Zelda: Twilight Princess [GC] (No Commentary) #051, Sacred Grove: The Temple of Time

This is video #051 in my playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the GameCube. This video does not contain commentary. To view the commentary version, click here:    • Zelda: Twilight Princess [GC] (Commentary)...   The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [GC] No-Commentary Playlist:    • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [GC...   The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [GC] Commentary Playlist:    • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [GC...   Previously, after clearing the Snowpeak Ruins, Link gathered a couple of Pieces of Heart. He also learned at Telma's Bar that his friend Rusl is checking things in North Faron Woods. Time to check in with him. In North Faron Woods, he finds Rusl (time 0:50). According to Rusl, on the far side of the deep gorge, there is an ancient temple that conceals a sacred power somewhere deep in the woods. He tasks Link with acquiring this sacred power. Then, he summons his partner to help Link out: a golden cucco! After the dialogue, Link picks up the golden cucco and uses him to glide across the gorge (time 2:37). This bird is certainly faster than the normal cucco! Link will need to use the Gale Boomerang to rotate the bridge so that he can land on it. On the other side, he enters the Sacred Grove (time 3:58). He will again have to chase after the Skull Kid. This time, the light from the Skull Kid's lantern will serve as a guide. He will be able to tag the Skull Kid with his sword the first time, but the second and third times, he will have to shoot him with an arrow. Link can generally outrun the Deku Golems in human form. After Link tags the Skull Kid the first time, he will find the location of a Poe if it is nighttime (time 5:35). The Poe is where Link tagged the Skull Kid as a wolf. Link will have to swim under the waterfall and climb to get to it. Once he defeats it, he acquires Poe's Soul #50. Also, Link will find an area with two torches (time 6:51). He can light them to reveal a chest with 15 Water Bombs. Once Link has tagged the Skull Kid three times, the Skull Kid retreats into another courtyard (time 9:33). This is not the courtyard where Link originally fought him. This time, Link will have to shoot him with the bow, generally with careful aiming. When the Skull Kid has been struck out, he opens a secret place for Link. Then, Link exits to this secret place (time 11:17). He arrives at a raised area south of the statue puzzle. After he pushes a Triforce-marked block down, he will gain access. A statue is blocking a doorway. At the Master Sword's pedestal in the north, Link must Strike the pedestal by pressing the A button (time 12:39). The statue in front of the doorway to the south vanishes. However, in the central part of the area, five Shadow Beings will drop in to attack Link, as well as a flock of Twilit Keese (time 13:12). Ridiculous. When the Shadow Beings are defeated, Link gains control of the Sacred Grove warp point (time 14:25). Would have been nice to get this earlier... In the south, Link goes through the now unblocked doorway (time 15:05). It appears to lead him through a time warp, back to when the structure at the Sacred Grove still stood. On the eastern side of the stairway, he can grab his final Golden Bug, the Female Snail (time 15:38). Then, to the north, Link must Strike the Master Sword's pedestal again (time 16:42). A stairway appears! As he reclaims his sword, Ooccoo rushes past him and past a false window. Past the false window, Link finds the entrance to the sixth dungeon, the Temple of Time (time 17:19). As Link heads towards the northern doorway, Midna will pop out for a scene (time 18:07). In nearby areas, there were always two statues, but here, there is only one. She advises Link to investigate things with his Senses. When he changes to wolf form and uses his Senses, he notices that there was once a statue on the western side of the doorway. Now, he must hunt down the missing statue. On the northwest dais, he must weigh down the switch (time 19:05). This raises a platform on the western side of the raised walkway. On the eastern side of the raised walway, he must light two torches (time 19:31). This reveals a chest containing a Small Key. As Link approaches the passageway leading south, he runs into Ooccoo (time 20:00). Apparently, her people's ancient technology sleeps here. Wait ... Rusl said this place was built by the ancestors of the Hylians. She couldn't be one of that ancient race ... could she? And Link is reunited with Ooccoo once again! Then, up the southern stairway and on the second floor, Link goes through the locked door (time 20:41). In this corridor, there are Cyclops Skulltulas. He can weigh down the switch with a pot to open two gates. After weighing down the switch, Link can find a chest to the south with 30 Arrows (time 21:20). Arrows won't really be a problem here, though. The description is continued in the comments.