The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

brandonwh64 · Nov 9, 2011

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
11/20/2011

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is a Zelda game developed for the Nintendo Wii. It is the first Legend of Zelda game created specifically with the Wii in mind, and requires Wii Motion Plus. It is scheduled to be released during the 2011 Holiday season in Japan and Australia, on November 18, 2011 in Europe, and on November 20, 2011 in North America.

Upon its North American release, a special edition Skyward Sword bundle will be available at the price of $69.99. The bundle will include a copy of Skyward Sword, as well as a gold Wii Remote Plus. Additionally, a limited edition CD, featuring music from The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony Concert, will also be packaged alongside all early purchases of the standard and special edition copies of Skyward Sword.

Story

Link has lived his entire life on a floating island above the clouds known as Skyloft; however, his everyday life is interrupted by an event involving the Goddess Sword that reveals that there is a land below Skyloft, which is actually Hyrule. It is then discovered that Hyrule is being overrun by evil forces, forcing Link to go there. As the story progresses, it was revealed in a Gamespot interview with Eiji Aonuma that Link will be searching for a "lost or valuable friend" in the process. Throughout the game, Link must spend his journey traveling back and forth between Hyrule and Skyloft with the use of the Goddess Sword.

The Goddess Sword, which is the figure shown on the poster on E3 2009, possesses intelligence and will assume the semi-human form in the teaser poster. Eventually, the Goddess Sword will become the Master Sword. The Goddess Sword is also the driving force behind Link's traveling between the two lands and the sword will focus "heavily on the reason why there are two lands divided by a bank of clouds."

The E3 2011 Skyward Sword trailer shows a blonde-haired girl, heavily implied to be Zelda, flying alongside Link. However, a nearby blast causes her to fall down into the world below, with Link reaching towards her. This coincides with what Aonuma had said in a 2010 interview about Link searching for a "valuable friend" throughout his journey, as it was apparent in the trailer that Link and Zelda are good friends.

Eiji Aonuma confirmed on July 25, 2011, that Ganondorf is not planned to be in the game.

The Triforce was confirmed to have a role in the game, but Eiji Aonuma stated it would not be central to the plot.

Screenshots

Sources:
Zelda WIKI
IGN

brandonwh64 · Nov 9, 2011

Official Trailer

Disparia · Nov 9, 2011

Cool. My kids will be happy, the oldest is half-way through Twilight Princess. I kinda lost interested during Ocarina of Time. Beat it, but never went on to Majoras Mask. Much prefer playing Link To the Past, Links Awakening, or even the original from time to time.

JrRacinFan · Nov 14, 2011

I am of course going to buy it, been looking forward to it all year.

brandonwh64 · Nov 14, 2011

Yea me neither. This game is gonna rock!

radrok · Nov 14, 2011

I pre ordered the Skyward Sword version with controller XD
Skyrim is an awesome game and it's taking all my free time though!
I've played all of Legend Of Zelda titles and I won't miss this one

I love it

brandonwh64 · Nov 14, 2011

Yea my sister did the whole preorder with controller as well! Me and her are DIE HARD zelda fans! Im going to get my sister a Zelda backpack for Christmas.

radrok · Nov 14, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
Yea my sister did the whole preorder with controller as well! Me and her are DIE HARD zelda fans! Im going to get my sister a Zelda backpack for Christmas.

That gift will be totally awesome!! :toast:

I would love though that they didn't have to make some compromises about graphics quality because of the Wii platform but anyway we both know it's not the graphics that makes the game... The beautiful story and feelings (sometimes makes me shiver for how much it's awesome) behind this saga :cool:

digibucc · Nov 14, 2011

yeah buying for sure. i have only ever played ocarina and majora on n64, but those two games each consumed more than 1.5-2 years of my life. playing zelda is one of the fondest memories i have, and i don't think that's a bad thing as it's a truly wonderful world.

JC316 · Nov 15, 2011

Damn it to hell, reminded me that I haven't beaten Twilight Princess yet.

ViperXTR · Nov 15, 2011

SKyward sword in Dolphin Wii Emulator (1080p) >_>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLRQd0411VQ

JrRacinFan · Nov 15, 2011

JC316 said:
Damn it to hell, reminded me that I haven't beaten Twilight Princess yet.

Don't worry. This one is prequel to Wind Waker in the series so you're not missing much.

LiveOrDie · Nov 15, 2011

I hate these i like the old N64 also Twilight Princess these cartoon looking one suck.

brandonwh64 · Nov 15, 2011

Live OR Die said:
I hate these i like the old N64 also Twilight Princess these cartoon looking one suck.

This one doesn't look cartoonish like wind waker did. This is more like twilight princess

LiveOrDie · Nov 15, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
This one doesn't look cartoonish like wind waker did. This is more like twilight princess

No this looks more like TF2 which is cartoonist to me no detail and looks nothing like twilight princess.

brandonwh64 · Nov 15, 2011

Trust me its a big step up.

freaksavior · Nov 15, 2011

Have it and played about 3 hours of it. So far I like it a lot, it is a different story than the other Zeldas i'm used to .

brandonwh64 · Nov 15, 2011

freaksavior said:
Have it and played about 3 hours of it. So far I like it a lot, it is a different story than the other Zeldas i'm used to .

There is no gannon in this one! Im surprised on the final boss.

CDdude55 · Nov 15, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
http://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/skyward_sword_comparison-1.png

Trust me its a big step up.

Looks like they went for more of a cartoony look with Skyward Sword, which is good considering Nintendo systems tend not to do realistic games the best.

brandonwh64 · Nov 15, 2011

CDdude55 said:
Looks like they went for more of a cartoony look with Skyward Sword, which is good considering Nintendo systems tend not to do realistic games the best.

You can say that again, I tried black ops on WII and it looked as bad as goldeneye for N64 LOL!

LiveOrDie · Nov 15, 2011

I think that screenshot has been blow up from a very small res, Let me clear things up

They have gone from detailed textures to bland ones a cartoon book as you can see ok for kiddy's .

EDIT OPPS SORRY POO HAS BETTER TEXTURES :roll:

brandonwh64 · Nov 15, 2011

Live OR Die said:
I think that screenshot has been blow up from a very small res, Let me clear things up

They have gone from detailed textures to bland ones a cartoon book as you can see ok for kiddy's .
http://img.techpowerup.org/111114/Untitled-1.jpg

EDIT OPPS SORRY POO HAS BETTER TEXTURES

That first picture is not actual gameplay footage, its just screens from the trailer and preview

freaksavior · Nov 15, 2011

Ill post actual game play shots if you want them. They won't be perfect but you'll get a general idea.

brandonwh64 · Nov 15, 2011

Best one I could find without loading it up on WII usb loader

MilkyWay · Nov 15, 2011

the graphics are good for a wii game, i kinda like it but unfortunately i dont have a wii

i thought the DS games where supposed to be linked to windwaker?

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