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  • That One Level: The Water Temple in this hack is every bit as frustrating as the one in the original The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The confusing layout is still there, but in addition, the order of rooms you need to visit and what you need to do is switched around, so even knowing how to go through the original will not help you. You also need to go through long stretches underwater, and unlike in Ocarina, you do not have a map or a Blue Tunic, so you have to go through with an Oxygen Meter, preventing you from exploring at your leisure. The large size of the place and its many passageways will ensure you spend a long time there. Getting the stars of the area will also force you to go looking for the switches to raise or lower the water level, and the Unagi star in particular is a massive Guide Dang It! The switch mechanic, in which doors and blocks open and close depending on the color of the switch, is used in other dungeons but really becomes annoying here as the switches are very out-of-the-way, and if you miss one of the stars, you will likely have to backtrack to press one of the switches. And to top it all off, the miniboss is Dark Mario from Super Mario 64: Last Impact who is That One Boss in both his native game and this one, while the main boss, the Big Manta, can take off all but one of your health points (which would make it That One Boss if not for the water in the arena that, due to being a Mario 64 hack, can heal you pretty fast).

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