{"id":15242,"date":"2019-01-08T21:30:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T02:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=15242"},"modified":"2019-01-09T18:01:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T23:01:59","slug":"zelda-ii-and-blaster-master-coming-to-nintendoswitch-online-on-january-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2019\/01\/zelda-ii-and-blaster-master-coming-to-nintendoswitch-online-on-january-16th\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelda II and Blaster Master coming to Nintendo Switch Online on January 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 16th, <em>Zelda II &#8211; The Adventure of Link <\/em>and<em> Blaster Master<\/em> will be available to play on Nintendo Entertainment System \u2013 Nintendo Switch Online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zelda II &#8211; The Adventure of Link<\/strong> \u2013 Link returns to Hyrule to search for the Triforce and to awaken Zelda from an endless sleep. Embark on a quest to find the Triforce of Courage and save Hyrule from ruin. Learn magic spells, talk to people in towns to get clues, collect items to increase your power and explore six palaces where the underlings of the evil Ganon await you. This sequel to the Adventure classic uses a side-scrolling visual engine unique to the series for more technical combat, and features more in-depth world roaming as Link encounters townsfolk while on his quest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blaster Master<\/strong> \u2013 You have fallen down a hidden man hole into a world of creatures so terrifying they would scare the rats away. You can panic and perish, or blast your way through an endless maze of tunnels, searching for the secret passage to your escape. And that is the easy part, because the Master of the caverns lay waiting with prehistoric creatures so powerful, so gigantic, they literally fill your screen. So load your arsenal and get ready.<\/p>\n<p><em>Zelda II &#8211; The Adventure of Link\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0Blaster Master<\/em>\u00a0will be available to play on Nintendo Entertainment System \u2013 Nintendo Switch Online on January 16th.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJb8KSG1q74?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 16th, Zelda II &#8211; The Adventure of Link and Blaster Master will be available to play on Nintendo Entertainment System \u2013 Nintendo Switch Online. Zelda II &#8211; The Adventure of Link \u2013 Link returns to Hyrule to search for the Triforce and to awaken Zelda from an endless sleep. Embark on a quest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1530],"tags":[2247,1789],"class_list":["post-15242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-entertainment-system-nintendo-switch-online","tag-nintendo-switch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/nes_switch_online_wide.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-3XQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12738,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2018\/01\/one-more-time-hyrule-warriors-definitive-edition-coming-to-switch\/","url_meta":{"origin":15242,"position":0},"title":"One more time &#8211; Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition coming to Switch","date":"January 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Nintendo announced today that Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, a new, ultimate version of the action game set in the Zelda universe, is coming to the Nintendo Switch. 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