Yup yup!
Other favorite bits:
- Mail delivery at the very beginning. That bird is a boss.
- I feel bad for Stritch & Cawlin that they get stuck with such a tiny room. Of course, I can't fault Groose too much because he didn't put the doors in such stupid positions so one would be auto-huge. Though, he could at least give them another foot or so since the separators seem like they'd be movable.
- Groose's punching bag.
- Bug hunting is fun, but now I'm sad that they just reappear in the same spots whenever you renter an area. I was hoping for a little more chaos, a little more hunt-n-grab, but I understand that more people would rather do it for the potion upgrades and knowing where to get the bugs instead of searching all over for them would be terrible. Especially since Jelly Blobs and Monster Claws have been so rare for me thus far.
- Combat is awesome.
- Flying.... is taking a lot of getting used to.
- Black treasure chests are hilarious. When I stumbled on my first one in the Bazaar, I immediately thought to Chrono Trigger and how there were a few notable black treasure chests scattered around the world I'd have to remember the locations of towards the end of the game. ...But after flying around and seeing that there's at least one of those treasure chests on every single island... I'm hoping I get the ability to open them soon or by midpoint because they are EVERYWHERE.
- Fi is annoying with the handholding, but I like the cut of her jib. I'm 70% sure I'll like her a lot better when she isn't popping up every minute telling me about my controls.
- The tutorial was awesome, probably my favorite of the 3D Zeldas (not counting the Forbidden Palace sequence in Wind Waker). Yes, Fi interruptions were excessive, but she came after I got my sword. Before that? Every step felt like a natural progression... and not searching for some damn cat and fishing to move on. Dash mechanics, sword fighting, basic targetting and camera controls. Not bad.
(Forbidden Palace) > Goddess Ceremony > The First Three Days > Kokiri Forest > Outset's Woods > Ordon Village
Probably not going to be my favorite Zelda game because camera's annoyed me on more than a few occasions and bug hunting hype became a bit of disappointment, but I haven't even reached the first dungeon yet. As soon as I got the slingshot, I was back to Skyloft to ring that bell. Ooh, more impressions:
- Holy crap, I can buy wallet upgrades this early?! **** YEAH!
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