A Link to the Past: Somaria%

Mato’s working on expanding the old article on the main site about the Cane of Somaria being renamed in the Japanese version of the GBA port of A Link to the Past (whoa, what a mouthful). I checked the WiiU VC and SFC Mini ports of the game over the weekend. As per the GameCats laws, I named the file “O.G. San” (but in hiragana cuz English letters wouldn’t fit):

Since I only needed to get to the Cane of Somaria and not worry about anything else, I ended up creating a pretty quick route that skips a lot of fat and goes straight for the meat:

  1. Get the Magic Powder (good for turning Fire Fairies/Bubbles into regular Fairies)
  2. Beat the Eastern Palace, get Pegasus Boots and run whenever possible
  3. Beat the Desert Palace, buy Zora Flippers
  4. Upgrade shield and boomerang behind the waterfall
  5. Get to the Dark World
  6. Get the hammer in the Dark Palace, use the Magic Mirror and leave without fighting the boss
  7. Upgrade Magic, rescue the bird from the statue
  8. Fly to Warp Point 1, get Ether Medallion
  9. Fly to Warp Point 7, beat Swamp Palace
  10. Fly to Warp Point 3, beat Blind’s Dungeon
  11. Rescue the frog and upgrade sword
  12. Fly to Warp Point 6, enter Misery Mire
  13. Get the boss key using this guide
  14. Use Magic Mirror to warp to the beginning of the dungeon, walk to big chest and get theย Cane of Somaria

I haven’t timed myself, but I like to call this my Somaria% speedrun :]

2 thoughts on “A Link to the Past: Somaria%”

  1. Hey, it’s better than the Super Mario Odyssey Nipple% run. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

    Which said: now I know how to write “O.G. San” in hiragana, which is going to be helpful! ๐Ÿ˜€

  2. But doesn’t “ojisan” mean something else in hiragana? Uncle or middle-aged man? ๐Ÿ˜€ I think “Ojiisan” is grandpa or old man.

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