the black sheep of the series -- it played completely differently than all the others, with an action-centric side-scrolling battle focus and heavy RPG elements.
I never played Zelda II. And I thought we were still supposed to think it was a tragic misstep. Apparently no. I think I have the Game Boy Advance version somewhere around here, and I make this promise: sometime before Zelda Week is up, I will investigate further.
