Nothin' But Zelda
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bloodyrosemccoySo true.
The targeting is useful, yes. But I could do without her HOLLERING at me every few minutes while I go get me the Biggoron sword or go on a wild Poe chase.* For all they gave her attitude, Tatl’s much less of a nag. Another tally mark in Majora’s Mask’s favor.
In other news SKYWARD SWORD WANT BUT DAMMIT MUST WAIT TILL CHRISTMAS. Fortunately, I finally scored copies of the old LoZ Oracle games to play through while I wait--I always wanted to try those but never got around to it. I don’t get as immersed in the top-down 2D ones, but hey, they’re still fun.
Now if only I could find that old raspberry-pink brick that was my GameBoy Color. The GBA works fine, but I liked that eye-searing monstrosity.
I keep cruising the Zelda wikis (yes, there are two, and I hope they have knockdown dragouts) because the theories are fascinating. The end of Ocarina of Time always pissed me off because it made no sense, but the idea that it in fact has two endings splitting off down either leg of the Trousers of Time really resolves a lot.** I’m totally fine with the “Just a legend” theory, too--ask me sometime about my theory regarding superheroes and retellings!--but that still left OoT maddeningly unresolved. This clears it up nicely.
(Others do seem to share my theory that Telma is part Gerudo. Nobody is willing to share the idea idea that the Oocca are in fact horrible chicken-body-stealing parasites, though. That theory is just TOO COOL.)
*This playthrough marks the first time I actually kicked the ass of all the Big Poes and got the fourth freakin’ Empty Bottle. I think I’ve officially done EVERYTHING IN THAT GAME now.
**Also, I like that fans refer to the timeline including the dark Majora’s Mask and the sweeping Twilight Princess as the “child timeline” and the one including all the Toon Link games as the “adult timeline,” because that seems so counterintuitive.
The targeting is useful, yes. But I could do without her HOLLERING at me every few minutes while I go get me the Biggoron sword or go on a wild Poe chase.* For all they gave her attitude, Tatl’s much less of a nag. Another tally mark in Majora’s Mask’s favor.
In other news SKYWARD SWORD WANT BUT DAMMIT MUST WAIT TILL CHRISTMAS. Fortunately, I finally scored copies of the old LoZ Oracle games to play through while I wait--I always wanted to try those but never got around to it. I don’t get as immersed in the top-down 2D ones, but hey, they’re still fun.
Now if only I could find that old raspberry-pink brick that was my GameBoy Color. The GBA works fine, but I liked that eye-searing monstrosity.
I keep cruising the Zelda wikis (yes, there are two, and I hope they have knockdown dragouts) because the theories are fascinating. The end of Ocarina of Time always pissed me off because it made no sense, but the idea that it in fact has two endings splitting off down either leg of the Trousers of Time really resolves a lot.** I’m totally fine with the “Just a legend” theory, too--ask me sometime about my theory regarding superheroes and retellings!--but that still left OoT maddeningly unresolved. This clears it up nicely.
(Others do seem to share my theory that Telma is part Gerudo. Nobody is willing to share the idea idea that the Oocca are in fact horrible chicken-body-stealing parasites, though. That theory is just TOO COOL.)
*This playthrough marks the first time I actually kicked the ass of all the Big Poes and got the fourth freakin’ Empty Bottle. I think I’ve officially done EVERYTHING IN THAT GAME now.
**Also, I like that fans refer to the timeline including the dark Majora’s Mask and the sweeping Twilight Princess as the “child timeline” and the one including all the Toon Link games as the “adult timeline,” because that seems so counterintuitive.
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Date: 2011-11-22 12:10 am (UTC)I'm a pretty good shot with the joystick, although since the controllers are well-used it's starting to get a little more difficult at times. I'm curious to try the 3DS, though--it's on my Xmas list, for sure.
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Date: 2011-11-22 07:15 pm (UTC)I say I did it by accident because I went in, beat the temple, then later went back and time and revisited Zora's Domain, went to the shop, saw the tunic and said "Oh, yeah. Oops." It'd actually been long enough since I last played through that it didn't even register on me that I usually didn't have a breath timer when I'd done it before.
I'm currently in the Gerudo fortress trying to rescue the last carpenter. And I can't find the idiot. I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and check GameFAQs, which I was hoping I wouldn't have to do (I've beaten this before! I shouldn't need a damn walkthrough anymore!)
The 3DS also plays DS and DSi games (like New Super Mario Bros, which is a throwback in all the best ways), including access to the Nintendo eShop for downloadable content, which includes ports of lots of older games, so I got myself Super Mario Land 1 & 2, Zelda: Four Swords (the downloadable anniversary version unfortunately doesn't seem to have the complete Link To The Past like the original), Link's Awakening (never owned a pre-Advance Game Boy, so it's new for me), and some other stuff.