Before taking on the second dungeon in the Dark World, we do some more exploration and get a few key items.
By going to where you found the Ice Rod in the Dark World, you can pay 20 Rupees and learn that the guy in the desert is pretending to be a strange man to hide the fact that he used to be a thief. You can bomb the nearby crack in the wall outside to find a large Fairy.
When you near the Ice Palace (which is the equivalent of Lake Hylia in the Dark World), there will be green and blue flying enemies that will try to drop bombs at you. There will be orange enemies that will try to eat your shield with their tongues if you get too close, so fight them from a distance.
To the west of the Ice Palace is a ring of rocks. If you stand in the shallow part and use the Magic Mirror, you can get on the island in Lake Hylia that holds the Heart Piece.
Now that you have the Magic Hammer, you can pound down the stakes blocking your path leading to the Bomb Shop, which is where Link's House is in the Dark World. By going to the Bomb Shop, you can buy 30 bombs for 100 Rupees. Keep the shop in mind; you'll need to go here later.
The trees in the Dark World look like they have faces. Of course, Nintendo has to think of everything, and there's two near the forest that has eyes that actually move. If you run into its mouth, it spits out a bomb. There are two types of talking tree: one of them is rude and just tells you to watch where you're going, especially when you dash. The other gives you hints, such as the fact that there is a magic teleporter in the Lost Woods and that the two forests may be connected to each other.
Between Link's house and the library area of Kakariko Village is a forest where a kid is playing the ocarina. When you approach him, however, the animals run away and he disappears. Enter that area in the Dark World. You'll find a creature here, and it turns out that this was the guy with the ocarina that went to the Golden Land in search of the Golden Power and never returned.
He buried the ocarina with some flower seeds, and he hands you a shovel so you can go get it if you agree to help him out. While you could just go back to the Light World's version of this area with the Magic Mirror, you can have some fun with it beforehand by equipping the shovel and digging in the dirt to find Rupees and other power-ups.
Unlike the Light World, where you can enter the desert area, you won't be able to enter the Dark World's equivalent unless you have certain items. If you do head to it the normal way, you'll find something that you've probably noticed earlier in the game: a stone tablet that looks just like the one that gave you the Ether Medal. Stand inside the area where the posts are and use the Magic Mirror to go back to the Light World. You'll now be on top of the rock wall. Go west and you'll finally reach this tablet. Use the Book of Mudora on it and you'll receive the Bombos Medal. This medal sets all onscreen enemies on fire and kills them, but just like the other medals, this requires a good amount of magic to use.
This is one of the earliest puzzles that requires using something in one world to reach it in the other...and it won't be the last.
The ocarina is in the upper-left corner of the area where the guy is playing the Ocarina. When you get the ocarina, however, you lose the shovel and you'll never be able to use it again. That disappointed me as a kid, and thankfully the next game, Link's Awakening, actually has a shovel that you keep permanently once you find it. (Nintendo also fixed this in the GBA version, allowing you to switch between the shovel and the ocarina by highlighting the slot they share in the inventory at the touch of a button.)
Go back to the Dark World and talk to the creature. He isn't able to play the ocarina anymore, so he lets you keep it. He tells you to give it to a tired old man in Kakariko Village. He then asks you to play the ocarina one last time. Do that, and he'll transform into a tree.
Go back south and go to the southwest corner of this area. Stand in the circle of bushes and use the Magic Mirror to reach another cave that you couldn't normally reach. There's another Piece of Heart here.
At the southern part of the Dark World equivalent of Kakariko Village, you'll find a target practice mini-game for the bow and arrow where you can get a lot of Rupees if you're good enough. There is also a digging mini-game where you can pay Rupees to dig things out of the ground for a limited amount of time. If you're lucky, you can find a Heart Piece while playing this game. For 80 rupees, you can get a shovel, go behind the guy running the game, and use a shovel on the entire field behind him and keep whatever treasures you find. This is a nice substitute, but I'd like to do this wherever I want, bah gawd. Once again, refer to a few paragraphs back to where I reference Link's Awakening.
Believe it or not, there is something worth getting in this game. Keep playing the game and keep digging until you find another Piece of Heart. Yes, there's a Piece of Heart here, and it's in a random spot every time, so be ready to dig...and dig...and dig. It's not the only one you're going to find in this village, as you'll soon see. You'll make a good amount of Rupees and easily recoup what you've paid while playing this game, but you can also get a little more than that if you're lucky, so don't worry about running out of money.
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