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I could do the same with Legend of Zelda II (pretty easy with all the extra lives around, IMO).
Maybe you can, but it is still the hardest Zelda (The Adventures of Link) in the series, and in combat gameplay-wise is just better than all other Zelda today, if you got two enemies surrounding you things gets pretty rough, and it wasn't always that hard but is just more thrilling to fight when you have that many openings to defend, unlike today's all-purpose-one-button guard/shield, that makes things so easy that it defeats the purpose of using other added action like jumps/dodges. Twilight Princess is the easiest, great cinema sequences but linearly easy. The first Zelda is the 2nd hardest for the fact that you have no clue of what you should do next, and that's what all the new Zelda are lacking, that element of mystery and self-exploration. The only recent game that have those gameplay senses of mystery are Ico and "Shadow Of The Colossus", specially SOTC, it almost felt like playing Zelda II again, it felt more Zelda than the recent Zelda games.
Ohh, and I forgot, Zelda II has the biggest Hyrule ever in any Zelda game.