Ocarina of Time Game Diary

[Geno]

The only side quests I really care to do are the ones to get Epona and the Biggoron's Sword, and maybe also the bottles. (The Big Poe bottle quest is long and tedious, and difficult if you don't use an online map, so I often skip that particular bottle and just go with the first three.) I'm not big on the Heart Pieces and the Gold Skulltulas. I'll take 'em as I see 'em, but I won't go to great lengths for 'em. I don't usually bother with the fishing game either. (Of course, that's also mainly to get a Heart Piece.) I'll do all the Great Fairy side quests. (Farore's Wind isn't that useful, but what the hell? It's right there. I use Din's Fire quite often though, and Nayru's Love can prove handy from time to time. The other Great Fairies are more important though; the ones that give you your magic meter, improve your magic meter, and double your defense.) I also do the Happy Mask side quest even though there's no real point to that since you get the Mask of Truth just before becoming an adult and it's not even that useful anyway. Something cool to note, however, is that Stalchildren won't appear on the field at night if you're wearing the Bunny Hood, and Keese won't bother you if you're wearing the Skull Mask.

As for Chrono Trigger, I'm now in the Black Omen. I trained until I learned all the Single Techs. Now I just need to learn all the Dual and Triple Techs, which is a simple matter of using the appropriate characters in a battle. I have four of the five rocks; the White Rock will come later in the Black Omen. Once I have the White Rock, I'll have every Tech available in the game. I'll begin Ocarina of Time very soon now... just need to finish the Black Omen and defeat Lavos.