I received a 25th anniversary copy of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Swordfor Christmas this year. It reminds me of Dragon Quest IX in several ways: firstly, one of the key places is in the sky. Secondly, a side quest seems to be similar to the Angel Falls quest.

The characters in Skyloft each have a guardian bird known as a Loftwing. All except for one: me. My bird was missing. This turned out to be a issue when Zelda pushed me off of Skyloft so that I could learn how to fly it.

* Warning: Spoilers follow.

So my first quest was to find out what happened to my Loftwing. I eventually found a character named Groose who was talking to hos gang about kidnapping a Crimson Loftwing (he didn't seem to notice me). When he saw me, he and his gang left.

It turns out that my Loftwing was in a cave that had monsters in it. Since I had no offensive abilities at that point, I had to go and borrow a sword from the sparring hall.

One of the best things about this game is probably the controls. The game uses a Wii Motion Plus, so that you can swing your Wii Remote almost as if it were the sword.

Most of the monsters montioned above were bats and slimes which were not difficult to deal with.

I ended up freeing my Loftwing just in time for the Wing Ceremony's race against Groose and a few others. Before then, however, Zelda and I had to do a repeat of her pushing me off Skyloft so I could learn the ropes. This went much better than Take 1 due to my having a Loftwing that time. :)

Halfway through the actual race, however, Groose started throwing eggs at me, even though this is a clear violation of the rule against interfering with other entrants. None of them hit me or my Loftwing, however, and I won the race. The winner of the race had to take part in the final part of the Wing Ceremony with Zelda, during which she gave me what is called a Sailcloth, then pushed me off the platform (again) so I could practice skydiving with it. I had to respawn a few times before I got it right on Take 3 :)

Shortly after that, Zelda and I were flying together, and then this big black tornado appeared in front of me. I managed to escaped unharmed, but Zelda... didn't. I didn't see what happened to her due to blacking out at that point.

When I came around in my bedroom, I saw a blue figure outside of my door. When I approached her, she moved away, leading me somewhere. Eventually we reached the statue of the goddess, where I was filled in about a 'quest' that was foretold long ago, and how Zelda and I were involved. I was also given a different sword, and an enterance into the surface world to start my quest to find Zelda...

It turns out that this blue figure is Fi, the spirit that resides in my sword. She has turned out to be veryhelpful to me on my quest.