Adventure Island II (NES) Playthrough
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- A playthrough of Hudson Soft's 1991 platformer for the NES, Adventure Island II.
In this video, I play through the game twice, each time taking a different route in order to show all of the stages. The second game begins at 1:08:53.
If you're looking for the Game Boy port, you can find that one here: • Hudson's Adventure Isl...
Two years after the North American release of his first adventure ( • Hudson’s Adventure Isl... ), Master Higgins made a most triumphant return to the NES in early 1991 with Adventure Island II.
The first Adventure Island is often seen as Hudson's response to the popularity of Super Mario Bros. ( • Super Mario Bros. (NES... ), and like many other post-1988 NES hop'n'bop platformers, Adventure Island II is similarly likened to Super Mario Bros. 3 ( • Super Mario Bros. 3 (N... ). It's fair to say that, like SMB3, AI2 eclipses its predecessor in every conceivable way and effectively moves the series forward, but the comparison doesn’t give this game its due credit.
The quality of the graphics and sound have improved dramatically, the controls are more fluid and the physics less rigid, the level designs are more creative and diverse, and there are a couple big new features. There's a world map and multiple paths through each stage, a new inventory system, and four new dinosaur pals for Higgins to ride around on. (Remember how Nintendo said Yoshi couldn't be done on the NES? Hmm.)
Most importantly, the game is fun. The difficulty level is far more reasonable than the original game's, and the entire package feels more modern overall.
Something interesting to note about Adventure Island II: unlike the first game, this one wasn't created by Hudson. Adventure Island II was created by Now Production, and if you're familiar with that company's NES games from 1990-91, you'll immediately notice the similarities in terms of style, graphics, level design, and the feel of the controls.
Consider the line-up: Yo! Noid ( • Yo! Noid (NES) Playthr... ), published by Capcom, came out in November of 1990. The following month, Hudson released Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu ( • Jackie Chan's Action K... ), and Adventure Island II followed in February of 1991. Coincidence? Not a chance, but that's not a bad thing. I personally think that this unlikely trio is made up of some of the best feeling, smoothest playing platformers in the NES library.
If you loved Adventure Island, check out this sequel. It's every bit the classic that the first game was.
Finally, do you remember how video game advertisements around this time were adorned with awkward slogans that sounded like literal translations from Japanese? Adventure Island II's American print ads carried the tag line, "Enjoy Hudson."
Sure, Hudson. Whatever you say.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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Master Higgins' second adventure is such a vast improvement over the original that it doesn't even feel like it's part of the same generation. Fantastic game!
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What a lovely game thank you for the secret locations to and not skipping the islands to great timing with the attacks to😊❤
Ps 5 is better graphic..this is so fked up😂
Always loved this game as a kid!
Same bro
As a child, me and my brother would rent this game a few times. It was a huge step up from the first game. We loved the dinosaurs that we could ride. It was a difficult game, but we kept going back to. I bought this when the 3DS Virtual Console was around and was disappointed it never came to the Wii U VC.
I also had it on Nes/gameboy but could only finish it with virtual console with save states
This has to be the most relaxing platformer of all time.
Thanks for recording the video, childhood memories
In this world full of controversies, cringe videos and critics, sometimes i just want to see a 4 hour gameplay of some old retro game and relax.
Well you are in the right place
Stay awhile. This corner of the internet has a really great community.
I read that with Max' voice.
my man master higgins was riding around on dinosaurs before mario was in diapers (technically true, chronologically true too)
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Yup, 2 and 3 are both great, some of my favourite platformers on the system. Too bad we didn't get 4, but I get it - it was just too late at that point. Still, what we did get is really awesome.
In Japan, The name of the main character was Takahashi Meijin, the guy who got "16 shot per second" in star force and star soldier
Adventure Island on NES is basically such a rare gem. On all 3 of them.
I love playing this game as a kid
Que recuerdos me trae este maravilloso juego , el mejor de la saga en mi opinión
I still play this game brings back childhood memories
Super video.
I haven't seen this game since I was eight. I remember renting it, and never getting further than Cave Island's boss before I had to return it. Nice to see the game fully played through, and skillfully too.
Thanks!
That's crazy I totally forgot about this game too used to rent it all the time around the same age maybe a bit older loved it
Great video as usual. I had this game in my childhood, but bootleg version with Mario sprite. Still really fascinating game and gigantic step forward after the first game. Thank you so much for the upload.
Thanks! I had it too as a kid, but the real version lol. My parents got it for me at Montgomery Ward on the way to a baseball game in Charleston, SC one random summer evening back in 1991. That's an oddly clear memory for how long ago it was :) I've always loved it!
@@NintendoComplete That's an amazing memory! And just great situation in general. To get such a long and interesting game and in summertime, when you don't have to go at school. Parents did wonderful gift for sure. =D
@@saloriumtoledo6623Oh yeah, it was great :) I think I got pretty lucky as far as parents go.
I wanna know why the SNES games and even that WiiWare game ignored the dinosaur buddies. They were the best part of the game! I guess it’s because 2, 3, and 4 were made by a different developer than the others, but it feels like these should have set a standard for the franchise.
BOY!!!!!.you played this game very well.😃!!!!
Thanks :)
Always loved this one, could only beat it as an adult. It just drags for a tad too long with all the paths and the bosses moving away. Quite the marathon but a fun one. Nice playthrough.
Thanks! Did you know that there are warps that let you skip most of the bosses?
The third game is a bit less daunting in that sense, but it gets pretty tough once you hit World 5.
@@NintendoComplete Yes I do, but I've never mapped the paths to the different stages except for the last island so I'm never consistent with them, I usually take 2 or 3 warps per playthrough.
@@BB-te8tc Yes it's true, although I'm not a huge fan of the third game. It's basically Adventure Island part 2.5, there's so much content that's identical to part 2.
This is such an amazing game. If only Super Adventure Island had been this good!
Ikr! I mean, it was good, but it felt like a step back after this. It looked and sounded great, though.
@@NintendoComplete I agree with you that it looked amazing and the music was great. I actually owned the game when it came out and I remember thinking the game was soulless, like a shell of a game. If Super Bomberman was done so amazingly well, why was Super Adventure Island so empty; just a nice veneer with no depth? That game was one of the only SNES games I ever bought that I was disappointed by (the other one was Mortal Kombat).
Also had a quite good Game Boy port under the name "Adventure Island". 3 did too, as "Adventure island II."
This is my childhood. I got to level 8 and never beat it though my mom and I tried 😅
J adore ce jeu mais je passe pas la neige il est excellent 🎉la musique me reste dans la tête
Que Recuerdos Tengo de Adventure Island 2 Para Nes Ya que la 1 vez que conoci este Titulo fue en el año 2002 En un Copilado de 7 en 1 Me entacaba mucho jugarlo pero Jamas Pude acabarlo para la epoca ya que en 2005 Me Retire Temporalmente de Jugar Video Juegos Y no Fue 7 años Despues en el año 2012 Que Volvi a Jugar Video Juegos una Vez mas y Volvi a Conseguir Este Juego junto al 3 y El 4 Pero no fue Hasta el año 2014 12 Años Despues que Finalmente acabe Adventure Island 2 Y En el año 2017 Consegui Otra copia Del Juego por Separado Y hasta el Dia de Hoy aun los conservo y los He Jugado mas de una Vez ya que en Mexico Los Juegos de Adventure Island les Deciamos los Juegos de Capulinita debido a que Master Higgs el Protagonista del Juego Tiene un Cierto Parecido al Actor de la Era Dorada del Cine Mexicano Capulina Ya que son Casi Identicos
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In the cave in which ist the time limit (stage 5) is the egg to the next stage!!!!
The enemy density of Adventure Island II looks lower than the first Adventure Island
AI2 doesn't hate the player nearly as much as AI1 does
buenas maniobras hudson higgins
I had this on Gameboy, which was a port of the sequel on NES. Huh??? How odd??? I guess the lack of outlines wouldn't have worked on GB.
There's a boxed copy of this game that's been sitting on the shelf of my local retro game store for like five years now. It's just under seventy bucks. Should I nab it?
In the cave (stage 3) is the egg to the next stage!!!!
Buen juego🎉❤
El juego se jugaba muy bien, pero era demasiado facil, sobretodo si venias de jugar el primero que era partehuevos con la cantidad de enemigos y el diseño de niveles, creo que este 2 mejoro en todo menos en la dificultad
Oh yeah, if you can finish the first one, this one is like a walk in the park. I didn't mind, though. It took me a long time to finish AI1. I was happy that this was an easier game.
Please find it.
Hudson's Adventure Island III
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So what is different in the second loop?
I took a different route, so it shows the stages that I didn't get to in the first game.
Ahhh gotcha. Makes sense ;)
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Will you upload nekketsu kakutou densetsu full gameplay?
What about the third game?
Hey i help you i sure like that em thats silly games
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I love Adventure Island ll