Quick pop quiz: until Breath Of The Wild arrived, which Legend Of Zelda game boasted the largest explorable world of all? Twilight Princess? Wind Waker? Ocarina Of Time? No, no and thrice no. It might be a little-known (and quite astonishing) fact, but that honour belongs to the NES;s Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link. Despite the technical progress made over the years, no other instalment pieced together a land of Zelda 2's scale until 2017's Breath Of The Wild.
Sprawled across five islands, this version of Hyrule takes in sights ranging from mountains to deserts, from caves to forests, and from water palaces to winding rocky labyrinths. They all exist side-by-side on a gargantuan continent that makes The Ocarina Of Time's overworld look like a bonsai garden. But if this is so, then why is The Adventure Of Link often considered the black sheep of the Zelda family?
