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:
- Get the Magic Powder (good for turning Fire Fairies/Bubbles into regular Fairies)
- Beat the Eastern Palace, get Pegasus Boots and run whenever possible
- Beat the Desert Palace, buy Zora Flippers
- Upgrade shield and boomerang behind the waterfall
- Get to the Dark World
- Get the hammer in the Dark Palace, use the Magic Mirror and leave without fighting the boss
- Upgrade Magic, rescue the bird from the statue
- Fly to Warp Point 1, get Ether Medallion
- Fly to Warp Point 7, beat Swamp Palace
- Fly to Warp Point 3, beat Blind’s Dungeon
- Rescue the frog and upgrade sword
- Fly to Warp Point 6, enter Misery Mire
- Get the boss key using this guide
- Use Magic Mirror to warp to the beginning of the dungeon, walk to big chest and get the Cane of Somaria
I haven’t timed myself, but I like to call this my Somaria% speedrun :]