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[Moosh]

Using glitches, I got all the way to dark world level 6 in LttP Advance with the green tunic and L1 sword. If only I could find a way to get into level 6 without the Master Sword...

[Moo2wo]

Speaking of LttP, I beat the SNES version using the glitch to go through the wall after you rescue Zelda from the dungeon of Hyrule Castle. I've never actually beat it the "correct" way, becuase of Ganon's Castle in the Dark World.

[Russ]

I got 15 medals on Trauma Team without even trying, just playing through it normally. I am good...
And then I beat the final boss on the hard difficulty. That is extremely difficult... Seriously...

[Eddard McHorn Van-Schnuder]

Oh, I forgot to mention, I killed a Rockstar Employee in Red Dead Redemption's online multiplayer on the day of its launch. Landed me a sweet achievement too :3 And I killed him not only once, but 13 times... without being killed myself!

[Moo2wo]

In Punch-Out!! Wii, I've earned all the achievments for all of the boxers, with the exception of Mr. Sandman.

[Fabbrizio]

I got a personal all-time high on StarFox64 - 630 kills!

[SpacemanDan]

I managed to beat Little Nemo: The Dream Master and Rainbow Islands on the NES on one continue. Though it was a close call on Rainbow Island. (I had one life left. )

[Russ]

I got an XS ranking on X-4 (Onyx) in Trauma Center: New Blood. Somehow I managed to finish it in under a minute. I still don't know how I managed to do that...

[GanonThePig97]

I completed the mission "The Perfect Run" in Super Mario Galaxy 2. In other words, i got every star. In other words, i am awesome

Edited by GanonThePig97, 14 June 2010 - 03:33 PM.

[Fabbrizio]

I am officially a member of the three-squared club. Three heart, three days. That's how I beat Majora's Mask today. I don't have a video of it, but that's mainly because I did it on the actual system, so I couldn't hypercam it. But yeah, all four dungeons in a single three-day run, without collecting a single heart container or heart piece.

Edited by PowerGauntlets, 14 June 2010 - 04:25 PM.

[Moo2wo]

After 6 years and my brother deleting my files because he was mad at me, I finally got all 120 Shine Sprites in Super Mario Sunshine 10 minutes ago.

[Russ]

I got an XS rank on Trauma Team's final boss. Finally. That was tough.

[Old-Skool]

LEGEND OF ZELDA/ZELDA II/MIKE TYSON'S PUNCH-OUT!!!

I'm just gonna paste in what I wrote at deviantArt. this was a month or so ago.

Well first of all, hello again everyone, or who all I know that is actually still around. I don't post often in Zelda circles anymore, mostly for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to:

Me getting older while the fans only get younger

Being too busy

My DS broke so Spirit Tracks is out fo the question

A decline in the series as Miyamoto is constantly dragged back into it

Part of the fanbase tried to destroy me

An ungrateful, unpleasable fanbase that boycotts the innovative titles for being too bizarre, and then complains after playing the formulaic ones, for them being to boring and unoriginal. Plus, they make the rest of the fanbase look bad.

Any day now, I know Miyamoto is going to end up lashing out at them. Then everyone is going to feel bad. Except me over on the Mario side

etcetera


but most importantly...

For many of the above reasons, I've lost interest in the series as a whole.



...Then, last week, something amazing happened.

I don't know what inspired me to do it. Maybe it was reading all those Courage Wolf images aboot getting into fistfights with F-16s and whatnot. But my balls went up to 11, and I decided to play through the second quest of the Original Legend of Zelda...

...Swordless.

(1) I have to say, this was like a brand new experience. Things start off very slow as you need to find enough money laying around to buy a candle and (preferrably) some bait. But then, it turns into a mad quest for the magic rod, which can be fought for if you just do a little item-raiding in dungeons. Then, I started fighting my way through the game, bombing wizzrobes only when needed (exactly two rooms). When it came time for Ganon, I went and got the magic sword, but kept myself jynxed until I actually reached him and won.

...I was not satisfied.

(2) I went back and did first quest, bypassing the wooden sword and again fighting with a candle and whatever I could scrounge up. Eventually I had six hearts, a blue ring, and a magic shield. Then I decided to go pick up the white sword. Well, what am I gonna do with all these toys?

...Item raiding. Starting with Level 6. Level 6, the wizzrobe dungeon. With six hearts and little more than a magic shield and blue ring, plus white sword. I actually made it to the magic rod, got it, and ran out, to go and raid more dungeons for their items, moving on to 5, then 7, 3, 4... when all dungeon items were collected, I went back for the fragments. In opposite order. Beat the game, did all that yahoo, and... no... I needed more.

So I decided to go and beat Zelda II. That's supposed to be a hard game right?

I actually had beaten the game over the weekend before that, but on an old file. This time I was going to start anew... ...without a candle. I went ahead and completed Parappa palace but after that, my focus was dead-set on getting the downward thrust. Meaning I'd either need the hammer or go right past it. Meaning I'd need to go through Death Mountain and other caves along the way... in the dark, with only whatever spells and containers I could muster along the way.

(1) As long as you know how to identify the presence of an enemy in the dark, candleless questing is easier than it sounds. You do however still need to worry aboot most flying enemies, and the dairas (alligator dudes) are still big pains in Death Mountain. It took me quite a few times, and quite a few oddly-muffled laughs by Ganon but I got to the bottom, took the beach north to Mido (does not require the hammer), then with the downward attack in tow, got my hammer.

(2)Once I crossed the river, my new objective was to get the magic key ASAP. This meant collecting dungeon items in both palaces 4 and 5, using the fairy spell to bypass locks, and then getting SPELL in hidden Kasuto. once all was said and done, I went back for the bosses, and ditched two more crystals.

(3)Three eye rock was a veritable breeze, but then I continued on to the Valley of Death, and learned something very terrifying:

Both the scripted and ordinary battles on the road to the Grand Palace count as caves. Meaning with no candle, despite all the lava, you're in the dark and can't see these floating enemies unless they're in the floor or something.

...surprisingly enough, the Fairy spell got me out of that. From there, the rest of the trip was smooth sailing, and I can now say I conquered Zelda II without a candle. and (most of) Zelda 1 without a sword. (I'd have done all of it but Ganon absolutely cannot be destroyed without one.)

Also, for kicks, I used a password on Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!! and after *several* tries, I took out Tyson. I've yet to do it again.



...anyways, somewhere between beating the first and second games, My interest in the series has actually started coming back. I think I'm starting to like these old Zeldas again, and to an extent, the new ones. I might go back and do Alttp soon, but no promises of going past that.

...at any rate, I'm coming for you, Ganon... *Plays *heart of fire* from CV

[Feenicks]

On the topic of Castlevania...
Recently beat the Nest of Evil in Portrait of Ruin. Ended up at level 55, I would like to think. I forgot to unequip stuff before going in (and had to deal with a Charlotte that used Chain Lightning) but ended up managing to beat her without having to use a potion (if I remember correctly). Then I went and got 1000% map completion.
In Richter mode, managed to beat Brauner at level 36. Still have to do a bit of leveling up for the final boss, but eh.

[Fabbrizio]

FINALLY beat Mario Pinball Land. Glad to be done with that game.