Part 5: Midoro Palace is a very fine palace, indeed.

Note: before I start, I'm going to say that if you're one that pays close attention to health, numbers, and all that jazz, you'll notice that occasionally my numbers are off. It just so happens that F9, the button to take screenshots, is next to F10, which is a virtual "reset" button, and I've had a tendency to hit it on occasion . I countered this by doing freezes. Cheating? Yeah, kind of. Saves me a lot of time, though.

And thedarkid, if you're reading this: I stole something from your RE4 Let's Play. I hope you don't mind, because you probably borrowed it from something too.

Chapter 5: Midoro Palace is a very fine palace, indeed.


Welcome to Midoro Palace. One of our very nifty little features is that if you rub the statue in the front...

It drops a magic potion for good luck.

Inside the palace, Downstab is confronted with crying columns. Only the red tears hurt and the blue ones turn into bits (the blue guys you see on the right)

Stalfos. This is the blue, downstabbing variant.

Skull heads fly that of a cosine curve. In other words, they're annoying to dodge. Don't know what cosine means? Take more Trig

There's a gate here and I don't have a key

Let's find one. Here we encounter a Rope. Snakes that shoot little balls at you. Downstab's shield protects against such pitiful attacks.

And killing them yields a level up!

We should kill some skull balls while we're at it.

Key area.


Downstabbin'

YAY KEY


Yep. That's all done.

Oh dear. Lava pits. Downstab is not a fan.

This won't get in the way.

Iron Knuckle. He's easy once you know the strategy to kill the little bastard.

Jump 'n slash.


See that head in the wall, if I hit it...

A magic potion appears! Okay, cool trick right here: To get more out of the red potions, select the spell life. Grab the red potion, as it starts to fill up your magic, cast life. Your health gets restored and the game doesn't stop where it "should" in regards to where your magic should be. It stops a bit farther.

See where my magic is? It should actually be almost empty. Hax!

A door.

A key. Busted.

I forgot to take a picture of the floating eye that flies around here and drops lava balls on you. Annoying. You'll be seeing them later.

Hmm... a very large room, what could it be?

Falling blocks! I better get around them.

I wish Nintendo changed the layout of the treasure room. I know what to expect when I enter here.

Some bits.

And a holy-shit-he's-red Iron Knuckle.

Followed by a yellow Iron Knuckle.

It's the handy glove! Or Power glove. It's so bad.




Too bad this doesn't make my attack any stronger.

Blocks are a'fallin.'

But I can break them now with my handy little power glove.

And I'm in.

These parts are annoying. Those heads shoot lasers or something at you. Highly annoying.

Alright guys. Here's the scoop. These things are called "Hammer throwers" and they throw, well... hammers. Sorry to ruin your childhood. Looking it up has already ruined mine. I still preferred they were called sashas and they were throwing chickens or something.

These things!

We're getting closer and closer...

Whoa. That P-bag is in a dangerous spot. Can Downstab get it? No sweat.

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Downstab enters an alternate reality...





Why am I doing this again?

Didn't I save the Princess 7 years ago? Why now?

I'll miss that vacation I took three years ago. No need to save princesses, good friends. Colorful graphics.

Sigh...

I wish I could go back to the 16-bit world again.


X was pretty awesome. He had a plethora of weapons. He even let me try the X-buster.

Kirby took me adventuring. Great times. Man, that guy can eat. Me and him share that little trait of being silent protagonists who can only make crazy grunts and sounds.

Ahh, Jim. Funny guy. Never quite understood the obsession with cows. But like me, was also on that elusive quest to save a princess, Princess What's-Her-Name.

Fox took me out in the arwings. Wonderful time there, as well. I wonder if he ever worked things out with Krystal. Every time I call Slip or Falco they give me different accounts. I've heard about 12 different stories.

Ahh, Samus. I guess every vacation has it's bad moments. Samus went postal on our date to the Space Colony when she found out my secret.

And last, but not least...


Mario... We had wonderful times that I'll never forget. We were so close, then he had to do that... I just don't think I'll ever be able to forgive him for it...

Back to reality...






Okay, Downstab continues on. He's got no health left and not enough magic to cast life. We he make it?

Oh shit. Iron Knuckle. Red.

I'm saved!

Heh, took a hit. That's why you can't see Downstab.

Sweetness. Sword upgrade.

Oh crap! We're here.

Helmethead Sanders. He's got two helmets under there before he reveals his true self.

Upon attack, he's really bald. He's only got one eye too.

Bam.

Excellent.

It's all red and purrdy.

The crystal is in place. Party on!

Let's upgrade our magic from the automatic level up!

And Midori Palace is finished.

But we've got some unanswered questions. What of Downstab's mysterious past? Why does he hate Mario so? All will be revealed in the future. Until then, keep dreaming.

Next update: This is a very awkward Death Mountain.