/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7064358
>Most OP boomerang ever
I got LA back in 1996 (the player's choice version), and I replayed it several times. Just last year when I was replaying it I found out about the boomerang after all these years.
I also managed to finally find the missing heart pieces I was missing in my original childhood file, I did have to look up a guide though, the last 2 heart pieces were way too cryptic (although could still be found with extensive exploration, which I did, but was still too well hidden)

>>6830007
I finally 100%'d my childhood file of LA last year. You are right, I had to resort to looking up the solution online. That one, and another one that's on a cave, on a hidden room that you find when you blow up a wall with a bomb, the thing is, the wall there doesn't have any indication (cracked wall) that you can break it, it's just a normal wall on a random cave.
Those were the only 2 that are bullshit. The rest of the game (all the other heart pieces and all the seashells) were hidden in reasonable places that you could figure out.
However, I also agree with these guys:
>>6830680
>>6831572
While these 2 heart pieces are very randomly hidden, there's still a chance you'd come across them while exploring. For example, whenever I was swimming in the game, I'd randomly push the B button to dive, there are 1 or 2 secrets that you find by diving, so you think there might be more stuff hidden somewhere. It's just in a very random place without any visual cue that there's something there, but it's not something impossible to find either.
Same with the hidden room behind the wall on the cave, you can check which walls are breakable by the sound your sword makes when you hit the wall.
Basically, if you're a kid and only have a few games, there's a chance you will explore every single tile and do every single thing you can do in every tile to get the most out of the game.
It's bullshit in a way, but at the same time it's just the final heart, which isn't needed to see the end of the game or anything, nothing really changes if you get all hearts, it's just the fact you've 100%'d the game.
As I said, everything else in the game was logically hidden, especially the seashells. Those are fun to hunt.
Also, playing the game last year I also found about the boomerang for the first time, blew my mind.

>>6675615
I only found out about the Boomerang when I replayed the game last year.
Got the game in 1996, never knew about it. Blew my mind.

I only found out about the boomerang in Link's Awakening last year. I've had the game since the 90s. Probably not "rare" per se but I'd imagine a lot of people also missed it.

LA is my favorite Zelda game period.
I was mind-blown when I replayed it last year and for the first time came across the boomerang. I just had no idea.

I learned about the boomerang in LA a few months ago.
I've owned the game since 1996.

>>6049989
>>6050004
I can guarantee you 2 of these 3 heart pieces you're missing are the ones I mentioned in the OP.
Another thing I discovered for the first time while replaying the game now is that there is actually a boomerang. It blew my mind to find a new item in the game more than 2 decades later.