The ship I needed was in the desert, and some “adventuring” needed to be done to reach it and get it afloat. This involved using a skull to find a bell in some quicksand, and then having the bell polished. Obviously. That complete, and it was into Dungeon 7. Have obtained the map and compass here, and I suspect the weapon may be some kind of grappling hook or possibly a more powerful bomb. Or a chicken.
Dungeon 6 appeared to be huge once I’d found the map, but luckily it wasn’t – there were six or so floors, but each one was smaller than the last, so it wasn’t oo big in the end. It was a bit complicated though. The weapon gained here was a Magic Boomerang – an upgrade for my normal one, but this one has greater range, power, and can be aimed with Sensible Soccer-like aftertouch. The mid-boss here was easy, and …
Had a good couple of hours on this today. It’s certainly a bigger game that it appeared to be to begin with! Finished off Dungeon 5, which, despite being called Unicorn’s Cave doesn’t have any unicorns in it. The item found there was the “magnetic gloves”, which I’ve not seen in a Zelda game before. Basically, you become alternately attracted to and repelled from other magnety things. Nice. The mid-boss was a pushover, and the end boss (using the gloves) …
Another quick dash into Subrosia (don’t they make creamed rice?) to grab the Magical Doofrey of Autumnanulness for my wand, and then it was off to heave mushrooms out of the ground and enter Dungeon 5. There’s a lot of water in there. And minecarts. I’ve found the map and compass, and a small key, but now I’m not too sure where to go next. Luckily, this dungeon looks pretty small, so I’m hoping it won’t take too long.
Another day, another dungeon. Dungeon 4 was pretty long, although there weren’t that many puzzle in it. The mid-boss was actually pretty clever – it splits in three and you can only hit the one with a shadow. Except you have to make a light source for there to be a shadow. The weapon earned here was a slingshot. I can now fire my seeds at things. And guess what? I needed it to kill the dungeon boss – a …
Mid-boss and dungeon boss = KILLED. And yes, I did need Roc’s Feather to kill the dungeon boss. What a coincidence that I happened to pick it up just prior to needing it, eh? Oh hang on, no. That’s exactly how all Zelda games work, isn’t it? Anyway, with that dungeon out of the way, it was off to The Sunken City, where I got another Zelda mainstay – Zora’s Flippers. And yes, I needed them to go swimming. I …
Ribbon bought, strange hooded thing called Rosa taken on a “date” to get the Summer thingie for the wand, and it’s off to the third dungeon. This one is actually pretty big, and has a few puzzles in it that require a little thought (such as rearranging statues). Haven’t finished it yet, but I did pick up both the map and compass, as well as Roc’s Feather (gosh! never seen that in a Zelda game before) which, as expected, is …
I appeared to be stuck again, but soon unstuck myself and found a new route. Retrieved some boxing gloves for a kangaroo (of course), who now carries me around and can jump over holes and stuff. Nice. Opened a floodgate, allowing access to the next dungeon. Except, I can’t get in yet as it isn’t summer, and I can’t make it summer. Off to Subrosia (the volcano place) again, only via a different entrance. Dug up some ore (no rupees …
I’m sure my 1337 gaming skillz are waning. After winning the dance-off and getting the Boomerang and the Winter hoodilly for the Wand of Seasons (or whatever it is) I wandered around for a good half an hour trying to figure out where I was supposed to go. The answer (“down a chimney”) was staring me in the face the whole time. Tch. Off to Dungeon 2 then, and got the Power Bracelet. How silly of Link to lose all …
Since I have no completable handheld game on the go at the moment, this is stepping in to provide portable gaming. Or something. Typical Zelda fare so far, with the same baddies as always, and all that. One big difference so far is the fact I had to go and find my sword before I could fight anything. OK, so the very first Zelda game did the same thing, but in this one you have to travel a fair way …
Hmm. I’m stuck. Already. I managed to find my way “into” the second chapter easily enough, but no sooner had I begun, I became stuck. I’ve rearranged the way some candles are lit, killed some baddies, and now have nothing left I can try. A door opened partially, but I can’t get through it. None of my items do anything useful, and I can’t do anything else with candles as I don’t get any options to try anything. Bah.
I bought this game for £5 about two years ago, and it’s never seen the inside of my Gamecube. Decided to have a go, and see if I can make it my next game-to-complete. Wandered around the mansion a little as Alex, and found a key, broke a different key, and opened a secret room. Found a book inside, and it was time to become Pious Augustus in Persia, 2000 years ago. Seems easy enough so far, although I’m not …
Somehow, over the course of today’s play, I bumped into another bug. I lost all my rings, and then picked one up. I then had 999 rings. How bizarre. Killed all of the million baddies Eggman sent at me in wave after boring wave, and then started on the last few levels of the game. Once more, just like almost every other Sonic game, they’re set on Eggman’s flying fleet of ships. And, like Sonic Adventure 2, there are far …
Had a slightly less irritating time on this today. The levels I worked through had fewer die-for-no-reason moments. That’s not to say it was all good – far from it. Hang Castle had a few areas where you are given no clue as to where to go, and Mystic Mansion had stupid mine cart sections and some rubbish Sonic/Tails/Knuckles specific bit near the end. With them out of the way, and joypad surprisingly intact, it was on to Robot Storm. …
More playage-and-testage of this game today. I now have three sets of levels for download, and I’ve also upped the editor. You can see all this, and more, in my new Run Baby Run section of this very site. Hurrah!