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Published: 2011-05-06 02:01:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 7273; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 104
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Description Originally was going to be a two parter, but I didn’t like how the first part came out, so… I've basically shoved that into a folder, and it shall never be seen, ha. Tried shading this time around rather than just flat coloring it.

Okay, you know what? I changed my mind, sort of. The Water Temple isn’t as bad as I remember it being… but it still is one of my least favorites (so far anyway…), but now I know that it can be done. I just have to use my keys wisely.

Yes, I’m sure we all know just how much backtracking we have to do in this freaking temple. I’ve pretty much memorized where all the water switches are because of how many times I had to lower/raise the water level.

The most frustrating part was probably the whirlpool part. I actually forgot earlier on to play the Song of Time so again I got momentarily stuck. I must have got sucked into the whirlpools at least seven times. I’ve drained Link’s life bar to the point where he does that panting thing behind the beeping. It took me about five tries to actually realize you’re supposed to hookshot onto a tiny platform. At least Link survives, for now.

I hear people say that Dark Link is supposed to be the hardest miniboss in the game, but really, I had little to no trouble fighting him. Maybe there are situational factors, but all I did was slash him with the Master Sword. I had Din’s Fire and the Megaton Hammer equipped, but it was never needed. In my run, I had nine hearts, and he went down pretty fast. Maybe I jus got lucky; maybe he isn’t as hard as people say.

Took me about 4 hours to complete this dungeon (yes, I’m slow), but I don’t care anymore. It’s done, I don’t want to look at this temple again for a long time. I’m just thinking how funny it would be if Link were to fall asleep after playing Zelda’s Lullaby so many times, and I still don’t understand Poes



tl;dr The Water Temple is lengthy and time consuming. Here are some of my highlight moments.
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SquirrelWarlord [2012-08-08 23:32:43 +0000 UTC]

I beat it at twelve in the morning while everyone was asleep in about an hour.

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Ginks In reply to SquirrelWarlord [2012-08-10 20:03:21 +0000 UTC]

Well someone's gotta show that water temple who's boss.

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SquirrelWarlord In reply to Ginks [2012-08-12 02:24:02 +0000 UTC]

I beat most of the temples like that. Fire temple, Shadow temple, Spirit temple...

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LuminaBalderson In reply to SquirrelWarlord [2013-04-16 02:01:08 +0000 UTC]

I skipped the Fire Temple and went straight the Water Temple.
Once I beat it, I went back and did the Fire Temple.
Now, I'm stuck on the Shadow Temple.

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SquirrelWarlord In reply to LuminaBalderson [2013-04-17 01:58:34 +0000 UTC]

Stuck on the Boss?
That part took me a while, the best strategy is to z-lock on his hands untill they charge you, then un-lock and hit the closest one with arrow spam.
The puzzles in that temple were fairly average but required much use of the magic eye thingy.

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LuminaBalderson In reply to SquirrelWarlord [2013-04-18 00:52:38 +0000 UTC]

Actually...
I'm having trouble navigating the temple.

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SquirrelWarlord In reply to LuminaBalderson [2013-04-19 01:42:57 +0000 UTC]

Are you playing ocarina of time n64 or 3d remake? I played the 3d remake, but im not sure there was a difference.
The shadow temples beginning was the hardest part, and many of the secret passageways are hookshot targets you have to find on the ceiling of many of the rooms. Most of THOSE passageways are hidden and you have to use the magic eye to find them. At one point, you have to use the airboots when a giant fan isnt blowing to run to a hidden part of the room. Unless you only started the temple about a month ago, I would look up a walk through at this point.

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LuminaBalderson In reply to SquirrelWarlord [2013-04-19 01:49:10 +0000 UTC]

Virtual Console.

I already got the hover boots.
In the central room, there's a place you hover over to. I've gotten there, and I'm trying to find out where to go from there.

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SquirrelWarlord In reply to LuminaBalderson [2013-04-20 13:24:22 +0000 UTC]

Lemme go navigate the temple again once i get it back and ill see what I can do

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LuminaBalderson In reply to SquirrelWarlord [2013-05-28 02:53:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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shoujo-sugar [2011-08-13 15:20:26 +0000 UTC]

XD So funny~~ Love the poe part!!

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Ginks In reply to shoujo-sugar [2011-08-13 16:57:45 +0000 UTC]

It's going to possess me and make me drown myself ._.

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Pineapplelicious [2011-08-11 18:36:07 +0000 UTC]

Oh man the water temple is a nightmare for EVERYONE XDDD
My biggest petpeeve was raising the water levels since I can't keep track which one I did and didn't.

The mini boss is the only reason I look forward to the temple. XD *then I reset the game just so I can fight Dark Link again...dumb huh?* XDDD

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Ginks In reply to Pineapplelicious [2011-08-11 18:39:42 +0000 UTC]

It's fun killing Dark Link, even though I've only done it once.

And yes, changing the water level was very annoying XD I don't think the temple was hard, it was just an inconvenience, haha.

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Pineapplelicious In reply to Ginks [2011-08-11 18:40:40 +0000 UTC]

I love the character period and I thought the idea of the room was super cool.

I think the temple is really simple once you get used to it, one just has to keep track XP

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Ginks In reply to Pineapplelicious [2011-08-11 18:43:05 +0000 UTC]

Yep, I did the temple mostly blind. I only looked up how to start the temple, and again later because I forgot to play the Song of Time after defeating Dark Link. The room was pretty cool too.

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Pineapplelicious In reply to Ginks [2011-08-11 18:45:36 +0000 UTC]

I actually was able to get far without the guide....but then the reason I got lost so much was because I overlooked ONE room Oooops XDDD

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Ginks In reply to Pineapplelicious [2011-08-11 18:48:31 +0000 UTC]

Me too, I missed that part so I didn't know where to go next, then apparently there was a block back in the Dark Link room so I went all the way back there, and was able to continue the game… still blind XD

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SilverEyeShinobi [2011-05-30 19:22:51 +0000 UTC]

LOL!

Yeah, that's pretty much how I felt the first time going through...Damn that F***ing key for being UNDER THE FLIPPING BLOCK THING!!!

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Ginks In reply to SilverEyeShinobi [2011-05-30 22:10:25 +0000 UTC]

Dern elusive keys XP

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SilverEyeShinobi In reply to Ginks [2011-05-31 00:46:46 +0000 UTC]

lol I know, right? I can't believe I actually cleared that dungeon with no cheats...I only dug into the cheats when I got to The Bottom of the Well O-O I'll take the water temple over the shadow temple any day...

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Ginks In reply to SilverEyeShinobi [2011-05-31 01:08:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh man, the well was creepy. I wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. I didn't mind the Shadow Temple, but there were some annoying parts. There's just no traction with those boots XD I just kept sliding and falling all over the place. It never came to mind to just take them off, either. I basically ran through the entire Shadow Temple with the boots on.

I did the Water Temple blind mostly. No guides except for starting up the temple. After that, I did things on my own. o:

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SilverEyeShinobi In reply to Ginks [2011-05-31 19:30:10 +0000 UTC]

lol Nice job with the shadow temple thing. I remember being completely baffled by that one room with the fans and the pit on either side and the eyeball that shoots fire over the door on the other side. I didn't have the slightest clue as to where to go. Then I accidently got blown away and I saw the door just before I died XD

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Ginks In reply to SilverEyeShinobi [2011-05-31 19:32:43 +0000 UTC]

One of my roommates came into the room and saw me playing. He told me what to do next XD otherwise I probably would have been stumped here too. Trial and error I guess.

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SilverEyeShinobi In reply to Ginks [2011-05-31 19:38:49 +0000 UTC]

lolz yeah. I'm going to have to do a lot of that. I organized a Zelda swap with one of my friends. It's a borrow swap. Zelda Collectors edition for Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages. I'm going to be reliving my child hood! OoS was my first Zelda game I ever played ^^

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Ginks In reply to SilverEyeShinobi [2011-05-31 19:43:49 +0000 UTC]

Sadly mine was Wind Waker XD

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SilverEyeShinobi In reply to Ginks [2011-05-31 19:58:52 +0000 UTC]

lol. Wind Waker was the first one I ever beat It was the one that got me into Zelda in the first place. Once I beat that I moved onto Ocarina of Time then I gradually went through as many of the games that I could...

I even beat A Link to the Past! That feat, I am still so proud of...Dang that fairy for hiding in the cave...*shakes fist*

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Ginks In reply to SilverEyeShinobi [2011-05-31 20:00:52 +0000 UTC]

Same. My brother and I loved Wind Waker so we moved on to Ocarina of Time, but I have yet to beat it. I'm getting closer though. Not sure what game I'll play next after OOT. Majora's Mask is too confusing and depressing for me XD

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SilverEyeShinobi In reply to Ginks [2011-05-31 23:00:08 +0000 UTC]

Majora's Mask is INFURIATING.

seriously. it made me want to punch something.

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Ginks In reply to SilverEyeShinobi [2011-05-31 23:01:13 +0000 UTC]

It seems impossible without a guide :[

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SilverEyeShinobi In reply to Ginks [2011-06-01 22:47:10 +0000 UTC]

I actually got to the second half of the fourth dungeon without a guide. Then the game froze on me and I lost nearly all of my progress.

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Ginks In reply to SilverEyeShinobi [2011-06-01 22:57:42 +0000 UTC]

Oh no D: anything but that!

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SilverEyeShinobi In reply to Ginks [2011-06-01 23:05:27 +0000 UTC]

*nods sadly* I haven't played it since. I vowed to never play that game again. I think I got far enough in it (I got to the boss!) so unless I get a copy of the game for N64 (fat chance. I don't even have an N64) that's unglitched, or they remake it, I'll never play it again.

Too stressful.

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statewee [2011-05-29 22:42:52 +0000 UTC]

bubbles look really good in the first panel

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Ginks In reply to statewee [2011-05-29 22:44:34 +0000 UTC]

Eh, I tried, haha.

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DARKRYUKO [2011-05-29 19:44:23 +0000 UTC]

I HAD THE SAME KEY PROBLEM. XD. THE MORE HEARTS YOU HAVE, THE MORE H.P. DARK LINK HAS. HERE'S A VIDEO ON HOW TO FIGHT A HARDER DARK LINK. [link] ENJOY. >.

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Ginks In reply to DARKRYUKO [2011-05-29 19:47:07 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I read something about Dark Link's health being determined by how much health you have. I had nine hearts at that time, so maybe I had an easier run. Now I have 14 hearts.... I think XD

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DARKRYUKO In reply to Ginks [2011-05-29 19:49:27 +0000 UTC]

YEAH. AND WAIT FOR ABOUT 2 MIN. AND HE'LL BE HARDER THAN IF YOU FIGHT HIM AT THE BEGINNING. YOU'LL KNOW THAT HE'S READY WHEN HE STARTS SWINGING AT YOU. XD.

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Ginks In reply to DARKRYUKO [2011-05-29 19:51:28 +0000 UTC]

So when fighting Dark Link you want to finish as soon as possible. I think I had the right of mind then

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DARKRYUKO In reply to Ginks [2011-05-29 19:54:01 +0000 UTC]

NAH. THE HARDER A "ZELDA" GAME IS, THE THE BETTER THE GAME IS. XD.

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Ginks In reply to DARKRYUKO [2011-05-29 19:58:59 +0000 UTC]

Perhaps.... but Majora's Mask is just way too confusing for me XP not to mention kinda creepy and gives me the sense of hopelessness.

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DARKRYUKO In reply to Ginks [2011-05-29 20:45:07 +0000 UTC]

THAT GAME WAS MEANT FOR CREEPY. XD. IF YOU NEED HELP WITH IT, I CAN HELP YOU. I HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO THAT SHOWS HOW EASY THE FINAL BOSS ACTUALLY IS. XD.

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OoSunnyBunnyoO [2011-05-29 14:54:06 +0000 UTC]

I love the way you draw Link's hair. So fluffy~!

When I fought Dark Link I just flailed around and button mashed like a noob. I didn't even know there were easier ways because my mom wouldn't let me look it up online. "That's cheating!"

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Ginks In reply to OoSunnyBunnyoO [2011-05-29 19:31:55 +0000 UTC]

Haha, when I try to play Zelda games, I try to refrain from looking up solutions online... unless something really is giving me trouble. I like figuring things on my own.... although, I missed out on an easier solution fighting Dead Hand the second time. I love how most people commenting on this said something about Dark Link

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Maxmanrules [2011-05-28 23:59:23 +0000 UTC]

Hrm… I recall this dungeon actually being not too hard for some reason. Maybe I'm crazy, but the hardest part to me was the blade trap thing at the end.

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Ginks In reply to Maxmanrules [2011-05-29 04:00:55 +0000 UTC]

You mean the room before the boss room? Yeah, I ran into them a couple of times before actually making it to the door. I wouldn't say the Water Temple was hard. It was just annoying XD

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mermaidmelody26 [2011-05-28 14:04:51 +0000 UTC]

I STILL CNT BEAT DARK LINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARRRRGHHHHH

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Ginks In reply to mermaidmelody26 [2011-05-28 19:16:42 +0000 UTC]

Why was it so easy for me then?! D8

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mermaidmelody26 In reply to Ginks [2011-05-28 23:54:16 +0000 UTC]

idk...maybe i just suck!! XDDDD

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Ginks In reply to mermaidmelody26 [2011-05-29 04:03:31 +0000 UTC]

Or maybe I was just too crazy for Dark Link and he gave up halfway

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