Month: January 2012

Tonight, I had no intentions of advancing in the game. I only wanted to explore, do some side quests, help people out, and stuff like that. This guy said his sister went to explore the new colorful island (the one I was on yesterday) and never returned.

Since I needed to find the party wheel for the guy on that island anyway, I decided to go look for that. So I went down to the desert and dowsed for the party wheel. Once I found it, Smurf-Fi telepathically called for the robot, who came and took it back up into the sky. Before heading up, I tried out the treasure dowsing and found a few things. Then I headed back to that island and we gave the guy (a freaky clown) his wheel.

He gave me 5 gratitude crystals and told me Fun Fun Island is now open for business. He runs a game that’s basically like the skydiving in a Pilotwings game (just without a parachute). You want to fly through rings, avoid his Dodoh balls, and land on a spinning wheel of various rupee amounts. It normally costs 20 rupees to play, but he gave me one game free. I didn’t do very well my first couple tries, but eventually I was winning some money.

After I had enough, I went island hopping. On one other island, I played a bamboo chopping game.

On some other islands, I found various treasures. I eventually went back to Skyloft. It seemed that many of the tasks needed to be done at night, so I slept until night. I cleaned Pipit’s house (I did it once before). I helped Fledge work out and gain some confidence (though it took several nights).

I also helped out this mysterious and spooky Thing in the toilet.

Each of those things netted me some gratitude crystals…in the end. I eventually went back out and found the guy’s sister. I didn’t realize it was that girl, or else I would have helped sooner. 😉

Her bird was injured, so I had to get some bird medicine. Fortunately, her brother had some, so I just had to fly back to Skyloft to get the medicine (mushroom spores). I returned to her and gave her the spores. She used them to heal her bird, and I got to keep the bottle the spores came in. Sweet!

Any true Zelda fan knows that an empty bottle, despite sounding like a boring item, is actually one of the best, most useful items you can get. That means one extra potion or fairy you can carry, and that is a huge help in the dungeons.

Anyway, she gave me some gratitude crystals and flew back to town. I followed her back and talked to her brother, who also gave me gratitude crystals. While going around talking to people, I stumbled onto a bizarre scene…

I am not sure what to make of that, and I’m wondering if I did the right thing earlier on. But regardless, that is just weird.

Anyway, I now had 40 gratitude crystals, so I went to see Batreaux. I got a few new items: A big wallet (which holds 1,000 rupees), a gold rupee (worth 300 rupees), and a cursed medal (which makes more rupees and treasure appear, but at the expense of not being able to open your pouch–meaning no using shields or potions). Since my pouch was full already, it went into Item Check. That’s actually good, because I didn’t want to use that right now anyway.

After that, Smurf-Fi informed me that I could now dowse for gratitude crystals. While briefly testing it out (and using my beetle to explore), I discovered an area I don’t know how to reach just yet. I’ll have to explore further in the future, but I was done for the night. I had fun spending a couple hours just doing miscellaneous things tonight, but I think I’m ready to get back to work next time. The third trial awaits!

I took the squid carving and put it in the door (after moving it around to face the right way, which you have to do with all the boss keys). After walking through the door, large tentacles started piercing the ship. The ship was under attack. I had to use my charged-up sword to slice the tentacles and make my way to the deck of the ship.

Once outside, the boss revealed himself: Tentalus.

I gave him a haircut so everyone could see his beautiful face.

After defeating him, I struck the Quake logo and the blue flame erupted and went into my sword.

It gave Smurf-Fi additional dowsing abilities. I can now dowse for more things, including treasure. Smurf-Fi told me I need to return to the Isle of Songs so I can learn a new song on my harp. But I wasn’t quite ready for that. First, I went back to the Sandship (it’s repaired already, imagine that) to get a treasure chest that I didn’t get to before. It contained a piece of heart.

I then returned to the sky. I checked out one of those marks on my map where striking those stones on the surface opens something new in the sky. But when I got there, there were treasure chests, but I can’t open them. I’m guessing I need something else before they will open, but I’m not sure.

Anyway, I saw another strange island and landed there. A person told me they lost their party wheel, which fell beneath the clouds. Apparently this is a side quest. Smurf-Fi added the party wheel as a dowsing target and told me it would be in the desert. I didn’t go looking for it, but I may do that soon.

I then went on to the Isle of Songs and learned my new song, Din’s Power. It will open up a trial at Eldin Volcano. I’ll save that for another day.

I went back to Skyloft and did some shopping. I’m also noticing a lot of people with thought bubbles, which means they need help. So I’m seeing lots of opportunities for side quests. I do like to take a little break from battle after completing a dungeon, so next time I may just try to help some of these people out, and hopefully score some good rewards in the process.

On board the Sandship, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It appeared to be a mini-dungeon. I made my way through the various rooms and eventually ended up fighting this pirate who was all right. (He had no left hand, so he was all right). 😛 I defeated him and made him walk the plank. Well technically, I knocked him off the plank, but you get the idea.

A large treasure chest then appeared, containing a bow and arrows! Smurf-Fi immediately pointed out something I had to shoot with an arrow. But more importantly, I noticed something I wasn’t quite expecting. The bow filled up the last empty spot on my special item menu. Could this already be the last major item in the game? I guess time will tell.

I found a timeshift stone atop the mast of the ship. Turning it on and off is a process that will be repeated many times while on the Sandship. The skipper briefly comes aboard to tell me I have to rescue his crew.

The Sandship is filled with puzzles. I eventually get to another large treasure chest and its contents surprise me: A dungeon map! This is no mini-dungeon at all, this is a full-fledged dungeon.

I now see I’m in for a longer ship ride than I initially anticipated. The map reveals a number of new rooms for me to explore. After activating a power generator, I meet up with the ship’s crew…but they are behind bars. The little guy tells me that I have to activate the other power generator as well. He marks it on my map.

I then had to go through the engine room to reach a passageway that led to the crew members’ cell. Once there, one of them gives me a key to the captain’s cabin. The crew members flee to safety while I enter the captain’s cabin and find a large treasure chest. This time, it’s a squid carving, which I believe is the boss key for this dungeon. Before going to fight the boss, I save and end my game.