Topic: Hyrule Warriors (& Legends) - OT

@DarthNocturnal: What the....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Wow, the level to get Link's 3rd spinner was a bit brutal. It's like, a full adventure mission with one of those evil master quest rules.

Getting hit at all = no new weapon.

Thankfully the rank doesn't count the KO count, so you can rush and run away from unnecessary fights. It still took me like 8 tries though...

From what I hear Zelda's 3rd Dominion Rod is a similar mission, sheesh that'll be fun.

I finally got Lana's 8 bit weapon on the Termina map for Wii U. Took me so many tries but I just managed to get it (5,900 damage when 6,000 and above is B rank). All that's left for me regarding 100% completion is some more A ranks and heart pieces/containers on Termina map and 1 A rank on Ganon's Fury.

I finally got Ruto's level 3. I oddly found the best way to take out Zant in a timely manner was to use the guard breaker potion and just wail on him with weak attack strings. (being careful not to take unecessary hits of course.)

Apparently Zant has a special mechanic where you need to shield his attacks to make him show is weak point thingy.

Of course he'll show it normally every now and then, but it's supposedly faster to just shield around him.

Using the shield break potion sounds like a good choice though, doubles as a way to use those useless bronze materials too.

I tried the thing to block and get him to expose, but I found it more efficient to simply go balls out with the guard breaker potion up. Of course being level 70 helps too.

How can I unlock the bonus "Rewards" Adventure Map and the Giant Cucco Challenge Mode?

The challenge mode and ganon's rage (cucco mode) are not in the 3DS game. In the case of the WiiU game, if you have the giant bosses DLC I think you unlock the cucco by doing well as Ganon. (Edit: unlock by a ranking Ganon's third level)

In the case of the rewards map, you need to complete at least one skulltula picture, each one unlocks a different mission on the map.

@Meowpheel: There really needs to be a separate thread for the 3DS version of the game.

That said, thanks for the info.

Also are there any other Challenge Mode rewards?

There actually is. It's a bit burried in the 3DS forum.

About your new question, I don't really know. But there's many guides available online you can check.

@Meowpheel: Where at?! The only FAQ website I've ever seen is GameFAQs and over the past few years the quality of the guides have dropped substantially and worse yet most games released in the past two or three years don't have a single FAQ including Xenoblade Chronicles X...

Heck even Hyrule Warriors doesn't have a single complete guide and none of the available ones share any information regarding the DLC packs...

I usually just Google what I need and find answers in a few different places.

If by challenge mode you mean the missions from the giant bosses pack, it seems the rewards other than the cucco are recolor costumes based on bosses.

Link = Beast Ganon (black and red)
Lana = King Dodongo (yellow and red)
Zelda = Argorok (black and red)
Ganondorf = Cucco (white and red)
Cia = Manhandla (green and red)

@Meowpheel: Thanks!

On-Topic: The fronk?! Why is Ganondorf wielding Agitha's parasol in one of the Master Quest Adventure Mode battles?!

Edit: And Lana is wielding the Hylian Sword!

Agitha had to go to Labrynna with her family, and the only one with the knowledge and finesse required to take care of her beloved bugs is Ganondorf.

Medli and Master Wind Waker pack is coming next week!

Medli is integrated into the Adventure map like Cia, Volga and Wizzro were in the Master Quest map in the Wii U version.

UK/EU trailer:

That's great news, I hope it means the other DLC characters will have missions in their respective maps too.

From what I heard, the reason the previous DLC characters didn't, was because in Japan you could buy them separately (so if they were incomplete it would feel like a rip-off), but that is not the case with this DLC... So let's wait and see.

Interesting how only the Japanese trailer mentions the new character costumes, one would think they're also a selling point for the DLC map.

In the case of Cia, Volga and Wizzro (on the WiiU) and Medli (on the 3ds) it's less a case of "they're mandatory" and more of "if you want to experience them fully, then buy the DLC".

If anything, they're the characters that would make sense to offer with everything unlocked. But they're instead used to taunt you into buying the DLC instead. Which is fine.

Nothing so far indicates or predicts what they'll do with the future characters, as I said, let's wait and see.

@Meowpheel I heard that Medli will be free for the Wii U version owners via update! Is this true?!

@Neko_Ichigofan It is true just like with Cia, Wizzro and Volga back in October 2014. Download the update and then Medli will automatically be there.