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Design a Boss | Lupus
 Est. 2004 The First and Original Legend of Zelda Boss Concept and Contest Thread Hello and Welcome to Design a Boss! This is the place where you share your great ideas by designing a boss or boss battle. Five years of brain-storming, sharing, participating, and having fun. Design a Boss This thread has spanned to a real storm of great ideas and bizarre concepts of what Legend of Zelda bosses really should be. The thread simply started as time killer and a way to see what others had in mind for future bosses. The thread became hot immediately, and I began a contest to make it a more exciting thread in which more people would participate and add more detail to their concepts. At first intended to see what others wanted in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (back then referred to as LoZ'05,) the thread now has a new meaning: We contemplate the meaning of Boss and the Zelda universe to design dynamic battles and present a possible challenge concept for Legend of Zelda enthusiasts. Concept Fighting a Boss is essential in the Legend of Zelda. It is an art and a great accomplishment to slay what lies deep in the dungeon or temple. Once slain, love is spread and virtue is granted. But what makes the fight such a great art? Can you design such a challenge for the hero? And how can the hero succeed? Rules -You may submit 1 entry ONLY. -Entries are posted on this thread. -An entry may only be submitted to one of the participating sites. Do NOT attempt to submit different entries in the different participating forums. Multiple entries will result in disqualification. -Please do not flame or spam on this thread. Spam makes it hard to find certain posts. -Avoid in-depth criticism or harsh comments towards submitted concepts. -Have fun Judges POE-GUY (Nsider 2)/ Lloyd Irving (Zelda Universe) Rockerfox (Nsider 2) Hylian Dan (Zelda Universe) Vynrah (Zelda Universe) Crab Helmet (Zelda Universe) Nathan (Zelda Informer) How we judge -Originality: If the boss is original, its chances of winning are higher. Do NOT compare your concept to other things that are already out there such as villains from a movie, a boss from another game, etc. -Detail and Description: The boss battle needs to be clear. If we can get an good picture in our mind on how you are fighting or seeing a boss, then it gets a high score on detail. Try to make your entry a neat one, too. -Effort: We've been basing ourselves on "effort" for the past contests. Effort involves presentation, detail, and other things. It does NOT mean you need to submit a concept that took hours to make. -Grammar: We try to disregard grammatical mistakes here and there, but if it gets overwhelming, the chances of winning may be low. Prizes 1st Place: (1) Nintendo DSi†. Detailed boss concept illustration. Custom signature. (1) Secret Prize. 2nd Place: Game of choice (Limited to PS3, Wii, Xbox360). Custom signature. 3rd Place: Game of choice (Limited to PS3, Wii, Xbox360). Custom signature. Other prizes TBA The deadline for Design a Boss | Lupus was January 30, 2010. ________________________________________________ †. Many participants live outside of the U.S and may have a different format of consoles in their region. The Nintendo DSi and home console software will be awarded in the appropriate region format.
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Re: Design a Boss | Lupus
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Re: Design a Boss | Lupus
1 Entry only? ****. Oh well, I guess I'll have to randomly edit mine to make it sexier.
~Sanguimaxim~ Origins: At the beginning of time, the three Golden Goddesses, Din, Nayru, and Farore, created all of existence. Din, with her mighty fiery hands shaped and created the earth. Nayru, with her great wisdom created the laws of the land. And finally, Farore created all living beings that would uphold the law. The only beings possible of this were the Oocca. For these godlike lifeforms were the only ones that could because, in the Goddesses eyes, they were perfection (other than themselves of course). The great deities then each left a triangle of infinite possibilities. These three holy triangles became known as the Triforce. The Oocca were given two tasks, the first task was creating the lifeforms that were necessary for the balance of life. And the other, to protect the Holy Triforce and the Sacred Realm. The Oocca, with their seemingly infinite magic and technological prowess, created three objects. The first was the Temple of Time, a magical sanctuary that housed the Triforce and later, the Master Sword. The second was the Dominion Rod, a royal scepter that could breathe life into statues. The final creation was Sanguimaxim, a human-like robot whose purpose was to moderate the land of Hyrule. In ancient tales of lore, it was said to be taller than the clouds, heavier than a mountain, more powerful than a crashing tsunami, faster than lightning, wiser than any sage, and it had a more powerful will and unshakable spirit than the goddesses. Most commonfolk believed these legends to be myths. How wrong they were. There was a mutiny in Hyrule Castle by a group of rebels who tried setting all of Castle Town ablaze. Sanguimaxim crashed down to destroy the terrorists, it succeeded in stopping them but it killed tens, if not hundreds of innocent people in it's destructive wake. It was at this moment that it found joy. Joy in the pain of others. The sheer happiness of looking into crying eyes of innocent children, staring into their soul and seeing their misery and suffering. Seeing tears of blood flow from innocent bystanders made him feel superior. All Sanguimaxim knew was that he liked this feeling, he did not stop to ponder how a non-living thing could feel, or the consequences of his rash actions. He was seduced by the taste of blood. But while he slew many people, he noticed something. Injustice. People stole from each other, lied to their closest friends, and a number of things that are far too horrible to name. The Holy Moderator had chosen his verdict. The land of Hyrule was to exist no more. But before he could lay waste and decimation to the land, the Oocca came down from the sky to dismantle him. They took Sanguimaxim's power, wisdom, courage, will, and magic and shaped these five essences into orbs. The Oocca used these orbs as beacons of light for their Royal Hall located in Archaeix, the Ooccan capital city. A powerful magic was then used by the Oocca to make every living thing in Hyrule (including themselves) forget the incident with Sanguimaxim and his existence. This magic worked like a charm and everyone forgot about it. Or so they thought. The Game: In this (hypothetical) game there is another country next to Hyrule in the west that was conquered by Ganondorf. It is called Dralia and its inhabitants are called the Drail. They are an evil tribe that look like this. Before the game, the Drail use their mind control powers to dominate the minds of the Oocca, the Sheikah, and the Gerudo. Then, at the beginning of the game, all four races attack Hyrule. The Oocca destroy the villages and steal the legendary Master Sword, which is the only sword that can kill Ganondorf. The Gerudo attack and nearly destroy Hyrule Castle and Castle Town. And the Sheikah break into the Temple of Time and allow the Drail to enter and control the Sacred Realm. When the Drail enter the Sacred Realm, like usual, the Triforce of Courage goes to Link, the Triforce of Wisdom goes to Zelda, and Ganondorf gains the Triforce of Power. There is also a very heavy emphasis on the use of magic for this game. The Hero's Quest: While Link was in Death Mountain Fortress, he received the tornado bolas, slayed the boss running amok, and freed the Goron warrior princess, Fyrra. After Link frees her she says "Thank you my sweet goro-hero. Tee hee hee! Now I can fight the Drail with my lover, Biggoron. But first, have you heard of the Master Sword? Probably not, as you're not royalty. Anyway, the Master Sword is the only sword capable of killing true evil. But not just any fool can use this weapon, only important heroes can use it. Someone like............ Me! Anyways, when the Oocca attacked, they stole it from it's resting place. I need it so I can slay that wretched Ganondorf. Anywho, I need you, goro-hero, to get it from the Ooccan capital city in the sky, Archaeix. So yeah, I don't know how you can get there, but good luck!" After much searching, Link finds a ranch with a Pegasus that takes him up to Archaeix. Upon arrival, he meets an Oocca named Coocoo. When they talk, Coocoo says, "Are you the messenger? The messenger to the sky? Thank the goddesses, we have someone to liberate us! You see, I am the last sane Oocca, the rest of my kin are merely mindless slaves to the Drail. They are controlling the others through the five beacons of light in our Royal Hall. I need you to get to all of them and warp each one to the Clock Tower. Once all five are there, I will use a powerful spell to collapse the Clock Tower, destroying the orbs. Got that?...... Good. Now, the Royal Hall is located just past the general store over there. Am I forgetting anything........... Oh yes!! I will grant you the warp spell. This spell warps most objects to a nearby place." The 'get item' music plays and you now can use the warp spell. Coocoo then tells you to hurry to the Royal Hall while he hides in the Clock Tower. And with that, Coocoo spins around and around going faster and faster until he disappears. There are many buildings in Archaeix, but when you go inside one of them, there is nothing inside. After you get about a block away from the Hall, there is a cutscene where several Kargarocs fly in with Oocca riding on their backs. These Oocca's eyes are completely black and their mouths are replaced by a gaping black hole. These Oocca will attack you with magic, similar to the kind that Zant from Twilight Princess fires. The Kargarocs attack normally. Then, an Oocca appears on the top of each building between you and the Hall. You have to defeat all the Oocca in order to be able to enter the Hall. To defeat the Kargaroc riders, just slash at them normally. For the ones on the roofs, you have to use your tornado bolas (works exactly like the boomerang, except you can also bring stunned enemies to you and tie multiple enemies together) to bring the possessed Oocca near you, then slash at them several times. The Dungeon: When you enter the Royal Hall, there is a large room similar to the Library of Congress Reading Room. When Link steps into the room, he looks around and spots a giant Moblin troll. Link must then defeat the troll by striking his tail to knock him down and attacking the nose when he is on the ground. After a long, tiring battle, the troll is finally defeated and Link notices that the creature left behind the Gravity Boots. These boots allow him to walk on walls and ceilings, alter the flow and strength of gravity (for example Link could walk on the ceiling and have gravity move stuff to his right, so he could push an enemy down a pit or something), and alter his weight and speed. To do these things requires magic power. After this grotesque monster has been slain, there are five doors which Link can choose to take. Through each of these doors is a series of puzzles in which the hero must use the Warp Spell, the tornado bolas, and the Gravity Boots to move weights onto switches which open up fans which blow him up to the next rooms where he fights more enemies and moves more objects around to gain entrance to the top of the respective tower. Once there, an Oocca in a war machine (similar to this) attacks Link. The first time you defeat one of these five menacing monstrosities, you get a new weapon, the Magi Cannon. This device allows you to bombard enemies with huge blasts of magic or bazooka firepower (similar to the kind that The Group uses). The cannon has multiple magic attacks such as fire, thunder, wind, energy, etc. which you can harness to do different things (for example, the wind attack allows you to knock enemies back, thunder paralyzes and electrocutes enemies, ice freezes stuff, etc.). However, it only starts off with bazooka, fire, ice, and thunder. All the other ammunitions are unlockable by buying them in a shop, finding them in a chest, etc. All around the dungeon are pictures and hieroglyphics depicting a large being and people bowing down to it. Then it seems that the large entity attacks them with no motive. Afterward, it appears that something came down from the sky and... The rest is too fuzzy and scratched-out to read. After Link completes his task of transporting all of the orbs to the Clock Tower, a massive thunderstorm comes out of nowhere. A menacing laugh is then heard. The hero then has to race back to the Clock Tower before time runs out.The creepy laughing and thunder claps get louder and louder as he reaches the massive Clock. Once inside, Link must work his way through a labyrinth full of gears while fighting off hordes of enemies such as Kargarocs and Blade Traps. When he finally reaches the top of the Clock Tower, he is all alone. Then Coocoo appears and says "thank you kind sir for bringing me the orbs. You are one of the nicest people I have ever met. And one of the stupidest." It is at this point that Coocoo casts a spell that pins link to the ground. With this opportunity, Coocoo transforms into a Drail. The Drail that was once Coocoo says, "It is I, thhhhe hhhhhhhheroic Drailian general, Tsirogoth, hhhehhhehhehhhe, I am certainly not some dumb Oocca. Anyways, thhhhhhank you. You hhhhhhhave given me thhhhe orbs thhhhhat can reanimate Sanguimaxim." Then Tsirogoth summons four more Drail and gives each one an orb. The first Drail says "power, gives one thhhhhhhe ability to live". The next says "wisdom, gives one thhhhhhhe intelligence to live". The third says,"courage, gives one thhhhhhhhe bravery to live." The fourth says "will, gives one thhhhhhhhhhhe need to live". And finally, Tsirogoth says,"magic, breathhhhhhes life into us all". The orbs then rise into the sky and magically fade out. Then, an enormous rumbling sound occurs, the Wiimote vibrates like crazy, and Sanguimaxim rises up from the Royal Hall. Little chunks of the Royal Hall can be seen falling down to Hyrule below. "Hhhhhhhhhhhhhehhhhhhhhhhhhehhhhehhhehehhe, dare not incur Sanguimaxim's divine wrathhhh, or else the consequences shhhhhhall be severe and merciless, and your life shhhhhhhhhhall become an evanescent wisp. Abandon all hhhhhhope, so-called hhhhero, your destiny is to be the first sacrifice to most powerful god alive," Tsirogoth crackles. "Now, witness Hhhhyrule's final judgment day!!!! Kehhhehhehhhhe" It should be noted that Sanguimaxim is about the height of the Clock Tower. After all of that, there is a cutscene where Link breaks free of Tsirogoth's spell just as Sanguimaxim bellows, "foolish whelps, the lot of you. Have you not fathomed what a god with the power of a thousand suns could wreak to this despicable world? Armageddon, damnation, extermination, they do not even begin to describe the fate you oafs, along with the rest of this pitiful world, shall suffer. This shall be the last time you mortals shall ever see the sun. He then smacks Link, the Drail, and the upper half of the Clock Tower high up in the air. The first phase of this boss battle is a sword duel with the five Drail. The only places to stand on are spinning chunks of rock and debris in freefall. Seeing as how you're up in the sky during a thunderstorm, the clouds can sometimes interfere with your sight, and the only source of lighting is the bright flashes of lightning. It should be noted that after each fight, you regain several hearts. The first Drail you fight has much higher attack power than the other Drail. He is also blood red. Attacks Sword Slash: A simple sword attack that deals 3 hearts damage. Flame Breath: The Drail sucks in air for a moment and breathes a large amount of fire, this attack deals 2 and 1/2 hearts. Mind Control: The Drail casts a spell that follows you. When it hits you, you lose control of Link for about 20 seconds while a very stupid AI takes over. It should be noted that the Drail is completely vulnerable to attacks while the spell is chasing you. To defeat this Drail, wait until he sucks in air, after he misses a sword slash, or when he's vulnerable during the mind control to attack. Otherwise, he will block most of your attacks. The second Drail has a much smarter AI and a wider range of attacks. He is also a deep sea blue. Attacks Sword Slash: A simple horizontal sword attack that deals 1 heart damage. Uppercut: A sword slash aimed upwards. Deals 1 and 1/2 hearts damage. Freeze Ray: Sucks in air for a moment and unleashes a beam of freezing ice at you. Deals 1 heart damage and freezes. Water Blast: This attack is just water blasted at you. It does no damage, but can knock you off of where you are standing. Mind Control: The Drail casts a spell that follows you. When it hits you, you lose control of Link for about 20 seconds while a very stupid AI takes over. It should be noted that the Drail is completely vulnerable to attacks while the spell is chasing you. For this fight, don't attack until you have an opening. If you rush in, he will block your attacks and use this opportunity to strike at you. The third Drail attacks much more often than the others. This one is green in color. Attacks Horizontal Slash: A simple horizontal sword attack that deals 1 heart damage. Vertical Slash: A simple vertical sword attack that deals 1and 1/4 hearts damage. Combo Rush: A four hit sword combo. Each hit deals 1/2 a heart. To defeat this Drail, just block when he attacks. Then attack, he doesn't block. Ah, the penultimate Drail. This one is pure white and has a different method of attack. Attacks Counter: Redirects your attack back at you. Deals 1 heart damage. To defeat this Drail, don't attack. It will be redirected back at you. You have to use the Warp Spell to move the piece of he debris he is standing on out from under him. Now Tsirogoth wants to battle you. He has the strength of the first Drail, the AI of the second, the viciousness of the third, and the deflection powers of the fourth. Tsirogoth is black as the night sky. Attacks Sword Slash: Slashes at you with his sword. It deals 2 hearts damage. Energy Bomb: Tsirogoth launches a bomb of energy in a "kamehameha" fashion. Deals 3 hearts damage. This fight is tricky, as he has the strong points of each Drail before him. When he is either readying his Energy Bomb or just ending his Sword Slash, shoot him with the Magi Cannon. He will be stunned. You can use this opportunity to get a hit on him. Once you've gotten about 5-10 hits on him, he will almost get knocked over the edge. While he is trying to regain his balance, you have to use the Warp Spell to knock him over. There will be a cutscene where you have to rapidly tap the "A" button as fast as you possibly can to try and knock Tsirogoth off balance while he to push you off you back with his magic. If you lose, you get knocked over the edge and you have to start this fight all over again. If you win, he loses his balance and falls to his death. As he plummets he utters "Deathhhhh and damnation to you, Hhhero". After you defeat Tsirogoth, you land right outside of the Clock Tower and look to find nearly all of Archaeix in ruins. Once you get inside the tower, there are huge swarms of enemies. These are mainly Blade Traps, Kargarocs, Keese, Peahats, and Lizalfos. Just like before, you have to make your way through a labyrinth of gears while fending off enemies. Eventually, you get to a point where there are no more gears to climb, and there is a large pendulum overhead. The only way to reach the pendulum is by using the gravity boots. You will see out of a large opening in the wall that the boss is standing right there. Once you have the gravity set so you can't fall off the pendulum, the fight begins. Attacks Laser Strike: Two red beams fire out of Sanguimaxim's eyes, similar to a Beamos. Deals 1/2 heart per second. Cannon Blast: Fires a large blast of energy that can knock you off the pendulum if you block with your shield. The only way to dodge is backflip or dodge roll. Deals 2 hearts. Wire Strangle: Lots of wires fire out of Sanguimaxim's hand and attempt to squeeze you. 1/2 heart per second. Magic Surge: Fires about 5-10 of magical attacks, all in quick succession. Each hit deals 1 heart. This is a somewhat difficult fight because the boss is aggressive and there are still enemies attacking you. What you have to do, is shoot at Sanguimaxim until he gets dazed. Once he's dazed, you have to alter the flow of gravity so that the Pendulum hits him. After you repeat this two more times, there is a cutscene where the boss falls off of the city, taking Link with him. As Link is falling, the Pegasus from before comes to save him. Now, you have to chase Sanguimaxim down. This is similar to horseback battles in TP, except with a twist. Instead of just running on a flat surface, you can go in any direction. Attacks Squeeze: If you are close enough to Sanguimaxim, he will try and grab you with his hand. Deals 2 hearts. Lightning: Since the thunderstorm is still raging, it is possible to get hit by lighting. Deals 1 heart if it hits. Cannon Explosion: Sanguimaxim summons a giant sphere of energy. It then explodes, sending smaller spheres of energy in every direction. Deals 1 and 1/2 damage if it hits. Laser Twirl: The boss fires laser beams in random directions out of his eyes while spinning around. Deals 1 and 1/2 hearts on contact. Debris Smash: Summons debris from out of nowhere and fires it all at you. Deals 1 heart per hit. To defeat Sanguimaxim here, you must use your Tornado Bolas to smash the debris he summons into him, revealing a switch on his body. Then, shoot it with the Magi Cannon. Once you destroy all of the switches, his whole body, excluding his head, explodes and falls to Hyrule Field below. Now, Link's Pegasus flies him down to the ground where the boss' head still remains. Just as Link gets off the magical horse, it flies off, presumably back to it's ranch. As Link tries to get a closer look at the head, the ground rumbles as the head rises from the ground, ready for a final stand. Attacks Eruption: Red lasers fire from his eyes, aiming towards the ground. The ground breaks open, spewing a spout of fire and lava. Deals 2 and 1/2 hearts if it hits. Shock Wave: Summons a ball of electricity that fires 5 shock waves at the hero. The only way to dodge is backflip over them or roll under them. Deals 1 heart on contact. Laser Beam: Blue lasers shoot from Sanguimaxim's eyes, following Link. Deals 1/2 a heart per second. Magic Hands: Summons a hand made of pure magic that tries to slam Link into the ground. Deals 3 hearts. To defeat Sanguimaxim once and for all, you use your Tornado Bolas to slam his magical hands into his head when he summons them. This stuns him. While he is dazed, you have to go under his floating head and shoot one of the five orbs that can be seen from a small opening. Once you repeat this process and destroy all five orbs, Sanguimaxim's head falls to the ground. "Is... is this what it feels like? Is this... pain? Suffering? No wonder I was locked up. I'm... I'm a monster. I deserve to die. When I thought I was helping Hyrule... I... was destroying it. I'm no better than... them. No, I'm worse than them. How... how quickly love... turns into hate. Passion into insanity. Power into corruption. Good... into evil. Please, Link, can I ask you one favor before my last whispers of life are silenced? Make sure everyone forgets about this again, please? I... cannot go through eternity knowing that people think I'm a murderer. I've suffered enough. Good....... bye.............. Link" Then, Sanguimaxim's head withers away into dust, leaving a Heart Container behind. The Oocca then come down from the sky, tell Link Sanguimaxim's story, give him the Master Sword, and fulfill Sanguimaxim's final wish... I doubt anyone is interested, but I figured I might as well talk about my entry. For the music, I thought this music, would work well for the Drail sword fight. This song would be fitting for the second phase. But only up to the 1:20-1:21 mark. Everything after that is boring.  this works nicely for the "chase" part of the battle. For the finale, this song seems like it would work. And finally, for the dungeon music, I was thinking something similar to this would suit nicely.Around the time that the other Design a Boss contest ended and Zelda Informer released an article entitled "The Oocca: Engineers of Hyrule" (most of the inspiration came from this) I started writing this entry. Once I got up to the actual boss battle, I got bored and forgot about it for a while. Then, I saw that we were getting another contest and decided to finish it.This entry was originally going to star the Fierce Deity, but I decided last second not to have him in. Hopefully, it was a good move. I chose to do a boss battle where you help out the Oocca because as of now, there is only one where you do, and I thought that seeing chickens with war machines would be fun. The idea for the Magi Cannon came to me when I was playing some FPS's and I thought that it would be cool to implement this in Zelda, instead of standing in one place and aiming. As for Sanguimaxim, I went with the somewhat cliched "robot with feelings" sort of story, but with a deadly twist. The name came from Latin, sangui meaning blood, and maxim meaning large. So Sanguimaxim basically means lots of blood. As for the other names, Fyrra sounded like a cool name for a Goron, and I decided to make it a Goron princess as a little joke. Archaeo means ancient in Greek, as in Archaeology, and I thought that Archaeix sounded like a cool name for a city. Drail just sounded like a cool name for an evil tribe . Coocoo sounds like an Ooccan version of cuckoo and is a bit of a hint as to him being Tsirogoth.Now, seeing as how I can only write a moderately short entry and not an entire fanfic, it was hard to give the characters personality. I tried to give Fyrra sort of a cliched spoiled little girl sort of feeling. With Coocoo I tried to give him a sense of wonder, and that he really looked up to the Hero. With the Drail, I obviously gave them a sort of spirit feeling, seeing as they put a lot of emphasis on h's. I was going to also give them large emphasis on s's, but decided not to go for it because it would be harder to read and bore the reader. The boss battle was actually kind of hard to do. I was having a dream and the "freefall" part of the battle came to me, and I came to it. The "clock" part of the battle was slightly similar to how I was originally going to do the whole battle. I originally was going to have it where you just stand on the pendulum and shoot at the boss until he dies. The "chase" part came to me when I was replaying the Ganondorf horseback battle on Twilight Princess and thought "damn, it would be awesome if this was in the sky". The "finale" part was originally going to have Sanguimaxim stuck in the ground, but then the chase portion wouldn't have made sense and the fight would be very similar to the one with Stallord. Please enjoy reading and judging my entry. I know I had a great time writing it.
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Stormcloud Mystic: Fearion
FEARION An age-old tale once told by a crazy old vagrant wearing a black robe in the streets of Hyrule Castle Town: Not many people have heard of the Kakariko exile, Arik, who guided a group of his fellow exiles through the sandstorms of the Haunted Wasteland, protecting them from the wrath of the harsh Gerudo Desert. In doing so, he led them to a new life, free of the political burdens of life under the strict Kakariko Shaman (NOT Renado). Using some unknown power, Arik created a sort of “safe zone” deep within the Haunted Wasteland, where the sandstorms would never blow. The source of his power, the Cane of Arik, was handed down to his son Ares, the man who won the friendship and trust of the Gerudo. Ares handed the Cane of Arik down to his son Arion, the third, and last, leader of the Spirit Nomads. One day, a group of Nomad traders on their way to trade with the friendly Gerudo found a strange old man in a black robe dying in the desert, apparently assaulted by some desert beast. Immediately, they brought him back to the Nomad settlement, where some miracle occurred, and the man began recovering at an unnatural pace. This man's name was Nimbus. When he was well enough to walk, he presented himself to Arion. He spoke of a “great cataclysm” that would occur if the Nomads did not leave the desert. However, Arion did not believe him. He was firmly convinced that, the farther away they were from Kakariko and the ruthless Shaman (still not Renado), the safer they were. The stranger continued with his oddly vague warnings but remained unheard. Some time later, a group of Gerudo scouts from the other end of the desert found a strange old man in a black robe dying in the desert. Quickly they took him back to the Gerudo Fortress and asked him what happened. The old man spoke in riddles about some “great cataclysm” that occurred because the Nomads wouldn’t leave the desert. He appeared to be warning the Gerudo of it as well. The old man was named Nimbus. Not satisfied with his story, the Gerudo sent a band of skilled Gerudo warriors to the Nomad settlement in order to confirm his words. They found a ruined settlement littered with charred corpses and scorch marks. In sorrow, the Gerudo erected a large shrine in the Desert dedicated to the Spirit Nomads, on top of where the Nomad settlement once stood. In worship, they built the shrine in the image of the Desert Goddess, the deity worshipped by both Nomad and Gerudo. In tribute, they named it the Spirit Temple. To this day, the Spirit Temple remains as the collective grave of the Spirit Nomads, housing their troubled spirits in the shadows of the Desert Colossus. In the sadness of the occasion, the old man just disappeared. The man known only as Nimbus. Over the decades, this story was forgotten and so too were the Nomads. Link is on a quest to find the three sacred spells Din’s Fire, Farore’s Wind and Nayru’s Love. Already, Link has retrieved the Fire Arrows to gain entrance into the Fire Temple in order to acquire Din’s Fire. He used Din’s Fire to dispel the magic blizzard that Ganondorf unleashed onto Hyrule Castle Town. Now, Zelda tells Link that he requires something called the “Cane of Arik” (Arik-Cane, Hurricane, geddit?) to enter Farore’s Shrine in order to acquire Farore’s Wind, to dispel the toxic mist around Hyrule Castle. She also tells you that the Cane is somewhere in the Desert. So Link decides to ask the Gerudo. It appears that none of the Gerudo appear to know anything about the Cane of Arik or the ancient tribe that once held this power, so Aivi (Link’s fairy partner, lol) suggests they go ask the Gerudo Priestess who also happens to be a fortune-teller. She offers a rather odd clue: In the west a dark cloud grows Naught but death the dark cloud knows In the past it brought destruction With minds twisted in corruption. The ancient power you pursue Windy sky and thunder boom Ye who bear’th the mark of three The Spirit Temple beckons thee. Hidden truths and secret lies In the desert tribe’s demise Yet all their deaths will be repaid When dark cloud falls to shining blade. Link can’t make heads or tails of this prophecy, except for the second verse which tells him that he ought to go to the Spirit Temple. Link hires a Gerudo guide to take him through the Haunted Wasteland for a whole lotta rupees, and even then it’s still a challenge following her. Upon entering the Spirit Temple, he comes across a very plain rectangular room with almost nothing in it except for a stone statue of a robed warrior holding some sort of metal baton, and some spikes on the walls. There aren’t even any passageways deeper into the Temple. Out of nowhere, a cloud of black mist appears and engulfs the statue, eventually disappearing into the various cracks on the statue’s surface. The statue glows violet and raises its baton menacingly. Miniboss: Troubled Spirit Peterro Attacks by shooting bolts of violet lightning at you. However, he also has the power to conjure gusts of wind which can blow you into the spikes on the walls. He floats around the arena, making him rather annoying to defeat. Use your Iron Boots to withstand the gusts (watching out for the lightning) and spam your sword on him. The statue of Peterro crumbles into dust, and the black mist which had re-animated it disappears into the walls. A violet-tinged spirit appears in its place, and it looks exactly like the statue... Peterro: “The old man had warned us of the cataclysm, that dark cloud, but we did not listen... we were too proud to invoke the protection of the Cane of Arik. Warrior, you must find it! I sense that the Gerudo are in danger, the cataclysm will strike them as it struck us. To aid you, I give you my baton. Do not fail or many more may die.” -Item: Storm Scepter- *A thin silver cylinder slightly longer than your forearm, with a golfball-sized silver sphere at one end. Set it to B. If you hold B, and the point of view will switch to an over-the-shoulder viewing mode and Link will be holding the Scepter in front of him. With WiiMotion+, you’ll have 1:1 control of the movement of the Baton in this state. Quickly wave the Wiimote in any direction, and Link will wave the baton in the same direction as you do. One second later, there will be a large gust of wind blowing in that direction, swing the Wiimote harder and the gust of wind will be stronger. Press the A button, and a gust of wind will blow in the direction Link is currently facing. Use the analog stick to change the direction Link is facing, release B to go back to normal gameplay mode. The Spirit Temple is full of wind puzzles and enemies that require wind to defeat. It is also worth noting that every gust you generate with this item uses up a small portion of your Magic Power.* The Spirit of Peterro disappears, revealing some hidden doors in the room. Link progresses through the Spirit Temple, making heavy use of his new Storm Scepter. Link eventually comes across a hidden room at the bottom of the Temple. In it, there is a statue similar to the one in the first room, except it is a female. And instead of holding a metal baton, there is an odd necklace around her neck. The black mist from earlier appears and re-animates this statue. Miniboss: Troubled Spirit Fira Fira is also capable of firing bolts of lightning at you like Peterro, and does so more often than him. However, instead of conjuring gusts of wind, she is able to manipulate time. Sometimes, she’ll either slow you down or speed herself up, in order to attack you with a small dagger concealed in her long robe sleeve. All you have to do is run up to her and attack her with your sword. However, her manipulation of time makes this incredibly annoying. The statue of Fira crumbles into dust and the black mist disappears into the walls. A violet spirit which looks exactly like Fira’s statue appears. Fira: “That dark cloud descended upon us and possessed one of our own. That person turned to face us, twisted corruption on his face. He struck us all down with magic lightning. Our leader... Arion. Warrior, you must find the Cane of Arik to prevent the cataclysm, I sense the dark cloud moving toward the Gerudo King, to use his power to destroy the Gerudo. But the King of the Gerudo is far more powerful than Arion, I fear that all of Hyrule is in danger. The path ahead is dangerous... please bring my power with you.” -Item: Temporal Pendant- *Set to B. When activated, Link will raise the Pendant in left hand for a second and time will slow down for about ten of the player’s seconds. Useful in battle as well as making fast-paced sections of dungeons easier. However, there are a few major drawbacks to using such a power. First off and obviously, using the Pendant will sap about a third of the smaller magic bar. Secondly and sadly, all damage is doubled while time is slowed down. Thirdly and unfortunately, since Link is holding the Pendant with his left hand, he loses the ability to use the shield while time is slowed. Finally, after time has gone back to normal speed, there is a ten-second cooldown time before you can use the Pendant again. Use at your own risk *Fira disappears and Link exits the room. He uses his new Temporal Pendant to acquire the Big Key and, eventually, enters the highest chamber in the Spirit Temple. Link enters a circular dome which has a diameter about twice as long as Link’s Z-target range. The entire room is made of that same brown clay as the rest of the Desert Colossus/Spirit Temple. There are bones spread all across the floor. The strange thing is that these bones appear to be far too large for a humanoid figure. Not that any of the bones look like they belong to a human anyway. It would be wise to remember the presence of these bones. Also, there appears to be about ten black iron spheres scattered with the bones. The iron spheres are almost as tall as Link. However, the most prominent thing in the room is the skeleton slumped on the ground, in the middle. The skeleton is robed in an elegant white robe marked with violet lightning. More interesting is the silver baton that the skeleton is holding. A thin silver cylinder slightly longer than Link’s forearm, with a golfball-sized silver sphere at one end of it. It would look identical to Link’s Storm Scepter, were it not for the small silver bird statue attached to the silver orb. Link picks up the skeleton’s baton and brings it close to his own Storm Sceptre. The two batons, now fused, begin glowing. ~Item: Cane of Arik~ *A thin silver cylinder almost three times as long as your forearm. There is a golfball-sized silver sphere on each end of the Cane. Atop one of the “orbs”, there is a small silver statuette of a bird. The controls are EXACTLY the same as the Storm Scepter (read the note on the Storm Scepter if you forgot), except the gusts generated by the Cane of Arik are FAR, FAR stronger than the gusts generated by the Storm Scepter. Also, the Cane has the ability to protect the user from lightning in a quite peculiar way, as shown later in the boss fight. As normal, every gust of wind generated costs a little magic.* All of a sudden, a dark mist begins to creep into the room. It glides toward the skeleton, partially engulfing it. The now reanimated skeleton rises menacingly, limping toward Link. Suddenly, he begins hovering. The skeleton’s arms begin crackling with violet electricity. And a sinister voice cries out... The ten large iron spheres rise and begin to magnetically orbit Arion’s skeleton at varying heights. Stormclouds somehow accumulate in the ceiling as the TV screen reads: FEARION Phase 1: Thunderstorm Boss: Stormcloud Mystic Fearion Attacks: • Thunderstorm – The stormclouds in the ceiling unleash three bolts of lightning every four seconds, in random places. Aivi will turn red and fly toward the nearest area where the lightning is about to strike. 1 Heart Damage per hit. • Thundersphere – Fearion throws a bunch of violet "thunderspheres" of electricity upward, which land at random places on the battlefield. As they fall, they gravitate slightly toward you. To dodge them, look for the faint shadows they cast and get out of the way. He will do this a heck of a lot. 1 Heart Damage per hit. • Meteor Shower – Out of nowhere, Fearion suddenly increases the strength of his “magnetic field”, quickly bringing all the spheres to within a few feet of himself. Then, he magnetically flings them all out in random directions, two by two, straight into the walls. 2 Hearts Damage per hit. • Magnetic Field – The ten magnetic iron spheres orbiting Fearion may hit you if you’re not careful. 1 Heart Damage. Items required: Cane of Arik, Sword. Aivi: “He’s using those iron spheres to knock you around like some kind of rag doll or something. Repay the favor!” Fearion may be confined to the center of the arena, but he is able to change the height of his levitation, making for a very crude method of “dodging” most of whatever Link throws at him. The ten iron spheres almost as tall as Link quickly orbiting the center of the arena aren’t exactly helping. This Phase requires strategic planning as well as quick reflexes. If you use the Cane of Arik to create a gust in any direction, all of the iron spheres will be temporarily forced out of their magnetic field, and blown in the direction of the gust. What you must do, is use the gusts generated by Cane of Arik to blow one of the large spheres into Arion, knocking him back a few feet. You must continue this until he is knocked into the wall and falls, at which point you are free to spam your sword in his face (metaphorically of course. You’re free to spam your sword wherever you’d like on him) for about twenty seconds, after which he will perform the “Lightning” attack which is difficult to dodge. After the attack (whether it missed or not), he’ll go back to levitating above the center and magnetically making the iron spheres orbit him again. However, this is far more difficult than it sounds. For one, if you decide to create a gust of wind in “this” direction, EVERY iron sphere in the room will be blown in that direction, so you may accidentally knock yourself with one of the spheres. Secondly, Fearion has decent AI, so he may dodge some of the flying orbs. You almost have to “trick” him into getting caught by one of the spheres you’re going to blow into his face. If you want to be cheap, you can create a smaller gust of wind to blow Fearion into the path of one of the orbs, right before it smashes him. Another thing to note is that, when you successfully smash Fearion into the wall, his magnetic control over the spheres will cease and they will all fall, which will cause 2 Hearts Damage if one hits you. You must dodge all the falling spheres in your way before you can spam your sword at Fearion. As Fearion loses health, the spheres will orbit him faster, the number of thunderspheres generated by his “Thundersphere” attack will increase and his “Meteor Shower” attack will be used more often. He will also be knocked back less by the iron orbs. You can use the Temporal Pendant to slow down time to make this Phase easier, but all damage is doubled. Rinse and Repeat until... Fearion falls to the ground, weakened by the Master Sword. He raises his hand and all of a sudden, the large bones scattered across the floor begin levitating and gravitating toward each other, forming the skeleton of a large bird about twice as tall as Link. This new adversary begins flying haphazardly around the room, and then out of nowhere, it flies straight up, completely destroying the clay (seriously, what IS the Spirit Temple made of?) dome ceiling. Out of the corner of Link’s eye, Fearion is seen performing a rather superhuman jump to join his new pet in the air, levitating far above and slightly to the side of Link. The skeletal bird swoops suddenly down to grab Link in its ancient talons, dropping him directly on the sands of the Haunted Wasteland. A rainstorm begins. Both aerial enemies face Link, clearly angered. Link sees small violet sparks on Fearion's arms... Boss: Spirit Nomad Fearion Attacks: • Thundersphere – Same as in Phase 1, except instead of “gravitating slightly”, the thunderspheres directly home in on you. 1 Heart Damage per hit. • Lightning – Fearion's skeletal arms crackle with violet electricity. A few seconds later, he unleashes a large bolt of violet lightning which is hard to dodge. 3 Hearts Damage. • Hurricane – Fearion conjures a large tornado that chases you and, if it catches you, damages you for 2 Hearts. And it disorientates you. Because it’s a tornado and it feels like it. • Asteroid Belt – The ten iron spheres are back, and they brought ten of their iron twins with them, so now there are twenty iron spheres. Once again, they magnetically orbit Fearion, and Fearion is able to magnetically manipulate them in various ways, for example, forming a large magnetic “whip” out of the spheres, or maybe magnetically “shooting” them toward you one by one. Maybe you might just get hit by one of the spheres as it orbits him, who knows? Varying damage. • Ancient Blitz – Fearion’s large skeletal pet bird swoops down and attacks Link with its talons, or by diving beak-first, wings spread, directly toward Link, if he is grounded. 1-2 Hearts Damage. Items required: Cane of Arik, Temporal Pendant, Clawshot, Iron Boots, Sword. The fact that both of your enemies are far above you makes this a challenging Phase. Also, the thick deluge hindering your sight doesn’t help either. That doesn’t change the fact that the only way to defeat Fearion is to bring him back to the ground, since your arrows are ineffective, and your boomerang doesn’t have enough range. Aivi: The only thing high enough to harm him is that gigantic skeletal bird, and there’s no way we’re getting a ride, is there?” When Fearion charges up his “lightning” attack, ready your Temporal Pendant. Right before he unleashes it, activate the Pendant to slow down time. This also dramatically slows down his “lightning” attack. Raise your metal Cane of Arik to absorb the lightning. When the lightning hits the top end of the Cane, it will flow VERY slowly through the Cane, due to the time-slowing effects of the Temporal Pendant. So basically, the lightning is practically “stored” in your Cane of Arik for about three seconds. You know how a lightningrod absorbs the lightning through one end and emits it out the other end? Link flips the Cane of Arik so that the other end of the Cane is facing upwards, so the lightning will escape upwards. You have three seconds before the lightning is unleashed toward whatever the Cane is aimed at. You must use WM+ to move the Cane, in order to find a target for the lightning when the three second timer is over. However, if you aim it at Fearion, he will literally redirect it back at you, damaging you for 3 Hearts. What you need to do is aim the Cane at the skeletal bird flying around randomly. You have to make sure that the Cane is aimed exactly at the bird when the three second timer is up, as the lightning is discharged then and ONLY then. The lightning will strike the bird, stunning it for a while. Use your Clawshot on it. When you have successfully latched onto the underbelly of the stunned skeletal bird, it will attempt to shake you off, while Link attempts to climb to the top of the bird. Tilt the analog stick in the right direction when prompted to prevent being knocked off the bird and having to start again. This quick-time-event will end with a cutscene of Link slamming the tip of the Master Sword into the base of the skeletal bird’s neck. NOTE: If you fall off the skeletal bird due to any of Fearion’s attacks, you take 2 Hearts Damage and must re-do the entire process of stunning and latching onto the bird. However, Fearion’s invisible life bar will not be reset. Once you’re on top of the bird, point your Wiimote straight up, similar to how Link is holding the sword which is embedded in the bird’s neck. This is how you control the movement of the bird: tilt the Wiimote, and Link will similarly tilt the Master Sword to change direction. Hold A to go faster. The analog stick controls the camera. The Z button is used for targeting and centering the camera, as usual. However, the C button now toggles the camera between “close”, “normal” and “keep both enemies on screen.” A little note, Fearion’s attacks are more likely to miss if you’re flying above him. Unfortunately, he knows this and will attempt to stay above you. However, it’s necessary to be above him in order to strike him at all. This turns Phase 2 into a large race to fly above the other person. Once you’re directly above him, don your Iron Boots. This will weigh down both Link and the skeletal bird he’s riding, at a rather high speed. If you did things right, you’ll land directly on top of Fearion, pinning him under the skeletal bird and pushing him down to the ground with you. When you finally make contact with the sandy ground, the impact will decimate your skeletal bird, and it will stun Fearion as well. It will also break Fearion’s magnetic control over the iron spheres, causing them to fall straight down, dodge them. Feel free to spam your sword at Fearion now, you have twenty seconds before he uses his “lightning” attack. Then, he’ll re-animate the broken skeleton of the bird and you’ll have to start again (Fearion’s life isn’t reset). Rinse and Repeat until... Fearion is writhing on the ground covered in black mist. Out of nowhere, the separate bones of the giant skeletal bird rise from the ground and fly directly toward Link. Link manages to raise his Hylian Shield just before one of the flying bone fragments hits him, but in the process, the shield is knocked out of his hands, far off into the Desert. A single, unmistakable word is heard, in the voice of Arion: Arion: “Run...” All of a sudden the black mist escapes the confines of the writhing skeleton and forms a gigantic cloud, in the process “de-animating” the aforementioned skeleton. A sinister, echoey and anonymous voice is heard: ???: “The foreign Spirit Nomads entered my territory and, in doing so, defiled it greatly. Their dire punishment was total annihilation. The Gerudo have also disrespected my desert, they too shall pay in due time. But you, Warrior, have committed the greatest wrongdoing against me, by engaging me directly in combat. For this, you shall suffer as the Nomads did. You will suffer as the Gerudo will suffer.” From the cloud of black mist materializes a strange old man in a black robe... ???: “I warned them, I warned them ALL. The Haunted Wasteland, the dark cloud, these are the heart of my power. You will fall to my strength as many others have...” The figure draws a long, curved sword, seemingly out of nowhere, and approaches Link, grinning evilly. The cloud of black mist forms a ring twice as wide as Link’s Z-target range. The cloud slowly closes in on Link, as Nimbus raises his sword. A sandstorm begins. Boss: Desert Wanderer Nimbus (ZOMGWTF PLOT TWIST) Attacks: • Desert Wanderer – Nimbus disappears in a puff of the iconic black mist and instantaneously reappears somewhere else in the arena, to gain the element of surprise (he may appear and attack from behind you, so watch out). No damage. • Darkwave – Nimbus “dips” his blade into the dark cloud surrounding the arena, coating it with the stuff. Then he swings his blade horizontally/vertically. This sends a horizontal/vertical shockwave, made of the dark cloud, toward Link. To dodge it, roll under a horizontal shockwave and sidestep a vertical one. 2 Hearts Damage. • Desert Blossom – Nimbus strikes the sand and six Leevers rise out of the sand and charge at you, one-at-a-time, like in OoT. They won’t disappear until you kill them. 1 Heart Damage every time they touch you. • Mirage – Nimbus jumps out of the arena, through the dark mist cloud surrounding it. He jumps back in, accompanied by seven doppelgangers (“mirages”) who look exactly the same as him, surrounding Link. However, the fake Nimbus’es will each disappear on contact with you, and the real Nimbus will have very small traces of black mist on him from when he entered the dark mist cloud, which are difficult to detect since his robe is also black. All eight Nimbus’es glide toward you two at a time, swinging their blades. If the real Nimbus hits you, he combos you with his sword for FOUR Hearts worth of damage. Before you can do anything to Nimbus, you must use the Cane of Arik to blow off that small bit of dark mist on Nimbus, or else he can damage you (1 Heart) by only touching you. • Drought – Nimbus concentrates for a few seconds, after which he and his sword both catch aflame. While he is on fire, all damage becomes fire-based and is doubled. To prevent this, hit him with your sword while he’s concentrating. He’ll block the attack, but his concentration will be broken and he will not catch aflame. However, if he manages to activate the “drought” attack, you can get rid of the flames by repeatedly using the Cane of Arik on him to blow them out, which takes quite a while. Watch out for his attacks while he’s on fire though. • Temporal Shadow – Potentially the most damaging attack in the entire battle, or the least. Nimbus jumps up and "explodes" into 24 “Shadowkeese” (bats made of the iconic dark mist cloud), and a thirty-second timer appears on the bottom of the screen. You must defeat as many Shadowkeese as you can in this time. Every Shadowkeese causes a quarter of a heart of damage every time they touch you. When the thirty-second time limit is up, any Shadowkeese that you have NOT defeated will turn into a small flying dagger made of shadow. They will fly toward you, undodgeable and unblockable, causing Half a Heart of damage each. You can cheat a bit by using the Temporal Pendant, but remember that damage is doubled when using it. Some of the Shadowkeese drop hearts or magic jars. Items needed: Cane of Arik, Temporal Pendant, Sword NOTE: I’m going to assume that WM+ gives you AT LEAST directional control of your sword. It can either allow directional control of slashes or 1:1 control for this phase to work, I don’t mind. Also, you have no shield for the rest of the battle haha. I’m also assuming that Link is right handed in this hypothetical Zelda game haha. Well this is it, the final part of this epic battle, congratulations if you read this far. First off, you'll notice that the sandstorm hinders your vision more so than the Deluge did in Phase 2. However, the more important thing to note is the ring of black mist (i.e. the dark cloud) that is slowly closing in on you. The mist has a peculiar effect on Link. Every second that Link is inside the black mist, his health will he halved. Because of this, you must constantly use the Cane of Arik to blow away the mist, in order to give yourself more room to dodge Nimbus’ attacks... and to survive, of course. Aivi: “I have no idea how to tackle this one, Link. It looks as if the stronger man will prevail.” ... so prove yourself the stronger man. When Nimbus and his doppelgangers re-enter the arena through the dark mist cloud, look for the real one (who has traces of the aforementioned dark mist cloud on him) and ignore all the fakes. While the fake Nimbus’es are attacking (don’t worry, they’ll disappear on contact with you), repeatedly use your Cane of Arik to blow away the small amount of the “dark cloud” that only the real Nimbus has accumulated on his robes, or else he can hurt you by just touching you. When the real Nimbus glides forward to attack you, quickly use the Temporal Pendant to slow down time, slowing down Nimbus and his attacks in the process. Right before Nimbus’ blade hits you, quickly swing your Wiimote in a direction that is PERPENDICULAR to the direction that Nimbus is swinging his sword. Due to the presence of WM+, Link will follow your movement by slashing his sword in the same direction as you swung your Wiimote. Both of their swords will collide perpendicularly, and this will cause Nimbus’ sword to be locked with Link’s sword in a similar manner to how Link’s sword was locked with Ganondorf’s sword during the final battle of TP (remember “chance”?). For a few seconds (the time varies and is random every time the cutscene is initiated), Link and Nimbus will attempt to push the other backward with their swords crossed perpendicularly. Then a Nunchuk icon (the controller peripheral, not the weapon) will appear on the bottom of the screen, prompting you to thrust your Nunchuk forward. You have literally under a second to do so. If you fail to do so in time, Nimbus will knock you back and combo you for FIVE hearts. However, if you DO manage to thrust the Nunchuk forward in time, Link will similarly thrust his unarmed left hand forward, knocking Nimbus back and leaving him open. Now, you have one second to land a hit with your sword. If you fail to do so, Nimbus will regain his guard and you’ll have to restart the process. If you land a hit, you can wail on him with your sword for half a minute. As Nimbus loses more and more health, he begins to rely more and more on the “Temporal Shadow” attack and “Desert Wanderer. His “Drought” attack becomes quicker to charge up. He may fake, say, a horizontal “Darkwave” attack, only to do a vertical one, or vice versa, resulting in a botched attempt at dodging this attack. “Desert Blossom” summons eight Leevers instead of six.” When Nimbus is weakened sufficiently, a small cutscene will play where Nimbus is shown to be almost devoid of energy, significantly weakened and having trouble standing. When the cutscene finishes, he staggers toward you. As soon as he’s within range, he’ll quickly jab his sword forward. Dodge it and counter with a back-slice. He’ll turn around with a quite strong spin attack. Thrust the Nunchuk forward before the attack hits you and hit A to initiate a Helm Splitter attack (like in TP), to knock Nimbus down. Then, finish with a Finishing Blow before Nimbus gets back up. If you happen to mess up, you’ll take 1 or 2 Heart Damage (depending on the attack) and you have to start it again, from the backslice. Pick up the Heart Container and watch the dark cloud disappear. Nimbus: “Forget it! I will save my energy by controlling your mind as I controlled that foolish Arion. You will be the one to destroy the Gerudo, as Arion destroyed the Nomads...” At this, Nimbus throws his sword at Link, knocking the Cane of Arik out of his hands. Nimbus dissolves into a large cloud of black mist, which approaches Link from all around. Link drops his sword, closes his eyes and prepares for the worst. Out of nowhere, there is a flash of violet light. Link opens his eyes, and sees a spirit which looks oddly like Arion’s skeleton standing in front of him. Link looks around and sees himself encased in a dome-shaped violet barrier, protecting him from the dark cloud. The spirit sees the Triforce mark on Link’s hand. Arion: “The stranger Nimbus warned me of all this, yet I did not listen to him because of my pride.” Cracks appear in the barrier. Arion: “Hero, forgive me, for I am not able to aid you further.” The barrier shatters. The dark cloud closes in on the duo. Arion: “I can only hope that the Nomads can forgive me also.” Arion erupts in a burst of white light, forcing Link to shield his eyes. When he opens them, neither the dark cloud nor Arion are anywhere in sight. Only the blue skies and the warm sun. On the sand, Link spots his Hylian Shield, and the Cane of Arik. Link picks them both up, looks at the Spirit Temple one last time, and then proceeds to leave the Desert, the Triforce of Courage shining brighter than ever. His destination? Farore’s Shrine, somewhere in the City in the Sky. Well, I enjoyed making this entry  . I hope you enjoyed reading it. I'd add a couple of "notes of interest", but what occured during the actual process of conceptualizing these ideas is a blurry memory to me. Sorry .Oh yeah! The music... For Phase 1, I imagined a fast-paced, extended, remake of the Song of Storms, similar to the Brawl remake (without the "Ganon's Theme" and "Serenade of Water"), but with more bass drums and gongs. When you activate the Sunstone and Fearion is vulnerable, cue the choir (like the Bowser Battle in Super Mario Galaxy). For Phase 2, I imagined an orchestral, extended remix of the Requiem of Spirit, somewhat similar in format to this song. I haven't played the game associated with the song, but it's a pretty epic song. For Phase 3, think of the Final Battle theme for NSMBWii (the final-final one) and mix it with MM's "Final Hour" and OoT's "Song of Time". During the cutscene where Arion ultimately saves you from the "dark cloud," there would be a piano remake of the Song of Storms, slow and sad. Also, please enjoy my sig:
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nah i think it will be fine buddy, remember we said in the rules that length does not matter, as long as it isn't like less then a single paragraph. heck i remember when i won wayyyyyyyy back, my first boss wasn't more then two paragraphs
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The list of entries has been updated.
Let's not turn this into the longest entry contest Like Katalyvos said, his entry may be edited several times before the contest ends, and it's likely that the entry will be cropped significantly. Long entries are subject to repeated sentences and irrelevant information. Keep revising your entries until the deadline and make changes when you notice mistakes or prefer to replace sentences with others, etc. I don't know if someone will open up a discussion thread of the contest later, but I'm thinking it's a good idea if I occasionally provide some tips to make a more appealing entry. Or I could just do it here.
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^At a separate thread or via PM-- I strictly forbid any criticism on this thread
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