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Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD |OT| Tingling with HD excitement...only 398 Rupees
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I have been rewatching this constantly the past couple of hours and it's still making me laugh like an idiot.
Vampirolol
Member
The dungeons are still meh gameplay wise and some parts will always be boring, and what were they thinking when making the swift sail so difficult to obtain. Anyway, it's still one of the best games I've ever played.
The swift sail was a piece if cake to get. Auctions r hard lol.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Wow, the first boss was beautiful.
I tried it but caved and switched it off on Dragon Roost because the constant deaths from the surprise attacking monsters and falling in lava was getting too annoying.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Yum, got the 3 pearls, nice for a day of playing.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
You can press B to exit the auction at any time though... sucks...Just a caution
Played for 4 hours last night, headed all the way south for the Swift sail, it did not turn up on first auction..
no way to quit mid auction so quit.....
no auto save4 hours lost..... so make sure you save before you go to the auction...
The game hasn't even started yet. Basically you are just exiting the tutorial now. Dragon Roost Island is first real "challenge".
I came here just now to post this.
The internet need to halt immediately and see it.
Banderas.jif worthy
10/10
You are making it so difficult. I still have to finish TW101 and Pikmin 3 is on my shelf untouched. After TW101 maybe I should start WWHD. Decisions....
Just a caution
Played for 4 hours last night, headed all the way south for the Swift sail, it did not turn up on first auction..
no way to quit mid auction so quit.....
no auto save
I save like every 5 minutes outside and every each cleared room inside dungeons... You clearly have been used to autosave which is the real cause here. I'm not saying it's bad or that it's a problem, but it picture your gaming habits/history. Quiet interesting... sucks for your lost gameplay thought.
One thing I discovered yesterday:
you can read again the hints of the fishes you gave the bait to whenever you want, from the map select one square, if you gave the bait to the fish there will be the fish icon in full color on the right of the screen, right under the treasure charts legend. Tap on the fish icon and the message will be readable again in the gamepad screen.
Oh, the usefulness!
you can read again the hints of the fishes you gave the bait to whenever you want, from the map select one square, if you gave the bait to the fish there will be the fish icon in full color on the right of the screen, right under the treasure charts legend. Tap on the fish icon and the message will be readable again in the gamepad screen.
Oh, the usefulness!
Porcile
Member
Thanks. Been trying to work out how to do this. The stupid fish even tell you that you need to refeed them the bait to see the message again...
plagiarize
Banned
awesome find. that will be extremely helpful to me later on. I've talked to all the fish, and only just got the third pearl. 20 hours already! hah. I love sailing.
Porcile
Member
Best thing is, it gets even better! Wish I was playing it for the first time, but even after so many playthroughs the magic is still there.
Because it worked that way in the original game
Not sure if I should be spoiler tagging this or not, but...
I had to leave and re-enter the room 56 times before I could get it to show up in the auction
Porcile
Member
Because it worked that way in the original game
I know, but they could've just changed the message to make it more obvious that you don't need to refeed them bait!
Hope you don't mind me being curious, but what was your first Zelda game and what did you think of that one?
Excellent
Can't wait to play some more!Hope you don't mind me being curious, but what was your first Zelda game and what did you think of that one?
Ocarina of Time. I played it on the 3DS, it was awesome too! Only got around 2/3 of the way through it though as I got busy IRL at the time. But I'll have to give it another spin after WW
Just a caution
Played for 4 hours last night, headed all the way south for the Swift sail, it did not turn up on first auction..
no way to quit mid auction so quit.....
no auto save
I feel your pain. I lost about an hour of game play last weekend because the power suddenly went out before I could save my game. After that I was saving like a mad woman after every major event.
The auction is annoying. The
sail
Just a caution
Played for 4 hours last night, headed all the way south for the Swift sail, it did not turn up on first auction..
no way to quit mid auction so quit.....
no auto save
did the swift sail auction at the same time as waiting for
the full moon
What?
Mash the "bid button" as soon as an auction starts, when it's your turn to bid offer AT LEAST 11 rupees more than the current bid. That way all the people will be stunned for at least 10 seconds. In that time no bids will occur, use it to build the bid meter again until the very end, wait for the people to come to their senses and promptly fill the meter again, with a bit of luck they'll only manage to bid once or twice. It may seem more expensive this way, but it's actually far less and you can easily check the remaining time, in those stun seconds they would have placed at list 6-7 bids each with at least 3-4 rupees raise, not to mention it's far far quicker this way. Just be sure to place the last bid when there are less than 10 seconds to the auction end, so they'll be stunned on the time-out. I managed to obtain the Swift Sail for 120 rupees
ha, I'm replaying the game on hero mode too, after years of not touching it.
I have died twice already on the Dragon Rooster Cavern.
I guess it will get easier once I get more hearts and bottles.
Haven't seen too many replies about the Ganondorf figure- anyone care to comment on the quality of the thing? Based on I'm seeing elsewhere on the internetz, these are roughly one step better than Happy Meal caliber; rubbery plastic, rough edges on paint, noticeable gaps on the joints and seams, bent/misshapen swords, feet not matching the stand... probably varies for each individual figure, but sad to hear that they're not that high quality.
It's not like there are any really visible joints, aside from the shoulders and elbows there are no joints on the figure because the body is just literally his clothing. The thing I think are stupid are the orange trails that you pop into his fists and they form the pom of the swords. But I don't think they add anything to the figure at all.
Just realized it's all being discussed in the other thread about the LE bundle, I'll look over there.
Carry on!
Carry on!
Calamari41
41 > 38
I think that I enjoyed playing through this more now than I did during its original release. This game has really re-kindled my love for Zelda.
The thing that really stood out to me was how much of a drag it was to have to go through the dungeons when all I wanted to do was continue exploring the sea. I think that it would be interesting to see a Zelda game in this style but with more islands to explore, and with more of them being "large" islands with robust puzzles/caves.
Instead of the standard 8-10 full sized dungeons and a sparse overworld (I know WW had a lot fewer dungeons, but that was due to the need to rush it out the door), imagine if there were 20-30 dungeons that were 1/3 sized, all spread out across the map. Throw the standard dungeon items in a bunch of them, but allow for sequence breaking and note-taking on the in-game map. Make the item itself, rather than the macguffin piece, the prize of a bunch of the dungeons.
When charting islands in WWHD, I loved it when the fish guy would tell me stuff like "You need to be able to melt ice to get in here. I heard that there's something that can do that three clicks north and two clicks west." This kindled that sense of exploration and discovery. The problem was that even though I could get to that spot, I was told "lol you're not far enough in the story to be here yet, come back later." Along that same line, I wanted to go into the Wind Temple before the Earth Temple because I wanted to get the hookshot to clear out some islands, but I wasn't allowed to do those out of order. I had both the iron boots and the power bracelet, why couldn't I just go pick up Makar instead of Medli first?
One of my favorite parts of Link to the Past is the path to the Ice Rod in the Southeast corner of the map. You can go through the entire game without ever going near it, and yet there it is ready to be discovered from the instant you get out of the Sanctuary. I also used to always go through and loot every Dark World dungeon before beating any of the bosses, then I would finish them up completely out of order. I want to see more of that in my Zelda games.
The thing that really stood out to me was how much of a drag it was to have to go through the dungeons when all I wanted to do was continue exploring the sea. I think that it would be interesting to see a Zelda game in this style but with more islands to explore, and with more of them being "large" islands with robust puzzles/caves.
Instead of the standard 8-10 full sized dungeons and a sparse overworld (I know WW had a lot fewer dungeons, but that was due to the need to rush it out the door), imagine if there were 20-30 dungeons that were 1/3 sized, all spread out across the map. Throw the standard dungeon items in a bunch of them, but allow for sequence breaking and note-taking on the in-game map. Make the item itself, rather than the macguffin piece, the prize of a bunch of the dungeons.
When charting islands in WWHD, I loved it when the fish guy would tell me stuff like "You need to be able to melt ice to get in here. I heard that there's something that can do that three clicks north and two clicks west." This kindled that sense of exploration and discovery. The problem was that even though I could get to that spot, I was told "lol you're not far enough in the story to be here yet, come back later." Along that same line, I wanted to go into the Wind Temple before the Earth Temple because I wanted to get the hookshot to clear out some islands, but I wasn't allowed to do those out of order. I had both the iron boots and the power bracelet, why couldn't I just go pick up Makar instead of Medli first?
One of my favorite parts of Link to the Past is the path to the Ice Rod in the Southeast corner of the map. You can go through the entire game without ever going near it, and yet there it is ready to be discovered from the instant you get out of the Sanctuary. I also used to always go through and loot every Dark World dungeon before beating any of the bosses, then I would finish them up completely out of order. I want to see more of that in my Zelda games.
The Lamonster
Member
From what I've heard about it, you would probably enjoy the upcoming 3DS Zelda.
Disorientator
Member
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
The swift sail was the first thing when I went into the auction. Then I lost it somehow. Went back the next day, it was there again. Won it. I guess I lucked out, huh, with how many times you dudes had to fight to get it appear. Next time I went in it was the piece of heart. Quit after that, since it was joy pendant. But lookin it up now I guess there are some treasure charts in there huh, guess I'll be headed back!
Calamari41
41 > 38
It definitely seems like a step in the right direction. Renting/buying the "dungeon items" is an interesting way of doing it, and I'm anxious to see how it ends up. I would love scattered "mini dungeons" for them instead of a shop, though.
plagiarize
Banned
It was the first thing in there and I won it first time. I've been filling out the map during the endless storm because... I love the storm, so I haven't been able to do more auctions. I will win some auctions tonight!
I think I'm going to hold off on the Swift Sail for a while. Just tried to get it last night and it didn't come up (grabbed a piece of heart and treasure chart, though). Just finished up
. I quite enjoy the slow pace of sailing, I've always loved it since the original.
Tower of the Gods
Porcile
Member
Agreed. Sailing on the ocean is so damn serene I don't want it to go any quicker!
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
I can't go back to the non-swift sail. Whenever I turn it off I am shocked by how slow I am moving. When you're trying to do trading quests or mapping the ocean and you just want to get from place to place already, the swift sail is the best thing ever. The fact that I beat this game without it in 2003 blows my mind.
You don't need to go faster all the time when you have the swift sale. Press A to start sailing and the wind doesn't change. Press A again and the wind will change and you'll also be traveling faster.
This is great.