The game is narrow to begin with: there is little flexibility about the order you do things in, and few places to visit. Bombchu are needed once (in the Spirit Temple) but not shown. Most of the side quests have been omitted (golden skulltulas, ammunition power-ups, big poes, bottles, stone of agony, heart pieces, etc) and the ones present have been simplified, notably the masks and Biggoron’s sword. Places are written in blue and connected to the items you need to possess in order to visit that place.

When there are alternative solutions these are indicated with dashed lines for example at one point in the acquisition of the mirror shield you need to light some torches this can be done either with Din’s Fire spell or with fire arrows. When there are several items above another and connected to it then all are required. This usually means that item A needed to be used in order to get to the place where item B is found, but in a few cases it means that you can’t fail to acquire item A before item B. When box A is above box B and connected to it by a line then you can’t get item B without having first got item A. Plot tokens (items that have no use except to advance the plot) are in sharp-cornered boxes items which have other uses are in round-cornerned boxes. For example, you don’t need to complete Dodongo’s Cavern (by beating the boss) in order to progress to Zora’s Domain you just need the bomb bag that you get by defeating the mini-boss.įigure 1 shows the items and songs that you acquire during the course of the game, and the places that you gain access to. It’s not in general the acquisition of new plot tokens that opens up new areas of the game, but instead it’s the acquisition of new tools. There is in theory an activity of finding plot tokens: the three spiritual stones and the five medallions of the sages. Ocarina of Time is structured around the opening of new areas of the game and the acquisition of tools.

This article analyzes the structure of the puzzles in the Nintendo 64 video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The structure of the puzzles in the Nintendo 64 video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

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