At any rate, a very interesting dungeon to say the least. A long one, too, it seemed. It reminded me of the Great Bay Temple from Majora's Mask because of its design and means of travel: once you acquire the treasure of the mine, which is a giant wind-sweeper thing that looks like a vacuum but works in reverse to clear dust, you use it to blow these fans that move platforms over from one side to the other. Kinda neat. An item new to the Zelda series.
Virtually, all the familiar enemies have been present in Skyward Sword: Keese, Deku Babas, Octoroks, Stalfos, Beamos, Armos, etc. They may have been modified to fit the level of sensitivity in the Wii Motion Plus; for example, the Deku Babas open their mouths either vertically or horizontally and to kill it the appropriate sword strike must be used. The ARMOS. The EFFING ARMOS needed to be left alone. In the past, blowing them up with bombs more than kills them as they hop around and chase you around the room. But NO; they added a fan on the top of their heads that must be spun with the dust cleaner but they're charging at you with all they got. So once you get that to spin for a bit, it opens their mouths, revealing two crystals that must be hit with the correct corresponding strikes with your sword. SO DIFFICULT. Creative, but annoying as hell.
Well for how difficult this temple was to navigate, the boss was easy. Take out the eyes on its side and then stabby-stab-stab the center eye. Easy as cake.
And I was kind of right in terms of plot development. At the Temple of Time proper, an outdoor place, you see Zelda and now-confirmed Impa in front of this giant glowing spinning dais with a Triforce symbol in the middle. She's playing a harp, which I theorize to be the same harp Zelda plays in Ocarina of Time as Sheik but that remains to be seen, and that dais opens like a doorway. Suddenly, BOOM! Ghirahim breaks through the rubble that originally blocked Link from entering the Temple. He uses Diamond Dust Attack (diamonds seem to be his shape of choice, lol) to immediately stop Link from going to Zelda and Impa. And Impa, she rushes to meet Ghirahim and they duel for a bit. Meanwhile, Zelda tosses her harp across the chasm to Link because, you know, he'll have time to learn how to play it in his spare time. So now we have a nifty harp. Lord Fancy Pants defeats Impa and makes to attack Zelda when Link, noticing the Diamond Dust Attack has weakened, leaps to defend them.
At this point, you have the option of selecting what you want Link to say with three options, "Go!", "Protect Zelda!" or "Am I late?" LOL, i picked the latter and I loved it. Impa smiles, and replies, "No, Link, you are right on time." LOLOLOLOL
Impa and Zelda make their way into the glowy dais and disappear. We have no idea where they go, but they want us to inform the old lady in the Sealed Temple in Faron Woods. So they're gone; predictable, Ghirahim throws a hissy fit and strikes ome very interesting poses. I'll have to see if I can find a .gif of it on the Internet. It has to exist. He also makes some threats to Link, "I'm gonna kill you," and "you'll go deaf from the sound of your screams" stuff. The usual. :)
Something else I have noticed are the transitions from overworld to dungeons. They seem much more fluid than in the past with other Zelda titles. For example, when entering the mines, I wasn't one hundred percent sure if this was an actual dungeon, and then the cutscene when Link is entering a dungeon played. I like the seamless entry.
Well, I couldn't find a .gif of the hilarious and epic interpretive dance Ghirahim does, but perhaps this will convey to you what I mean by calling him Lord Fancy Pants: ....Although now I think I may have exposed myself to a potential spoiler in this game specifically about Ghirahim and why he looks the way he does. I'll post the picture anyway.
I noticed that it reads "Demon Sword Ghirahim" not Demon Lord, as he likes to be called. What if he is the opposite of the Goddess Sword? And just as Fi is the spirit of Link's Goddess Sword, Ghirahim is the spirit of a sword, named accurately the Demon Sword? He has certain resemblances to Fi as far as features and skin color go.
Curiouser and curiouser....
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