the game is good but that movement speed is abysmal. i would have given the game 4 stars or higher if the movement speed wasn't so horrible. i hope you can speed this game up so it will be way better

It kind of reminded me of the Barkley Gaiden game, using a sportsy celebrity for epic questing. Unfortunately for me, I hated Zelda II

I like the game, It feels pretty good to play, but I just have a few bits of advice.
I would work on the movement in the overworld, it just feels a little stiff. Maybe make it slightly faster. The title screen seems to be a little messed up, not sure if its on newgrounds end or yours. Some of the text goes of screen or clips through other bits of text, still not sure if that is newgrounds fault or not. The audio is a little unbalanced, and is especially noticable with the jump noise. Those are my only big issues with the game, so now I can move onto the great things about the game. For one, the art is fantastic, really good original sprite work, so serious praise there. The music is pretty good as well, especially the house music. I also like how smooth the scrolling is on the 2D sections, it looks really good.

Overall, I would say this is a pretty good first attempt, you just need to polish it a bit. Good luck on your next project, because I can't wait to see what you make!

I clipped through the floor in my fight in the ring, might be a good idea to add a reset button in case of stuff like this. Besides the bugs though this was lots of fun, it's nice to see people make games similar to Zelda 2, since it's usually seen as a somewhat bad or unloved game.