Walkthrough: Level 8 1/2: The Wind Fish's Egg

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[shadow=dimgray,left,300]THE WIND FISH'S EGG[/shadow]

OBJECTIVES
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-Read ‘Dark Secrets and Mysteries of Koholint’
-Get every Heart Piece (optional)
-Acquire the L:2 sword (optional)
-Play the Sirens’ Instruments in front of the egg


MABE VILLAGE
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At this point, you should have all the instruments. Now use the Heart Piece and Secret Seashell sections to boost your power to the max. You don’t have to, but you should, just to make yourself even harder to defeat. Yu may already have everything, but anyway, to continue, you have a choice. Either re-enter L:8 and walk to the warp hole on top of the level, or walk back to Mabe Village (using Manbo’s Mambo). Whatever you decide to do, get back to Mabe. Walk over to the library.

Enter it and read the book titled ‘Dark Secrets and Mysteries of Koholint’. Since you have the Magnifying Lens, you can now read the text. It will tell you the route through the Egg’s passageways. It will be one of the following-

1)right, up, up, right, up, up, right, up
2)left, left, up, right, right, up, left, up
3)left, up, right, up, left, up, right, up
4)left, left, left, left, up, up, up, up
5)right, right, right, right, up, up, up, up

You’ll find that passageway to be the way to the Wind Fish. You may just want to skip the trek and just try out all 5 sequences until you find the right one. Whatever you do, go back to Bowwow’s Dungeon (the screen with the entrance).


MOUNT TAMARANCH
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From the screen with the entrance to Bowwow’s dungeon on it, go up a screen and lift the 2 stones in your path. Go right and up the staircase. The vicious owl will fly down and do the same as always (blah, blah, blah...) Until it flies away. Go up and you’ll see the Wind Fish’s Egg. Whip out your ocarina and play the Ballad of the Wind Fish. Your accomplishments will form a circle around the egg and cause it to burst open. Enter after hearing Kaepora (again?!).

[Dark Link]

THE WIND FISH'S EGG
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Apart from having the longest dungeon name, the Wind Fish’s Egg has weird music. It starts pitch black. Explore bit and you’ll fall down to the room below. If you go down in this plain room, you’ll exit the level, and if you try going up, left, or right, you’ll be on the same screen. Walk through the egg in the sequence you read from the library’s book and you’ll find a different screen.

Hop down into the pit. You’ll land on the boss of all the Nightmares - the Shadow Nightmare! It’ll tell you of its plans to make the Wind Fish sleep endlessly. Put a stop to their destruction! The first form of the final boss is a simple blob. When it hops at you, sprinkle Magic Powder on it. If it disappears, stand on the fish in the middle of the room for a safe standing place. Sprinkle it when it reappears. After a few hits it becomes...

Agahnim! This wizard from Link to the Past charges up a shot and tries to hit you with it. When the shot is round, hit it with your sword back into the wizard’s face. If it’s shaped like an Anti-Faerie, jump over it - it splits into fireballs on the wall. After a shot, the shadow will shift to a new position and try hitting you again. If you have the shovel, it reflects shots better. After a few hits it becomes...

A Moldorm! Dispose of this Moldorm like you did with the first level’s boss - hit the final segment in its tail. After a hit, it will madly charge about the room. I suggest getting a shield ready to defend against this fast foe. It takes a lot of hits, but after awhile, it turns into...

Ganon! Nooo! This is the main boss from just about every Zelda game. Equip your Pegasus Boots and your sword and dash at it. When it starts to swing its axe, fall back and jump across the room to avoid the fire bats. After all of the bats are gone, Ganon throws his axe at you. Jump it and get ready for another attack. Continue until it perishes, revealing...

A Gloworm! This is a new enemy to the Zelda series, but wins the title for ‘Easiest Kill’. Hit it once with the Hookshot or Magic Rod and it’s through. If you want a challenge, use bombs. After the easy ball of shadow is dead, it turns into the final form...

Deathl! This Nightmare comes equipped with 2 maces for arms, good weapons to try to swat at the Hero. Use your feather to jump the arms and shoot Deathl in the eye with arrows until it closes it’s lid. Defend against the arms, shoot. Repeat. If you’re looking for an easy way out, hit it in the eye with the Boomerang. 2-3 hits kills it, but that doesn’t deserve an ending! Use the bow to actually earn your ending. After a load of arrows, a strange staircase appears after the Shadows are eliminated...

Congrats! You beat the best game for Game Boy! Enjoy the ending!

On to DX Extras...