Always Have Marin
Complete the first three levels and get Marin as a follower. Use the teleport hole to travel to the animal village. Move to the left, then press Select just when you are about to enter the next screen. Your character should move across the screen. Marin will now remain in your party for the duration of the game. |
Bomb-arrow
Configure the bombs and arrows as the two button items, then press A + B to shoot. |
Bonus Music
Enter "ZELDA" as a case-sensitive name. |
Bonus Seashells
Find exactly five secret seashells, then go to the Seashell Mansion. Enter, then walk right until finding the water flowing up a big pipe. Another bonus shell can be found by doing this with exactly ten seashells.
Note: Return to the Seashell Mansion with twenty seashells to obtain a level two power sword. This sword can shoot when your character's life is full. |
Cheaper Purchases
Select an expensive item from the counter, and begin payment. As your character's rupees are being deducted, quickly press A + B + Start + Select, then save and quit the game. Reload the saved game to keep the item and most of the rupees used to purchase it. |
Crane Mini-game
Position the crane on the top left side of the screen, with the shadow over the left moving conveyer belt. Wait until the desired item in the bottom right corner before dropping the crane. |
Easy Money
In level three, the Boss will taunt you and say that you will never find him. To get infinite rupies, get to the Boss, but do not ram the wall with the Pegasus Boots. Kill the blobs that fall on the screen for easy money. |
Flight
Obtain the Boomerang and the Rooster. Throw the Boomerang and pick up the Rooster. The Boomerang should hover below you. You cannot get attacked by normal enemies but you may attack them. |
Have Marin Get Thrown Out Of Crane Mini-game
Go to the Crane mini-game after Marin is following you around. She will ask if she can play. Answer yes and she will play, then pick up the Crane operator to get thrown out. |
Heart Piece Locations
Refer to the game map as a grid with 1 to 16 going left to right and A to Z going up and down. The heart pieces are located at the following coordinates:- 1: 1-K
- 2: 2-I
- 3: 5-E
- 4: 3-G
- 5: 15-M
- 6: 9-H
- 7: 15-C
- 8: 14-M
- 9: 7-H
- 10: 8-A
- 11: 2-A
- 12: 7-I
A heart can also be found surrounded by holes in the forest when trying to rescue Bow-Bow. |
Stealing
Your character can steal from shops by taking an item, and standing above the store keeper. As he looks towards the top of the screen, use the door to leave the shop.
Note: Your character will be branded a thief and may never return to the same shop. However, the game can be saved and reloaded if your character is killed by a store keeper, which allows the store to be re-entered without penalty. |
Wall Check
Use the sword to stab at the walls. If a hollow clank is heard, a bomb may be used to open the wall. |
