The visuals have that whimsical WayForward style, with great art design and animations bringing plenty of personality to these larger-than-life characters. I think it’s fun to reference old games - a little nostalgia factor.” Indeed, the game plays much like Zelda II, but with Adventure Time humor and characters adding a modern twist to the classic gameplay. “We talked a lot about Zelda II elements, where Finn is walking around in top world mode and you run into the black, shadowy creatures, which randomly pop up. As if the Zelda II gameplay wasn’t enough, this source of inspiration becomes even more apparent when you run into a door that prompts Jake to say, “Hey man! It’s dangerous to go alone!” Ward says that both he and the developers at WayForward were excited to use this game as a springboard for their own adventure. “There’s a lot of Zelda in it,” creator Pendleton Ward said of the game in a recent IGN interview. Everything from the sound that rings when you open a chest to the action-based combat to the light RPG flavoring to the side-scrolling battles harkens back to Link’s second adventure - an homage that was quite intentional, according to Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward. Much like Zelda II, the game is split between two different gameplay segments - the topdown portions where you traverse the overworld map to reach the various areas, and the side-scrolling portions during battle and in towns and dungeons.
Hey Ice King! is spread across four different worlds fans will recognize from the show - Candy Kingdom, Ice Kingdom, Grasslands and Red Rock Pass. Play Take that same foundation, throw in developer WayForward, and clump it all into a package that is nothing less than a loving homage to Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and what you have is a game experience that actually has me more interested in the land of Ooo than ever before.
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