Heart Container: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 73: | Line 73: | ||
Image:Heartpiece.png|A Piece of Heart in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]''</gallery> | Image:Heartpiece.png|A Piece of Heart in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]''</gallery> | ||
{{MMTradeSeq}} | |||
[[Category:Items]] | [[Category:Items]] | ||
[[Category:Health Restoring Items]] | [[Category:Health Restoring Items]] | ||
Revision as of 18:45, 16 March 2009
Link's health is symbolized throughout the The Legend of Zelda series (excluding The Adventure of Link) as a set of Hearts. As Link progresses through the games, he will require more and more health in order to survive the greater challenges. This additional health is acquired in the form of Heart Containers, with each Heart Container adding one whole heart to the amount of hearts Link has (again, excluding The Adventure of Link wherein the Heart Container adds an extra block to Link's life bar). A Heart Container is awarded after every major boss in the games. Most games finish with Link having gained a total of 20 hearts.
Piece of Heart
In many games, a Heart Container can be built manually by collecting four Pieces of Heart, which were introduced in A Link to the Past, and have since then have appeared in every other title following it, excluding Phantom Hourglass, in which only full Heart Containers could be found. These are scattered throughout the world, and can be found in treasure chests, won in mini-games, or given as thanks for helping someone. The amount of Pieces of Heart depends primarily on how many Heart Containers are in the game; the Pieces of Heart, combined with the Heart Containers, typically add up to a total of 20 Hearts by the end of a game.
It should be noted that Twilight Princess breaks the tradition by requiring five Pieces of Heart in order to create a Heart Container instead of the normal four. This is likely due to the high number of Heart Containers present in the game, and so more Pieces of Heart were required to keep the number of them similar to previous games. It's also worth noting that Twilight Princess is thus far the only game in the series to have an in-game "guide" showing the player where the Pieces of Heart are, in the form of Madame Fanadi.
Pieces of Heart Location Guides
Legend of Zelda
Adventure of Link
A Link to the Past
- Piece of Heart Location Guide at File:Sw small logo.pngStrategyWiki
- ZeldaDungeon.net's Guide
- ZeldaInformer.com's Guide
Link's Awakening
Ocarina of Time
Majora's Mask
Oracle of Seasons
Oracle of Ages
The Wind Waker
The Minish Cap
Twilight Princess
Phantom Hourglass
Super Smash Bros. series
In every game of the Super Smash Bros. series, the Heart Container appears as an item that can be grabbed during play. In the first game, it restores all health. In every subsequent game, however, it restores only 100% damage.
Galleries
Heart Container
-
Heart Container from the original The Legend of Zelda
-
Heart Container in A Link to the Past
-
Heart Container in A Link to the Past
-
A Heart Container as seen in Ocarina of Time
-
The Wind Waker-style Heart Container
Piece of Heart
-
A Piece of Heart in its first game, A Link to the Past
-
A Piece of Heart in The Minish Cap
-
A Piece of Heart in Twilight Princess
