Wednesday, 7 February 2024

263 zelda breath of the wild - zalta wa shrine

Dear Readers,

Zalta Wa Shrine was puzzle oriented, which suited me at the moment, because I was after fighting a lot of guardians outside.

All I had to do was shoot one orb with an arrow, throw another orb into its chamber and use the trampolining platform to help me reach an activated platform. I grabbed the treasure along the way too.

Short and sweet enough.

Tuesday, 6 February 2024

262 zelda breath of the wild - practice in fighting guardians

Dear Readers,

I decided to visit the Rito area and take on the divine beast there. The other places I couldn't really visit without medicine to cool down so I decided on this one next. Besides, I didn't meet many Rito but I met plenty of Gorons and Gerudo so far.

The way I wanted to take there was across the northern part of Hyrule Field, because I wanted to get practice in fighting Guardians. I got some practice and I made many costly mistakes, but they seem manageable enough. Before this my strategy was mostly about avoiding them. I lost a lot of swords and shields as I went through them. I must've fought about four or five of them?

I enjoyed chopping their legs off and stunning them with arrows. Deflecting their beams seems to be the best way, but it's a tricky thing to do right. Also, for some reason, the Master Sword always lights up when I'm around them.

In any case, I'm glad to have more experience. I continued riding until I got to that shrine I saved for later.

Monday, 5 February 2024

100 pokémon picross - m01 fifth column, fifth row

Dear Readers,

This puzzle was handy enough and fairly straightforward to figure out. The pattern I ended up with kind of looked like a cartoon lightning bolt, especially when lined up with the tile above it. Lookin' good.

Sunday, 4 February 2024

99 pokémon picross - bidoof time mission

Dear Readers,

I took on Bidoof's one minute mission with Mew equipped. I also had Klefki for any auto fix x parts I needed to take care of. Just like the other one with Celebi, I finished the puzzle in one second thanks to the freeze time moves.

I got to unlock a mural tile, which was nice too.

Saturday, 3 February 2024

98 pokémon picross - slow training session

Dear Readers,

The training was very slow today. Much slower than usual. After a while I didn't even feel like racing anymore and just saw it through to the end for my 7 Picrites. It took me well over 3 minutes.

Friday, 2 February 2024

97 pokémon picross - m01 sixth row, third column

Dear Readers,

With three entire columns of 0 fills, I thought this was going to be another easy one, but it wasn't. It was fine, but it was very tightly clued, filling in lots at first but then filling one here and there, chipping away like a sculptor. It ended in a very satisfying way and felt like a good puzzle.

This tile had a line going down the left side before turning in a diagonal. It joins with the tile underneath, continuing that diagonal line along with a branching line of its own.

Thursday, 1 February 2024

96 pokémon picross - cubchoo time mission

Dear Readers,

Cubchoo's time mission demanded for it to be completed within one minute. I set Celebi and hilariously finished the puzzle with 1 second on the timer thanks to its time freeze ability.

The next move medal I was going after was auto fix x, so I set Jirachi as well and used up all 25 of its moves on the second to last solution while the timer was stopped. It was like hitting a 10 coin block in Mario games haha.