Date played: November 4th
Platform: Wii U
Session fun rating: 8/10
I spent some time with my daughter today and she asked that we play Wind Waker a little bit. We ended up playing through the entire first dungeon! I freed Tingle from a small jail cell and got a camera as a reward, but it seems useless. There's a new system in the Wii U version where users can leave messages in a bottle through Miiverse. I bought the sail for my boat in Windfall Village, then headed East to Dragon Roost Island.
Along the way, I found a few very small islands, but didn't find much interesting there. I didn't have the ability to change the direction of the wind yet, so I didn't explore anything yet. I met with the Dragon Roost residents and was asked to help the young prince meet with Valoo, the big red dragon dude. I got the help of a young girl and found the way to the dragon's nest. I learned how to play music too, so I will be able to control wind when I get back to my boat.
Most of the navigation outside the dungeon was based on picking up bomb flowers and blowing up rocks. After a bit, I made it to the dungeon and explored the whole thing. There was lots of lava, bats and believe it or not, lava bats. I also used water jugs to build temporary platforms in the lava. Eventually, I got my first big item, the grappling hook. It can be used to grab wooden poles and traverse large gaps as well as to fight enemies.
I jumped my way through to the boss, a weird creature that was picking on Valoo by grabbing his tail all the time... The fight was real simple, I just had to grapple onto the dragon's tail to make stone boulders fall on the boss, then fight him with my sword. I got my first heart piece!
Platform: Wii U
Session fun rating: 8/10
I spent some time with my daughter today and she asked that we play Wind Waker a little bit. We ended up playing through the entire first dungeon! I freed Tingle from a small jail cell and got a camera as a reward, but it seems useless. There's a new system in the Wii U version where users can leave messages in a bottle through Miiverse. I bought the sail for my boat in Windfall Village, then headed East to Dragon Roost Island.
Along the way, I found a few very small islands, but didn't find much interesting there. I didn't have the ability to change the direction of the wind yet, so I didn't explore anything yet. I met with the Dragon Roost residents and was asked to help the young prince meet with Valoo, the big red dragon dude. I got the help of a young girl and found the way to the dragon's nest. I learned how to play music too, so I will be able to control wind when I get back to my boat.
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| The dungeon's boss was cool, but easy |
I jumped my way through to the boss, a weird creature that was picking on Valoo by grabbing his tail all the time... The fight was real simple, I just had to grapple onto the dragon's tail to make stone boulders fall on the boss, then fight him with my sword. I got my first heart piece!
