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Swordsmen

For Zelda II The Adventure of Link on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

Swordsmen

Two swordsmen teach Link a sword technique: the down stab in Mido and the up stab in Darunia. Neither one checks for anything first.

Official art

Swordsmen, official art from リンクの冒険
Swordsmen. リンクの冒険 (実業之日本社, 1987), p. 4

From the official guides

There are swordsmen hidden in some towns. Learn the jump thrust and the downward thrust from those swordsmen. There are places where you can't go if you don't.

Zelda II The Adventure of Link Instruction Booklet (Nintendo of America, 1988), p. 33

Learn techniques from the swordsmen, and you can do the jump thrust and the downward thrust too.

リンクの冒険 取扱説明書 (任天堂, 1987), p. 23, 101Leafy's translation

The legendary swordsmen who came up with the secret sword moves, the jump thrust and the downward thrust. They live somewhere in Hyrule.

リンクの冒険 (実業之日本社, 1987), p. 4, 101Leafy's translation

What they say

  • Down stab in Mido

    WHEN YOU JUMP PRESS DOWNWARD TO STAB.

  • Up stab in Darunia

    WHEN YOU JUMP PRESS UP TO STAB.

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