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Stagger Lanayru79 10/31/2016 10:24 AM

8-bit Ravio! 8-bit Dark World theme! Two world Lorule Map! Despite how bored as I am w/ HW at this point and how happy it makes me that this is finally the end of it, I'm still pretty excited for this dlc. I'll get started this afternoon, and grouchily log my progress in the comments. WARNING: Unmarked spoilers will appear in this post.

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Elzonire 10/31/2016 12:25 PM Ooh, Dark World theme? Favorite Zelda music, right there!

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Brandon 10/31/2016 12:58 PM Notify me! Obligatory "I bought all the DLC and have barely played any of it" confession.

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JP10 10/31/2016 2:42 PM Ah the 8-bit rendition of the Dark World theme from A Link Between Worlds! How nice!

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Benjamin 10/31/2016 2:48 PM Ah it's here! I can't wait to check it out!

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Nintendoer 10/31/2016 4:02 PM I've got you beat there, Brandon; I've experienced precisely none of the DLC so far. I'm even waiting to try out the new characters until I start the appropriate adventure map, which means I haven't even touched Medli yet. =P

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Stagger 10/31/2016 4:03 PM @JP: They based it off the LBW version rather than the LttP version. It sounds sweet!

All I did this afternoon was create badges and check out the two new characters on WiiU. I'll be starting in earnest after dinner. I've just played the first two squares, and they've put some effort into the two altered mission types I've encountered. Also getting a sense that at last my level 87 crew might low!

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Nintendoer 10/31/2016 4:04 PM Yep, HW is finally concluded...until Hyrule Warriors Wilds for the Switch is unvieled during the next Direct, featuring your favorite characters from BoTW, all of the content of HWL, a new adventure map with the promise of four more as DLC, and all at the low price of $29.99!

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Stagger 10/31/2016 4:06 PM Captains seem vaguely sturdier than they usually are on the introductory squares. I dunno, it could be wishful thinking on my part ... I'll wait to render judgement on that and the characters themselves, but I'll say I like Ravio's dialogue during battle more than the rest of the dlc characters so far.

@'doer: Any spoiler concern? I can mark if you like.

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Nintendoer 10/31/2016 4:10 PM Nah, I'll likely forget most of the specifics by the time I finally get around to this map, and I've already taken a look around the DLC maps enough to know that there are level 4 (and 4+) weapons to unlock. The only things I might not want spoiled are the costumes, but even then it's a very minor issue if I do see them. I'm eager to see what you think! The map already looks interesting.

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Jayse 10/31/2016 4:10 PM I also bought all of the DLC and haven't played any of it. Unless you count creating the badges for the characters on the Wii U version but never playing those characters. Because I've done that.

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Stagger 10/31/2016 4:39 PM Ah, so you're aware of the nature of the 4+ weapons? I haven't touched the My Fairy screen since before the first dlc, but I had already levelled up Bombos to the point where it still breaks the game. Those weapons are so gratuitous.

Anyway, off I go! Love the look of this item card ... the others sound like proper utilities, although I can't condone these bonus elemental effects. The Ravio mask E Yeah! e1 D

Stagger 10/31/2016 4:43 PM display is pretty charming, but more unnecessary help to rip all challenge out of the experience is unwelcome for this cranky warrior.

I'm going to predict that all of Yuga's items will be on that Lorule side of things. I should soon see, as the first Fissure appeared on the third square.

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Stagger 10/31/2016 4:59 PM Yuga's face seems a little off, but whatever. What bothers me more is that in his Strength V move on 3ds, the trident doesn't look very clear like it does on WiiU. The game is too easy for me to care about movesets from a utilitarian perspective. The series references are all that matter to me at this point. Ravio nedded a big bag of rupees. Is his Strength II move is meant to involve his bird?

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Stagger 10/31/2016 5:12 PM I thought a feather appeared during it when I checked Ravio out on the WiiU. Probably wrong, not so here ...

For a moment, I thought I'd need another card to go back through a Fissure. It's not that complicated unfortunately, just a dividing line, but juggling items across the divide and likely cornered areas are promising.

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JP10 10/31/2016 5:14 PM Take a look at Ravio's running animation! Really something to smile about isn't it?

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Stagger 10/31/2016 5:20 PM It is humorous JP.

I'm probably misremembering about Yuga's animation detail, as the Trident is pretty clear in his special. I didn't look very far ahead on the map, heh, as his first heart container was a square away in Lorule. One prediction fail! :p I will start paying attention now, to avoid repeating myself for item cards and plan a route.

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Stagger 10/31/2016 5:36 PM Attaboy Ravio. E Yeah! e1 D

Stagger 10/31/2016 6:06 PM Interesting. I think this will be the most fun I've had from a map navigation standpoint since the MM dlc on the original. They've designed Hyrule so you can't advance all that far w/out heading to Lorule. Not according to game script, but cool nonetheless.

I'm pursuing Yuga's level 2 weapon, so I'll mark it in spoilers 'doer.

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Stagger 10/31/2016 6:18 PM I'll jabber about the first costume and My Fairy accessory gets in that comment too. Almost done - I found this curious though. It's Ravio that eventually joined my forces. Was this a mistake, or an intentional error to call him Link?

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Stagger 10/31/2016 6:27 PM ·Spoilers That's solid! Of course I immedialy wonder what's in store for the appearance and title of the third one. This came up before my second piece of My Fairy clothing, but the firstbwas a sweet Ravio robe. The costumebwas earned by Ravio too. It was for Tingle, a deep shade of purple and obviously inspired by a shared love of rupees between the two characters.

E Yeah! e1 D Stagger 10/31/2016 6:47 PM Thus begins the final Illustration. In all of them I've completed in HWL, I needed exactly one second effort for a Skulltula on the Termina Map. I miss how difficult they were in HW. *sigh*

Odds and ends ... I finally remembered to check a material drop. Yuga drops Ganondorf stuff. I'll check Ravio next time I see the punk on the opposition. :p Also, Swamp Palace first eh? No way around it.

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Stagger 10/31/2016 6:52 PM ·Spoilers Now that is a wonderful color swap! Ruto gets a lot of good ones. The Lulu and Rutella tributes are both terrific, and this Oren homage joins them. I'm wondering if Darunia will get a Rosso costume. E Yeah! e2 D

Stagger 10/31/2016 7:01 PM D'aw ... I'm repeating myself again, but the 8-bit animations of new item card uses are one of my favorite things about these dlc packs.

The cornering aspect of Lorule looks to be handled in exactly the fashion I'd hoped for. I'll clear out this confined space before marching on in Hyrule. On a side note, Yuga joins Volga as the only villains that aren't Dark element based. Well, the Trident ...

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Nintendoer 10/31/2016 7:05 PM I dunno, Tingle is pretty villainous; gouging prices in Wind Waker, stealing Force Gems in Four Swords Adventures, etc.

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Stagger 10/31/2016 7:54 PM You should join Ed's previous post comparing Tingle and Rikki.

I reversed course and returned to Hyrule when I realized the rest of that Lorule section was Misery Mire, and left Ravio's House alone as well, since I only had one Hammer card and wanted it here. Rav's level 2 weapon is earned at the Blacksmith's.

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Stagger 10/31/2016 8:17 PM ·Spoilers Alright then. It looks cool. It would be a stretch to see a Spirit Tracks reference in it. There has already been a line of hammers for Darunia and the HWL item, and while I was hoping for an LBW Nice Hammer followed by a WW Skull Hammer, I'll accept something creative.

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JP10 10/31/2016 8:19 PM Happy Halloween Stagger! E Yeah! e1 D

Stagger 10/31/2016 8:25 PM Happy Halloween JP! Poor Ravio. He never should have met this lethal version of Agitha.

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Stagger 10/31/2016 9:17 PM That lone Power Glove really opened up the map in Hyrule. Despite having other choices, I can't put off going to Sanctuary any longer, to at least loosely follow the LBW plot. Swamp Palace a mandatory first ... ahem: *grumble grumble* E Yeah! e1 D

Nintendoer 10/31/2016 9:21 PM To be fair, it is the easiest of the Lorule dungeons, and being so close to the starting gate, makes for a good early example of how the rest of the map is gonna play out. It may not exactly be in story order, but it seems to me like it works out nicely.

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Stagger 10/31/2016 9:28 PM You're entirely correct Nintenbroer. You've stayed out on my ornery posts about the bulk of the HWL experience. I've been too jolly here, and had to complain about something.

My earlier prediction wasn't entirely wrong. All of Yuga's weapons are in Lorule and Ravio's in Hyrule, similar to the Grand Travels divide in Sand Wands and Toon Zelda swords.

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Elzonire 10/31/2016 9:33 PM Just remember, Stagger... Breath of the Wild. Freedom to do whatever, go wherev- Uh, I wasn't hypnotising you, not at all! Uh...

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Stagger 10/31/2016 9:45 PM ·Spoilers So Yuga earned a set of his trousers for the My Fairy wardrobe and this ... Daphnes color swap for Hilda? I would say it's more Ravio fanfare, but the beard ... hrrrm.

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Stagger 10/31/2016 10:47 PM A 5k skill? That's new. Not that I've bothered finishing many skills in this cream puff version of HW ... I wonder what these are? It popped running through here again for the second Skulltula, a six minute diversion.

E Yeah! e1 D Stagger 10/31/2016 11:04 PM Rosso's house! I've decided to tailor my path to knock out initial Skulltulas when they enter my radar, thus increasing the chance an Item Card will reappear on their squares earlier in my progress.

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Elzonire 11/01/2016 12:49 AM The ALttP/ALBW over world is zuibun charming; glad to see it used as an 8-bit variant.

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Stagger 11/01/2016 1:27 AM What does zuibun mean?

In the northwestern corner where the Master Sword rests in those two charming overworlds, this beauty is obtained in HWL. What a brute ... the mission itself was a cakewalk, except I had all keeps captured and captains defeated ... and was 400 KOs short of the A-rank mark. A lot of grinding Outposts and the Enemy Base later, tada! E Yeah! e1 D

Stagger 11/01/2016 1:31 AM ·Spoilers Alright! I was starting to think this was the all Ravio and Yuga show on the peripherals too. Skull Kids Lorule costume might be a nod to Irene, but I'll take an overt one. Seeing 's, I think Daphnes got the Ravio hair color moved to his beard. Out of comments gents ...

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Elzonire 11/01/2016 2:14 AM I wasn't thinking at all. Zuibun is one of several words that more or less mean very, with some differing nuances. I didn't want to use "pretty" or "very", repetitive as they are, so I typed the first alternate word I struck upon. Except it wasn't an English word, and for whatever reason I thought you would understand it. In retrospect, I should have said "particularly". I clearly need to sleep.

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Elzonire 11/01/2016 2:17 AM Anyway, it IS a charming over world design, and I'm always glad to explore it.

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Nintendoer 11/01/2016 4:13 AM I think the update page mentioned a new skill that increases your power the more hearts you have. I got a 5000 KO skill yesterday too, so I assume that's what it is.

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Stagger 11/01/2016 11:51 AM Thanks for explaing Elzo. The struggle against repetition is real.

So like Heart Strong, except not conditional to full life? Might be like the 4k skills, w/ a number of neat ones ... that I just don't care about anymore. :p

I've reached the Eastern Palace, and will hit the Tower of Hera soon after. The Zora area, like Hyrule Castle, is blocked w/out Fire Rod access. I could have headed for

E Yeah! e1 D Stagger 11/01/2016 11:54 AM the Thieves' Town area long ago through the second accessible Fissure, but I'm committed to trying to expose as much of Hyrule as possible before attacking the dungeon heavy Lorule. Great map design! I'm really enjoying this last hurrah.

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Stagger 11/01/2016 2:52 PM I've so rarely used the Dominion Rod that I forget how fun it is.

Post-lunch progress report: I stopped after reaching a Hookshot card beyond the Tower of Hera, at last accessing the Skull Woods Fissure w/ it. I'm making a brief detour into the first half of Misery Mire for a Boomerang card, as I loathe repeating completed missions just for items. E Yeah! e1 D

Stagger 11/01/2016 3:40 PM Appropriate place for Yuga to open a post mission treasure chest ...

I've reached that Boomerang down in the Mire, but I think I'll leave the Desert Palace final over here alone for now. These are certainly some upscale missions over here by comparison to what I've done so far, but still no second tries required. I do like the new types of battles though. It's been a while since I could say that.

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Stagger 11/01/2016 3:48 PM ·Spoilers I forgot I picked up Zant's Lorule costume late last night. I'm still up in the air about 's being an Irene or perhaps even a Hylian Captain tribute rather than still more Ravio nods, but this is clearly an Osfala/Sahasralah number here. Back to working my way around Lake Hylia ...

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Stagger 11/01/2016 4:29 PM Blast! The way into Lake Hylia proper is barred! I need an Ice Rod to get in, although I'd be free to use the Fissure if I wanted to repeat the mission. I've covered most of the fair green land though. Once I clear out the east side of Death Mountain, I'll start tackling Lorule areas one at a time.

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Stagger 11/01/2016 4:44 PM ·Spoilers It finally happened. Lana has co-opted Cia, Aryll and the Skull Kid's look. She's revelled in her Deku connection. I happen to rock the random canary number from the Boss Pack most of the time, now that Skull Kid has his own character. At last, allows her to cosplay her dream role.

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Stagger 11/01/2016 5:42 PM Just because screen shot. :p

I've reached all I can in Hyrule w/out making some moves in Lorule. There are three secondary Skulltulas I'm trying to hold out for item cards to capture in the completed area, and a final mission on Death Mountain for level 4+ Great Swords. I'm distracted though, half watching television ...

E Yeah! e1 D Stagger 11/01/2016 8:11 PM I'm seeing some interesting things here. Thieves' Hideout is near the corresponding square in Hyrule that held Linkle's 4+ Crossbows. Their particular dual element is really useful here. I was caught mid-attack by the appearance of one of Linkle's beloved foul friends, enraged the cuccos, and have just powered through treachery and golden bird alike. :p Also, an Epona 4+ mission is nigh. Ugh.

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JP10 11/01/2016 8:35 PM I know one things for sure, Ravio's mask icon sure looks good on that map screen!

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Stagger 11/01/2016 11:12 PM