So.
We finished Majora's mask a while back and at the time, we thought it would be a good idea for us to revisit this blog and write up our final thoughts on our journey. Then real life happened and we totally never got around to it...
But now we have started Skyward Sword! (To be honest, we started the night we got it, which was way back in November... We're not too far into it though.)
So I guess we'll have to come back and revisit majora's mask in the near future, so sorry :P
On to newerier and more shinier things!
If you are unaware, skyward sword is the newest zelda game and it has been getting surprisingly high reviews, even for this established series. Probably just because you can fly a giant bird. Also your teacher is a young, elf jesus.
Without giving away any very specific plot details, there are some pretty interesting differences between this zelda and past/future episodes. For instance, link has a pretty established village among the clouds that hasn't seemed to fall to any catastrophes yet. They also haven't cast us out for "just happening to be around while the village leader/king was murdered". We also aren't from some crazy dream world. So this is quite a departure for the series into a more classic rpg archetype.
At least...so far.
Oh and you can fly a giant bird. I guess that's pretty original.
Anyway, we have already played it for a bit so we're already a bit into the story...so lets join emilink right now and see what they are up to!
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apparently emilink is talking to a washed up swordsman in a floating cave who wants to cut bamboo. Then he makes fun of how "short our sword" is. /eyeroll
So emilink got mad at that and cut all his bamboo to pieces. The he gave us monies and still made fun of us....
Moving on!
Remember how when the wii came out everyone wanted a really good sword fighting game to actually control a sword with? Well this is that game. Fighting is surprisingly technical in how you attack different enemies. A nice little side effect of that is that when you draw your sword and do not immediately start flailing around to try and hit something...you hold your sword directly out in front of you. Its pretty comical running around like that. Looks like your trying to joust...only like a retard.
There is also a giant floating pumpkin which is where the crazy old man lives. I like this game.
So far the dialogue is considerably more entertaining as well, and not just in a creepy way (don't worry, there's plenty of creepiness still, we just found a missing little girl who was hiding out underneath the floating city with a demon guy who really wants to be human so he wants us to be nice???).
Emilink broke a custom made chandelier and so now she has to deliver hot pumpkin soup to pay it back... which is pretty cool when you have a bird. Just watch out for tornadoes eh?
So... In case you were still not sure if the creepy levels were adequate, we just found FUN FUN ISLAND!! Complete with creepy dancing clown guy! So uncomfortable. I'm sure Joel will be back here later in secret though.
Now it is time to explore the skies. Joel doesn't want any floating island to be left out.
We landed in a volcano! :D I don't know what these guys are. Ha. Right as I type that the third one we find tells us they're called "Mogmas." They have bomb flowers and dig underground. They're also very protective of their "turf." I'm way better than Joel at catching bugs. He sure loves blowing stuff up though. We also met a seal made of fire and sent some bricks to the sky.
Joel went into a tunnel and killed all the bad guys! Then the Mogma was so happy he gave us Digging Mitts! We're going to be rich from all this mining. One thing I don't like is that your shield can only take so much damage.
Joel feels like a celebrity!
