Bob Martens

What a wild ride. I was expecting to only spend an hour or so working through a temple and I ended up playing past midnight and moving the plot along farther than I had first imagined. Whew.

SPOILER WARNING: DO NOT READ ON IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW

I went back to Lake Floria and retrieved the basin I needed, mistakenly thinking that I would just fly back to Eldin Volcano and head up to the save point I had found … but then I was sent back to the beginning of the mountain ascent and needed to get myself to the top.

The fun part is that I had my carrier robot badgering me the whole time. I only needed to replay two areas four times before I could get all the ay through (I’m getting better with the sword, really …). After that it was easy enough to have him douse the frog and let me in.

On to the Fire Sanctuary!

Once again, great temple that revolves around being able to dig underground and use drops of water from a certain plants to open up new paths and defeat giant hands of magma …

GIANT HANDS OF MAGMA!?

Yes, that’s correct. Just watch out for them.

Boss battle was difficult, but I was able to get through with only a single heart potion! YAY! Finally, the final fire gave me the … duh duh duuuuuuh … Master Sword! Well, close to it at least.

Time to head back to the Sealed Temple and engage the Gate of Time and meet up with my friend, Zelda.

Of course, when you get there, you need to beat the monster back into the ground and seal it shut … again. This is getting quite annoying. After that, you find out that the monster is actually Demise, evil incarnate really. I’ve stored that away for future reference.

After that battle you head back up and engage the Gate of Time.

You head on through and find yourself in the WAY past and you find out that … hey, Zelda is actually the mortal incarnation of the goddess Hylia! Well, you learn something new everyday.

After some more prose she seals herself in the past in order to seal Demise more securely and give Link time to go and seek out the Triforce so that Demise can be defeated once and for all.

Now the adventure really begins for a third time!

That’s where I’m at. Zelda is frozen in a diamond to keep Demise put in the future and now I need to find the Triforce. I’ve taken Day 11 off, so I’ll be back soon with more information later.

I’ve been sick for the past couple of days, so this is coming out late. It’s been over a week of playing at night and I have no idea how close I am to completing the game. It. Is. Awesome.

SPOILER WARNING: DO NOT READ ON IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW

Well, I have now cleansed my sword in the second fire, completed the final two trials (thank goodness), learned another new song, and am at the door step of the next temple … but now I need to go and get me some water so I can continue!

So, you’re in the desert and then you find this ship … in the desert. You hit the crystal and then you have a little circle where you see water. So cool. You’ll understand when you get there, but this is seriously one of the coolest parts of the game so far. You are in a little circle of ocean in a sea of sand. Very cool.

Finally, you get to the temple here, and yes, it is a ship in this sea of sand that you had to track down and knock out.

It’s called the Sand Ship and it is a lot of fun, even if it includes a lot of back tracking in order to complete (since it is only one ship). Finally you end up facing the boss, and it is one of the easier ones as long as you know what you are doing. It isn’t hard, but it was fun (and the boss looks kind of silly as well).

You get the ability to use your dowsing ability on more objects and then you are off to get the next song. It is here that I completed a couple of side quests just for fun, stocked up on some needed potions (I have one fairy and two heart potions with me at all times), and then it was off to Eldin Volcano for the next temple.

I’m happy I’m done with the trials. It’s not that I didn’t like them, it was just that I had to die at least once on EVERY ONE. Oh well, I completed the trial and now I can withstand the great heat of the volcano so I can progress.

Progress I did. All the way to the final gate to the temple and I find out that I need a huge amount of water in order to get through. Well, where do you find a huge amount of water?

It’s back to the Water Dragon!