All weapons must be re-obtained, and all palaces must be beaten again to access the Great Palace. However, in the Second Quest, Link retains all the level ups and magic spells he had when he finished the first quest. Unlike The Legend of Zelda, the enemies and dungeons remain the same. It was decided to make the second set of dungeons part of a second quest at the suggestion of Shigeru Miyamoto.Īfter finishing the game once, the player can start the Second Quest. Instead of redoing the game, more dungeons were made to fill the other half of the memory. The Second Quest came out of a design mistake by Takashi Tezuka in which he only used half of the available memory for the dungeons. The items acquired in each dungeon are also different and usually feature multiple boss enemies per dungeon. In the Second Quest, all dungeons are rearranged and often found in different locations. The Second Quest can be accessed by finishing the game once or by entering 'ZELDA' as the player's name when creating a new file.
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