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{{Infobox|item | |||
| image = [[File:Lttp Magic Meter.png]] | |||
| caption = The Magic Meter from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' | |||
| game = ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The Adventure of Link]]''<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]''<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'' | |||
| location = '''''The Adventure of Link'''''<br/>Default<br/>'''''A Link to the Past'''''<br/>Default<br/>'''''Ocarina of Time'''''<br/>[[Death Mountain Trail]]<br/>'''''Majora's Mask'''''<br/>[[Clock Town|North Clock Town]]<br/>'''''The Wind Waker'''''<br/>[[Forest Haven]] | |||
| use = Displaying [[Magic Power|magic]] quantity | |||
| related = [[Stamina Wheel]]<br/>[[Energy Gauge]] | |||
}} | |||
The '''Magic Meter''' is an on-screen indicator used to display [[Link]]'s current [[Magic Power|magic]] quantity in relation to how much is used from magic requiring items. Visually, it is generally a bar in the top portion of the screen with Link's current magic quantity, and with the exception of ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The Adventure of Link]]'', has the appearance of a long green bar. | |||
==''The Adventure of Link''== | |||
The Magic Meter in ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The Adventure of Link]]'' is seen at the top left hand corner of the screen. It is the only meter so far that deviates from the green-colored bar and instead uses multiple white bars, each representing sixteen magic points, and a numerical integer next to the word "magic" to indicate level number. Magic abilities in this game can be upgraded by leveling up; however, magic can only be upgraded to level eight. | |||
<gallery widths=160 heights=40> | |||
File:AoL Magic Meter.png|The Magic Meter from ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The Adventure of Link]]'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
==''A Link to the Past''== | |||
''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' is the first ''Zelda'' game to feature the iconic green magic meter. This one is vertical and on the left-hand side of the screen, and though it is available from the game's beginning, the player cannot use it until obtaining the [[Lantern]]. Visiting the [[Mad Batter]] allows the player to upgrade the magic storage ability, through a curse, by adding a ½ above the Magic Meter, indicating that magic consumption has been decreased by one-half. This effectively "doubles" the magic the player can carry.{{Ref|LttP|309|Mad Batter}} | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:ALTTP Magic Meter.png|The Magic Meter from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' | |||
File:ALTTP Magic Meter Double.png|The Magic Meter from ''A Link to the Past'' with one-half magic consumption applied | |||
</gallery> | |||
==''Ocarina of Time''== | |||
Magic is obtained initially after completing [[Dodongo's Cavern]] and traveling up [[Death Mountain]] along the [[Death Mountain Trail]] to the summit where the player finds the [[Great Fairy|Great Fairy of Power]] who grants magic abilities to the [[Spin Attack]].{{Ref|OoT|358|[[Navi]]}}{{Ref|OoT|1255|[[Kaepora Gaebora]]}}{{Ref|OoT|1256|Kaepora Gaebora}}{{Ref|OoT|244|Great Fairy of Power}} | |||
An upgrade is also available from the [[Great Fairy|Great Fairy of Wisdom]], inside [[Death Mountain Crater]], whose fountain is behind boulders which only the [[Megaton Hammer]] can break. This is where the player is granted the doubled meter.{{Ref|OoT|245|Great Fairy of Wisdom}} | |||
<gallery widths=160 heights=40> | |||
File:Magic Meter - OOT64.png|The Magic Meter from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]'' | |||
File:Magic Meter Double - OOT64.png|The double-length Magic Meter from ''Ocarina of Time'' and ''Majora's Mask'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
==''Majora's Mask''== | |||
Much like ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]'' features a similar Magic Meter and specific weapons with similar magical requirements. The Magic Meter is first found after returning one [[Stray Fairy]] to the [[Great Fairy|Great Fairy of Magic]] in [[Clock Town|North Clock Town]].{{Ref|MM|886|Great Fairy of Magic}} A doubled meter is found after the player returns all fifteen Stray Fairies to the [[Great Fairy|Great Fairy of Wisdom]], located by the base of the [[Snowhead Temple]] in [[Snowhead]].{{Ref|MM|946-948|Great Fairy of Wisdom}} | |||
==''The Wind Waker''== | |||
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'', the Magic Meter appears after [[Link (The Wind Waker)|Link]] acquires the [[Deku Leaf]] atop of the [[Great Deku Tree]] in the [[Forest Haven]]. Later, Link can double the Magic Meter by locating a [[Big Octo]] at [[Two-Eye Reef]]. Defeating this monster frees a Great Fairy, who grants him some of her power in gratitude.{{Ref|WW|2903-2905|Great Fairy}} This gives Link twice as much Magic Power as before.{{Ref|WW|192|In-game description}} | |||
<gallery widths=160 heights=40> | |||
File:WW Magic Meter.png|The Magic Meter from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Cut Content== | |||
{{Cut|section}} | |||
===''Twilight Princess''=== | |||
The Magic Meter was originally going to appear in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]'', as evidenced by seven screenshots of the [[Nintendo Wii|Wii]] version posted to zelda.com showing it - one of which even made its way onto the back of the Wii release's box - and the existence of [[Chu Jelly|Green Chu Jelly]] in certain versions of the game. Blue and yellow versions of its design were used in the finished game as the gauges for [[Link (Twilight Princess)|Link]]'s oxygen and [[Lantern]] [[Lantern Oil|oil]], respectively. | |||
Text remaining in the game files suggests Link needed magic to use the [[Shadow Crystal]] to become a wolf, before magic was removed from the game late in development{{Ref|TP|1070|Midna (unused line)}}{{Ref|[[tcrf:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess/Unused Text#Midna|The Cutting Room Floor]]}}. It is unknown what other items or abilities would have been powered by the magic meter if it had remained. | |||
<gallery widths=160 heights=90> | |||
File:Zelda.com Magic Meter 1 - TPWii.jpg|Zelda.com screenshot | |||
File:Zelda.com Magic Meter 2 - TPWii.jpg|Zelda.com screenshot | |||
File:Zelda.com Magic Meter 3 - TPWii.jpg|Zelda.com screenshot | |||
File:Zelda.com Magic Meter 4 - TPWii.jpg|Zelda.com screenshot | |||
File:Zelda.com Magic Meter 5 - TPWii.jpg|Zelda.com screenshot, also used on the back of the game's Wii box | |||
File:Zelda.com Magic Meter 6 - TPWii.jpg|Zelda.com screenshot | |||
File:Zelda.com Magic Meter 7 - TPWii.jpg|Zelda.com screenshot | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{References}} | |||
{{cat|Game Mechanics}} | |||
{{cat|The Adventure of Link}} | |||
{{cat|A Link to the Past}} | |||
{{cat|Ocarina of Time}} | |||
{{cat|Majora's Mask}} | |||
{{cat|The Wind Waker}} | |||