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Mazaal

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Mazaal
Mazaal
Mazaal
First appearance The Minish Cap (2005)
Weapon(s) Fists
Effective weapon(s) Arrows
Sword

Mazaal is the boss of the Fortress of Winds, the third dungeon in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. It was built by the ancient Wind Tribe to protect the shrine on the top of the fortress and the Ocarina of Wind that rests there. Mazaal consists of a golden colored head, spilt in two halves; one red and one blue. Each color also has a mechanical hand to represent it. While the hands specialize in combat, the head acts as a command module, though it can also attack on its own. However, as each halve of the head is interconnected to its respective hand, it will shut down if the hand is brought down. If both hands are brought down, Mazaal completely shuts down for a short while.

[edit] Battle

Link must use his recently acquired Bow to shoot the weak spots on the hands. When these hang out, Link must slash at them until they are damaged enough that Mazaal's face shuts down. Link can then turn Minish-sized by using the nearby portals. He can then enter the head through its mouth. Inside are six pillars, out of which one will be glowing. By striking this pillar with the sword, it breaks, and Link must exit the head to repeat the strategy. If he does not exit by himself, a miniature sentry will carry him out.

Once one pillar is down, the head begins to crumble from the inside, which requires Link to use his Mole Mitts to navigate through the debris. By destroying a total of three pillars, Mazaal will be defeated.

[edit] Attacks

The hands can grab Link and crush him or slam him into the ground. They can also summon Beetles or cause rocks to fall from the ceiling by violently slamming the ground on their own. The head uses its "eyes" to fire beams of energy at Link. The blue eye will fire an electrocuting beam across the room, while the red eye fires a beam than not only causes damage; it also shrinks Link to Minish-size.

[edit] Trivia

  • It should be noted that Mazaal bears several similarities to Gohdan from The Wind Waker as they share similar attack patterns, and both are a decapitated head with a pair of hands. Mazaal also bears a strong resemblance to Bongo Bongo from Ocarina of Time in that both bosses' hands must be defeated using arrows and the head can only be damaged by using special abilities.
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