I unlocked the door to the temple, and it is indeed the second dungeon. It’s called the Earth Temple, although “Fire Temple” would have been more appropriate. Fire and lava abound. I soon found myself rolling on a giant stone ball through lava. There’s no way this would work in real life. Even if the ball didn’t melt, the surface would be far too hot to stand on. 😛
I ran into this guy, Ledd, and he asked me to find his bomb bag for him. I had to bowl some bomb flowers to break open a wall to do it. I’m not enjoying the bomb-rolling controls. It doesn’t always seem to work right and a good portion of the time, the bomb goes off before Link will roll the bomb. Anyway, I get his bomb bag and bring it back to him. I ask him if I can borrow it, but instead, he gives it to me. Thanks, Ledd!
I can now put bomb flowers into the bag. You wouldn’t think putting a bomb with a lit fuse into a bag full of bombs would be a good thing to do, but in this game, it’s perfectly safe. 😛
Moving along, I find the dungeon map. One thing I’ve noticed so far is that dungeons in this game (at least so far) don’t have multiple floors. Some rooms do have areas of different heights, but everything is represented as a single floor on the map. In other words, you can’t be directly above or below another part of the dungeon. But I am only on the 2nd dungeon after all, and that could possibly change in later levels.
Another thing I’ve noticed where Skyward Sword is different from other Zelda games, is that there isn’t a compass to find in the dungeons. Usually the compass would show you which way you’re facing and show you the location of treasure chests, but in Skyward Sword, the dungeon map does both of those things.
It was getting late, so I stopped about half-way through the dungeon and saved my game.
Note: For those who wish to view my video of the first dungeon (Skyview Temple), here they are. The video is in two parts: