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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword |OT| Home of Punkin' Chunkin' Champion 2011
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This is what I did. Bwaha
Starwolf_UK
Member
I hope someone embeds it somewhere. It is hard to concentrate when you're trying you best not to focus on comments or related videos...oh and not letting the video finish so the related videos (probably spoilers) show up.
decoyplatypus
Member
Helping Batreaux is its own reward. What he gives you for 80 crystals is terrible. You won't miss it.
I think of all the "predungeons" as part of the dungeons themselves.
at least in the 3D Zeldas, yes. oh and I think the 3rd dungeon is the only one without a mini boss as well
decoyplatypus
Member
Am I the only one who thought collecting trinkets to upgrade items was a less fun way of obtaining upgrades than the usual combination of mini-games, sidequests, and secret locations?
I kind of agree.
I prefer: Holy shit found an awesome new shield!
to: Want a new shield? Find 18 bugs and 50 rupees
it'd be cool if it didn't tell me what an amber relic was every time I started a new game.
Lord_Byron28
Member
Well you could technically count
Ghirahim and Demise since right after you beat that dungeon the game immediately goes to the ending sequence.
You do both in this game though..
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
What other Zelda game let you upgrade items three times a clip?
They didn't remove something, they added something.
Aw now I feel guilty.. and also I feel like I should 100% this game...
Why? the side quest was awesome.
shadyspace
Banned
Don't see how I'll be able to help Uncle Bats. I've got 70 crystals, can't see how the hell I'll be able to do
and no idea where the other five could be since I seemingly got every loose one in Skyloft.
Bug Wrangler in 90 seconds
well me personally, if I do all the side quests before finishing the main game, I usually get burnt out right before the end. if he can handle it, he should, but I have no will power.
Green Mamba
Member
The amount of upgrades in this game dwarfs the usual Zelda's. I really doubt there would have been nearly as many shields as there are if it weren't for the upgrade system.
Lord_Byron28
Member
On top of that a lot of the special items required to upgrade your equipment are found in secret areas, enemies and chests. So they give you the excitement and enjoyment of discovering new items to upgrade your items.
IMO they should've gotten rid of the
Sacred
Hylian
I hope next time they go further with the upgrade. Electric, Fire and Ice arrows, long clawshot, Pegasus Boots to boost speed and stamina, bombchus, underwater bombs, an upgrade for the whip.
Metroid Killer
Member
I'm the opposite with Zeldas. I have to 100% pretty much everything on my first run. The on my next play I will be less OCD'y.well me personally, if I do all the side quests before finishing the main game, I usually get burnt out right before the end. if he can handle it, he should, but I have no will power.
Hey (so possible late-game music spoiler + speculation):
Seems significant after speculation pertaining to the character.
I also noticed (dungeon 5 music):
Seems like Levias theme takes a lot of inspiration from the Ballad of the Wind Fish played backwards. It's not 100%, but compare it yourself.
Seems significant after speculation pertaining to the character.
I also noticed (dungeon 5 music):
The deck theme after restoring time uses parts of the Kakariko village theme. Not sure how this one could be significant, but maybe a cool note.
Most clear between :30-1:00.
Most clear between :30-1:00.
Green Mamba
Member
I agree that the
Sacred Shield is really overpowered, especially for how early you get it. I think they could keep it, but rebalance it--decrease the meters on them even further (so that the lowest leveled one breaks on a single bad hit maybe?), or maybe get rid of their ability to deflect fire and electricity and make it specifically a curse deflecting shield and drop its regenerative abilities completely. As it is it completely supplants the Wooden and Iron Shields from the fourth dungeon onwards.
Still not as bad as Twilight Princess, where you get the best shield in the game before even setting foot into the second dungeon.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
I was laughing at Ghriam's(sp) danceing moves
A 6 flags commerical sowed up on TV and I laughed very hard because it seemed to match
A 6 flags commerical sowed up on TV and I laughed very hard because it seemed to match
Hmm, so I figure past dungeon 5 is the time to do some sidequesting seeing as
. And I realize that I need a lot of materials. First up, tumbleweeds for the Bug Net upgrade so I can catch more bugs. And birds so I can upgrade my Sacred Shield. But this is sounding a little silly, perhaps, since I bet they're pretty common, but what's the best place for tumbleweeds?
the item wheel is full
I spent about 5 minutes trying to open up the
. What the fuck, I had no problems with it in the woods. Must be the desert ruining my flow (or the fact that I'd as rhythmic as a bit of cardboard).
I've upgraded some really nice stuff,
I'm swagged up.
portal with the Harp
I've upgraded some really nice stuff,
beetle is super quick, net is huge, shield is devine.
What the fuck is the strategy for the (post-6th dungeon)
3rd Imprisoned fight? This is one of the worst bosses in the series, and it's repeated three times?? Why? The shockwave attack he does has increased its range to the point where I can't ever reach the toes without Groose. I tried jumping down and up via the air spouts and getting in front of him, but usually I just get knocked off the edge when I land, or I get one hit in and then he steps on me. No other items do anything? It's a super frustrating, not fun fight.
Inferno313
Banned
The third fight with the imprisoned is pretty easy, imo. Just shoot him with the Groosenator, kill a foot. (Once you take out all the toes on one foot he stops making shockwaves with that foot.) Then shoot him again and take out the other foot. You can also use Arrows to kill toes. Knock the seal into his head. He flies up. You shoot him and he falls on his back instantly, shove that seal in again. He flies up again. Shoot yourself onto his head and shove it in for the last time.
SirPenguin
Member
That took me about 5 tries. Fun game
Fi tells you as soon as you get to the first tentacles blocking your path that the only way to cut them is with a skyward strike. To fight the boss you run around avoiding tentacles while slicing them with skyward strikes, shoot the eye, and then attack it with your sword. When it starts beating on the ship, you run back and forth dodging until it stops and gives you a chance to fire an arrow. In the final phase you just slash away the snake tentacles with your sword until they stop and then shoot the eye.
Dungeon 5 boss spoilers.
The problem wasn't the Skyward Strike - I was doing it. The problem was that throughout the entire game, up to the boss himself, I had been doing that move only one way: hold sword vertically, swing down vertically.
The issue is that it didn't do anything to the tentacles. Actually, the REAL issue is that it did do something: it played the noise it makes when you successfully hit an enemy (the little musical noise)
So I did it over and over and over, thinking that at some point the tentacles would take enough damage and break. It was only a fluke that I swung sloppily and at an angle, where I then saw only that would slice the tentacles.
The issue is that it didn't do anything to the tentacles. Actually, the REAL issue is that it did do something: it played the noise it makes when you successfully hit an enemy (the little musical noise)
So I did it over and over and over, thinking that at some point the tentacles would take enough damage and break. It was only a fluke that I swung sloppily and at an angle, where I then saw only that would slice the tentacles.
I'm the only one complaining about that part, so I'm willing to concede it must be not be a common problem. I think I was more sensitive to it after the poor dungeon that lead up to it
So it really is just a matter of
waiting for Groose? That's my mistake then, I thought I could make progress by myself without relying on the cannon.
Earlier, you're told by the old woman (who I'm guessing is Impa, though if so that hasn't been formally revealed yet), to use the cannon when the Imprisoned is in your blind spot. He's always in sight though. I still don't know what to make of her advice.
Inferno313
Banned
That or sniping him with the bow are the easiest ways to do it, imo. You really only have to take him down that way the first time though.
MasterShotgun
brazen editing lynx
There's a much easier and faster method to fighting the Imprisoned in all of its forms. Get on a ledge above the Imprisoned. Have Groose stun him with a bomb. This is so the Imprisoned doesn't buck you off. (He won't buck you off in its first form.) Then jump on the Imprisoned's head and attack the weak point.
victreeb3l
Member
lanayru's desert, really. i just spent a good half an hour going through the entire region finding chests and goddess boxes that i missed the first time around and caught about a dozen of tumbleweeds. they tend to disappear quickly though so have your bug net ready!
true, which is why i think all of the dungeons so far have been short in length. i think in the future zeldas, they will probably phase out traditional "dungeons" and it will be just one massive region at a time, full of puzzles and powerups, kinda blending what we have in SS
Didn't know this was possible. Thanks.
Incitemaybe
Member
I'm on the 6th dungeon now and the 5th dungeon was easily the worst dungeon in the game for me......so empty :-(
So, now that the story is finished and I don't want to
, I'm wandering the land completing the side quest, collecting Heart Pieces, and slashing up Goddess Cubes. This is the part of 3D Zelda titles I enjoy the most, and usually, a bunch of these things being well hidden, gives me a deeper appreciation for the worlds.
start Hero Mode yet
Lord_Byron28
Member
Seems like a ton of people didn't know this. This was the way I defeated him all 3 forms.
I caught one, so now my Bug Net is a lot easier to use. Plus I got the shield upgraded. Had a little scare with the basic Sacred Shield after messing up two bashes in a row. I hope it's a bit more durable now.
Also, isn't it a little ironic that the one thing you DO want to dowse for, that is setting a particular item or bug to search for, isn't possible?
It's actually
one of the best bosses in the game. You're just using the worst strategy for it. Stun him with a bomb and get on his head. The 2nd and 3rd hits in this fight are both different and easy. 3rd fight is the easiest of the 3, but also the most badass.
Me too. It's a shame. I was wondering why so many people hated it.
People have said that
Fi tells you to go after the toes. I think that's supposed to be the brute force method and Nintendo was hoping you'd figure out the more clever methods on your own... plus they showed this at TGS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StXfwq4GU3g#t=10m9s. IGN showed another method where you can just cut off the back toenails and wait for it to climb. When you hit it with the groosenator, without the back nails to stabilize it, it will fall on its back when it falls off the cliff and allow you to nail the stake back in. Getting on its head is definitely the fastest way, though.
I really liked the (late boss spoilers)
3rd Imprisoned fight. He went really fast and I was actually really close to him getting to the top, the other 2 were really easy. I do think it's a drag that all 3 show up in boss rush, there's really nothing offered in the first two in comparison that make them any fun after this.
I look at them as some of the easiest battles to
win in Boss Rush mode, not to mention there are a bunch of hearts around the level you can use to heal up if you're hurting.
Sad to hear that, I enjoyed the shit out of it. I though the puzzles were interesting (but simple once you got the hang of the "mechanic") and that they used the
time skipping very well to create two distinct areas of it. I'll admit that they already covered this in the third dungeon, but I really liked this rethread.
I just finished the sixth dungeon, it was very good. New mechanic was, again, interesting. But it was really, really simple, I figured out puzzles in instants, none of the enemies were challenging and the boss way too simple instead of how menacing it should have been.
It doesn't help that you've already beaten him before and fought a lot of similar enemies since.
Still, even with these gripes I'm having a lot of fun with it. But they did a great job with varying the challenge in early game and it's disappointing that they're losing that now.
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/po...rumors-and-the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword/
G4 did a feedback episode with Skyward Sword as the game of the week. I haven't watched it yet but I was told the zelda discussion starts a little over 40 minutes in.
G4 did a feedback episode with Skyward Sword as the game of the week. I haven't watched it yet but I was told the zelda discussion starts a little over 40 minutes in.
Oh man, I just marathon'd the sections (late game spoiler)
So good, though I think it's now time to take a tea break, heh. I can see myself replaying a ton to see what kind of times I can get.
to get 3 parts of the Song of the Hero, with Lanayru's being the last one. With boss rush unlocked, I immediately ran through the 8 battles required to get the Hylian Shield. Got it on my first try, though I was down to 4 hearts during the last fight (Tantalus) so I was sweating a bit, haha.
So good, though I think it's now time to take a tea break, heh. I can see myself replaying a ton to see what kind of times I can get.
I think most of the bosses are easy, especially on the second try, so I never needed hearts. They were just there to kill another 2-3 minutes.
my biggest concern was fighting ghirahim 2 and the scorpion. i was doing pretty well and then fight 7: ghirahim 2 and fight 8: scorpion
still got it on my first try though.
I thought the scorpion was the easiest boss in the game. For some reason when I fought the scorpion randomly in the room pre-5(I think?) it was a lot harder. Weird.
Ghirahim 1 is also harder to me than 2 for some reason. I beat 2 in 1:09 on my first shot.
Ghirahim 1 is also harder to me than 2 for some reason. I beat 2 in 1:09 on my first shot.