The fifth palace was enjoyable. It was apparent that the item I needed was the hook shot. Just about every treasure chest was only accessible via hook shot, and I didn’t have it yet. The mini boss was a skeleton that you had to first hit with the sword, then injure with a bomb, very reminiscent of A Link to the Past. I beat him, but then he moved to another room. I found him again, and he moved again. I repeated this four times, and I finally got the hook shot as a result.
From that point forward, it wasn’t too hard to finish the palace. There was another mini boss, two spiders that required the hook shot as a weapon to defeat them. The final boss was a snake. It was easy to avoid damage, but the snake’s head would pop out of one of the four caves. As soon as it did, you had to latch on with the hook shot to draw it out, and then attack with the sword. Not very hard at all, beat it on my first try and I think I only had 3 or 4 hearts.
After this palace I did some more exploring. There was more item swaps. I swapped a broom for a fishing hook, the fishing hook for a necklace, and the necklace for a mermaid’s scale. Keep in mind, the people I exchanged with were all over the place. One guy was hiding under a bridge. I have no idea what to do with the mermaid’s scale. I’m sure I’ll trade it again for some other item.
Time played: 1 hour
