All right gamrConnect, we're going to play Zelda games together!

[Mr Khan]

RolStoppable said:

Mr Khan said:
How the hell do i make the frog do anything? I went through the stupid signpost maze twice to try to talk to him and got nothing for my trouble, then i decided to try going straight to the eagle's nest, then no, you need a key...

Decently productive day, since turning over every stone i possibly could got me a couple heart pieces, an expansion on the amount of magic powder i can carry, and the magic lens, but it didn't get me any progress

Where is Marin, where is this "ocarina" that some fish was telling me about, how do i get Mamu to do anything besides yell at me? How do i get the key?!?

Fear not, for I have played a good deal of Link's Awakening already. You get the ocarina in the starting village, there's a house with stones in front of its door (north of the shop), enter it and do what has to be done. Marin should still be in the animal village, if you already took her there and you can learn a song, if you talk to her after getting the ocarina (or she could be back to her own village, standing near the bird statue, but I am not sure). The fish will also teach you a song, obviously. And Mamu... well, he will say something different when you got the ocarina. Since you've already gone twice through the lame signpost maze, I tell you that you should have 300 rupees with you, otherwise he won't teach you his song. So everything is tied to the ocarina.

As for the key, return to the starting village and push the bird statue to the side. Go down the stairs and play Mamu's song to bring the bird back to life who will then follow you. On your way to the eagle's nest there's a long stair leading out of the deep water. Go up there and enter the first cave you see. Grab the bird to cross the large hole and collect the key.

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As for my own progress in Ocarina of Time, I am twelve hours in and... ah, screw it. I am done with the game, got 100 % completion in twelve hours. Which is exactly the same amount of time as a good decade ago when I last timed how long that takes. But back then I knew the game a lot better and this time I wasted quite a lot of time going back and forth needlessly at times. I guess I have to blame the Nintendo 64 PAL version of OoT which runs 17 % slower which is the reason why I managed the same time on the 60 Hz Gamecube version of the game despite being slower.

Huh, i always assumed that place was the 8th dungeon, as i went inside once, got killed quickly, and fled. Never would've thought to try there...