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eriph's The Legend of Zelda (NES)
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| [February 4, 2007 02:52:57 AM]
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Thanks to talking to someone who had played the game before and knew everything about it, I managed to find some hidden heart containers. I can only ask: how would you have found them otherwise? So secret! I also upgraded my sword and shield, which is pretty nice.
Randomly came across what I assume was supposed to be the second dungeon. They don't really tell you at all. Is it possible to go in the dungeons out of order? I'm only coming across them by chance, so I have no idea. DODONGO DISLIKES SMOKE. And is killed in one bomb hit. That boss was easy.
I got the "Magic" Boomerang in the second dungeon, but I never even got a chance to use the normal one I got from the first dungeon. What's even the difference between the two of them, and why did the first one get replaced so quick? They don't even say what purpose it serves in this game. LoZ, you baffle me with your lack of explanation for ANYTHING.
I was trying to save up 250 rupees for the blue ring (which takes forever because you can only get rupees in increments of 1 or 5 from enemies, and they don't even drop that often), when I came across LET'S PLAY MONEY MAKING GAME. I already had 100 rupees, but I wanted this stuff quicker. So I played money making game. And that damn bearded old guy cheated me out of all my rupees until I had 13 left. So I cried and stopped playing. That old guy can suck it.
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| [February 1, 2007 04:48:18 AM]
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I'd watched my brother play the first Zelda way back when, but a good portion of the series I had my first introduction to were on the Super Nintendo. So, my first Zelda game was Link to the Past, and I'd never really given the first one a shot. But when I saw it on the Wii's virtual console, I felt I couldn't pass that up.
I think I saw this more or less said by someone else in different words, but it's still true: NES Hyrule is a lonely pixelated land with creepy men hiding in caves who shout single sentences at you in bad English. Also, your hero is a mute. ...And where are the towns? I just see a lot of caves. I thought this was supposed to be a kingdom. Hylian royal family needs to get it together.
I tried playing this when I first downloaded it through the virtual console...and died a lot. I mean, a LOT. I had no clue where to go. I was like, "I can't believe I just wasted $5 on this. What." But after the demo in class, I was at least aware of the general area the first dungeon was in. So I put that knowledge to use and was able to get a little bit into the game.
It's a little annoying to realize that the only way you can accomplish anything in the first few minutes of the game is if: 1) you've played it before, 2) you've watched someone else play it before, 3) you looked it up online. Good god, what did people do in the days before friends and internet? I'm surprised more people didn't give up on this game.
It was frustrating at first, because three hearts is not enough to start a game with, when a hit from the many many enemies roaming about takes away at least half a heart. I know in other Zelda games you always start with 3 hearts, but somehow it was made way more bearable in the other games. But after I got some other heart containers it wasn't quite as bad.
The game keeps track of how many times you die. I hate it when games do that! If it were a different game, I would probably be starting over a thousand times just so it wouldn't show my sad sad death count on my save file. I know I did that with Ocarina of Time. I'm so OCD with games. I have to get all of the items, do all the sidequests, have everyone leveled up/learn everything/whatever. When your save file says "YOU DIED 12 TIMES LOL," by the time you beat the game, it drives me crazy. Tell me I'm not the only gamer like that. I'm not even sure why I'm not letting it bother me for this game. Probably because I'd rather just play the game than worry about doing everything "proper" for it.
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eriph's The Legend of Zelda (NES)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Wednesday 31 January, 2007
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