Update Time!

Zelda 2 - Finished. After a few attempts I finally made my way to Thunderbird and thankfully took him down in my first attempt. Next up was the most famous part of Zelda 2, the final battle against Shadow Link, who actually goes down really easy if you know the trick. Sadly, reading up on Shadow Link a few years back for Ocarina of Time clued me into the cheap strategy to beat him because the designers purposely gave OoT S.Link a counter if you tried that trick on him in that game. Anyway, the game is done, I had a blast even if it took awhile to get the hang of everything and the frustration factor. I'm simply happy I finally conquered a game from my childhood that mocked me for so long. Good times.

Spirit Tracks - Things are finally getting interesting in this game. Turns out the Malladus (Main Villain) henchmen is one of the Lokomo and the former apprentice to my mentor character. They may have also just taken each other out for me. Fire Realm is unlocked but the Goron are having issues with the Volcano and need me to haul some ice over to them, so they hook me up with a special train cart for hauling supplies, which in turn has now opened up a whole set of sidequests I've been ignoring up until now. Once I get the route to the temple unlocked, I may take a break from the story to do some of these sidequests to better prepare myself because I vaguely remember Phantom Hourglass getting significantly harder in the final stretch of the game and I have a bad feeling this game won't be any different in that regard.

Skyward Sword - Unlocked Eldin Volcano, but got sidetracked hunting down a missing girl in the village and unlocking the Gratitude Crystal sidequest which I still find hilarious. Picked up an iron shield and took another step in my fave sidequest in the game: Romancing Peatrice the Item Check girl. I did make it to the Eldin Area and started going through the motions of reaching the Earth Temple but my batteries started to die and rather than scramble to get another set in, I used it as sign to quit for the evening, especially since I don't want to listen to Fi hounding me about it being 3a.m. and I should take a break.