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I see what you're saying. And yes, little quibbles like where you restart would have to be fixed in Skyward Sword if they want something like that to work. It should be a trivial matter.It's not like ALttP didn't have puzzles of its own, though. Having to use the cape or the cane that protected you to cross spikes or using the Cane of Somaria in Turtle Rock, for example, or figuring out how to get to the Misery Mire by travelling in/out of the dark world, then using a specific spell a la Zelda 2.As I said during this episode, ALttP has some very memorable "Eureka!" moments in it (the example I referenced was bombing to create the shaft of light into the empty boss room in the Thieves' Town dungeon, which then reveals the boss when you take the prisoner girl into the light). However, the puzzles are not the "bread-and-butter" of the dungeons as they are in later Zelda games, and a good number of them seem rather straightforward now (like the time-limited ones you describe above). Remember, this discussion is all in relative--not absolute--terms, comparing Zelda games to one another.
Most of these were more "figure out how to do it then do it before the time runs out" sort of puzzles, like lighting all the candles at the same time.
I don't think Skyward Sword will necessarily abandon the "dungeon item being required to beat the dungeon" structure, but I do think (more hope) that the line between dungeon and overworld will make it seem less obvious and structured. Think the dark forest in ALttP.
The dark forest is an interesting example as the overworld in that case is almost part of the dungeon itself, as it contains several entry points and you have to travel between dungeon and overworld to make it through successfully. The only problem with this in ALttP is: if you die inside the dungeon you restart at an entrance, whereas if you die outside you appear atop the Golden Pyramid and have to make your way back to the forest; that discrepancy would probably need to be addressed if a similar approach were employed to dungeons in Skyward Sword.
To anybody who likes the different brand of puzzle solving from A Link to the Past, there's been one after Ocarina of Time to follow that mould, which is Four Swords Adventures. Obviously, because it was clearly adhering to ALttP in several ways, that's no surprise, but it's probably a game that many people missed. There are a lot of puzzles based on the formations of the four Links, and very few item-based puzzles, as you can only hold one at a time, and they are taken away at the end of every level.Yes. Every Zelda fan should play this game. I played it in single-player and even then it was fantastic.
To be fair, you can game the system to get rare held items.On the previous existance of the Lucky Egg: Thanks. Makes me want to back and level up some dudes in HG. My bad for not realizing it. As for the menus, that shyt needs to organize its damn self, thankyouverymuch.
It's not surprising you didn't realize it. The only way to get it was on wild Chansey, and it was extremely rare (not only were Chansey themselves hard to find, but there was only a 1% chance of running into one with a Lucky Egg).
I am going to have to disagree a little. I have had an ADSL modem brick when I updated it with the official firmware that failed to unbrick following the companies procedure. What surprises me is that it doesn't have some sort of ability to fall back or roll back to hardwired 1.0. Devices brick because they are badly designed or have zero room for contingencies or are draconian.I'm personally just going to import the system from the get-go. I imported my Wii from the US and have never regretted doing so. It'll mean that I'll miss out on some Japan-only games, but that's still an upgrade from Australia's release schedule.
I only hope this is only boiler plate as I know I will end up soft moding this in time to play import, if nothing else get games at a fair price. Getting bricked would be like getting shot while walking on the grass at the park.
