"The Legend of ZELDA Skyward Sword" THREAD - Post your thoughts here..

Genre: Action Adventure
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo

Release Date: TBA 2011
Exclusively on: Wii
PEGI: RP

"The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword introduces full motion control enabled by the Wii MotionPlus accessory, which synchronizes player movements with Link's actions while offering intuitive play control.

With the Wii MotionPlus accessory, every movement of Link's sword matches the player's motion with exact precision. If players motion left to right, Link swings from left to right. The precision play control is applied to enemies as well, as players must contemplate strategy when battling opponents that actively try to defend against attacks."

STORY DETAILS

"In this Zelda, Link is a little boy born into a land above the clouds called Skyloft."

"One day, he learns there is a land below the clouds ruled by evil forces"

"However, the revelation prompts a series of events which forces him to go to the land beneath the clouds"

The reason he goes down is in the title--it's the Skyward Sword

The sword possesses intelligence, and will assume the semi-human form in the teaser poster shown last year.

It's the "master sword."

The Skyward Sword will become the Master Sword, apparently.

The sky is also very important to the game, apparently..

OFFICIAL TRAILER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dYgrMz_XBI

GAMEPLAY IMPRESSIONS

IGN

"We're very relieved to report that the Motion Plus controls work sensationally accurately with Link's Sword. The in-game sword followed our arm's movements precisely as we waved it about. Better yet, directional slashes are recorded accurately on enemies and scenery.

We also fought a couple of giant, armoured flowers with jaws that snapped open and shut. The only way you can kill them is by slashing the sword so that it cuts through the open mouth, rather than bouncing harmlessly off the armoured jaws. To mix things up the mouths open either vertically or horizontally, and you must match your sword swing accordingly."

KOTAKU

"Then I shot a two-minute video to show you the game in action. Good stuff. Sword controls were superb, and closer to 1:1 than I expected (note the little leans of the sword when I tilt my hand). Bowling bombs feels right. So no complaints on controls, an almost-perfect button layout"

Kotaku demo

WIRED

"I tried playing around with the controls. Although they didn't work so well in the onstageZelda demo, thanks to wireless interference, everything felt polished and perfect when I played. Swinging diagonally caused Link's sword motion to match; when I put my hand down to the ground and swung upward in a giant arc, so did Link."

GAMEXPLAIN

"After the somewhat lackluster demonstration during the conference itself, I was pretty eager to see if the "technical difficulties" that series creator, Shigeru Miyamoto was fighting against on-screen were problems with the game itself. I'm happy to report that this couldn't be further from the truth.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword plays like a dream, a fluffy, copacetic dream of Dekubabas, Bokoblins, and Stalfos, all rendered in technicolor glory. The art ****employed this time around appears to be a subtle mix of the cartoony wonderland we saw in Wind Waker, and the slightly darker, adult fantasy world of Twilight Princess. It all comes together beautifully in motion. Distant objects take on the feel of a Van Gogh painting, with enemies coming to vivid life as they approach you. The art ****just fits the Zelda franchise like a glove, and I was happy to see the whole thing come together."

Gametrailers Gameplay video

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SCREENSHOTS

ARTWORK

omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg its looks soooooooo good!!!!!!

I missed nintendo's E3 conference and had to absorb everything at the same time...i almost didnt make it.

I like the art...

Hmmmmm, wouldja look at that... Seems IGN and Kotaku like the controls.

Bu... Bu... The controls is broken!!! :cry:

Nice thread, as usual Thunderdrone.

Game looks great.

I really like the art and it has me sold on the thing most Wii games suck at. Character models. Environments need some work but the gameplay looked good. Basically typical Zelda, I like it.

I prefer the more-mature graphics (Twilight Princess) over the kiddiegraphics (Wind Waker).

I love the art direction. It brings Link back to his roots. No more kid cartoon, no more dark and gritty.

Let's not forget Link's original design.

I'm not really digging the art style or the name, but other than that im pumped for it

Okay, some short thoughts:

• The artstyle is beautiful - I have thought before that a cel-shaded look with adult Link would be great, and it is.
• The controls seem good, and if they really integrate them into the puzzle design (like with that eye thing) they'll be a good shot in the arm for the franchise. I was secretly worried about the problems onstage, but I doubt that Nintendo would go this far on development of a fricking Zelda game if the controls were subpar.
• What they showed seemed quite dry. Obviously this is the first gameplay, so I can't really complain yet. I'm just hoping that there will be a really fleshed-out story/characterization element to this, as with Majora's Mask, and there should be lots of sidequests that go hand-in-hand with that. But I'm just reading off my wishlist at this point...
• 2011. I tooooold you guys....

I really like the art and it has me sold on the thing most Wii games suck at. Character models. Environments need some work but the gameplay looked good. Basically typical Zelda, I like it.

ActicEdge

Art style is win. Period.

And I'm not surprised to hear that the controls work flawlessly.

I cant wait to get it, I LOVE the art style

Looks really great and I can't wait to learn more about it. The art style is excellent too.

i like the variety with the controls

i mean if they had to do motion controls, i think they did a good job of it (even if the stage demo had hiccups)

I'm liking the game so far. One thing I'm wondering is if you can hit an enemy with your shield I know you can thrust it forward I would like to try and hit an enemy with the shied.

I also like the weopons so far.

Well from the demo it sure looked like Fail(controls looked so unresponsive especially the lag with the sword fighting). I didn't care for the art style or the graphics. I'm not a Zelda fan so maybe that is why. Not going to purchase this game.

2011. I tooooold you guys....Cherokee_Jack

But, Retro Studios to the rescue!!!! DKC Returns looks AMAZING.

edit: Oh and EPIC MICKEY too! Suck it up haters :P

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

I really like the art and it has me sold on the thing most Wii games suck at. Character models. Environments need some work but the gameplay looked good. Basically typical Zelda, I like it.

Thunderdrone

Yup, as far as feel goes nintendo did what I wanted, its more adult in links appearance and world but its happy, not dark dingy, devoid of colour and derpressing. So the killed the art. But the environments need work imo.

Well from the demo it sure looked like Fail(controls looked so unresponsive especially the lag with the sword fighting). I didn't care for the art style or the graphics. I'm not a Zelda fan so maybe that is why. Not going to purchase this game.

3rdbass

you realize that that was becuase of some kind of interuption? out side that it plays like a dream

The controls were what worried me, but it looks like they work pretty well. I perrsonally like the art style, it's the best direction to go in with the Wii IMO.

And the name doesn't bother me at all.

Looks like a solid game.

this is all i wanted to hear from IGN

"Rest assured Zelda's gameplay absolutely cuts Red Steel 2's swordplay to pieces!"

love the artstyle, just as i wanted, a wind waker + Twilight princess style.

i would like to see more of the story and as many infos as possible, but thats hardly a complain , more like a wish :D

Well from the demo it sure looked like Fail(controls looked so unresponsive especially the lag with the sword fighting). I didn't care for the art style or the graphics. I'm not a Zelda fan so maybe that is why. Not going to purchase this game.

3rdbass

All the previews have said it controls excellently. Your opinion is invalid. :P

I'm loving everything that I'm seeing so far.

I posted this in your Zelda hype thread:

My dream is a Zelda game with PoP-quality cell-shading using TP art direction. Okami's would be pretty cool, too :oIronBass

I'm a happy gamer. :)

My dream is a Zelda game with PoP-quality cell-shading using TP art direction. Okami's would be pretty cool, too :oIronBass

I like this and support this style. Gameplay would be just as awesome :D

:O Now ask for a Startropics and Earthbound game on Wii =PThunderdrone

[QUOTE="Thunderdrone"] :O Now ask for a Startropics and Earthbound game on Wii =PIronBass

[QUOTE="3rdbass"]

Well from the demo it sure looked like Fail(controls looked so unresponsive especially the lag with the sword fighting). I didn't care for the art style or the graphics. I'm not a Zelda fan so maybe that is why. Not going to purchase this game.

legend26

you realize that that was becuase of some kind of interuption? out side that it plays like a dream

I wasn't talking about the bow and arrow. I was talking about the sword fighting. Why didn't move have this same interruption with the Sorcery? It sure looked more like bad lag to me. I own a Wii and the contols are so unresponsive it can be rediculous.

Shouldn't you add a link to the Kotaku demo?

Hearing that it controls wonderfully is fine, but after seeing the onstage demo go so wrong it's much better to see the game working right in motion.

I'm not liking the scenery too much.. everything else is great

[QUOTE="legend26"]

[QUOTE="3rdbass"]

Well from the demo it sure looked like Fail(controls looked so unresponsive especially the lag with the sword fighting). I didn't care for the art style or the graphics. I'm not a Zelda fan so maybe that is why. Not going to purchase this game.

3rdbass

you realize that that was becuase of some kind of interuption? out side that it plays like a dream

I wasn't talking about the bow and arrow. I was talking about the sword fighting. Why didn't move have this same interruption with the Sorcery? It sure looked more like bad lag to me. I own a Wii and the contols are so unresponsive it can be rediculous.

Because the Move is totally different from the Wii. :|

The previews say it worked just fine. Since they have played it and you have not, their opinion > yours.

[QUOTE="legend26"]

[QUOTE="3rdbass"]

Well from the demo it sure looked like Fail(controls looked so unresponsive especially the lag with the sword fighting). I didn't care for the art style or the graphics. I'm not a Zelda fan so maybe that is why. Not going to purchase this game.

3rdbass

you realize that that was becuase of some kind of interuption? out side that it plays like a dream

I wasn't talking about the bow and arrow. I was talking about the sword fighting. Why didn't move have this same interruption with the Sorcery? It sure looked more like bad lag to me. I own a Wii and the contols are so unresponsive it can be rediculous.

again, go to kotaku. There's vids there of people playing the new zelda. It's even more fluid 1:1 than red steel 2 was, and red steel 2 had near perfect swrod controls.

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[QUOTE="legend26"]

you realize that that was becuase of some kind of interuption? out side that it plays like a dream

789shadow

I wasn't talking about the bow and arrow. I was talking about the sword fighting. Why didn't move have this same interruption with the Sorcery? It sure looked more like bad lag to me. I own a Wii and the contols are so unresponsive it can be rediculous.

Because the Move is totally different from the Wii. :|

The previews say it worked just fine. Since they have played it and you have not, their opinion > yours.

Ok I will take your word. I prefer DKC and EM to this game.

Character models were amazing, and it seem that the controls are amazing. All I can hope for is a touch up on the environment graphics and a great story.

[QUOTE="legend26"]

[QUOTE="3rdbass"]

Well from the demo it sure looked like Fail(controls looked so unresponsive especially the lag with the sword fighting). I didn't care for the art style or the graphics. I'm not a Zelda fan so maybe that is why. Not going to purchase this game.

3rdbass

you realize that that was becuase of some kind of interuption? out side that it plays like a dream

I wasn't talking about the bow and arrow. I was talking about the sword fighting. Why didn't move have this same interruption with the Sorcery? It sure looked more like bad lag to me. I own a Wii and the contols are so unresponsive it can be rediculous.

Watch Kotaku's demo, it controls much better. I'm pretty sure the move didn't lag because the PS3 tracks it's movements in a different way.