It’s always risky discussing video games in a webcomic. One wouldn’t want to be confused with an actual gaming comic…especially these days, what with Zero Punctuation’s latest review rant on gaming webcomics (language!!!). So…I don’t touch upon gaming all that often, but sometimes, something has to be said.
I was sitting in the living room the other day watching my daughter play Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Sure…I’ll just blow it up?
How?
I’ll kill a fish…
WTF?!? Turns out in the world of Zelda, the lake is full of pyrotechnic fish. If you kill them…they blow up…
Now, I realize I’m showing my prejudices here. Though mine and subsequent generations are supposed to love Zelda, I chose a different path. My video gaming career went from Atari 2600 to C64 to Amiga to Sega and beyond. I never even owned a Nintendo of any form until my daughter asked for her first Gameboy. I preferred the Sega Game Gear, and now, while the girls have DS’s and a Wii, I have a PSP and a 360. I’m just not a big Nintendo guy, so maybe I’m missing something…
…but explosive *fish*?!? Really?
…
God I miss the Dreamcast…
Then you missed Mask of Majora’s Bomb Mask (n64). One of the single most desperate-for-a-weapon ideas I’ve ever seen. It’s a mask you wear. And you run into things face first to set it off. And it does damage to your character.
Given the vast array of chemicals nature is capable of generating and the number of species willing to martyr, an exploding critter is entirely believable. That mask, though, THAT’S retarded.
You’re right… that does sound really, really dumb. On the plus side, it reaffirms my non-Nintendo stance (though I do have the Wii).
So I’ve never played Majora, but I was amused when I read the ghost story associated with it.