*ahem*
Hi, my name is Cas, and I suck at Zelda games.
*shocked murmur from the crowd*
Yes, it’s true. It all started when I got Zelda 1 and 2 one summer from my parents. You know, the gold cartidges. Yeah. Anyways, I was finding Zelda 1 really, really hard. I somehow managed to finish Zelda 1, though I don’t remember how much time it took me, and I started on the second quest.
Well, I got to the point where I needed the Power Bracelet, and so I toddled up to the Argos Statues and, well, tried to kill the one so I could get down the stairs and get the bracelet.
THE DAMN STATUES KEPT KILLING ME.
Sorry if I sound frustrated, but I seriously went at it for a few hours before giving up.
If my battery still works, I’m still at that point.
Zelda 2, I wasn’t so bad at, but I didn’t understand the levelling mechanism, so I was weak à la Final Fantasy Legend (go go Mutant with 30 HP being the only survivor in the fight with Ashura). I wasn’t doing too bad, but I was stuck between the 4th and the 5th palaces (IIRC) and I was going in between them. That was really stupid of me, because I managed to lock myself out of the 5th palace by running out of keys. I could fly through the doors with Fairy, but I couldn’t actually pick up anything while in that mode, so I was SOL.
I restarted, but I never got that far again and I dropped it.
Zelda 3, well, that was in my glory days of gaming. I had a reputation for being a whiz at RPGs. I finished BoF on a three-day rental. Lufia on a two-day rental. Final Fantasy 2 in eight days. Final Fantasy 3 in ten days. Chrono Trigger in two days. (This with school, mind.)
So when I got Zelda 3, it was generally accepted that I’d finish it quickly. Because, you know, Zelda 3 is easy.
Say it with me, folks.
One year.
Four months.
Of playing almost every day.
I DIED IN THE FRICKING FIRST DUNGEON BEFORE SAVING ZELDA.
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For the record, I didn’t do Turtle Rock myself. A friend from school said “Oh, you’re stuck at Turtle Rock? It’s EASY, let me show you-” and proceeded to finish the dungeon for me in 20 minutes.
…
Yeeeah.
I loved Link’s Awakening. I wasn’t too shabby at it! But I got stuck at the sixth dungeon (with those statues on the moving floors) and gave up.
I have a hate-hate relationship with Zelda: Ocarina of Time because of the sheer amount of spiders.
I never saw or played Zelda: Majora’s Mask.
I liked watching Sky go through Zelda: Wind Waker. Especially when Link got shot out a catapult. >P
I saw Sky play a little of Zelda: The Minnish Cap, but the sound effects were ANNOYING. Same with Four Swords.
So that’s basically it. I hate Zelda because I suck at it. I realize it’s not the game’s fault, but… you know. ^^;
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