Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Palace V - The Ocean Palace

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The Flute
Yet another trove for the limited item collection, which this game has more of than any other Zelda.  The flute serves one purpose, and one purpose only: it permits Link access to the areas south of the river demon by allowing him to remove it from the map, thus allowing him to explore Kasuto, the Hidden Palace, Old Kasuto and the Great Palace within Death Valley.  This palace is where things begin to get a little more complicated in design: this palace throws a little bit of a maze at us, as well as introducing an invisible wall (as seen in the second quest of Zelda I).  In addition, the boss of the Ocean Palace is difficult, even in our advanced state, simply because he enjoys a heavy offensive which as I have said is our weak point: while we have a good offense, Link's defense constantly leaves room to be desired.  Not to mention the Gooma looks plain weird (more like an ape than anything else).  One way or another, there is only one more palace to be explored until we reach the Great Palace...
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Ocean Statue

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