The Zelda series has had its fair share of bizarre ways to battle bosses over the years, such as in A Link to the Past, where you could reflect Agahnim's magic bolts with the bug net, or in Ocarina of Time where you could use a bottle in your tennis match against Ganondorf. Now, it seems that another unconventional weapon has been discovered in Wind Waker, quite possibly for the first time since the game originally released on GameCube.
When Link reaches the end of the Forbidden Woods in Wind Waker, he must take down the evil Kalle Demos plant with the boomerang item upon reaching the final chamber. Typically, one uses Link's sword to deal damage in this relatively easy fight, but a YouTuber named Fish_Waffle64 recently discovered that you can kill the boss in one hit if you just dump some Forest Spring Water on it. Here's a video of it in action:
Though the video shows it being done on the HD remake, it's been confirmed that it also works in the original game. Amazing.
What do you think? Did you discover this on your own? What other Nintendo games do you think could be hiding secrets like this? Drop us a comment in the section below.
[source youtube.com]
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It's been this long and no one tried it until now? That's incredible and hilarious. Looks like everyone's gonna scramble for a new world record! (Unless there's some glitch that allows you to skip forbidden forest)
To think people still wouldn't know if the HD remake never came out.
Edit: Or maybe not. The speed run isn't much slower, if at all, since you can kill Kalle Demos in one cycle.
Wow that's awesome. I guess it was never published anywhere?
@MasterWario Technically, the special water isn't important until after you beat this dungeon. I guess nobody since 2002 thought to try using the water before you beat the dungeon...
Interestingly, Spring Water is very bad for carnivorous plants. The minerals in Spring Water can be harmful to them!
This is amazing, and I just know that this was intentional programming. Definitely going to be doing this on my next playthrough.
Wait... I assumed this was common knowledge. What else are you gonna do? Don't tell me you actually stood there clumping the with a sword!
Are you trying to tell me that only me and this guy have ever done it?
Someone needs to try this on other bosses in game now. This is a bit mind blowing and somewhat comforting that we still don't know everything about this iconic gem in gaming history.
A sword is needed for a real noble fight, not a sneaky poison bottle...
Ha, neat. This is why zelda is so amazing... endless secrets to discover, even years later. Imagine how many BotW will provide...
On a side note, I always loved the name Kalle Demos... definitely one of the cooler boss names in the series, right up there with Kholdstare and Vitreous. It's so exotic!
@gcunit you, me and this guy. I thought it was common knowledge. Like defeating Ganondorf with the Tingle Tuner.
@MasterWario My understanding is that people skip the boomerang in speedruns, opting instead to throw bombs under Kalle Demos with perfect timing so the bomb explodes within the head's hurtbox, since it can still take damage while it's in the flower. Not sure how much quicker this makes the boss fight, but I imagine it actually is slower to use the Sacred Forest Water.
Edit: And yes, it's possible to get bombs near the start of the game.
You can also just quick-spinattack a few times for a quick kill.
Makes sense, its purifying. Nice find though!
Yeah, I never tried this. Interesting find. Keep discovering, gamers.
That's so cool!!!
Water, a plants only weakness!
The fact that it exists in both the HD and the original versions of this game tells me this is an intentional secret. Whether for some sort of quick-pass for testing, or a deliberate secret referring to using The Deku's natural water against an unnatural parasite in the plants. Either way, this is a very cool find!
Wow, interesting!
That's a pretty interesting find, makes you wonder if there's any other weird kill methods that hasn't been found yet in a Zelda game.
What about Gohma and pouring water in its lava pool? lol
That's neat, but this boss battle was one of my favorites in the game, I wouldn't want to make it any shorter. Gotta love those particle effects!
Wow, that's a pretty funny thing they included in the game. Very cool find!
Since apparently, this happens in both versions of the game, it must've been intentional. If so, that's awesome and hilarious!
I wonder what made them think to try it?
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