No magic meter :(

Can't say it was without its limitations. I think the lantern meter sort of makes up for that. But I am glad that the magic meter wasn't involved in the hidden skills. I'd hate to run out of it during a battle with a darknut. That's hard enough by itself.

At any rate, there was no magic meter in any of the hand-held Zelda games (or the original LoZ)

Yep. Just AoL, ALttP, OoT, MM and TWW. Out of those guys only 2 of the games used the meter well.

^ ZeldaZealot is going to guess AoL and ALttP.

Originally Posted by ZeldaZealot

^ ZeldaZealot is going to guess AoL and ALttP.

You've guessed correctly. I freakin' hate the magic meter in AoL and ALttP. Too much dependence on it, ya know?

ZeldaZealot understands what your saying, but once you find out that Ice Rod + Magic Hammer = Magic refill more often than not, then it becomes almost like the other games, tho ZeldaZealot thinks that AoL is beyond frustrating on the magic compartment.

I know riiight. I had to throw Link in a pit of lava when I realized I didn't have enough magic to jump over something. I mean really! Come on! :C

I think it was good that Nintendo didn't add a magic meter in TP. I was disappointed at first, but why have it in the game? It worked without it and it was a magnificent game nonetheless.

As in the past Zelda games, sometimes you had to be so reliant on your magic meter, that if it was to run out, then it's simply bad luck if you're stuck in a battle that will surely get you killed without any use of magic.

ALTTP was too reliant on the magic meter. I found that frustrating. But even if they did add the magic meter in TP, then that's fine.

I'm good either way really.

I don't really care about the magic meter but it might've made TP harder. I don't like the fact that in the other games, fire arrows consume magic because bulbins can just shoot at you with fire arrows without having to replenish magic.