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Open Marriage Night posted:I’m at 42 shells and the 7th dungeon. gently caress this dungeon. I knocked down three of the pillars, and have no idea how to get to the fourth. I’ve gotten pretty lucky that this is the first time that I’ve felt stonewalled. Here are some hints, assuming it's the same pillar that I got stuck on for a bit in my replay: 1. Some stone walls are smaller than others. 2. Tossing balls over fences is so easy, little kids like Link do it all the time.
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Steve2911 posted:I wonder why they never used the Windfish in any other games. It's such a cool design and concept and most Zelda characters/ideas at least get nods in other games. There are three dead ones in BOTW.
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Oct 6, 2019 15:18
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Phantom Hourglass is about Link and Tetra being trapped in a ocean pocket dimension ruled by a talking whale. It's not exactly the Windfish, but it's pretty drat close.
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Oct 6, 2019 15:57
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There's a place in BoTW named "Koholit Rock" or "Koholit Point" on the Secret Mystery Puzzle Island.
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Oct 6, 2019 16:14
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RVWinkle posted:I just finished it too and I realized that they used the Windfish in DQ XI. I guess we can now talk about how these two games take place in the same universe and figure out how all the DQ games fit in the timeline You gotta throw in Final Fantasy (just the first one) too, since Link's grave is sitting right there in Elfheim. Zelda threw the "Other game's hero's grave" punch first, though, since Loto has one in the second game.
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Oct 6, 2019 16:22
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so if i beat the windfish and don't care about the seashell hunt or dampe and his lego dungeons, there's nothing else to do in the game? i thought the graphical overhaul was charming but it still had crazy slowdown when more than like 3 things were on the screen at once (both docked and mobile) and i feel like $65.35 was way too much for what was basically a gameboy color game with a high-rez graphics patch
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Oct 6, 2019 16:29
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There is the hidden Color dungeon, which was added to the Game Boy Color version, if you missed that. But yes, you are right, this is just a remake of the original Game Boy game, not something wholly original and new.
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Oct 6, 2019 16:40
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I still would've said $40 feels "right" to me but I'm not too salty since I know I'll replay this every year or so. What I really hope is that they do an Oracle twofer, now that they have the engine and a ton of assets ready to go. I really want to try those out again with the updates and streamlining added in.
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Oct 6, 2019 16:44
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Open Marriage Night posted:I’m at 42 shells and the 7th dungeon. gently caress this dungeon. I knocked down three of the pillars, and have no idea how to get to the fourth. I’ve gotten pretty lucky that this is the first time that I’ve felt stonewalled. That was the dungeon that I never beat back on the gameboy
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Oct 6, 2019 16:50
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Captain Hygiene posted:I still would've said $40 feels "right" to me but I'm not too salty since I know I'll replay this every year or so. What I really hope is that they do an Oracle twofer, now that they have the engine and a ton of assets ready to go. I really want to try those out again with the updates and streamlining added in. Yeah, I think it was overpriced in itself, but if it turns out that was Oracle tax so they could get the style/engine/assets sorted for Switch Oracles I'm not going to complain.
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Oct 6, 2019 19:51
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Improbable Lobster posted:That was the dungeon that I never beat back on the gameboy It's a drat sight easier now chests persist when you leave the room!
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Oct 6, 2019 19:56
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Tenik posted:Here are some hints, assuming it's the same pillar that I got stuck on for a bit in my replay: I’ve been doing good with throwing the ball over the fences, but there’s a room to the left on the 3F where you need the red/blue blocks switched one way to get to the next room, but then the room after you need it switched the other way. The first room has a snake enemy that I don’t remember seeing before. In other news: I suggest people get at least forty shells to get the powered up sword. The sword is really great, and hunting the shells down is a lot of fun, and helps you appreciate the world.
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Open Marriage Night posted:I’m at 42 shells and the 7th dungeon. gently caress this dungeon. I knocked down three of the pillars, and have no idea how to get to the fourth. I’ve gotten pretty lucky that this is the first time that I’ve felt stonewalled. Bomb the wall to the North of the fourth pillar.
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Oct 7, 2019 14:23
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I paid $60 for Link's Awakening and $60 for Astral Chain and I got way more enjoyment out of the 12 or so hours of LA. A game with 12 hours of actually strong, entertaining gameplay is exceedingly rare these days if you ask me.
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Oct 7, 2019 14:27
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PantsBandit posted:A game with 12 hours of actually strong, entertaining gameplay is exceedingly rare these days if you ask me. Not that I claim to play a sampling of all video games, obviously
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PantsBandit posted:I paid $60 for Link's Awakening and $60 for Astral Chain and I got way more enjoyment out of the 12 or so hours of LA. Astral Chain is great though.
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Oct 7, 2019 17:31
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Steve2911 posted:Astral Chain is great though. It’s actually better than great. It’s super loving good.
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Oct 7, 2019 17:32
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Astral Chain is insanely good once you get to file 03
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DanZX posted:Astral Chain is insanely good once you get to file 03 It’s even better in NG+ once you have all Legions and most of their skills unlocked.
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Oct 7, 2019 19:02
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I'm about to enter the Wind Fish's egg, so I might as well give my thoughts on the Link's Awakening remake. I love it! The original was my first Zelda game, and amusingly due to this and the Oracle games being my only Zeldas until I picked up Twilight Princess in ~2010, I had no idea what a Hyrule or a Ganon was for nearly 20 years of my life. Anyways. I'm honestly glad the core map wasn't changed. Even being familiar with the map the new art style and soundtrack kept everything feeling fresh. Small QoL changes such as permanently equipping the sword, not having to re-kill enemies to unlock rooms, and the teleport changes really helped the game feel modern and accessible. I can't really think of any changes I didn't like aside from a couple minor ones. Fishing seems harder but I've hated fishing in every Zelda so that's a moot point. Also a few minibosses were less difficult than I thought because I had trouble finding the hitboxes for them. Notably the big Armos guarding the Face Shrine key and the boxing glove guy. Those are probably just my ineptitude though. The art style definitely helped some of the dungeons come alive. The GB was limited and the original did well with what it had but this really makes them feel distinct. Personally Turtle Rock felt the most updated, but gonna be honest here, I don't think I ever actually played this dungeon. I have a habit of burning out on games right before the end. But looking at the original's map, yeah the new art style is a fantastic update. Is the game worth $60? I think so. Especially if you've never played it. It's often argued to be the best 2D Zelda, and personally I think it is. As well as the best Zelda period. But that might be nostalgia clouding my judgement. Amusing sidenote, I loved that I got stuck in a few of the exact same places as I always do. I always forget where the ghost's grave is, I always get lost in the Face Shrine and Eagle's Tower, and the Tal Tal caves somehow. Speaking of which, I think the last three dungeons (Face Shrine, Eagle's Tower, and Turtle Rock) are some of the best Zelda dungeons in the series. The Chamber Dungeon thing is... not as bad as I thought it'd be. Is it the worst part of the remake? Yeah. But I still had fun going through the challenges. Mostly once I hit the final set and I was overwhelmed with how much I had to fill in and ended up realizing "wait exactly how lazy can I be filling this stupid thing in" was a very viable solution. Seriously look as these lazy trashcan abominations I made:      Special shout-out to this for being ungodly annoying: 
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I think figuring out how to build the most optimal dungeons for yourself is a pretty entertaining challenge.
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Oct 7, 2019 19:58
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I think I could convince myself to go back and finish the dungeon design challenges if there were a way to force it to link particular stairways. The two I did with basement sections were aggravating because I had viable solutions but had to delete sections in the correct order to make the game link up stairs in a way that'd work, rather than in its own order. Maybe that feature is there, I just got frustrated and stopped designing.
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Captain Hygiene posted:I think I could convince myself to go back and finish the dungeon design challenges if there were a way to force it to link particular stairways. The two I did with basement sections were aggravating because I had viable solutions but had to delete sections in the correct order to make the game link up stairs in a way that'd work, rather than in its own order. Maybe that feature is there, I just got frustrated and stopped designing. It seems to do closer sections link up to each other for the most part but even that doesn't track 100% of the time. And from what I've read you cannot manually link them. It annoyed the hell out of me because I would've had a lot more fun if I could do that
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Oct 7, 2019 20:12
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I had never played Link's Awakening and bought this remake to scratch it off the bucket list. I get why people compare it to Majora's Mask now, in that it's more emotional than most other Zelda games. I did not expect it to be so loving sad tbh
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PHIZ KALIFA posted:There's a place in BoTW named "Koholit Rock" or "Koholit Point" on the Secret Mystery Puzzle Island. There's the ruins of Mabe Village a tiny bit SE of Hyrule Castle
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Oct 8, 2019 06:08
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its been awhile since i last playthrough LA, like 20 years maybe (still have my save file on the cart too lmao) but uhh where do you get bombs? i seem to remember being able to buy them from the store in the village from the get go? probably remembering it wrong, theres bombable walls in the first dungeon though? also are some of the seashells in new places or something? that area in the forest, where its 4 holes shaped like a diamond and a bush in the middle (...uhh) i remember using the shovel in the middle and getting a shell in the gb version?
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Oct 8, 2019 12:36
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Vikar Jerome posted:its been awhile since i last playthrough LA, like 20 years maybe (still have my save file on the cart too lmao) but uhh where do you get bombs? i seem to remember being able to buy them from the store in the village from the get go? probably remembering it wrong, theres bombable walls in the first dungeon though? The remake locks bombs from the shop until after...the first dungeon, I want to say? Might be Bottle Grotto.
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Oct 8, 2019 12:41
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There's fifty seashells now instead of twenty so you'll find them in some odd places
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I'm glad to hear the remake is good, since I haven't been able to get it yet. It was my favorite Zelda game back in the day, for the simplest of reasons, aside from just being a good game. I played (well, still do) the cello, and was happy to see it get some love as part of the set of instruments you collect.
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Vikar Jerome posted:its been awhile since i last playthrough LA, like 20 years maybe (still have my save file on the cart too lmao) but uhh where do you get bombs? i seem to remember being able to buy them from the store in the village from the get go? probably remembering it wrong, theres bombable walls in the first dungeon though? the game gives you bombs when you start needing them for dungeons, after that you can buy them in the store
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YggiDee posted:There's fifty seashells now instead of twenty so you'll find them in some odd places And a few really really stupid places
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Dictator. posted:the game gives you bombs when you start needing them for dungeons, after that you can buy them in the store You used to be able to get them from the Trendy Game from the beginning IIRC; I'm a bit grumpy you can't do that any more.
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Runcible Cat posted:You used to be able to get them from the Trendy Game from the beginning IIRC; I'm a bit grumpy you can't do that any more. I just checked in game (LADX) and nope, you couldn't. The original Trendy Game doesn't have bombs, at any point.
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I used to spend ten minutes or so smacking coconuts around from the monkey to get money for the shovel just so I could have bombs in Tail Cave and full clear it in one go. I was kind of annoyed bombs are locked behind beating Bottle Grotto so you're forced to go back.
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Oct 8, 2019 20:39
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you know what shocked me the most in the remake? that those are loving acorns with a bit of leaf (or coconuts?) littered on the beach and not parts of a ship wreck like i always thought on the GB. 
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Oct 8, 2019 21:56
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Twelve by Pies posted:I used to spend ten minutes or so smacking coconuts around from the monkey to get money for the shovel just so I could have bombs in Tail Cave and full clear it in one go. I was kind of annoyed bombs are locked behind beating Bottle Grotto so you're forced to go back.
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Vikar Jerome posted:you know what shocked me the most in the remake? that those are loving acorns with a bit of leaf (or coconuts?) littered on the beach and not parts of a ship wreck like i always thought on the GB.   Got it in two 
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haha what kinda hosed up bo jankity pokemon is that. fuckin plant snail. get the gently caress out of here. crawl up on them roots as though they were tentacles.
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Does the house at Martha's Bay serve any purpose beyond escorting that ghost and making me feel like poo poo
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Fojar38 posted:Does the house at Martha's Bay serve any purpose beyond escorting that ghost and making me feel like poo poo There's a shell there, along with both of those things.
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