The Minish Cap: Every key to the house

 Every key to the house

Big Key: Each dungeon has a powerful creature Link must overcome to earn the dungeon’s rewards. Each of these boss monsters are waiting behind impressive doors bound with magical gold chains that can only be opened using the big key found in that dungeon. Link must earn each big key through solving puzzles and vanquishing foes as to prove his worth and readiness to face the dungeon’s beast.

It was so nice of that eccentric noble to take you in and adopt you as their own. When they gave you the keys to the manor with free reign of the place, besides that one door, you felt like you had finally proved you were worthy of someone’s trust. It does bother you that you aren’t allowed to open only that one door, what could possibly be back there?

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March 4th was my 8 year anniversary of this blog. I’ve got plenty more drawings in me, especially once I hit the Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom inventories. Thanks for joining me on this ride.

Read the story of Bluebeard to find out the exciting truth behind the forbidden door.

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Wind Waker: An emergency life preserver.

 Wind Waker: An emergency life preserver.

Heart Container: One of these heart containers increases Link’s life total by one complete heart. Link can only earn complete heart containers by defeating the bosses at the end of each of Wind Waker’s dungeons. 

You know in they are a terrible person and the world would be a safer place without them in it. You also know that everyone has the capability of change and maybe this experience could change them. You are the only one who saw them fall in, do you throw them a lifesaver or do you just walk away?

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Can you imagine only getting the heart containers from bosses? I’d never play that way, but I guess you could just skip all the exploring and looking for pieces of hearts and other loot, relying only on dungeon items, main quest upgrades, and boss heart containers. I guess that’s speed running, but that is not the way I play Zelda games.

That is the final item card from the Wind Waker set. Next week we will come back with the collected card set. After that, we will be exploring the items from Four Swords Adventures. That is a relatively short list, at least compared to Wind Waker. 

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I'm not an artist: The final five masks from Majora’s Mask that were worn by legendary individuals.

The final five masks from Majora’s Mask that were worn by legendary individuals.

Giant’s Mask: Donning this mask causes Link to grow to giant size. This mask is found in the Stone Tower Temple and can only be used in the Stone Tower Temple in fighting the dungeon’s insectoid boss. It totally makes sense from a balance perspective that you don’t want to allow your player unfettered access to being a giant, but it would have been cool if they did.

The story of the gladiator is known to many, but the original identity has been lost in the uncountable retelling. Nowadays it is not uncommon to hear that the legendary gladiator grew up just down the street from where the story is being told. The core facts of the story do not change. They were born into common people, conscripted as a foot soldier to die in their country’s wars, and they rose to a high rank through skill alone. Then they were betrayed, all they had worked for taken from them, and they were sent to die in the arena as entertainment for the very people who betrayed them. It was in the arena that the masses discovered the skill and tenacity of the one remembered only as the Gladiator.

I'm not an artist: Five items from Majora’s Mask that are being delivered to the museum of ancient history.

Five items from Majora’s Mask that are being delivered to the museum of ancient history.

Odolwa’s Remains: In Majora’s Mask, Link collects the remains of each of the four main bosses after he defeats them. If Link has a boss’ remains, he is able to teleport directly to the boss in each dungeon instead of having to fight through the dungeon anew when he returns in his many cycles through time. When Link is finally ready to confront Skull Kid, he must first defeat each of the bosses one last time so the four giants the four bosses held captive are freed.

Odolwa is a massive masked warrior whose dominion over the swamp from wood fall temple has left the entire region toxic and dangerous.

The Alabaster Pharaoh was a powerful magocrat whose goal of immortality was realized when they completed the esoteric rituals required to complete an apotheosis into an undying lich. According to an obscure source the Pharaoh, as part of the rituals, removed four vital organs and placed them into canopic jars made to look like the creature that would guard the jar for eternity. The historical community was shocked when the ghoul jar was found after having been incorrectly identified and placed in a provincial museums storage room for many years.