Play This Now EX: The Legend of Princess

I haven't done a proper one of these in a while, demos shouldn't really count, so I'm glad I stumbled on this.
Have you ever wondered what it would have been like had Nintendo stuck with the side-scrolling style of Zelda II and ratcheted up the action? No you haven't, but that's where indie game designer Joakim Sandberg (A tad NWS) comes in, making things you really want that you never even thought of. I'd never heard of him until recently, but 2D side-scrolling action games seem to be his bread and butter, and between commercial projects he's crafted this loving, small homage to the Zelda series and put a little arcade spin on it. It's very fast-paced, looks fantastic and is a lot of fun to play. And it don't cost nuthin'.

Link, princess.zip (9.6MB)

-K.