Zelda: The Wind Waker HD #024, Hyrule Castle: Master Sword; Ballad of Gales
4This is video #024 in my playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD for the Nintendo Wii U.
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Previously, Link explored the Tower of the Gods. He learned the Command Melody, earned the Hero's Bow, and defeated the boss, Gohdan. Afterwards, he and the King of Red Lions took the portal to Hyrule Castle, somehow preserved deep beneath the waves. Link must now explore the castle and find a power critical to defeating Ganon.
Hyrule Castle:
Link resumes where he arrived by the pool in the courtyard. A brief scene takes place when he enters the castle hall. Plenty of Moblins and Darknuts are here, but they are frozen. Link runs around and gets some arrow refills.
The downstairs door leads out to a bridge. However, Link has no business out here right now.
Back inside, when Link approaches a large space on the ground floor, the King of Red Lions will call Link through the Pirate's Charm and tell him about a puzzle. Link will have to move some triangle blocks into place over the faint Triforce symbol. When the blocks are in place, a secret stairway will be revealed.
Link goes down the stairway to the basement. When he approaches the pedestal, the King of Red Lions has a few words for him.
Link approaches the Master Sword. A scene takes place as he pulls it out. Oh boy ... it looks like leaving is not going to be as easy as entering. Link now has the Master Sword!
When Link ascends the stairway to the castle hall, a brief scene takes place. He now has to take out a bunch of Moblins and Darknuts before he can escape, as the doors are blocked by laser barriers. It is best to try to fight them one at a time, if possible. Now that Link has the Master Sword, these foes will go down a bit quicker. This is also a decent time to snag Skull Necklaces from Moblins and Knight's Crests from Darknuts.
After Link has finally defeated all the enemies, the barriers blocking the exits disappear. Link heads up and out to the courtyard. He talks to the King of Red Lions. Next objective: the Forsaken Fortress! Then, Link climbs aboard and heads into the portal.
Tower of the Gods Square (time 24:09):
Link emerges in the Tower of the Gods square on the Great Sea. He saves. Then, he sets sail west to the Six-Eye Reef square.
Six-Eye Reef (time 24:04):
Link has Treasure Chart #06, found in the Compass room in the Tower of the Gods. This reveals a salvage spot in the Six-Eye Reef. It is between the southern pair of "eyes". Here, Link dredges up a chest with a Silver Rupee, worth 200 Rupees. Fantastic!
Afterwards, Link sails north to the Northern Triangle Isle square.
Northern Triangle Isle (time 26:19):
The Northern Triangle Isle square is one of three areas where Cyclos's large cyclone can be found. It also appears at Mother & Child Isles and Shark Island. A brief scene takes place when Link gets close. Cyclos will pull Link into his whirlwind and drop him to a random location in the Great Sea.
On this occasion, Link takes a pictograph of Cyclos. On this occasion, he gets blown to Greatfish Isle.
Greatfish Isle (time 27:04):
The King of Red Lions talks to Link about Cyclos. He has some pointed advice about dealing with the unfriendly deity.
After the scene, Link sails north. He passes through the Rock Spire Isle square on his way to the Mother & Child Isles square.
Mother & Child Isles (time 28:56):
Link finds another of Cyclos's cyclones. This time, he pulls out his bow to deal with the windbag. Three well-shot arrows will defeat him.
Afterwards, there is a scene with Cyclos. Cowed, Cyclos will demonstrate the inputs for the Ballad of Gales. This melody is in 4/4 time. Link can use the Ballad of Gales to ride the wind to one of nine locations on the Great Sea: Mother & Child Isles, Windfall Island, Dragon Roost Island, Tingle Island, Greatfish Isle, the Tower of the Gods, Southern Fairy Island, the Forest Haven, or Outset Island. This will greatly speed up future exploration.
Link directs the Ballad of Gales. He chooses to fly to Windfall Island.
Windfall Island (time 31:20):
Link sets sail west to Pawprint Isle.
Pawprint Isle (time 32:01):
Link has Treasure Chart #30, found on floor 2F in the Tower of the Gods. This reveals a salvage spot off the southern coast of the main island of Pawprint Isle. Link hauls up a chest with Piece of Heart #34! Excellent.
Next, Link conducts the Ballad of Gales and flies to the Forest Haven.
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