Squid-Hunt
Squid-Hunt is a Minigame in The Wind Waker.[1]
Location and Rules
The Squid-Hunt Minigame is found in the Game Room inside the lighthouse on Windfall Island. Salvatore introduces the game by portraying several naval characters under attack by a school of giant squids.[2][3] During the game, Link must find and destroy three squids hidden in random locations on an 8×8 grid by firing cannonballs at squares of his choosing. A miss results in a blue X appearing on that square, while a hit reveals the squid's body segment that was found. The squids are two, three, and four body segments in length,[4] always appear in vertical or horizontal straight lines, and do not overlap. Link is given 24 cannonballs to sink all three squids.[5]
The first time Link succeeds in defeating the squids, he is rewarded with a Piece of Heart by Salvatore portraying a group of grateful children.[6] A second victory yields Treasure Chart #7.[7] Every subsequent victory nets a Purple Rupee.[8] If Link manages to destroy all three squids using fewer than 20 shots, he will also be rewarded with Treasure Chart #23.[9] After Link has obtained both Treasure Charts, he will receive an Orange Rupee every time he beats his personal record.
Trivia
- In the Japanese version of The Wind Waker, the goal of the game is to sink ships rather than squids.[10] Salvatore also has a different voice in this version.
- In 2020, nearly two decades after The Wind Waker's initial release, members of the Speedrunning community reverse-engineered the Minigame and published an open-source probability calculator for it.[11]
Nomenclature
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Gallery
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Salvatore in the Game Room
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Salvatore portraying a pirate during the Minigame
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Salvatore portraying children during the Minigame
See Also
References
- ↑ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD PRIMA Official Game Guide, Prima Games, pg. 293
- ↑ "Velcome to zee fleet! I am zee great Admiral Dolvalski! Look sharp, for vee are zee sole protectors of zis island!" — Salvatore (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Admiral! Red alert! All hands on deck! Sonar shows that schools of deadly giant squid are approaching! All ships prepare for battle!" — Salvatore (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "To destroy zee marauding squid pods, you must score four direct hits on zee large, three on zee medium, und two on zee small!" — Salvatore (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "But be varned...you haff only 24 cannonballs zat you can fire." — Salvatore (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Hoorayyy! Yayyy! Yayyy! Oh, thank you, Mr. Sailor! Please take this Piece of Heart as a sign of our gratitude. You are soooooo GREAT!" — Salvatore (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Hoorayyy! Yayyy! Yayyy! Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Sailor! This is our thanks to you! It's been passed down on our island for many years, so don't tell the island elder, OK? Here...
Please accept this Treasure Chart!" — Salvatore (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Yayyy! Yayyy! Yayyy! Oh, thank you, Mr. Sailor! Please accept all of our combined allowances! Take these 50 Rupees as your reward! Hooray for money!" — Salvatore (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Whoa. Wait a sec. 19?! Hey, that's a new record... So, uh, you get this, too." — Salvatore (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ PyoroX, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Japanese Battleship Mini-game , YouTube (video), published January 15, 2011, retrieved June 27, 2021.
- ↑ Linkus7, How We Solved the Worst Minigame in Zelda's History , YouTube (video), published May 19, 2020, retrieved January 3, 2022.
