18 Nov 2011
18 Nov 2011 - Wii
20 Nov 2011 - Wii
23 Nov 2011 - Wii
24 Nov 2011 - Wii
01 Sep 2016 - Wii U
02 Sep 2016 - Wii U
02 Sep 2016 - Wii U
Main story
Main story + extras
100% completion
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the first Zelda game created specifically with the Wii in mind. The game makes use of the Wii MotionPlus peripheral for sword fighting, with a revised Wii Remote pointing system used for targeting. Skyward Sword is structured very similar to previous Zelda games, as you travel through an overworld in search of temples to visit and once in you solve a series of puzzles before fighting a boss at the end and receive the next bit of plot. The biggest change is that the overworld is more focused on puzzles with only a handful of action.
Born on an island suspended in the sky, a young man called Link accepts his destiny to venture to the world below to save his childhood friend Zelda after being kidnapped and brought to an abandoned land.
Audio | Subtitles | Interface | |
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English | ✓ | ||
Spanish (Spain) | ✓ | ||
German | ✓ | ||
French | ✓ | ||
Italian | ✓ |
Unlike Wind Waker, which had a large ocean and tons of islands to discover with cool secrets, this feels baron to travel across the sky. It's mostly empty in what you find, but goddess cubes on the surface unlock chests in the sky to make you want to look at them. Some chests have interesting ways to get to them, not to mention the emptiness soul that this game has, there's only ONE town in the whole game you can interact with!
Storywise, it's decent, but you're only getting snippets and then you're being padded out with boring bits.
One of the main issues I have is the pacing. This feels like a 25 hour game stretched to 50 hours, and is painfully slow in places. While there are some fun areas and dungeons, there are also plenty of monotonous areas and boring stuff (like fighting the same boss 3 times) that feels like a chore to complete.
There are some interesting dungeons with interesting mechanics, such as timestones. But other ones where bland and it just feels like you're doing it cause you have to proceed.
It may still appeal to Zelda fans, but they may end up stopping at a certain point and never returning (I really tried to love it, I really did). My recommendation is to avoid it if you don't like Zelda games. I still like the older games such as Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker and MM, which have better music and atmosphere and have more character.
it's indeed a good game, but a bad zelda game.