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Flying Fish

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

Enemy

Flying Fish

KindEnemy
NameNamed by 101Leafy; the game gives none

Official art

Flying Fish, official art from リンクの冒険 取扱説明書
Flying Fish. リンクの冒険 取扱説明書 (任天堂, 1987), p. 29

From the official guides

Attacks Link by flying straight down out of the sky. It has very little life power, but moves quickly and is hard to defeat.

Zelda II The Adventure of Link Instruction Booklet (Nintendo of America, 1988), p. 28

It swoops straight down from the sky at Link. Its life is low, but it moves fast, so it is hard to defeat.

リンクの冒険 取扱説明書 (任天堂, 1987), p. 29, 101Leafy's translation

He drops from the sky and attacks swiftly.

Nintendo Power, January/February 1989 (Nintendo of America, 1989), p. 22

A meat-eating monster bird of Hyrule. They fly in flocks, and when they spot prey they dive one at a time and charge in from the side, wearing it down.

ファミリーコンピュータMagazine 特別編集 リンクの冒険 (徳間書店, 1987), p. 8, 101Leafy's translation

A meat-eating monster bird of the forests and swamps. It dives, then comes at you in a straight line from the side. Judge the distance and stab!!

リンクの冒険 (秋田書店, 1987), p. 9, 101Leafy's translation

A fierce, meat-eating monster bird. It usually flies in flocks, and when a foe comes, they attack one at a time.

リンクの冒険 (実業之日本社, 1987), p. 13, 101Leafy's translation

A fierce, meat-eating hawk that also shows up in swamps. It flies straight at you, which makes it hard to hit.

完璧攻略シリーズ22 リンクの冒険必勝攻略法 (双葉社, 1987), p. 11, 101Leafy's translation

Numbers

Hit points3
Experience2
Damage classClass 1

Damage to Link

Life Link loses from one touch or hit, at each life level.

Life12345678
Damage161212128444

A touch also takes 10 of Link's experience points.

What hurts it

  • The sword, sword beams, and the Fire spell all hurt it.
  • The Spell spell turns it into a Blue Chuchu.

Drops

Drops nothing.

Where it is found

  • West Hyrule
  • Death Mountain