Before I headed for the dungeon, I went back to the sky to buy a shield…two of them, actually. I then hopped on my bird and went back down to the surface. I proceeded through the deep woods and met up with my Goron friend.
He told me about these large stone goddess cubes, saying that the hero has to hit them with the light from a heavenly blade. I knew what to do. I charged up my sword and hit it. A beam of light went into the air. Not far away, I found another one and did the same with it. We weren’t sure what they did yet.
Anyway, I soon reached the dungeon. But Smurf-Fi warned me that hornet hives are in the area, and it would be best if I had a bug-catching net. So I went back up to the sky. When I did, Smurf-Fi informed me of changes in the energy up in the sky, which happened as a result of me hitting the goddess cubes earlier.
She marked the spots on my map. First, I went to town, found the floating ship and used my slingshot to ring the bell. The shop owner dropped me a rope and reeled me in. I bought the bug-catching net. After I was done shopping, I went and caught a butterfly just to test it out.
I then hopped on my bird and checked out the spots Smurf-Fi marked on my map. They were little islands in the sky. Each of them contained a heart container piece. Combined with one piece I already had, I now have three of the four pieces needed to add a heart to my health counter.
I then went back to the dungeon. I must say, for the first dungeon of the game, it’s very long and challenging. I think it’s comparable to the 6th or 7th dungeons in a lot of other Zelda games. Along the way, I got a new item: A beetle. It’s basically a remote-controlled flying bug. You launch it and you can fly it around. It can hit switches or cut through ropes and webs. It’s pretty cool.
At the end of the level, I met who appears to be a major bad guy: Demon Lord Ghirahim.
He is surprisingly tough for a first boss. This game really forces you to learn how to use your sword. I did eventually beat him (for now–we will clearly meet again) and I exited the dungeon.
However, I had planned on making a Youtube video of the first dungeon. So after I completed the dungeon (I didn’t save), I reset and did it all again for a video. I hope to put the video online within the next couple days. But even when I basically knew what I was doing the second time through, it still took around 45 minutes! My first time through was probably a couple hours as I figured everything out. But after I was done, I saved my game. There actually is a heart piece I saw inside the dungeon that I didn’t get, so maybe I’ll go back and get that next time.