"Link to the Past" For Minimalists (SNES) Quiz

Answer: Boots

The Boots are needed to knock the Book of Madura off the shelf in the Library in Kakariko village. Link never needs to put anything in a bottle in "The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past" unlike in "Majora's Mask" when he must put someone in a bottle. Also the Boomerang, which is one of the most used items in the game, never needs to be used. Arrows or the Hookshot work in all instances.

Answer: 13

Link starts with three and gets an additional three, one for each boss guarding a pennant. In the Dark World he gets another seven, one from each of the bosses guarding the seven maidens.
At the beginning of the game when Link and Zelda come into the sanctuary, there is a heart container there in a chest. He does not have to get it.

Answer: True

If the Lantern is never obtained in the castle or in Link's house, Link can not get into the dungeon. Even with Zelda, Link can not push the block if he has no Lantern.

Answer: Bombos

Ether is needed to open up the sixth palace and Quake is needed to open up Turtle Rock. Although Bombos is the most powerful of the medallions, it is never needed. Also, Bombos melts the ice skeletons and destroys the ice cube surrounding the boss of the fifth palace.

Answer: False

Although very useful, the magic powder is never needed in the entire game although it makes it much easier. The powder IS able to transform red anti-fairies, yellow anti-fairies, bees, and the lady sweeping her front porch into fairies.

Answer: Yes

The Ice rod is needed once in the whole game: When Link is fighting Trinexx (the three-headed monster at the end of Turtle Rock [he gets his name from the number of heads)]. The Ice Rod is used to stun the fire head and the Fire Rod is used to stun the ice head.

Answer: When Link walks through a bumper

Link uses the cape to get a Piece of Heart in the dark world in a cave near where he ascends into Death Mountain in the Light World. There is a sign that says, "I'll give a Piece of Heart to anyone who wears the cape". There is a bumper in the path through which Link must pass in order to get the Piece of Heart.

Answer: False

Sorry to disappoint you. As much as I wish there were, there is no special ending for the Super Nintendo version. There is a special ending for the Game Boy Advance version.

Answer: 3

The Chest for Crystal 5 (Blue Mail), the Chest for Crystal 7 (Mirror Shield), and the Chest in Ganon's Palace (Red Mail) are not needed. As useful as the Blue and Red Mails are, they are not needed. Also the Mirror Shield is never needed. There is a spot where it blocks the beam of an eye on a wall guarding a key.

The Hookshot can be used to get to it. Edge forward shooting it in between moves. Link is invincible when it is extended.

Answer: Red Boomerang

In both worlds, the building is in the lower left corner of the town (SW), just west of the general store (in the Light World). It is completely useless to get the Red Boomerang here because Link can easily have the Red Boomerang by the time he enters the Dark World (he can get it behind the waterfall just before the area where you go to buy the flippers).

The only purpose of this chest is to give random delight to anyone who beats the game without the Boomerang. Normally there is 300 rupees in the chest.