Part 13 - Turtle Rock: Wherein Link does not gain Tower Shield Proficiency.
Before I progress the plot any further, first, a few errands.
First stop, more grave robbing!
And it gets me a super-rare magical item instead of, say, criminal charges. Not that the law is very good at catching me anyway, mind.
And now, I have a happy inventory screen!
Ah yes, this. Time to wow the world with fashion!
Er, I mean anti-fashion!
Being invisible causes me to pass through the bumper mechanism, because, uh… physics?
Oh well! Heart piece get!
Good sir, I think your aim could use some work.
Bomb Salesbug: have a new Super Bomb in stock for only 100 Rupees! Please buy it too, mister!
It…
It’s PIIIIINK!
I waaaant it!
Bomb Salesbug: Please don’t forget it.
Don’t worry. I get the feeling I’ll never forget this momentous occasion.
I got my own little pet boooomb!
There is no way in which this could possibly be a bad idea.
Ah yes, this place! At long last, we get to tear down this wall!
Woo!
Sure, why not?
Uh…
No comment.
Fairy: What an honest little creature! I will give you something better in return.
Your sword is at maximum strength! It radiates with uncompromising beauty and power!
Well, that’s… anticlimactic, admittedly. Though, I suppose I’d have a hard time with where to go for the design of the fourth sword, too. And, to be fair, this sword does look quite nice! The white-and-gold theme is simple, yet effective.
Oh, if only he could see me now…
I admittedly do not recall how to get the final tunic, so let’s see if this works.
Aw yeah, things are about to get…
…
He is still wearing his tunic after throwing it into the pool.
I’d make a quantum mechanics joke, except we are actively observing both tunics. So, yeah…
Oh well. ‘Twas a slim hope. But now, on to the most important thing!
Fairy: You are an honest person. I like you. I will give you something important… These are the Silver Arrows. To give Ganon his last moment, you definitely need them!
…Wait, does this mean Ganon is a werewolf? Is he going to try to bite me? Or take off his shirt and romance me?
Fairy: I know I don’t quite have the figure of a faerie. Ganon’s cruel power is to blame! You must defeat Ganon!
Why did he just make you fat instead of, y’know, killing you?
These are the Silver Arrows you need to defeat Ganon!
Anyway, to the plotmobile!
…Kinda hit the nail on the head with this dungeon name.
And you need to, in the light world, guess the order to pound these stakes in through trial-and-error, because, uh… game design?
HMMM, I WONDER…
EXTREME ACUPUNCTUUUUURE!
I think Link has been eaten more often than most people have eaten.
Even Zelda is speechless.
The game poses an interesting question… mark.
And the answer is magical explodium blocks that turn into moving platforms when exposed to punctuation.
Whatever works, I suppose.
Evil rolling pins! My arch-nemesis!
When it comes to staring contests, this door fights dirty.
The only winning move here is not to play.
Oh look, it’s a… pogo… ball… cactus… thing.
Get back heeeere!
Oh hey, it’s the Bow-Wow Bros.!
I decided to break some floor tiles with my sword this time so they don’t feel quite so bad about themselves.
Ooh, issa tunnel!
Weeeee-ow! Weeeee-ow! Weeeee-ow!
Seriously, those thumps make it sound PAINFUL! It’s a good thing that fur makes good padding.
Is the lava truly menacing if one cannot fall into it and is clearly too high up to be much affected by ambient heat?
I wonder…
Nope, but that would have been a rather interesting easter egg.
couldn’t block!
Ooh, shiny! And pink!
Even putting aside my bias toward pink stuff, I prefer this design to the old one. I agree, Ryusuta; the size of the old Mirror Shield was simply absurd and also would have hidden far too much of the adorable.
Though, I am a bit disappointed that I don’t get to use that “Tower Shield Proficiency feat” joke I had lined up.
You don’t scare me, rolling pins! I…
Wait, why am I even bothering?
Take that, skull thing!
Nice touch, I must say.
This door is locked by the key one needs to get to this door in the first place.
Turtle Rock contains a rock turtle. Interesting.
Also, no prizes for guessing the weakness of the two colored heads. The red one breathes lines of fire, the blue one breathes lines of slick ice flooring.
Not one head down, fairly good aim, and I need to restock magical power. They certainly expect the player to come prepared, huh?
Then again, given how many rupees the game throws at the player, not much excuse not to be prepared, so fair enough.
I managed to kill the other head with my last sliver of magical power.
Too bad I had to use a potion to restore health.
But hey, now I have magical power to break the game with!
Thankfully, the developers had the forethought to not put the heart container in a wall in this case.
I wonder if Zelda will open with something unique.
Huh. I’m surprised. I even had a “DAGNABBIT!” all lined up and everything. Also, I think Zelda’s the only one who has a different wardrobe team.
Zelda: I felt this from the first time we met. … … …
You mean when I got curb-stomped in a rather embarrassing fashion?
Zelda: I haven’t forgotten all you’ve done for me, Link…
She makes it seem like I did more than one thing to help her, specifically, before now.
Zelda: All this time you’ve worn a monster’s form because you wanted to help me.
I know what she means, but my first thought when I saw this line was, “No, he’s wearing a monster’s form because Agahnim cursed him with it.” And because Ryusuta correctly thinks it’s adorable.
Zelda: I will never forget that. You’re truly as gentle-natured as you appear in that form. It actually suits you, in a way…
And because he is far more able to defend himself than one would think, just like real bunnies.
Zelda: Anyway, Ganon is waiting inside his tower to pass through the gate linking the two worlds. Once Ganon enters the Light World, it is unlikely that anyone can stop him.
Including me? Is he somehow more powerful in the Light World than the Dark World he already rules?
Zelda: But if he stays in the closed space of this world, you can find him wherever he runs.
Admittedly, the Light World access would give him twice as much space, but only twice as much, unless we’re assuming that the Light World has more to it than shown on the map and the Dark World does not.
Zelda: Now, go to the Tower of Ganon! We will use our combined powers to break the barrier. Let’s return peace to the country without fail… … … …
Proof that crystals beat disco barriers every time!
Zelda: May the way of the Hero lead to the Triforce.
DAGNABBIT!