Jeff's Skyward Sword Blog

I went back to the academy and the headmaster told me the words to the song Zelda sang.

I figured out that I need to use the gust bellows to rotate the two windmills so they point to the Light Tower. I turned one, but the other one is broken and has a piece missing that fell beneath the clouds. So I will have to recover that. I was told that I would need to use a flying robot to recover it. Interesting. But I did not proceed with that today.

Instead, I decided to again look for the missing girl Kukiel from a while ago. I got some clues and eventually found out how to open a passageway from the graveyard. It led me to the demon-looking guy who had the girl… But it’s not what you think. Turns out he’s actually a good guy (his name is Batreaux) and the girl returned home.

He asked me to bring him gratitude crystals, which appear when people are grateful. When Batreaux gets enough, he can become human. Upon visiting Kukiel’s mother, she gave me 5 such crystals. I took them to Batreaux and he gave me a medium wallet. I’m supposed to return again when I have 10 crystals. At this point, I saved my game.

It turns out Impa destroyed the gate she and Zelda passed through, which somehow means I am no longer able to douse for Zelda’s presence. After collecting some items, I returned to the sky and then flew down through one of the openings to go to the Sealed Grounds.

Remember when I saw another large bird (Loftwing, as they’re called) flying around a while back? Now I know why. As I was falling down to the surface, Groose (the bully from Skyloft) fell down with me.

He had been following me in order to find Zelda’s location so that he could rescue her. He had never been to the surface before, so he was shocked by everything he saw. Small birds, the Goron, trees, etc. He was ranting and raving while grunting like a gorilla.

As Link was explaining everything to Groose, the camera cut away. For whatever reason, they refuse to ever show the words that Link says, even though he is obviously speaking to the other characters in-game. I’ve always thought that was stupid.

Anyway, after Groose eventually ran off, I talked to the Goron. He told me that butterflies will gather in certain areas where the hero (that’s-a-me) needs to play the harp to make something good appear. I went in to talk to the old lady and she taught me how to play a song on the harp. It was a little ridiculous, because the on-screen commands alternately told me I was playing too slow and too fast. How can it be both?After I learned the song, she continued talking until we were interrupted by some rumbling. If you remember the strange crater-type hole I mentioned in my Down to the Surface entry, you know where I’m at. A huge creature came out of that hole and I had an unexpected boss fight.

To get him to stop running you have to use your sword to basically cut off his toes. It reminded me of the last boss fight in Donkey Kong 64, where Tiny Kong had to attack K.Rool’s toes. After defeating him, I used my sword to seal him back in the ground.

The old woman told me I have to seek out the flame in each of the three lands I have been to, so I can purify my sword in their heat. But first, I have to return to Skyloft to find someone at the academy who has knowledge of the song, so that they can point me in the right direction. On my way out, the Goron notified me of a spot where butterflies were gathering. That was my hint to play the song I learned, so I did. A gossip stone appeared and it basically reiterated what I had been told already. On that note, I decided to save my game and quit for the day.

I continued on through the Lanayru Mining Facility. One room was full of sand which I had to blow out of the way with the gust bellows. Oddly enough, it felt like I was playing Super Mario Sunshine. Blowing air felt just like Mario squirting water from his FLUDD contraption.

This dungeon has some very large rooms that you need to explore well with your beetle to see what you need to do and where you need to go. I found out something about those tower-like enemies that relentlessly shoot lasers at you. Well I knew you had to destroy the lower parts first before you can shove your sword into its eye for the final blow…but I discovered I can simply cut the lower parts with my sword! I was thinking you had to use bombs, which is a big reason I had a lot of trouble with them yesterday. Well, you learn as you go.

I eventually got the boss key and made my way to the boss: Moldarach.

To my surprise, this boss was very easy. Definitely the easiest boss so far. After grabbing the heart piece, I made my way down a stunning underground tunnel/hallway.

I came out the other end at the Temple of Time. Zelda was there, singing and playing her harp. Just then, the Demon Lord guy shows up and attacks the woman with Zelda. He calls her Impa. Impa was a sage in Ocarina of Time. Anyway, as Impa is being attacked, Zelda throws me the Goddess’s Harp. She says I’ll need it.

I come to Impa’s rescue and ask her if I’m late again. She says no, I’m right on time. She tells me to go to the old woman at the Sealed Grounds. Zelda and Impa disappear into a gate, and the Demon dude disappears as well. It gives me the option to save, so I saved and quit.