Kokiri Forest

So our adventure begins with a tutorial.  But this is fun.  See, the Great Deku Tree has summoned us, but the village bully, Mido, won't let us through unless we have a sword and shield (the game's way of saying you need a sword and shield).  Well, lucky for us, Kokori leave money lying around and have left their greatest treasure, the Kokori Sword, in a not-so-secret meadow.  We use the money to buy the shield and find the sword, all of this exploring teaching us about the game's physics and mechanics.  At least we weren't taken to la-la land to do this!  It was a fairly clever way to keep the story intact and still give us a little lesson.  And as well, we get to meet Mido who is so entertaining in his lack of self-confidence (he reminds me of every bully I've ever known).  Either way, the rest of the Kokori are very nice, for living such a sheltered life (they speak as though they never are allowed to leave the forest, which they aren't).  We'll also use this opportunity to upgrade what we can (venturing to the Lost Woods lets us carry more Deku Sticks already, see, the game is full of secrets!) and then we walk right up to Mido and brush him aside.  We have bigger fish we need to be frying!