Must.. not... envy... people palying... OoT 3DS...

So, Zelda 2, the pinnacle. Haven't played much theses days, weekend and all, but I'm really liking it. It's very open, it usually not confusing (which doesn't sound like much but is a balance few games have to this day). The combat is really nice. It's like you're playing two games at the same time, and I like it. Hate most blue guys tho lol.

Oh, I'm also palying TP. It was nice that just after I got to the third temple, with the Hovering bean shooting heads, I got to the desert temple with it's boss. Would never have catched it otherwise :D

Finish the first dungeon in Link's awakening, my goal is to at least finish one dungeon every three days.

ok, I just beat the evil sorcerer in LttP. entering golden realm...now.

Irritated by the fact that Master Quest isn't available from the get-go, i'm going to try to push through regular mode in two weeks (allowing a day for the intermediary childhood stuff like acquiring Epona's song, etc, a day to dick around in adulthood, and a day for Biggoron's sword), then hit Link's Awakening, then come back for some punishment

Oh Queenie
Sorry about that!

Nobody else noticing the bitching sound design? Nobody? Come on guys it's pretty awesome.

Is there any special item you need to complete the swamp palace in ALLtP? Because after an hour of trying everything, I can't finish it!

I'm playing OoT for the 64 anyways so I'll sign up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EdGoWVYzIg

I hope this will help you.

Finished up Death Mountain + lots of childhood side-quest frolicking.

I was struck by the implications of the game's relatively open-ended structure today. It's interesting how the game uses what seems to be a prototypal template for world-exploration - the main plot is completely linear, but the way you make your way across the world isn't.

The freedom is nice, but it does have some consequences for the narrative. The fact that you always start at a fixed location only exasperates this phenomenon - though it functions well as a means to control the pacing. In particular, the gravitas of Link's departure from the forest isn't quite so impactful when one realizes he returns almost immediately (upon saving and quitting). It's not a problem by any means - particularly since the pathos of that particular plot isn't completely unraveled until later on - but it makes me wonder why Nintendo didn't just let the player start the game where he last left off. Compare this to Link's departure from Outset (and the player's relative lack of freedom) in The Wind Waker.

On the plus side, Ocarina offers an elegant diegetic solution to the problem of re-treading; the Lost Woods. It is fortunate that the original concept (carried over from LoZ) of a magic forest where the paths led nowhere and everywhere, also made the starting location a perfect hub of shortcuts.

The fact that the Temple of Time turns up in the Lost Woods in Twilight Princess is perfectly in-line with the forest's function in Ocarina of Time, which I thought was a nice touch.

I'll tell you tomorrow! Thanks!