Can Ganon Be Beaten With a Wood Sword? - The Legend of Zelda (NES)

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  @DrHydro-pr5ox · 3 years ago

  Not only did this man beat the game with no sword upgrades, he did it without any tunic upgrades either! A certified madlad. I have trouble beating it maxed out. The "red potion" in this game is actually called a "2nd potion", because it refills your health completely twice (once when it's red, and a second time when it turns blue). Also, the shield you could have bought is actually an upgrade (it's called the Magical Shield, while the starter shield is known as the Wooden Shield), and it would've blocked the more powerful projectiles that were destroying you, such as the ones from the statues or the Wizzrobe's shots. Like-Likes (the "pancakes") will eat the Magical Shield if you aren't quick enough to kill them after they eat you

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• EC

  @ectoBiologist · 3 years ago

  Now that you've beaten the game, your save file starts again on the Second Quest. The overworld map is the same, but the dungeons are in different places and have different layouts. It's much harder than the first quest and basically impossible without a guide.

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• KD

  @kds5084 · 3 years ago

  the most wild part of this run is thinking the lv2 shield is the same as the base and never upgrading so you can block magic (wizards, fireballs) and still coming out on top

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• MA

  @matttyree1002 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwREChXbwoU&amp;t=887">14:47</a> without the complete triforce of wisdom, the old man would have stopped you from going further

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• SO

  @SonicTheCutehog · 3 years ago

  All without having either the Blue or Red Rings on your first playthrough? You have my respect!

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• BR

  @breq-toren · 3 years ago

  The 4-headed dragon fight at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwREChXbwoU&amp;t=700">11:40</a> might be the clutchest gameplay I&apos;ve seen Ryu pull off, and I&apos;ve watched a LOT of one-life hail marys.

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• NI

  @niallphelan28 · 3 years ago

  My favourite series from Ryu in a long time!

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• OP

  @openyoureyes311 · 3 years ago

  This was great! I&apos;m really hoping you continue from where you left off and do the second quest. It&apos;s much harder than the first, and has surprises that are unique to it!

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• PA

  @paularized1 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwREChXbwoU&amp;t=2151">35:51</a> I’ve got a feeling Ganon will be back. &nbsp;Like 17 more times.

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• BA

  @bardinblue9830 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwREChXbwoU&amp;t=892">14:52</a> - There actually isn&apos;t any Zelda 1 music in Zelda 2, although the overworld map music is kind of a re-mix. &nbsp;&quot;What is this?&quot; In that room with the two fires, an old man stands in your way if you don&apos;t have the Triforce of Wisdom completed with all 8 pieces.

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• SN

  @snakeeyes522 · 3 years ago

  FYI - the magic shield will block fire balls and wizard spells, the pancakes will eat your magic shield if they catch you. The regular shield blocks arrows. You can also pick items up that are dropped by monster with your boomerang, like hearts, bombs, etc. The red potion is actually a 2 use potion, after the 1st use it turns blue, the 2nd use consumes the blue potion. The blue ring you could have bought for 250 halves the damage you take and turns your outfit blue. There is another hidden red ring in death mountain that turns you red and only take 1/3 &nbsp;normal damage. Level 8 had a magic key that lets you unlock infinite number of doors. There are 2 sword upgrades you missed, the iron sword, which is basically just as powerful as the wand, then the Magic Sword which would let you kill the brown wizards in 1 hit. The 2nd quest is insanely harder, but the hardest part about this game was the secrets and finding things. Imagine trying to finish this game without being able to look up answers. Just finding level 7 was my downfall.

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• FR

  @frozenaorta · 1 year ago

  Ryu: Sets low heart handicap (which is indeed 4) on a game he knows almost nothing about. Inadvertently also:<br>-automatically can get no sword upgrades<br>-never upgrades his armor (ring)<br>-never gets a magical shield to block fireballs/wizzerobe magic<br>-never figures out that red medicine can be used twice<br><br>This is fucking remarkable. I don&apos;t know how he got through Level 9.

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