Obligatory Zelda Topic

[Glitchy]

I think the only "Water Temple" I've really hated is the one in Majora's Mask.

I'm like a Zelda noob (Didn't beat OoT, never played MM) but I didn't think the one in TP was that bad...well maybe it was. I can't remember. ;_;

[ShadowBrain]

That one was less about raising and lowering water levels and more about changing currents... then again, I can't quite remember, either.

[Weegee]

...You rang?

[Tv_Themes]

I got as far as the 2nd village in Twilight Princess, got sick and tired of being Wolf Link so much.

[Chupperson Weird]

And thus you missed one of the better and more thoroughly awesome titles in the series. Smooth move, Dexter.

[Tv_Themes]

Hey, I still have it.

Too bad though, my hands are currently full with Wind Waker, Metroid Prime Trilogy, SSBB now and then, and a SMW Hack I'm playing on Wii thanks to Homebrew.

[Turtlekid1]

I've been playing A Link to the Past lately, and it's making Wind Waker look really unfinished by comparison, with its huge number of dungeons and upgrades and items and things to spend Rupees on besides Tingle's charts.  Don't get me wrong, Wind Waker is great, and I definitely like its visual style better, but I think ALttP has it beaten in other ways.

Also, the Dark World theme is awesome.

[Weegee]

What a coincidence: I too recently started playing ALLttP again, and was considering bumping this very thread to announce that I had finally beaten it.  In my opinion, A Link to the Past and Wind Waker are both overrated. The former is frustrating at times and direly needs a remake to revamp its primitive physics system, while sailing often makes the latter a chore to play. I enjoy both, but neither is as perfect as critics make them out to be.

[Turtlekid1]

Yeah, you can definitely get screwed over during combat by the physics... and the enemies' tendencies to get right up in your face and stay there, even during your period of mercy-invincibility.  Combine that with the fact that you start with seven hearts at the most, thus necessitating farming or wasting a fairy, for a good example of fake difficulty.  Almost as bad as the original Metroid.  Almost.

[Weegee]

Yeah, starting after a Game Over with barely enough health to restock at the nearest Fairy Fountain can be aggravating. Worst of all is how some Dark World foes can deal three full Hearts of damage with a single attack, and how enemies respawn the moment you move from one "screen" to another. I died 39 times in ALttP, versus once or twice in the other LoZ titles I own.

[Turtlekid1]

Anyone know a good N64 emulator?  I'd like to play OoT and MM on something that isn't Wii64 so I can have a good framerate with minimal sound/graphics glitches.

[ShadowBrain]

I would indeed like to see another Zelda game with... how many are there in ALttP? 12? Well, yeah, that many. It's important to remember, though, that they were pretty short in comparison to the ones in more recent Zeldas.

[Weegee]

how many are there in ALttP? 12? Well, yeah, that many. It's important to remember, though, that they were pretty short in comparison to the ones in more recent Zeldas.

You're talking about dungeons, I assume?

[Weegee]

I'm gonna be cool and now post exactly according to the thread prompt.

Sounds like a plan.

Favorite Zelda game: Call it an unorthodox choice, but I'm going with the Minish Cap. What it lacks in length and difficulty, it makes up for in charm and ingenuity. Its physics are fluid, the dungeons are never overbearing, weapons rarely become gimmicky or obselete, and the shrinking mechanic only increases the game's explorability factor.

Favorite weapon/item: Either Roc's Cape from the Minish Cap, or the Hookshot.

Favorite dungeons: To me, the best part of the series has always been exploring the overworld. While not a dungeon per se, my favourite area in any LoZ game is the Wind Waker's Hyrule Castle, and the path connecting it to Ganon's Tower. As for actual dungeons, the Minish Cap's Palace of Winds and Twilight Princess' Goron Mines take the cake.

Least favorite dungeons: Ocarina of Time's Water Temple was a nightmare (as admitted by Shiggy himself), and Jabu-Jabu's Belly was the most problematic area I've faced in any Zelda title to date. In the Wind Waker, constantly losing Makkar made the Wind Temple a rather frustrating ordeal for me.

[Kimimaru]

Least favorite dungeons: Ocarina of Time's Water Temple was a nightmare (as admitted by Shiggy himself), and Jabu-Jabu's Belly was the most problematic area I've faced in any Zelda title to date.

I found the Water Temple to be very easy; I just found it annoying how you have to switch boots every now and then. I remember I used to think that it was the hardest dungeon ever, but I later found out that you can skip almost the whole dungeon through glitches. I also recently did almost the entire game without a sword, which made Dark Link and a couple of other bosses a pain to beat, but I still came through.