11th June 2004, 12:00 AM
I don't think anything is kept... (I uh, only played the first level... multiple times). However, not really needed. Not like you are gathering a massive list of things or anything...
Also, the formations are great. They really pull the game together in a less than 4 player game. If you are playing single player, you get all the modes. 2 or 3, and you only get the straight line formations. Anyway, also the game assigns unused Links as AI buddies. It splits them evenly in 2 player mode, and just randomly gives it to someone in 3 player mode. Don't despair though! Get even! You can STEAL your friend's buddies and make them your own! Generally, you do this when you are trying to grab as many force gems as possible. Doing it during the normal game, while you will spend about 3 minutes doing it the second you figure it out, just won't happen after that because it's annoying and an infinite loop of stupidity :D.
Oh yes, Shadow Battles. Fun those games. Think Bomberman to get the idea of why it's so fun. You run around not to slash blindly at your opponents while they slash you, but to cleverly set up traps and only rush in for the kill when you know they can't fight back. There are all SORTS of traps in every level, as well as the ability to go into the dark world and back. The dark world is in the GBA and the light world is in the GCN. The Dark World affects the Light World and visa versa. In other words, some switches in one world, for example, will do things like set off explosives in the other world. You notice important things from the world you aren't in as shadows in your world, that includes other players. Also, there are houses and caves as well, where the opponent CAN'T see you.
It's a blast racing to get something like the fire rod to burn down all the bushes (if a bush is next to another, the one next to it will also catch fire, and if there's a massive group, the fire will spread and consume the whole thing). There are switches to open trap doors to bottomless pits. There are magic bubbles that cycle between bombchus, a single homing cucuu, and some other things. There are just plain bombs, and there are enemies you also have to deal with. One fun little trick I found in one level was really fun. I wandered into a cave where I found a cucuu. Well, I attacked it repeatedly... The swarms came... They swarmed OUTSIDE the cave though, where everyone else was :D. Well, I went outside shortly after to find I won the battle :D. There are about 6 or so levels, and there are 6 more levels that are unlocked after I beat the adventure mode.
Also, the formations are great. They really pull the game together in a less than 4 player game. If you are playing single player, you get all the modes. 2 or 3, and you only get the straight line formations. Anyway, also the game assigns unused Links as AI buddies. It splits them evenly in 2 player mode, and just randomly gives it to someone in 3 player mode. Don't despair though! Get even! You can STEAL your friend's buddies and make them your own! Generally, you do this when you are trying to grab as many force gems as possible. Doing it during the normal game, while you will spend about 3 minutes doing it the second you figure it out, just won't happen after that because it's annoying and an infinite loop of stupidity :D.
Oh yes, Shadow Battles. Fun those games. Think Bomberman to get the idea of why it's so fun. You run around not to slash blindly at your opponents while they slash you, but to cleverly set up traps and only rush in for the kill when you know they can't fight back. There are all SORTS of traps in every level, as well as the ability to go into the dark world and back. The dark world is in the GBA and the light world is in the GCN. The Dark World affects the Light World and visa versa. In other words, some switches in one world, for example, will do things like set off explosives in the other world. You notice important things from the world you aren't in as shadows in your world, that includes other players. Also, there are houses and caves as well, where the opponent CAN'T see you.
It's a blast racing to get something like the fire rod to burn down all the bushes (if a bush is next to another, the one next to it will also catch fire, and if there's a massive group, the fire will spread and consume the whole thing). There are switches to open trap doors to bottomless pits. There are magic bubbles that cycle between bombchus, a single homing cucuu, and some other things. There are just plain bombs, and there are enemies you also have to deal with. One fun little trick I found in one level was really fun. I wandered into a cave where I found a cucuu. Well, I attacked it repeatedly... The swarms came... They swarmed OUTSIDE the cave though, where everyone else was :D. Well, I went outside shortly after to find I won the battle :D. There are about 6 or so levels, and there are 6 more levels that are unlocked after I beat the adventure mode.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)