Koume's Potion

[El Bagu]

For those of you who have played (at least the initial parts of) Majora´s Mask. I have a question for you. When you were going to give Koume the potion did you ever end up drinking it yourself? By mistake I mean. This happened to me the three or four first times and I had to get back to Kotake and get some more potion. I remember it being kind of frustrating!!

This thread would be a very short one if this was all so I ask you another question. Have you had any similar problems in the game?

[ShellShocker]

Well, of course I did not, I was just doing the obvious way:

This way is far the best, since it is impossible to drink the potion, you just talk to Koume until she asks for the potion, put it in the C button and fork it over.

I do this in all the other things like this too, I was actually unaware you could give Koume the potion without talking to her.

So my answer is "No, I haven't", but I answered the poll to "No, of course not, do you think I´m a fool!", since that was the closest answer there was.

I was wondering if you could give Shiro, the guard at Ikana Valley (next to a circle of rocks, he is sitting down and invisible, only to be seen by the use of the Lens of Truth), can you give the potion to him without talking to him?

He is the guard that gives you the Stone Mask, by the way.

[zeldusfanaticus]

i was used to just walking up and handing stuff to people from playing WW and TP, so i drank a lot of red poition.

[Super Goombario]

Yes, I totally did. I was talking on the phone too, honest mistake.

[Kaynil]

Of course I did! I always drink it just in front of her the first time as I am trying to handle it over, hahah. I guess I just get into the hurry and I press buttons before I'm close enough.

Funny enough I can't recall this happening later in the game. xD

[Kokiri Kid]

I think I did, out of curiousity - not accidently. I can't remember reaction to giving me a new potion was though.

[Axle the Beast]

Nope. It was just a Red Potion, so I didn't drink it on purpose. I also make a habit of keeping bottle items off the selected items so I never accidentally use them. I only select them when I'm about to use them.

[Durion]

Yes, I kept drinking it and I was sat there after the 4th or 5th try saying to myself "WTF!!!!! Seriously, Are you doing this to annoy me and tease her by drinking what she needs to live infront of her?.....GIVE HER THE GOD DAMN POTION!!!!". Then I realised that you have to press the C-Button the potion is assigned to when she says press start and set it to C or something like that.

Man that was annoying me for a while until I actually read what she said, I was like....:dry:......

[Dark Princess]

It has never happened to me, but now that I think about it, I don't want that to happen. I'm gonna be careful the next time I play.

[MalonMaverick11]

it's because in MM you are prompted to push start and assign the potion to a c-button, then give it. if u push c without being prompted, you drink her potion! I did it, and was mad.

[x-Link-x]

Yeah, I have....
When ever I first started playing the game, I used to giving people the potions and other items but just stading close to them and pressing the c button that had it.
In this game it was different ant it really did take me about 3 tries toactually remember "Oh right, I have to talk to her first" xD

[Poe_Salesman]

I didn't drink it myself; I gave it to the guard that's invisible until you give him the potion. It was faster than finishing the whole quest for the potions. Sorry, Koume!

[Hylian Hobbit]

Yup, I accidentally drank it. It was my first play through the game, and I still failed at Zelda games at the time. I think I drank it like two or three times actually. :P

The first time was because I was low on health, so I just went ahead and drank it to heal up. The second time I accidentally pushed the button and drank it. It was really annoying because I drank it right before I got to Kotake in the Lost Woods.

It's a pretty easy mistake to make. I've done it one or two times on my other plays through the game. And every now and then I'll accidentally drink a red or blue potion with full health. So I try to only keep potions out when I'm going to use them.

[Immortal_One]

Yeah I did, it was a complete accident xD
I think I just pushed a wrong button and drank it for some reason
I don't remember exactly how it happened, but I remembered doing it. It was a while ago.

[ChargewithSword]

I never did surprisingly. I had experience with potions back in OOT so when I figured out I could talk to them and then give them the item, I took full advantage of that and made sure to talk to the people all the time before giving them anything since it usually led to problems if I just handed them the potion.

[Shadow Wolfo]

Yeah I did, it was a complete accident xD
I think I just pushed a wrong button and drank it for some reason
I don't remember exactly how it happened, but I remembered doing it. It was a while ago.
Just go talk to her she'll give you another free one which is awesome.:lol:

Basicly you get unlimited!

[Deku Scrub]

I was lucky I didn't. I came off of playing WW, so I sometimes pressed the C buttons in their face. At this time I was being precautionary, so I just didn't set it until I got there.

...and it worked. :P

[Waker of winds]

I don't do it, but my bro does it too much times.
I myself have never done it, not even by accident. I remember that once when I was in that part of the game, and I went to the bathroom, my bro did it without me noticing. I was about to give the old hag the potion! Grr!

[ForestSheikah]

Yes. I didn't wait for the prompt accidentally. :embarrassed:

[Twili123prince]

Yeah, that happens to me ALL the time, and it can get quite annoying after awhile. I got so mad the first time it was happening I shut the game off, I came back later to try again and I got it the first try. I really don't know why it wasn't working the first time I was giving the potion to her, I was using the C stick.. Or at least I think I was now >.< once you find out what your doing so wrong that you can't hand a simple potion over you feel pretty dumb though :xd:

[MrMosley]

Yes, more than once actually. One time I went and got it, brought it back, accidentally drank it, went and got another, brought it back, accidentally drank that one too. I was pretty wild about the whole situation. When you get used to OoT controls and how to present items to people, what are you supposed to do?

[Petman1325]

I only did it once! I was too used to OoT and how you had to present items to people before you speak with them. So, instead of giving Koume her potion, I drank it in front of her face, so I had to shell out a couple of rupees to buy another one. It was that part that taught me how the trading sequence worked. The Business Scrub at Clock Town also confused me quite a bit, since I didn't have to show before speaking. But, that was how I did things.

[Gohma]

Yeah I remember that xD

Kotake: Help me.... uuuh...
Me: Not a problem!
*Drinks Koume's potion in front of her*
...
Oh woops.

In OoT, you just had to use items with the C stick next to the person (like with Zelda's letter)... confusing.

I know this thread is about MM, but I had the same problem in TP, when you have to drop a barrel full of hot water on a Goron: I put it next to the Goron in question and I then broke it. The Goron got splashed, but nothing happened. I obviously had to THROW the barrel... Grrrr >.<
I restarted that damned 'mission' 15 times before I finally managed to accomplish it... Frustrating.

[knowlee]

Well, I don't ever recall drinking Koume's Potion. Although I may have done it and can't remember it. :S MM was the first 3-D Zelda game I played and I was used to a box showing up telling you to give them the item with C, so that may have been the reason why I didn't do that. I had never played OoT before and wasn't expecting that game's way of giving items to others.

So imagine my reaction to when I played OoT for the first time and I had to give an item to someone. :D


I also make a habit of keeping bottle items off the selected items so I never accidentally use them. I only select them when I'm about to use them.

Same here, dude. I have to do the same thing with the bombs on the old Zelda games. I'll be killing myself if I didn't take that off my selected items. :lol:

[peanutjoepap]

Actually I go see Koume go back to the shop get the potion and be on my way. It is one of the two ways to get free potions from Kokate. But when you had to do it, I did drink it once on accident.

[SuperSilly]

No, I didn't have any trouble giving it to her. I figured it was like giving the moon's tear to the deku scrub merchant in clock town, and I remember seeing the 'press start and select a c-item' window the first time you talk to her. Now i'm in the habbit of always talking to people in zelda games before I give something to them. :rolleyes: