Post by Dark Link on Feb 16, 2005 19:14:28 GMT -5
[shadow=dimgray,left,300]IN THE BEGINNING[/shadow]
After a rather long opening sequence (that you can't skip, like you could in the SNES version), you're finally brought to Link's house. Link's Uncle hears the telepathic call of Zelda from Hyrule Castle's basement dungeon and must go rescue her. He tells Link to stay put in the house while he goes out for the night. Of course, Link won't be following what his Uncle says. Quite the contrary, my friends...
And so you get to control Link. Explore the house, and make sure to get the Lamp out of the treasure chest there. Once that's gotten, un-equip it (for now, as to not accidentally use it and waste magic power), and leave the house into the rainy, windy and miserable outside world. All of the paths to everywhere here are blocked by Hyrule soldiers brainwashed by the evil magical powers of Agahnim. Because of this, jump off of the ridge where Link's house is, and head north to the next screen, then head west, and north across the bridge. You won't be able to enter into the castle gates because of some soldiers guarding the door, so head right along the wall, and then north. You'll eventually come to a solitary bush surrounded by some stone on the ground. Pick up and throw this bush and a hole will be revealed. Jump into this hole, and you'll now be in the basement of Hyrule Castle!
From where you land, go left. Talk to your Uncle there, and he'll hand over his Sword and Shield to you. With those equipped, we're ready to rescue the Princess ourselves! Head left from here, then south through the door. You'll meet your first enemies in this region. Slay the Green Knight to your right. You can head right to get some Rupees out of the treasure chest there and Green Jars out from under the pots. Other than that, head south up the stairs in this area, and through the door. You'll now be outside of the castle again, but within the castle walls this time. To your right is the pathway leading to the primary door into the castle. Green Knights guard the area. Work your way to the pathway. Kill and avoid the enemies here, and enter through the door and within the castle.
Once in the castle, you have lots of options as to where to go. Take the door on the main floor of the room to your left. Once through that door, swing right and go north through another door. In this corridor, kill the Green Knights, and head north, then right through the next door. Finally, on this horizontal corridor, head right and then go down the stairs to your left, into the basement. A Blue Knight will attack you here. Kill him to get a Key, and open the treasure chest within that same room to get the dungeon Map. With those in hand, use the new-found key on the door to the south of the room, and go through it into the next area.
In this area, the idea is to keep working your way south, screen by screen. Be careful though, as the areas you're walking on are surrounded by super-deep chasms. If you fall in, you'll live, but lose a heart piece! Remember that you can knock enemies into these pits as well, so do so by slashing them towards the pits, or throwing pots and jars at them to give them a boost towards the bottomless pits. Keep working your way south, avoiding the chasms and killing the various enemies. Then, swing left, and go into the next area. Work your way left, ignoring the various staircases leading to and fro. Just go left, and once all the way left, go north and through the door. In this small room, kill the Green Knight and the sealed door to your right will swing open. Go into this room. Kill the Blue Knight within, grab the Key he drops, and then open the treasure chest there to get the Boomerang. Equip the Boomerang on Link, then go back left into the previous room. This time, go north, up the stairs, and unlock the door there with the Key you just found. With the door now open, go through it and into the next area of the dungeon.
This part is easy - go north, down the stairs, and through the door there. You're going to be following a linear sequence of stairs all the way down to the final floor in the dungeon's basement. Once down there, head south, and then swing east towards the jail cells. You'll meet the first boss in the game guarding Zelda's jail cell. Ball and Chain Trooper...
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Boss One: Ball and Chain Trooper
Ball and Chain Trooper is a rather elementary boss enemy to defeat. Small in size (barely bigger than you), this elite soldier is equipped with a large ball and chain weapon that he uses with great skill. He moves around slowly and swings it around him every now and then. What you want to do is move in to him when he's moving, slash him once or twice, and then quickly move away before he swings that ball and chain around. Once he does that, move back in and repeat the process. He's very, very simple to defeat. Just don't get anxious by trying to get as many hits in as you can in one go - be patient... one or two hits will do. If you want to kill him rather easy, the jail cell to the left of where Zelda is being held has three jars in it. Two of these jars striking the Ball and Chain Trooper will do him in.
When the Ball and Chain Trooper is killed, he'll drop the Big Key of the dungeon. Grab it, and use it to open the jail cell holding Princess Zelda. She'll thank you and tell you how to escape the castle... open the treasure chest in her cell for some Rupees, and then it's time for us to make our grand escape!
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Escaping with the Princess
Our goal after getting the Princess back is to escape from the castle through some secret passages and get to the Sanctuary. The secret passages are located behind the throne room! What you want to do from the jail cell is work your way all the way back to the first floor of the castle with Zelda trailing behind you. Fight off any foes you come across, and get back to the primary room in the castle. Once there, turn left and go up the stairs to get to the higher part of this room. Follow this high part around to the center, and go up the stairs and into the next room. You're now in the throne room. Go straight up and up the stairs, and approach the throne. Behind it, as Zelda points out, is an ornament shelf. Go to the left side of it, and push it to your right to move it, revealing a secret doorway. Go through this door to enter Hyrule's sewer system.
You'll need your Lamp in here, so equip that on Link. Remember that you never actually have to light up the torches here, but you should. In this first room, avoid or kill the Rats, and work your way north, and to your right, to the doorway there. This doorway has a staircase going down within it. Go through this door and down the stairs into the next room in the sewers. Here, go left and to the next door leading downward. In this next room, go north up the corridor until the room opens up. To the right of the room is a treasure chest. Open it up to get a Key. Avoid or kill the rest of the enemies in the room, and go north to the locked door. Open it with the key you just found, and you'll be in a more watery part of the sewers. Zelda will inform you that you're now close to the Sanctuary.
It's simple from here. Avoid the enemies and bare left in the first room to get to the door, and then go left and north in the next part to get to yet another room in the deep sewer. In this room, make sure to kill all of the Rats and Bats, as one of them is holding the Key you need to open the door at the north of the room and gain access to the next room. The room here is lit up. There are lots of enemies and two walls to the left that have cracks in them. Behind them are some goodies, but without Bombs, you can't get there yet. Don't worry about it, there's nothing vital back there at all. Go north through this room and push the block out of your way to gain access to the door leading upward. In this room, ignore the enemies and go south through the door into the final room. There are two switches in this room. Pull the one on the right to open the door in the room, Do not pull the one on the left, or you will have some mean enemies to contend with. From there, go through the door and you'll be in the confines of the Sanctuary. Talk to the Priest there who will give you some advice on what to do next. Open the treasure chest there to get a Heart Container, and then leave the Sanctuary. We're off to the first dungeon in the game, but not before we take care of some other stuff.
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After a rather long opening sequence (that you can't skip, like you could in the SNES version), you're finally brought to Link's house. Link's Uncle hears the telepathic call of Zelda from Hyrule Castle's basement dungeon and must go rescue her. He tells Link to stay put in the house while he goes out for the night. Of course, Link won't be following what his Uncle says. Quite the contrary, my friends...
And so you get to control Link. Explore the house, and make sure to get the Lamp out of the treasure chest there. Once that's gotten, un-equip it (for now, as to not accidentally use it and waste magic power), and leave the house into the rainy, windy and miserable outside world. All of the paths to everywhere here are blocked by Hyrule soldiers brainwashed by the evil magical powers of Agahnim. Because of this, jump off of the ridge where Link's house is, and head north to the next screen, then head west, and north across the bridge. You won't be able to enter into the castle gates because of some soldiers guarding the door, so head right along the wall, and then north. You'll eventually come to a solitary bush surrounded by some stone on the ground. Pick up and throw this bush and a hole will be revealed. Jump into this hole, and you'll now be in the basement of Hyrule Castle!
From where you land, go left. Talk to your Uncle there, and he'll hand over his Sword and Shield to you. With those equipped, we're ready to rescue the Princess ourselves! Head left from here, then south through the door. You'll meet your first enemies in this region. Slay the Green Knight to your right. You can head right to get some Rupees out of the treasure chest there and Green Jars out from under the pots. Other than that, head south up the stairs in this area, and through the door. You'll now be outside of the castle again, but within the castle walls this time. To your right is the pathway leading to the primary door into the castle. Green Knights guard the area. Work your way to the pathway. Kill and avoid the enemies here, and enter through the door and within the castle.
Once in the castle, you have lots of options as to where to go. Take the door on the main floor of the room to your left. Once through that door, swing right and go north through another door. In this corridor, kill the Green Knights, and head north, then right through the next door. Finally, on this horizontal corridor, head right and then go down the stairs to your left, into the basement. A Blue Knight will attack you here. Kill him to get a Key, and open the treasure chest within that same room to get the dungeon Map. With those in hand, use the new-found key on the door to the south of the room, and go through it into the next area.
In this area, the idea is to keep working your way south, screen by screen. Be careful though, as the areas you're walking on are surrounded by super-deep chasms. If you fall in, you'll live, but lose a heart piece! Remember that you can knock enemies into these pits as well, so do so by slashing them towards the pits, or throwing pots and jars at them to give them a boost towards the bottomless pits. Keep working your way south, avoiding the chasms and killing the various enemies. Then, swing left, and go into the next area. Work your way left, ignoring the various staircases leading to and fro. Just go left, and once all the way left, go north and through the door. In this small room, kill the Green Knight and the sealed door to your right will swing open. Go into this room. Kill the Blue Knight within, grab the Key he drops, and then open the treasure chest there to get the Boomerang. Equip the Boomerang on Link, then go back left into the previous room. This time, go north, up the stairs, and unlock the door there with the Key you just found. With the door now open, go through it and into the next area of the dungeon.
This part is easy - go north, down the stairs, and through the door there. You're going to be following a linear sequence of stairs all the way down to the final floor in the dungeon's basement. Once down there, head south, and then swing east towards the jail cells. You'll meet the first boss in the game guarding Zelda's jail cell. Ball and Chain Trooper...
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Boss One: Ball and Chain Trooper
Ball and Chain Trooper is a rather elementary boss enemy to defeat. Small in size (barely bigger than you), this elite soldier is equipped with a large ball and chain weapon that he uses with great skill. He moves around slowly and swings it around him every now and then. What you want to do is move in to him when he's moving, slash him once or twice, and then quickly move away before he swings that ball and chain around. Once he does that, move back in and repeat the process. He's very, very simple to defeat. Just don't get anxious by trying to get as many hits in as you can in one go - be patient... one or two hits will do. If you want to kill him rather easy, the jail cell to the left of where Zelda is being held has three jars in it. Two of these jars striking the Ball and Chain Trooper will do him in.
When the Ball and Chain Trooper is killed, he'll drop the Big Key of the dungeon. Grab it, and use it to open the jail cell holding Princess Zelda. She'll thank you and tell you how to escape the castle... open the treasure chest in her cell for some Rupees, and then it's time for us to make our grand escape!
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Escaping with the Princess
Our goal after getting the Princess back is to escape from the castle through some secret passages and get to the Sanctuary. The secret passages are located behind the throne room! What you want to do from the jail cell is work your way all the way back to the first floor of the castle with Zelda trailing behind you. Fight off any foes you come across, and get back to the primary room in the castle. Once there, turn left and go up the stairs to get to the higher part of this room. Follow this high part around to the center, and go up the stairs and into the next room. You're now in the throne room. Go straight up and up the stairs, and approach the throne. Behind it, as Zelda points out, is an ornament shelf. Go to the left side of it, and push it to your right to move it, revealing a secret doorway. Go through this door to enter Hyrule's sewer system.
You'll need your Lamp in here, so equip that on Link. Remember that you never actually have to light up the torches here, but you should. In this first room, avoid or kill the Rats, and work your way north, and to your right, to the doorway there. This doorway has a staircase going down within it. Go through this door and down the stairs into the next room in the sewers. Here, go left and to the next door leading downward. In this next room, go north up the corridor until the room opens up. To the right of the room is a treasure chest. Open it up to get a Key. Avoid or kill the rest of the enemies in the room, and go north to the locked door. Open it with the key you just found, and you'll be in a more watery part of the sewers. Zelda will inform you that you're now close to the Sanctuary.
It's simple from here. Avoid the enemies and bare left in the first room to get to the door, and then go left and north in the next part to get to yet another room in the deep sewer. In this room, make sure to kill all of the Rats and Bats, as one of them is holding the Key you need to open the door at the north of the room and gain access to the next room. The room here is lit up. There are lots of enemies and two walls to the left that have cracks in them. Behind them are some goodies, but without Bombs, you can't get there yet. Don't worry about it, there's nothing vital back there at all. Go north through this room and push the block out of your way to gain access to the door leading upward. In this room, ignore the enemies and go south through the door into the final room. There are two switches in this room. Pull the one on the right to open the door in the room, Do not pull the one on the left, or you will have some mean enemies to contend with. From there, go through the door and you'll be in the confines of the Sanctuary. Talk to the Priest there who will give you some advice on what to do next. Open the treasure chest there to get a Heart Container, and then leave the Sanctuary. We're off to the first dungeon in the game, but not before we take care of some other stuff.
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