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Kingdoms of Amalur: The Hunter's Hunted

2012-02-28T16:19:00.001-05:00

The next part in our walkthrough is called, "The Hunter's Hunted".
The Hunters Hunted is offered upon speaking to Argath after fetching the Fatestone from Dellach. He will suggest you head to Didenhil in Glendara.

The front door is Hunter's Pit (West); the sneaky back door way is through Hunter's Pit (East). If you want experience points for monster killing, you may want the front door. If you like harvesting crappy components from traps, take the back door.

Kingdoms of Amalur Walkthrough

2012-02-26T11:09:00.001-05:00

Welcome to the Kingdoms of Amalur! Enjoy the first part in our walkthrough called, "Into the Light".
Into the Light starts off as the main tutorial in the tower. Help the first Fateweaver (Agarth) beat off the Tuatha and then travel east of Gorhart to locate the second Fateweaver to move the story onwards.

Since the second Fateweaver is rather out of the way, you may want to boost your character by completing the various side and faction missions offered in Gorhart before you truly travel east to the Fateweaver. But this is not necessary and you can always go back to do the side/faction missions whenever you like. So you will find the second Fateweaver slain, and the first guy will appear after you have some words with a mysterious woman.

Agarth will direct you to go Ettinmere after he buries the dead guy. This translates into taking your sweet caaaaaaaaan time to complete side missions to gain experience and level up. One thing to note that if you wander away from Ettinmere (east towards the Plains of Erathell), you may find Luminitsa the Fateweaver (near Didenhil) long before you meet Agarth once more. When you do, you will enter the dungeon known as Dellach and move the story forwards.

The dungeon itself is fairly straight-forward with Kobold enemies and Ettin brutes (and a Niskaru surprise). If you have Steel or Azurite equipment, you will find the dungeon ridiculously easy. Once you engage the Ettin War Priest and defeat him, enter the theater, kill the Tuathin gang-ambush, and you will unlock the last sub-menu option "Fate Twist" in your status. Speak to Alyn, the mystery elf lady who was at the dead guy's hut, then to Argath. Once you do, you can head to Didenhil. The next mission is The Hunters Hunted.

BioShock Infinite Release Date

2012-02-23T16:22:00.001-05:00

BioShock Infinite is getting a lot of hype and finally (and hopefully) we have a final release date. According to Gamestop it will be released on 8/1/12 and will run you $59.99 for the XBOX 360 and the PS3, but $49.99 for the PC. For now enjoy this gameplay trailer.

The Legend of Zelda: The End

2012-02-21T13:30:00.002-05:00

The final part in our walkthrough is called, "The End".
After the events of Sky Keep you will have the Triforce in hand and a long cut scene will deposit you in the Sealed Temple. You can now return to Skyloft and stock up on Potions and definitely play Boss Rush Mode for the Hylian Shield, you will not be able to take on the final boss with anything else easily!

The Demonic Forces
At the Sealed Temple Ghirahim will re-appear and travel through the time portal into the past. If you have a bunch of Potions, the Hylian Shield and good health, head in after him! Walk out through the double doors to the Sealed Grounds of the past. You will be fighting a lot of Bokoblins here so be sure to lock on to one of them while swiping at a group so your sword connects. I would suggest ample Stamina Fruit are in the area so use Spin Attacks while standing near them.

You can run past the majority of enemies in this sequence. Ghirahim will raise several roadblocks stopping your progress at which point you will have to face the horde. At the first one of these Wooden Shield Moblins appear. Use the Bow to easily take them out or a Bomb to clear their shields. Make sure all the nearby Bokoblins are suppressed first though. You can run past the archer Bokoblins if you want. The next roadblock features a Blue Bokoblin and a swarm of red Bokoblins, but nothing you haven't seen before. Another road block has some Stalfos but they are easy to kill with your powered-up Master Sword.

A Bokoblin with a Monster Horn will appear and give you a lot of trouble, calling an infinite supply of Bokoblins. You can run past him to the next road block if you wish, but here's how to take him out at the roadblock. You can easily Z-target him and then dash after him. Use the Whip to snatch the Monster Horn from him. Once he loses the horn, he'll take out his weapon, and act like any normal Bokoblin would.

For a more complicated way, you can grab a Stamina Fruit and dash after the Bokoblin with the horn until you can pin him alongside one of the walls and use a Spin Attack to kill him. Quickly run to the Monster Horn and spin again to clear the area and another Bokoblin will grab the horn otherwise. Keep running past the Bokoblins as you near the bottom, there's no need to fight them right now! A gap in the fence at the very bottom leads to a final face-off against the Bokoblin army. Use Spin Attacks and grab as many hearts as you can before facing Ghirahim for the final time.

Ghirahim Round 3
Phase 1- Endless Plunge
The point of the first few rounds of this fight is to get Ghirahim to the edge of the platform. If he attacks, you can use shield bash to deflect his moves and give you more time to hit him before he attacks again. Otherwise just hit him with your sword until you can knock him off the edge. Just focus on his body movements, and if he starts to move like he's going to attack - get ready to block/shield bash. When you knock Ghirahim off the ledge, you can perform a Fatal Blow from the upper ledge by swiping down with the Nunchuck and Wii Remote. If you fall down, you can still perform the move. Ghirahim will change tactics after this. When you get him to the edge of the platform, his hands will glow purple and you will have to carefully watch for the gap. The third platform requires the same technique. Once you get to the ground things change up a bit.

Phase 2- Swordplay A
Ghirahim will now start using an energy attack that you can block. Stick close to him so you can counter his attacks. You must aim for the glowing diamond on his chest. Use a stabbing thrust attack to hit him.

Phase 3- Swordplay B
For the final round, Ghirahim will summon a sword. You must block his sword strikes now, then chip away at the sword itself by using perpendicular strikes. Wait for him to hold the sword horizontally or vertically, then swing at a right angle to it. Pay attention to the orange core you expose. Once you can swipe at the orange core a few times, he will make himself vulnerable to personal damage, so you'll have a to nail Ghirahim in the chest again with a stabbing motion. You only need to break his sword and stab him twice. After you defeat Ghirahim for the final time, Demise will appear, absorbing Ghirahim into his sword and challenging you to a duel. You do not have to follow him into the portal at the bottom of the Sealed Grounds now and you can return to the future and head to Skyloft to replenish your Potions.

Demise Boss Battle
This is the Final battle, and there are two phases. You should note: Skyward Charge does not work in this battle, as it has in the game up until now and do not expect to be able to use it until Phase 2. Having 4 bottles of Guardian Potion plus the Potion Medal and the shield will simplify the battle, make sure you run around a lot when the shield is becoming weak. You still need to work to win, but you can take you time charging the sword in the second phase without fear of losing hearts

Phase 1- Swordplay
If you are not the world's leading expert on the Shield Bash you will most likely need Revitalizing Potions or the Hylian Shield for this battle. You can use Z targeting and jump back when he attacks, but Shield Bash counters make this battle extremely short. During the first phase of the battle, you want to stay close to him. If you are distant from him, he will do a charging attack that will decrease your life by two hearts, it can be difficult to avoid and you can always jump to avoid it.

Demise's attacks are slow and easy to counter, just use Shield Bash and then immediately use a single sword attack at any angle to hit him. He only has one attack that will strike at you twice: an alternating diagonal strike with his sword. If you use Spin Attacks, there's a chance that you can damage Demise so much that he will go down on one knee. When he does this, attack him with everything you've got! You can get in a perfect pattern of countering Demise's attacks and hitting him with Sword Spins that will take him out in a very short time. You can get past this phase without bringing him to his knee at all, but it will take much longer.

Phase 2 (Final)- Skyward Charge
During the next phase, the arena will fill with lightning and Demise will begin to charge up his own Skyward Strikes. Notice that clashing with his sword will cause you to take an electric shock. You should also notice that you cannot regularly charge your own Skyward Strike. The only times you are able to charge your sword are when there is lightning going through the sky. So you should try and charge your sword before Demise charges his and just make sure that you release it at him, he usually is very ready to charge at you since you stole his thunder.

Chances are, he already has his own sword charged. If your Skyward Strike collides with his own, they will cancel. You won't get hit, but you also won't deal any damage. The key to this battle is to make sure your strike hits him before he unleashes his own. One possible pattern to this is: Shield Bash three of his attacks, lower your shield and raise your sword. You should be able to charge a Skyward Strike and then unleash it quickly to stun him. Learning to counter his three-strike attack is crucial to winning this fight if you are unable to master charging your sword in time, and have to battle him in close-combat.

When your Skyward Strike hits him, he'll become paralyzed. This is your opportunity, and you'll want to capitalize on it. Run up to him and start whacking away. He should fall back and you will have a chance to perform a Fatal Blow. Do not do it. Demise is not weak enough. If you do, he'll roll out of the way and you'll be left vulnerable. Let him get up and repeat what you just did. Demise will be weak enough on the third time he falls back. Once he falls for the third time, perform a Fatal Blow, and sit back and watch the ending.

Note: If you save after the credits roll, you will erase your save and create a new Hero Mode save! If you want to keep your old game for Side Quests, or whatever, do not save or make a copy of your save first.

The Legend of Zelda: Sky Keep 2

2012-02-19T12:47:00.000-05:00

The next part in our walkthrough is the second part of the Sky Keep.
Ancient Cistern Room (Triforce of Courage)
With your Small Key from the Mini Boos Room you can open a door in this area. Beyond it are two Metal Shield Moblins. Stick the first one with a few arrows and then vault over the shield to kill it from behind.

Finish off the second Moblin and continue to the next room. With your Bow you should be able to clear out every Bokoblin from the entrance to this room. Collect bundles of arrows with the Beetle. Two Stalfos follow the Bokoblin onslaught, but the real threat is in the next room: a Stalmaster and a pack of Cursed Bokoblins. The Stalmaster is tough enough on its own, but you'll have to use repeated spin attacks on this one to just rid the area of Cursed Bokoblins. Your Hylian Shield should come in very handy in this fight.

The next room holds the portal to the Silent Realm, and the first piece of the Triforce! plunge your sword into the seal on the ground and you will be transported to a small section of Silent Realm with the glowing triangle in reach. Grab the Triforce of Courage and you will be returned to the Sky Keep. Head back to the Mini Boss Room using the wall switch to form a shortcut. In the Mini Boss Room, move the pieces of Sky Keep with the podium another time:
-Top row, middle square, left one space
-Top row, right square, left one space
-Middle row, right square, up one space
-Bottom row, right square , up one space
-Bottom row, middle square, right one space
-Bottom row, left square, right one space
-Middle row, left square, down one space
-Top row, left square, down one space

Head back through the western door into the Fire Sanctuary Room.

Fire Sanctuary Room
This room features long rivers of lava and ample Water Fruit to create platforms. Cut down the first Fruit and hop on the platform. As you travel towards the other end of the room, beware of Keese. Kill them all before doing anything else. Send the Beetle over the short fence and look for a pink switch high above the adjacent lava flow. Activate this before cutting down the Water Fruit in front of it. Send the Beetle up to hit another pink switch at the end of the adjacent lava flow to stop it from spewing from a dragon's mouth.

Hop over the fence and land on the second platform, now moving. Ride it through the cave and get off to pull a wall switch and make a shortcut back to the initial area. Another series of lava flows awaits. Cut down the Water Fruit and hop on another platform. Fend off the Keese again before doing anything. Once again you'll have to hit a pink switch on the other side of a short fence, then drop a Water Fruit into the lava flow. Make sure you hit the switch first, or the platform will sink. Jump over to the platform using the gap in the wall.

Use your Beetle to collect a Silver Rupee above this lava flow on the wall to the left of the pink switch. The platform will carry you to another platform on a spout of lava. On the lava spout, send your Beetle back to the pink switch to redirect lava to the path in front of you. Next, use your Bow to shoot down the Water Fruit across the way. As you rise up, jump across the fence to land on the newly created platform. Now only 2 Lava Spumes stand between you and the next piece of Triforce. Kill them with arrows when you get off on the metal landing and let the lava carry the platform beneath it.

Get ready to use the Clawshots to reach a target at the end of the lava river. Here you will find another Silent Realm entrance. Plunge your sword into the seal on the ground and collect the Triforce of Power on the other side. Climb the vines to return to the Mini Boss Room. Move the rooms using the pedestal in the Mini Boss Room again. This time, move each room around the center room (where you are) in a counter-clockwise manner. The blue Triforce room can be moved from the bottom of the center square to just above it. The Earth Temple Room will be to the west of the center room, the starting room will be north of that, and the unexplored room will be in the top row, in the center. Run through the Earth Temple Room to the west and then through the room to the north to reach the Sandsea Room.

Sandsea Room
This room has a Timeshift Sphere on a nearby platform. Save at the Bird Statue and go grab it. You don't need to kill the revived enemies in this room for the most part, you can just run past them. On the north side of the room you'll find a conspicuous tile you should set the Sphere on. Now, with the Sphere in place, return to the ramp by crossing the quicksand and head up to the place where you first retrieved the Timeshift Sphere. Aim an arrow for the eye switch across the way from this upper area, now exposed by the Timeshift Sphere below it.

Now, grab the Timeshift Sphere and head through the gate that the activated Eye Switch opened. Kill the Deku Babas and set the Sphere directly beneath them. You should be able to reach the end of the hallway where you can find a deactivated fan. You must leave the Sphere a ways away from the fan to make sure it is deactivated. Fire and arrow through the fan to hit the eye switch across the way. This opens a gate above the area to the east. Carry the Timeshift Sphere under the area to the east and set it between the two rooms above but near enough to the center of the room that the platform raises out of the ground as well.

With the Sphere in the proper place, you can run back up the ramp, jump onto the raised platform and use the Clawshots to grapple across to the upper eastern area. The final seal leading to the Silent Realm can be found here. Plunge your sword into the seal and retrieve the Triforce of Wisdom. This will initiate a long cut scene leading to the events that form The End of the game!

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Special Edition Release Date

2012-02-19T11:57:00.000-05:00

If you want to get your hands on the newest RE title, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Special Edition, on 3/20/2012. It will set you back $69.99.

The Special Addition comes with the follwing bonus items:

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City game
SteelbookTM with exclusive art
Stylized foil sleeve
Umbrella Security Service embroidered patch
Spec Ops Field Unit embroidered patch
8 bonus weapons

And, if you pre-order you will get these as well:

U.S.S. Costume Pack: includes alternate costumes for Vector, Lupo, Bertha, Spectre, Four Eyes and Beltway for a total of 6 costumes.

Mass Effect 3 Pre-Order Bonus

2012-02-19T11:53:00.000-05:00

It looks like Mass Effect 3 is getting a fairly sweet pre-order bonus at GameStop. The game, which comes out on 3/6/2012, gives you the N7 Valkyrie and Defender Armour. Great for kicking butt in multi-player.

Mass Effect 3 Release Date

2012-02-19T11:50:00.000-05:00

If you're looking to get Mass Effect 3 then you only need to wait until 3/6/2012. That is when you can get it in-store or online.

The Legend of Zelda: Sky Keep

2012-02-18T16:33:00.001-05:00

The next part in our walkthrough is called, "Sky Keep".
After placing the Stone of Trials in the bird statue in the northeast of Skyloft, several Clawshots targets will appear in the air. Follow the targets to the entrance of Sky Keep, the seventh and final dungeon in Skyward Sword.

Sky Keep mixes things up a bit. First off, you will come upon a Chest with the Dungeon Map in it upon entering the first room. To the east is a room with a pedestal on it. Activate the pedestal to begin a sliding block puzzle. There are several of these pedestals throughout the dungeon. Each sliding block corresponds to a room in the dungeon itself. Some rooms have doors, marked on the map, and some have Triforce pieces. Arrange the sliding blocks like this:
-Move the center square in the right column down.
-Move the center square in the middle row right. Enter the room to the east.

Faron Woods Room
This room resembles Faron Woods, but features a mix of puzzle elements from other dungeons. Head south and cut through the trees. There is a Whip grip over the chasm, but before using it, shoot the Beetle across the gap to cut down a vine. Smack the vine's base with the Beetle to free it. You can now swing across the gap. Shoot the Furnix with your Bow and then use the Clawshots to reach the nearby vine pillar.

Cross the vine pillars to the Clawshots target and drop to the platform below. On the base of the second vine column there are several Bombs. You can grab a Bomb with your Beetle and carry it over to the wall of Pyrups blocking your next vine swing with a wall of fire. With the Pyrups eliminated, swing across to the platform dangling from ropes. You should use the Gust Bellows to blast it. Use the Gust Bellows again to hop from one platform to the next, then save at the Bird Statue on the other side. Run up the wall to pull the wall switch and make a path back to the start of the Faron Woods area. A Goddess Wall can be found by the Bird Statue before exiting to the north.

Lanayru Mining Facility Room
This Lanayru-like room has a Timeshift Orb you can grab in the hallway that you can carry through the nearby fenced-off doorway. On the other side, destroy the Sentrobe and leave the Timeshift Orb on the ground by the gate. Climb the ladder and pull the wall switch. You can now lift the Orb onto a conveyor belt by standing on the floor switch and tossing it through the open gate. Quickly climb up the ladder and accompany the Orb on its path. Reunite with the orb and set it on the platform on the track in the next room.

Use your Gust Bellows to activate the wind switch on the platform and it will begin crossing the massive chasm. Walk along side it, directing air and hitting the switches to allow it to continue, a foot switch and then a wall switch. Pick up the Timeshift Orb and walk into the next room. Drop the Orb onto another conveyor belt. Stand far away and shoot the Beamos with your Bow as they come to life. Your goal in this area is to activate 5 eye switches above the conveyor belt. To open the eye switches, the Timeshift Orb must pass in front of them on the belt.

You can use the Whip to activate a lever in the center of the conveyor belt area to reverse its direction. Using this you should be able to shoot all five eye switches and open the gate nearby. Inside is another pedestal. Move the squares as follows:
-Top row, middle square, down one space
-Top row, left square, right one space
-Middle row, left, up one space
-Bottom row, left, up one space
-Bottom row, middle, left one space
-Middle row, center square, down one space
-Middle row, left square, right one space

Head back south to the Faron Woods Room. From here, go west into the Earth Temple Room.

Earth Temple Room
In the Earth Temple room, crawl through the small passageway to a room with a single Bomb Plant inside. Bowl a bomb back through the passage you just crawled through. This leads to a room with a hole that leads underground. Slash the switch there to open a gate above. Return to the main area and go through the now open doorway to the room with the Dark Lizalfo. In this room there are three pink switches and they must be hit in a specific order from the lowest to the highest but first you have to expose each of the switches.

Start with the nearest switch, across a pool of lava behind one of those strange statues with a basket. Toss a bomb into the basket to make the statue fall. Don't hit this switch yet, instead turn around and look for a curved chute leading down to a cracked wall. You can bowl a Bomb down the chute (aim a bit to the left) and it will blow a hole below. Slide down the chute and climb the vines at the bottom. On the platform above the area, there are many bamboo stalks blocking off another basket statue and Bomb Plant.

You can cut the bamboo by performing a Skyward Strike. Charge your sword and slash it horizontally to send a wave of energy at the stalks to slice them down. Once you clear all of the stalks, send your Beetle to grab the Bomb and carefully deposit it in the statue's basket. You will need to hold Z to change the view and drop the Bomb into place. With all three pink switches exposed, drop down to the middle level. Send the Beetle to hit the lowest pink switch down the chute, the pink switch across the lava next and final the pink switch high above the are last.

This will open a gate with a dig spot behind it. Dig here and you can activate a switch below the ground that repositions the gate above. You will need to knock the central bomb to the left, then knock it upwards to clear the stones to get to the switch. Now head through the newly opened gate. Another dig spot here leads to a maze with 2 Moldorms. You must defeat them to open the exit dig spot. Surface again and you can find a door leading north to a new room.

Mini Boss Room: LD-003K Dreadfuse
The LD-003K Dreadfuse robot is almost exactly like the LD-002G Scervo you fought on the Sandship, but his sword is electrified like a cattle prod. You need to be ready to block this (hopefully with your Hylian shield). The Dreadfuse robot is constrained to one path, so stabbing motions and vertical Spin Attacks work best. That said, this fight is all about Shield Bash counterattacks. When you counter the robot's moves, you can get in quite a few attacks. Each attack pushes Dreadfuse towards a ledge in the distance, so stay on the offensive and only wait to counter if it winds up to strike.

If you keep stabbing Dreadfuse you can get him to the edge and he'll bring a spiked gate behind you closer. Run straight for him to make up some space and return to the same tactics. Once you get Dreadfuse to the edge of the ship platform a second time, his sword will fall off and he'll begin using a spinning hook attack. This attack is a bit hard to counter, but you can definitely do it, so you may want to switch to a more defensive strategy and Shield Bash these attacks. Get Dreadfuse to the edge of the platform to win the battle.

Use the Clawshots to span the gap past Dreadfuse and you can pick up a Small Key on the other side in a Chest. Take the door opposite the chest to a curvy tunnel with a another slide puzzle podium. Make these changes to the temple structure:
-Top row, left square, down one space
-Top row, center square, left one space
-Top row, right square, left one space
-Middle row, right square, up one space
-Bottom row, right square, up one space
-Bottom row, center square, right one space
-Bottom row, left square, right one space
-Middle row, left square, down one space
-Top row, left square, down one space

Take the the little curvy path to the door leading to the western room.

The Legend of Zelda: The Silent Realm- Skyloft

2012-02-17T14:22:00.001-05:00

The next part in our Skyward Sword walkthrough is called, "The Silent Realm- Skyloft".
The Silent Realm - Skyloft entrance is right by the Tower of Light at the south end of town. Play the Goddess’s Harp around the butterflies near the bottom of the tower to enter the Silent Realm.

This is the toughest Silent Realm you will face, especially due to the ample Sentry Sentinels patrolling the area. Some of these enemies have a wide light circumference making them almost impossible to avoid so you’ll just have to make sure you have a Tear to collect nearby at all times. Once again there are 15 Tears to collect and 8 Dusk Relics as well.

-Grab the nearest Tear in the Light Tower plaza first and then go for the one in the tower itself. A Dusk Relic is at the base of the tower. Leave the Tears around the Bazaar for the final pickups.
-On the east side of town is a Tear by the entrance to the Fortune Teller's house. Watch out for Waking Water that floods this area occasionally.
-You can grab a Tear and Dusk Relics in the graveyard, but you will likely get spotted. Try to grab the Tear to calm the nearby Sentry Sentinel, then run past it up the side of the stairs and sprint away to avoid it.
-There is a Goddess Plume by the eastern windmill and a Dusk Relics by the western one.
-A Dusk Relic north of the Bazaar is on a plank of a walkway guarded by a Sentry Sentinel. You can fall to this plank from above, then wait for the Sentinel to pass to escape.
-Use the hand holds on the Knight Academy to get the Tear on the roof.
-You can pull a block into place to get a Tear in front of the Knight Academy.
-Roll into a support beam north of the Bazaar to knock down a Dusk Relic.

You will get the Stone of Trials for completing the final Silent Realm. This can be placed in a bird statue in the northeast region of Skyloft, on the north tip of the lake. One of the bird statue's eyes is still in place, a red crystal that matches the Stone of Trials. Placing the Stone of Trials in the bird statue causes it to fire a few cannon rounds at the bottom of the Statue of the Goddess, exposing the final dungeon: Sky Keep. Before heading to Sky Keep, you will definitely want to pick up the game's most powerful shield, the Hylian Shield. For this you must play Boss Rush Mode in Lanayru Gorge.

Mario Party 9

2012-02-15T12:47:00.001-05:00

Mario and friends are back in the latest installment of the Mario Party games.

You will discover over 80 mini-games, have a blast with co-op and competitive play for up to four players and travel together in fun-filled vehicles and experience all-new wild boss battles. This Mario Party will also feature unique Captain Events on each stage, which will give players a new way to change the shape of the game and each themed stage has a clear destination point but with multiple paths along the way, so no two games will play the same. From Toad Road to Boo's Horror Castle, players will encounter a wide variety of familiar Mario franchise elements in new environments that can be enjoyed solo or with friends. This game is set to release 3/11/12 and will cost $49.99.

Kid Icarus Uprising

2012-02-13T13:21:00.002-05:00

Kid Icarus is back and in 3D! Pit is our hero and is a strong-willed angel who receives the gift of flight from Palutena to descend from the heavens and eradicate the dark hordes. Medusa, Queen of Darkness, once wreaked havoc on the land—only to be defeated 25 years ago.

Now she has returned with her Underworld Army to mount an invasion. All that stands in her way are Palutena, the pure and benevolent Goddess of Light, and her servant Pit, the commander of the guard.

This game will release on 3/23 and will be $39.99.

The Legend of Zelda: Lanayru Gorge

2012-02-07T12:09:00.002-05:00

The next part in our walkthrough is called, "Lanayru Gorge".
Now in the West Desert Bird Statue of the Lanayru Desert you will use your Clawshots to enter Lanayru Caves. Talk to Golo here and he’ll show you a short passage through some crumbled rocks. To clear the passage you’ll need to bowl a Bomb into the small hole. On the other side of the bombed hole is a Gossip Stone and a door leading out to Lanayru Gorge.

Lanayru Gorge is the last new region of Skyward Sword you can explore. In the center of the area is a conspicuous dragon skeleton. This is the Thunder Dragon Lanayru. To resurrect it, you will need to bring a Timeshift Stone nearby. To the west is a locked door and to get to this door, you will need to use your Beetle to grab a Bomb off a nearby cactus and deposit it on the clump of rocks between you and the door. Run down the slope in front of the locked door and look to the southeast. Under the platform with the dragon bones is a small spire with a sparkling Small Key on it! Send your Beetle to retrieve the key.

Enter the locked door and use the Clawshots to cross the gap. The Timeshift Stone on the mine cart follows a long track around to the dead dragon, but you’ll have to fend off quite a few enemies between you and the destination. Hit the Timeshift Stone and the mine cart will take off. Step on the floor switch to open the door and let it continue. Note that if you hit the Timeshift Stone again you will sink in the sand that fills the area around the track, so beware! The next room is filled with Deku Babas, but you can just run past them as the cart moves along. Another button is by the door. The next area has a small bridge and plenty of Technoblins. Remember that your Bow is a great choice for these enemies if you don’t want to wait around for a good Shield Bash counter.

This locked door has a floor switch above it, so climb the vines on the wall to reach it. In the next area the Timeshift Stone will cause a path to pop into existence over the chasm. Cross the platforms to the vines on the wall and then use them to cross the path. You can shoot the Deku Baba with an arrow and continue past its platform by using the Clawshots to cross the gap. The wall of vines you come to next has a few vents to avoid, so dash across the vents and head right for the Stamina Fruit to avoid falling to your death.

From the vine wall you can use the Clawshots to hit a target on the opposite wall. The mine cart will stop, allowing you some time to get up to the floor switch above. The Timeshift Stone will thankfully eliminate the Keese in the next are and make a series of Clawshots targets appear and you will use these to cross to semi-solid ground. When the mine cart stops at the bars, use the Whip to grab the wall switch through the bars. Keep the Whip out to cross the gap.

An Ancient Flower can be found in the corner of the next passage. Continue north and you’ll come to several rows of moving spikes. The mine cart can block the moving spikes, clearing the path for you to cross. At the dead end, the mine cart will stop and you’ll have to step out of its safety bubble. Run through the sand picking up Stamina Fruit as you make your way to the wall switch.

The next room has several ancient enemies including Sentrobes and Beamos. You can wait out the Sentrobe but you’ll have to cut down the Beamos or hit them with an arrow to the eye. A wall switch behind a Beamos will open the door allowing you to continue north with the mine cart. A pile of rocks stops the mine cart. Luckily, a Bomb Plant is growing on a nearby platform. Send the Beetle for the Bomb and clear the rocks. The final stretch of platforms is ridden with Deku Babas. Clear them out with Shield Bash attacks and arrows. Once you make it past this final gauntlet the mine cart will arrive back in the central area, resurrecting Lanayru.

Unfortuantely, Lanayru is ill, and needs some sort of fruit to get his vocal chords back in shape. This will be the Fruit of the Tree of Life. The Tree of Life is nearby, so take the path east from the dragon and, at the withered tree, use your Gust Bellows to clear away the sand piles. Under one sand pile is a Timeshift Stone. Activate the stone to bring a bubble of time into the area and you will see a small sapling on the ground. Dig it up and the nearby robot will lecture you about reviving his master.

You will need to take the Life Tree Seedling to the Sealed Temple in Faron Woods, but first, activate the nearby Goddess Cube. Pick up the Ancient Flower next to it while you are there too.

Goddess Cube
Once you’ve activated the nearby Timeshift Stone, this Goddess Cube by the Tree of Life in Lanayru Gorge is easy to get to.

Faron Woods
Head to Faron Woods and touch down at the Behind the Temple Bird Statue so you can help Gorko solve another Goddess Wall mystery. Doing so can land you a rare Treasure. The spot you need to plant the Life Tree Seedling is actually just inside the Sealed Temple but location isn’t nearly as important as what time you plant it in. Go through the time portal and, on the other side, examine the area by Groose. A conspicuous planting spot can be found here.

You can plant the Life Tree Seedling here. It will grow into a tree over time, so return to the portal and head back to Link’s time. The Tree of Life is fully grown now and a fruit dangles from it. Roll into the tree and the fruit will drop and then pick the Life Tree Fruit up and head back to Lanayru. Upon returning to the desert and talking to Lanayru, you will have 3 of the 4 pieces of the Song of the Hero. Note that you can return Lanayru after opening the next temple to play Boss Rush Mode for the Hylian Shield. For now, head into the Thunderhead to finish the Song of the Hero. Here you’ll find Levias circling the area beneath the rainbow island.

Fly above Levias and get off of your Crimson Loftwing. Control your fall and land right on the giant beast’s back. This will initiate a cut scene with Levias and all three Dragons where you will complete the Song of the Hero. This song is the key to a new Silent Realm area: Silent Realm- Skyloft.

The Legend of Zelda: Captured by Bokoblins

2012-02-04T15:56:00.002-05:00

The next part in our walkthrough is called, "Captured by Bokoblins".
After the eruption you’ll end up in a Bokoblin prison. They’ve overrun the volcano in search of goodies Link dropped on the way down. New walls and structures litter the area but until you get out of your cell, none of that matters.

Try to move the barrel in the cell and Plats, the Mogmas from the Fire Sanctuary Heart Piece will show up to give you your Mogma Mitts back. With these in hand you can dig out of the cell via the dig spot in the corner. When you surface on the other side, look for a hut with a stool in it. Sit on the stool to recover all of your Hearts. After this, follow the torches east. Throughout the transformed volcano region you should be able to rely on torches to show you the way.

Now that you are out in the open, you must avoid Bokoblins at all cost. they can only see directly in front of themselves. If you get caught, a catapult from high on the volcano will send you back to a checkpoint. Just north of the bird statue you should witness a quick cut scene. Your map will show you the locations of the first five items you need to recover and remember you can only recover them in one order. Start with the Gust Bellows.

Recover the Gust Bellows
Head east through the fences, waiting for the Bokoblin to turn away. Run past it and fall off the ledge. Use the dig spot to continue west. A watch tower here has a pool of light under it. if you enter this pool you will trip off the alarm, so avoid it. Luckily, a dig spot on the edge of the light will allow you to reach the far side of the tower. Here you will find a Chest with the Gust Bellows inside.

Recover the Clawshots
Clear the nearby puddle of magma with your Gust Bellows. Run up the ledges by the Chest to reach the high ridge on the eastern side of the area. Carefully avoid the Bokoblins in the fenced-off area and make your way towards the next guard tower. Once again a dig spot will take you beneath it and right to another Chest with the Clawshots inside. Note that you can just crawl past the Moldorm enemies in the dig spots.

Recover the Whip
Use the Clawshots to cross the lava via the floating Peahat plants. On the far side the large air vent is blocked by rocks. A doorway below along the lava flow leads to a room with a Gossip Stone and some recovery pots inside. You can ride the frequently appearing platforms in the lava river to a new area to the west with the Whip as marked on your map. Crawl up here and carefully avoid the Bokoblin. Clawshot to the vines on the bridge. Several Bomb Plants are growing here. Bowl a Bomb Plant down the hill at the guard tower. The tower should collapse, making the Chest below it available. Open the Chest for your Whip.

Recover the Slingshot
Use the Whip to pull up the Peahat through the bars of the gate on the bridge. Clawshot over the bridge and look for a bomb on a nearby ledge, the way to the west is blocked by a pillar of lava. You can use the Bomb Plants to not only clear away the rocks blocking the wall here, but also to detonate the rocks blocking the massive geyser. Use the geyser to travel up to the northern region of the volcano. As you head east towards the Earth Temple entrance, you’ll cross a fallen guard tower over a river of lava. This river of lava has several Peahats over it and an occasional platform traveling down an incline. You need to get on this platform and ride it down the slope. A small cave here holds another Gossip Stone and, if you return with a bomb later, you can get a Pink Fairy out of a pot up on the platform. Ride the lava platform down the flow and get off by the Bomb Plant across from the guard tower. Grab a bomb when another platform nears and hop onto it, tossing the bomb at the tower to bring it down. The Chest with your Slingshot is under this tower. Use the Peahats to get back up the slope of lava.

Recover the Bomb Bag
The Bomb Bag is on the other side of the entrance to the Earth Temple. To get here, you’ll need to run a gauntlet of fences and Bokoblins. Shoot the Bokoblins and run past them. When you get to the tower, aim another Deku Seed up at the Bokoblin manning it. The tower will go dark, allowing you to reach a dig spot beneath it. Surface in the upper right corner of the subterranean area to find a Chest with your Bomb Bag inside. Bomb the watch tower and use your Slingshot to head back east through the Bokoblins and fences.

Recover the True Master Sword
You can now continue up to the Volcano Summit, through the hot northeastern area. Bomb the cracked rocks here and enter the Summit caves. Just inside the cave is the Master Sword. Grab it and hang a right to head into the eastern area.

Goddess Cube
In the cave that leads to the Fire Sanctuary is a large pit of lava that blocks you from entering the Fire Dragon's domain. You can use the floating platform that appears after the eruption to float past the Cube and activate it. This opens a chest located on a small island in the west of the Thunderhead with an Empty Bottle inside. Cross the lava pool in the southeast cave using the floating platform, but do not enter the large eastern door. Instead, climb up the nearby ledge and follow the path to some Water Fruit. Stab a Water Fruit and toss it in the lava to make a platform you can cross to reach a group of Bokoblins. A Chest here holds everything else you’ve lost. Open it, equip your Shield and kill the Bokoblins guarding the chest.

Head through the giant door in the room with the pool of lava to the east. Inside you can use your Beetle to solve a familiar puzzle. Cut the three ropes using your sword and the Beetle to open a path to the Fire Dragon, Eldin. Eldin will teach you his portion of the Song of the Hero without beating around the bush too much. The final dragon you need to talk to is in Lanayru Gorge.

The Legend of Zelda: Flooded Faron Woods

2012-02-03T18:47:00.002-05:00

The next part in our walkthrough is called, "Flooded Faron Woods".
Upon landing in Flooded Faron Woods you should swim straight for the giant Kikwi Tribe Elder, Machi. He’ll tell you that Faron, the Water Dragon, has flooded the woods to rid them of enemies. She’s inside the Great Tree. Head for the base of the Great Tree on the southeastern side. Enter the Great Tree and swim to the surface. Here you can talk to Faron.

Unfortunately, Faron doesn’t want to just give you her part of the Song of the Hero. You’ll have to collect many fragments of the song, known as "Tadtones" scattered throughout the flooded woods. Tadtones are clumped together by color. You must collect every Tadtone in a group for the group to count. You only have a few seconds after touching one Tadtone to collect another of its color or the whole group resets. This means that long strings of Tadtones must carefully and methodically be collected, while tight clumps can be collected all at once.

Your best asset in this fetch quest is your spin dash move, which sucks nearby notes into your vortex. Using this you can easily snag fleeing or clumped notes. Note that Tadtones replenish your air supply, so dashing through them won’t leave you exhausted or worse. After collecting all but 5 groups of Tadtones, you can return to Machi and talk to him to get the ability to use Dowsing to find the remaining Tadtones! This makes the remainder of the notes fairly easy. Until this point, here are the tougher Tadtones to come by:
-The very first Tadtone you should get is under a lotus leaf root pad which you must flip by dropping from a platform on the top of the Great Tree. This platform is on the north edge of the top of the tree just up from the Bird Statue.
-A circle of pink Tadtones in the far east surround a tree. Carefully swim from one to the next and, if you miss one, spin to collect it as you pass by.
-Inside the smaller tree in the southeast is a clump of purple Tadtones. Swim through a hole in its north trunk to reach them.
-Four purple Tadtones circle the southernmost hill. Swim behind them and spin into them.
-The longest chain of Tadtones is in the far southwest. This chain requires careful maneuvering like spinning to get from one to the next and it will help you to not deviate from your path.
-Two Tadtones are in two patches of grass west of the Great Tree.
-Spin a Froak into the blocked wall on the western side of the Great Tree to blow it up and free a single Tadtone.

Return to Faron with your score complete and she’ll give you the portion of the Song of the Hero you need and drain the woods completely. Return to the sky and head for Eldin Volcano.

Warhammer February Tournaments

2012-02-01T14:52:00.000-05:00

It's tournament time again gamers. So get your army lists together and check out your local tournament schedule (unless of course you are willing to travel).

The 1st place finisher in each system for each Independent Tournament on the Circuit will receive free entry into the 2012 North American Throne of Skulls Tournament in Memphis on October 6th and 7th of 2012. You can always check out the GW site for more information.

You will be able to enter the 2012 North American Throne of Skulls Tournament in one of three ways:
-By placing 1st in one of the Independent Tournaments
-By placing 1st in one of the Ard Boyz Tournaments
-By purchasing a ticket when they become available in January of 2012 (a limited number of tickets will be sold)

This Months Upcoming Tournaments:

-Feb 3rd through the 5th: Gottacon, Victoria, BCE
-Feb 11th and 12th: The Dark Star, Moundsview, MN
-Feb 17th through the 19th: A Gathering in the Desert, Phoenix, AZ
-Feb 18th and 19th: Broadside Bash, LA, CA
-Feb 18th and 19th: Astronomi-con, Dallas, TX
-Feb 24th and 25th: Astronomi-con, Winnipeg, MB
-Feb 25th through the 26th: St Valentines Day Massacre, Media, PA

Call of Cthulhu for the iPad

2012-01-31T11:33:00.001-05:00

For those of you Call of Cthulhu fans out there, we finally have a game that isn't a few years old. This game is compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad with iOS 4.2 or later. It is priced at $4.99.

This game is a turn-based strategy RPG and is called, "The Wasted Land". Of course this game is inspired by the works of cult horror writer H.P. Lovecraft and developed in co-operation with Chaosium, the publishers of the cult horror role playing game, Call of Cthulhu. The game features nine 3D levels set in the trenches of World War One. The player controls a team of up to six investigators charged with uncovering a deadly inhuman conspiracy underlying the clash of empires of the Great War. Barbed wire, mustard gas and machines guns will prove to be the least dangerous thing that the investigators will encounter as they venture out into no-man's land to solve the mystery of the Wasted Land. As the game progresses, the player can build up the skills, weapons and equipment of the team to suit their playing style. As well as the physical danger, the investigators must guard their sanity against the myriad horrors that threaten to destroy it.

Resident Evil: Revelations Release Date

2012-01-30T19:49:00.000-05:00

Good news fans of Fallout. The newest title, Resident Evil: Revelations, is coming out on 02/07. What else is coming out on 02/07? Here is a short list:

What is the Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition Release Date?

2012-01-30T19:46:00.000-05:00

Good news fans of Fallout. The newest title, Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition, is coming out on 02/07. What else is coming out on 02/07? Here is a short list:

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Release Date

2012-01-30T19:43:00.000-05:00

Final Fantasy XIII-2 comes out on 01/31, so if you want it you have almost no time to spare. Want to know what else comes out on 01/31? They include:

The Legend of Zelda: The Imprisoned Round 3

2012-01-30T13:00:00.000-05:00

The next part in our walkthrough is called, "The Imprisoned Round 3".
You cannot land in Faron Woods proper, so touch down outside the temple. You can talk to Gorko again at the Behind the Temple Bird Statue if you wish and learn how to draw another Goddess Wall symbol. As soon as you pass through the Sealed Temple and enter the Sealed Grounds area, the Imprisoned will escape its seal again.

The Imprisoned - Round 3
This battle with the Imprisoned is actually easier than the previous two if you know what you are doing.

Step 1
Right off the bat you'll want to run to a steam geyser and get one level above the imprisoned. Wait nearby the beast until you can fire a bomb with the Groosenator. Hit the Imprisoned and, while it is standing still, jump onto its head and then with a downward slash. So hit the spike three times.

Step 2
Immediately after your first take down, the Imprisoned will demonstrate a new move: A halo forms about its head and it floats up to the sky. Luckily, Groose should be ready to fire again. Fire a bomb at it and run to the ground level. It will fall and you can smack the spike into its head while it lies prone.

Step 3
With the Groosenator busted in the third round of the battle, you have no choice but to climb the geysers to meet up with Groose. He'll put you in the Groosenator and you can then aim yourself right at the Imprisoned's "head." Aim for the spike and fire yourself on top of the Imprisoned to finish it off with a few more sword strikes to its spike. Another method is to ride the very middle geyser up into the air, and then land on the Imprisoned's "head". You will have to wait until the Imprisoned floats high enough into the sky (high enough that it is almost at the temple) for the geyser to open again.

Return to the ground and use a Skyward Strike on the spike. Slash at the symbol shown and you can seal the area once again. Now, return to the Sealed Temple. Inside, talk to Groose. He'll find a novel way for you to enter Flooded Faron Woods.

The Legend of Zelda: Levias

2012-01-29T13:04:00.003-05:00

The next part in our walkthrough is called, "Levias".
After resealing The Imprisoned for the second time, head back to Skyloft and seek out Headmaster Gaepora. He'll be in his office at the Knight Academy, just at the top of the stairs. He'll tell you to speak to Instructor Owlan, who's room is next to Gaepora's.

Owlan will tell you that Levias, a wise, old creature that protects Skyloft, has not been his benevolent self lately. Then, he will take you outside to learn a new move called the Spiral Charge. Owlan then issues a challenge: Hit 10 targets in the time allotted and you will learn the Spiral Charge. To do this, focus on the targets on the small islands. You can look at a map of each target at any time. Line up your Crimson Loftwing with a target and approach it steadily, using the Spiral Charge to dash through it at the last second.

Many targets are beneath the floating land masses. Hit the targets carried by birds only if the opportunity arises since pursuing them is a waste of time. Upon learning your new move, Owlan will direct you to Pumpkin Landing.

Pumpkin Landing
The owner of the Lumpy Pumpkin, Pumm, will prepare an offering of Hot Pumpkin Soup for Levias, and Fi will call the robot to carry the heaping container of soup. With the vat of Hot Pumpkin Soup in hand (sort of), leap into the air and head for Rainbow Island in the Thunderhead. After landing on the island, Levias will appear, and he is clearly not in the singing mood. Take to the air.

Ridding Levias of the Bilocyte Parasite
There are two phases to this battle. One involves flying around Levias and the other involves fighting a giant parasite.

Levias
Fly around Levias and use your Spiral Charge attack to squash the eyes on the ends of the four tentacles. Watch out for other flying enemies, and be wary of flying into Levias' body. It's best to approach the behemoth from the rear, dashing once you line up with each eyeball. After destroying all of them you can fly high above Levias and dive off your Loftwing to land on its back.

Bilocyte
Once you succeed in landing, Bilocyte, a tentacle thing with wings, will appear out of Levias' blowhole and shoot orbs at you. The goal here is to hit the orbs back at the enemy with your sword in a way that will first destroy both wings, and then the eye in the middle. To hit the left wing, perform a horizontal right-to-left swipe. For the right, do the opposite.

Once both wings are down, you can either shoot the eye with an arrow, or hit an orb straight back at the creature (a Shield Bash works fine for this). Once the eye is hit, he will be stunned, and you can move in with your sword with Spin Attacks and jabs. After attacking the fallen Bilocyte twice, the creature will regenerate its wings and begin to dodge the orbs you smack back at it. It is crucial that you back up for this portion of the battle, since the Bilocyte will dodge a bit ahead of time, allowing you to adjust your counter attack. If you succeed in killing both wings using two consecutive orbs, you will need to hit the eye with several orbs. When you connect about a dozen orbs with the eyeball, the fight ends.

After the battle
Levias thanks you for cleansing him of the parasite and bringing him the soup. He tells you that in order to find the Triforce, you must learn the Song of the Hero. Unfortunately, the song has been split into four pieces, and each piece is held by a guardian Dragon in a different region.

Magic the Gathering: Dark Ascension

2012-01-28T19:48:00.000-05:00

For those of you that are Magic the Gathering fans you will be happy to know that Dark Ascension, the second part of the Innistrad block will be coming out on February 3rd and Prerelease parties are going on this weekend at select stores. See the Wizards site for more information on that.

Dark Ascension will feature some new rules:
-Undying
-Fateful Hour
-Double-Faced Cards (will not just be creatures anymore)

Undying
An example of this rule is that when your undying creature with no +1/+1 counters on it dies, you can return it to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. An undying creature that has one or more +1/+1 counters on it when it dies stays in the graveyard as normal, however.

Fateful Hour
Fateful hour abilities work as long as you have 5 life or less. As soon as your life total drops to 5 or less, they immediately kick in. So other creatures you control may get a +2/+2 for example.

This is going to be an awesome expansion. Of course the key here is Sorin, The Lord of Innistrad! And his powers you ask? Well:
-1: Put a 1/1 black Vampire creature token with lifelink onto the battlefield.
-2: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+0."
-6: Destroy up to three target creatures and/or other planeswalkers. Return each card put in a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.

Hope you preordered. We should start to see retailers like Target, Walmart, Kmart and even Barnes and Noble (in store only) getting them in either on the 3rd or a little after. Of course you can also get them online too.

The Legend of Zelda: Imprisoned Round 2

2012-01-24T12:43:00.000-05:00

The next part in our walkthrough is called, "Imprisoned Round 2".
Before you enter the Sealed Grounds, you need to properly prepare for another fight with The Imprisoned. Stock up on recovery potions and, if you have the chance a Stamina Potion can really come in handy in the upcoming battle. You also should try to have a fully upgraded Sacred Bow (if you do not already). Once you're ready, descend into the Sealed Grounds.

The Sealed Grounds
Choose to land at the Behind the Temple Bird Statue. Here you can talk to Gorko and get a Heart Piece!

Heart Piece
Talk to Gorko outside of the Sealed Temple and he’ll tell you about Goddess Walls. He’ll ask you to draw something on the Goddess Wall nearby. Refer to the Goddess Wall section to see what you should draw, but he’ll likely ask you to draw an arrow. Draw a simple arrow with a “feather” on the left side and a triangle on the right. Gorko will be thrilled and will give you a Piece of Heart. Enter the Sealed Temple and talk to the Old Woman. She’ll have you strike the stone in the center of the room. Approach it and charge a Skyward Strike. Before you get a chance to hit the stone, a tremor will shake the area as The Imprisoned escapes once again. Head outside. Run down to the bottom of the Sealed Grounds to start the battle.

The Imprisoned - Round 2
Right off the bat, you should notice that The Imprisoned now has arms. Don't worry, they wont be too much trouble. There are a few different strategies for taking him down this time.

Method 1
The first is to run up and cut his toes off like before. The Stamina Potion can come in handy here since you can run up to the feet and then use a Spin Attack on each without running out of stamina. You always want to use your Bow on the “rear” toes now that you have it. You can use the Bow to take out all the toes if you wish, but this is pretty difficult. The big difference this time around is the Groosenator, Groose’s cannon. When the Imprisoned climbs a wall, use the cannon to knock it off. If you choose to go with the toe-cutting route, use the cannon to slow down the monster immediately, then save the next round to knock it down when it climbs. Of course, when you cut off all the toes, the beast falls on its back. Run around to its head and drive the spike into its brain with your sword.

Method 2
Perhaps the best strategy is to get above The Imprisoned by a level. Hit it with Groose's cannon and you can jump on top of his head and drive the spike down with your sword. You should get thrown off, but you can just climb ahead of him again and repeat this strategy. Once you drive the spike into the monster's head three times, head to the ground level and use a Skyward Strike on the spike. Using directional slashes, complete the pattern shown on screen to seal The Imprisoned away a second time. Return to the Sealed Temple. Use a Skyward Strike on the wall and you will open the time gate. Head through the gate to enter the Temple of Hylia in the distant past. After a long cut scene with Zelda, you will have the fully upgraded Master Sword at your disposal. Travel back through the time gate. Return to Skyloft using the Bird Statue outside the Sealed Temple.

The Legend of Zelda: Fire Sanctuary part 2

2012-01-23T12:17:00.000-05:00

Here is the second part of our Fire Sanctuary walkthrough.
Heart Piece

In the far northwest corner of the Fire Sanctuary (1F), you can burrow into the ground. Hit the switch to move the gate and a Mogma sharing the crawlspace with you will deactivate the switch and flee. Catching him is tricky so try to catch him at an intersection or corner and quickly run into him (remember that you can sprint while crawling!).

He'll give you a Heart Piece if you successfully catch up to him. Hit the switch to open the gate and climb out. Shoot down the Water Fruit to form a solid platform. Jump onto the platform and ride it down the lava flow to the east ledge. Go outside and burrow into the hole next to the Bird Statue after saving.

Make your way to the top of the screen and clear the three stones in the corner so you can reach the Bomb Flower you need to blast through. Return to the bottom and smack the Bomb Flower. The resulting explosion will cause the tunnel to start flooding with lava, at which point you should hurry back the way you came. Make sure to pass the Stamina Fruit as you flee. Once you're outside, you'll see that the lava has shifted and is now flowing freely. Hit the switch to open the gate, creating a shortcut.

Go down the stairs and drop the Water Fruit into the lava to create a now-drifting platform. Ride it to the central area. The Boss Door is here, along with a ledge with two statues in lava far below. This is called The Bridge of Decision.

B1
You'll have to jump into the mouth of the sleeping one (as stated by a stone at the start of the dungeon), so look to the one on the left its eyes are closed. Take a leap of faith and just when you think you'll hit lava, a platform materializes. Break your fall with the Sailcloth, then enter the statue's mouth. A Goddess Wall can be found in the area just before the door. Two Dark Lizalfos will greet you here. An easy way to defeat them is to run and jump up onto the ledge, where they can't hit you, but make sure you stay on the very edge, so they'll spit curse at you. Once they start spitting curse, hit them with an arrow. Once the Lizaflos are dead, enter the door behind you.

Another Goddess Wall can be found at the bottom of the spiral staircase. Make your way up the tower and be sure to kill the Keese before using the Clawshots on the vines. Sprint and you can jump across each gap. In the room at the top of the stairs you'll need to solve a puzzle involving statues and burrowing. There are five statues, each with a different number of wings. Take note of which statues have which number of wings. Dig your way down into the tunnel. The key is to activate the switches that sit underneath the statues in the order dictated by the statues (the one-winged statue first, then the two-winged one, etc.). You can press Z to see the statues above at any time.

Crawl towards the top of the screen to activate the first light pad. Hang a right to trigger the second one, then head down, avoiding the light pad above the Bomb Flower and roll the Bomb upwards to clear the rock, giving you access to the third pad (go around to reach it). Number four is the one next to the bomb, and number five the one at the top left section of the tunnel. After succeeding in activating the statues in the right order, a Moldorm will crawl into the tunnel and a gate will close preventing you from leaving. After you defeat it and burrow back out. Grab the Mysterious Crystals (Boss Key) from the Chest behind the now-open gate.

Head west through the door to find a switch and a shortcut back to the Boss Door. Look for some pots with a Pink Fairy nearby. Head back to The Bridge of Decision and save at the Bird Statue. Place the Mysterious Crystals in the Boss Key Slot and rotate it so it looks like a key.

Demon Lord Ghirahim: Rematch
Ghirahim will appear in the sanctum, explaining that he's learned about the second Gate of Time. He has no idea where to find it, however, so you're still safe for now. He'll fight you for refusing to surrender its location, and this battle's a bit different than the last. Ghirahim will start off in much the same way as the previous fight, tracking your movements. The best way to confuse him is to hold your sword still directly in front of you, then suddenly slash. Try not to strike the daggers he summons this time, so you want to swing right between them, then follow up your strike with a few blows.

You can use Shield Bash counter attacks to stop his projectiles after you attack him. After he takes a few hits, he'll summon twice as many daggers, meaning you have a smaller window within which to attack him. Fortunately, since your sword is stronger, this part of the battle won't take quite as long. In the second half of the battle, Ghirahim will summon not one, but two swords and renew his attack. When defending, he'll hold the swords in much the same way as a Stalfos, leaving one side open to strike. Hit him with a horizontal slash that connects with his unprotected side and then slash a few more times for extra damage.

If you fail to strike him, he'll unleash a powerful counterattack immediately and without fail. He'll also summon complicated series of daggers to send your way, such as a ring of them around you both horizontally and vertically. Spin Attacks will cut them out of the air, so look for the pattern of daggers. If they surround you, perform a horizontal Spin Attack and if they arch over your head, perform a vertical Spin Attack. Ghirahim's other dagger attacks can be Shield Bash-ed to send them flying back in his face. The best times to hit him are when he's defending and when he unleashes another new attack, in which he'll jump into the air and try to dive bomb you from above. Sprint out of the way and go in hacking at him when he lands.

Try not to get too close to him during the latter stage of the fight, since he'll be more aggressive and less defensive. It's easiest to just wait for him to try to attack from above. Keep at it, and soon enough he'll retreat. Gather your Heart Container. Leave the chamber and claim Din's Flame. It'll power up your sword to its strongest purified level, granting you the Master Sword, the blade of evil's bane. It's not quite reached its final form, but it now has the power of the three creator Goddesses! You can get a Heart Piece immediately after completing this dungeon. Just return to the front door.

Heart Piece
You need the Mogma Mitts for this Heart Piece. At the entrance to the Fire Sanctuary you can find a Gossip Stone with a dig spot in front of it (it's by one of the fire gates). Dig in the spot with your Mitts and you will find a Heart Piece.