Zelda Skyward Sword Official

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Originally Posted by Finch

Skyward Sword is my favorite Zelda now... We don't need to go back to the way things were.

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It's getting there for me - as much love as I have for Wind Waker, I'm really digging the new incentives for doing side stuff. Instead of it being something like a new bag, wallet, or heart container, it's overlap of that stuff, materials for improving gear, and just...it feels like it matters more now.

Oh, almost forgot about the bags. Nice that they make them pouch items - now there's an effort to decide if I need more bombs over seeds, etc. That you can upgrade *those* is an added perk!

For as little as stories seem to matter to me in games these days, I like this one too. Not far enough to know really what's going on, but the high school-ish antics are dumb fun and I like that Zelda seems more important for what she's trying to accomplish on her own, than "hay save that princess, k?"

This game keeps doing things to make itself my favorite game ever. All those little sidequests that were in Majora's are done here too, but even better.

Give the letter to Pipit or to the ghost in the toilet? SUCH A DIFFICULT DECISION.


And Kina's officially cuter than Hena. BECAUSE SHE SINGS WITH YOU

AND HOMG THE WHOLE TIME DESERT THING AND LINK SAVING IMPA AND GROOSE SKYDIVING WITH YOU.

Holy crap this game...

Also

when peatrice is in love with you and she makes that heart with her hands

and Uncle Bats

This game is lovely. If I have to complain about something, and I do, it's that the sky is drab and barren. I'm hoping that will change.

Yeah, there should be a million more islands. It's like Wind Waker's ocean, except bigger and emptier, although faster to travel across.
Besides that, it really reminds me of Skies of Arcadia. Every time the flying tune starts up i think it'll go into the Skies of Arcadia theme.

Also, does anyone use every opportunity to throw those stupid cat things off the island, into the water, or just beat the shit out of them? I hate them. i HATE them.

Yes, I toss the cat things into the water.

Wind Waker may never be toppled in my heart, but if I'm honest this could be better. Maybe.

My biggest complaint is with the Wii Remote needing to be re-centered all the time. I don't know enough about how Motion Plus works, but does it not use the sensor bar anymore? I can point the controller dead center at the screen/sensor bar, and it thinks I'm pointing 45% to the right, or way off underneath. Why was this never a problem with the standard controller? I also can't find a comfortable calibration for selecting the bottom-most items in the adventure pouch.

I could nitpick (low heart warning needs to go -- now; I dread activating that alarm-clock-ish beeping far more than I do dying), but that's all it would be -- nitpicking. Nints nailed this. Pacing is perfect. Exploration is more fun and rewarding than in any other game... save probably Wind Waker. It's fun watching fanboys lose their shit over Gamestop's 7.5 rating, but I have to agree that really is a ridiculous score to give this game. Got them lots of page-hits, though, I'm sure.

Third temple in. Yep, better than WW now. A little sad by that - I really like WW but this is squashing it in terms of design. Although agreed - the ocean in that was more interesting than the sky in this.

Also, I think my mom's a good barometer for Zelda games. She's been playing 'em since the first (how do you think I got started?). Loved the first 3. Liked Ocarina enough to finish it. Majora's was too "weird" for her, but she enjoyed the gameplay stuff. After that she just would lose interest in each one after...until now. She's been playing every day and digging it a lot.

I just started this tonight and it is amazing. I had really high hopes going in and it has been so much more than i hoped for so far. If this pace keeps up it will easily be the best Zelda ever. I love the art style too. WW was easily my favorite but this is right up there.

Wind Waker has the better art style and overworld, but this one might be more fun. It's very, very good.

Also Wind Waker looked amazing when it first came out, this one looks like the oldest game on earth.

actually, I was playing WW days before this came out. Even though its 4:3, running the game in progressive mode is beguiling. Looks better than any other game in 480p.