The Second Quest,(TLoZ | TWW)[1][2] also known as Second Round,(ZG&W)[3] is a recurring mode in The Legend of Zelda series.[note 1] The Second Quest goes unnamed in The Adventure of Link.
Overview
The Legend of Zelda
The Second Quest in The Legend of Zelda's File Select screen
The Second Quest in The Legend of Zelda, its prime association, is unlocked after completing the game. Doing so replaces the file icon with Link holding a Sword (in fact the Magical Sword). The Second Quest consists of different Dungeons being located in different places with an added difficulty, giving a new challenge for seasoned players.[5] Heart Containers and some shops found in the overworld are also changed to different locations. If the name "ZELDA" is used in the name input screen, the Second Quest will start automatically.[6] The save file retains the Second Quest upon completing it.
The Adventure of Link
The Second Quest in The Adventure of Link can be unlocked after completing the game. The file will now include a Triforce piece next to its name. During the Second Quest, Link gets to keep all the Spells learned in the previous Quest, as well as his levels for Skill, Magic, and Life, making the game rather easier. Special items found in Palaces, however, have to be retrieved again, as well as any Heart Containers and Magic Containers.
The Wind Waker
Link as he appears in the Second Quest of The WInd Waker
The Second Quest in The Wind Waker can be unlocked after completing the game like its NES predecessors. During the Second Quest, Link the Hero of Winds wears his initial pajamas outfit for the entire game while Aryll wears her ending pirate outfit from the start (which causes the young hero obtaining his clothes from his grandmother to be humorously invisible). Any text referencing Link's clothing will also be changed. Link also starts with the Deluxe Picto Box and all the Figurines he had in the first quest. All spoken Hylian text will be translated as well. Also, the location of sunken treasure from Treasure Charts will be different, usually further away from the island than they were in the first quest.[verification needed]
Other Appearances
Zelda (Game & Watch)
In Zelda (Game & Watch), after the ending scene in which Princess Zelda is rescued, if Link presses the attack button, the second round will start. The second round has quicker enemies and Link's score from the previous game is carried over.[3]
Trivia
Princess Zelda's name was spelled throughout the first five Second Quest dungeons of The Legend of Zelda
- The Second Quest from The Legend of Zelda was created after Takashi Tezuka arranged the Dungeons in the First Quest in a way that only half of the memory available (128KB) was used.[7]
- The first five dungeons, though not in correct order, spell out Princess Zelda's name (the order in-game is E-A-L-D-Z). Level-6 appears to be Link's head facing left, Level-7 and Level-8 are a spiral, and Death Mountain (Level-9) looks like Ganon's face.
- As this mode in the game is indeed a more difficult replay, the Second Quest is similar in akin to Super Mario Bros.' Hard Mode.
- In BS The Legend of Zelda - Map 2, which is based on The Legend of Zelda's Second Quest, its dungeons spell out "Nintendo".
- The Second Quest being immediately unlocked upon entering "Zelda" as the player's name in The Legend of Zelda is widely known as one of the earliest examples of a cheat code in Nintendo media. At the time of release, some players have found this accidentally before it became publicized.
- If one looks very carefully at Link in The Legend of Zelda's File Select screen when the Second Quest is available, he is not actually holding the Sword, but the weapon itself is placed directly next to him, due to the hardware limitations of the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- The Master Quest version of Ocarina of Time was originally intended to be a Second Quest of the initially planned Nintendo 64DD release of the game, but was scrapped. However, Ocarina of Time 3D does have it unlocked upon completing the game, but with an even higher increased difficulty as double damage from enemies and mirrored gameplay are added.
The ending screen of the Second Quest of The Legend of Zelda
- Interestingly, if the Second Quest in The Legend of Zelda is completed, the ending credits will display "End of The Legend of Zelda 1" below the Triforce of Power, even in the original Japanese version. This suggests that the developers anticipated the game itself would be an instant hit or The Adventure of Link was already in development just before its release.
- During the development of Skyward Sword, Zelda's adventure after landing on The Surface was originally planned to be included as a playable Second Quest. Although the idea was scrapped, this setting was used during the game's credits.[8]
Gallery
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The overworld map as it appears in the Second Quest from The Legend of Zelda -
Level-1, as it appears in the Second Quest from The Legend of Zelda -
Level-2, as it appears in the Second Quest from The Legend of Zelda -
Level-3, as it appears in the Second Quest from The Legend of Zelda -
Level-4, as it appears in the Second Quest from The Legend of Zelda -
Level-5, as it appears in the Second Quest from The Legend of Zelda -
Level-6, as it appears in the Second Quest from The Legend of Zelda -
Level-7, as it appears in the Second Quest from The Legend of Zelda -
Level-8, as it appears in the Second Quest from The Legend of Zelda -
Level-9, as it appears in the Second Quest from The Legend of Zelda -
Gameplay of Second Quest's Level-5 in The Legend of Zelda -
Aryll as she appears in the Second Quest of The Wind Waker -
Link obtaining the "Hero's New Clothes" in The Wind Waker Second Quest -
The Wind Waker Second Quest gameplay (likely Three Heart Challenge) -
Aryll (center) in the Second Quest of The Wind Waker HD -
Link holding the restored Triforce of Courage in The Wind Waker HD's Second Quest
See Also
Notes
- ↑ The Second Quest was referred to as the Second-Time-Around in Nintendo Fun Club News.[4] However, as this contradicts the name given in Encyclopedia, it is not considered Canon.
References
- ↑ Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 144 (TLoZ)
- ↑ "The game will save and make a file for a second quest." — N/A (The Wind Waker HD)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "From [sic] the second round starts, enemies move slightly faster and your score is carried over from the previous round." (Zelda (Game & Watch) manual, pg. 11)
- ↑ Nintendo Fun Club News vol. 1 no. 3, Fall 1987, pg. 16
- ↑ "You'll discover in the course of the Second Quest that the lay of the land in the Underworld is vastly different. [...] The Second big difference is the placement of items in the Underworld. [...] To make matters worse, the enemies guarding the labyrinths have become much stronger, too! It's more difficult to get to Ganon in the Second Quest." (Nintendo Power no. 1, July/August 1988, pg. 28)
- ↑ "If you successfully fought your way through the game, but accidentally erased your name, enter "Zelda" when you register. It will start your second adventure right away." (Nintendo Power no. 1, July/August 1988, pg. 26)
- ↑ "I created the data exactly in line with it, but then Tezuka-san made a mistake and only used half of the data. I said, "Tezuka-san, there's only half here. Where did the other half go?" and he was like, "What?! Oops, I messed up..." But Miyamoto-san said it was fine just like that. [...] So, using the half of the memory that was left over, we decided to create the Second Quest." —Toshihiko Nakago (Bonus 2: The Story of the Second Quest)
- ↑ Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 297
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