The other game with "Sky" in the title. [Zelda]

[Edge7]

Best Skyward Sword Video ever.

[Shlup]

Well now don't I feel like a lazy piece of crap.

[Nice]

Ordered a Wii just for this game. The video btw is freaking awesome!

[Vincent, Thunder God]

I was hoping to get this for Christmas, but it was sold out, so I got a Blu-Ray instead.... :/

[Del Murder]

Just started it! So far bored, mostly because the first hour of every Zelda game is freaking boring because you have to invent a new way to get the sword and also learn the control scheme. Why can't I just start with the damn sword?

I did enjoy rolling pots though.

[Edge7]

Beat the game recently. All in all it was a good game, but I don't understand the praise the game gets. Points I will give the game are it's dungeon designs particularly (SPOILER)Sky Keep, and any levels involving time gems, and Groose, who's essentially the Zelda equivalent of Kazuma Kuwabara. Was I the only person who liked Navi more than Fi. Navi might say useless stuff, but at least it's not mandatory to listen to.

[Shlup]

No, I think everyone prefers Navi to Fi. Navi would ask for you attention, where Fi demands it only to say something ridiculously obvious. Every freaking time you beat a temple there's that cut scene, and then she goes back into the sword, and then she pops right back out to describe to you what just happened. I was there, bitch!

I want to murder her.

I'm currently in the third room of the third temple. Overall I'm enjoying the game very much, despite a few glaring flaws (mostly the fact that I am fully aware of what an amber relic is at this point thank you game).

[Edge7]

Overall I'm enjoying the game very much, despite a few glaring flaws (mostly the fact that I am fully aware of what an amber relic is at this point thank you game).

:frust:

[Shlup]

[Zeldy]

this game is so good. I was teased for weeks and weeks in work as we sell it, but my housemate had took home her wii for christmas, so what was a girl to do? I had to endure the Zelda theme being played repetitively from the Wii stand advertising Skyward Sword and also the 3DS Ocarina.

However, It was better than hearing Brian Blessed advertise a Mario game though, the amount of times I've heard 'SMASHING THROUGH YOUR LIVINGROOM LIKE AN APE SMASHING THROUGH YOUR LIVING ROOM', on about a donkey kong game that came out ages ago, BUT ITS STILL THE SAME ADVERTISMENTS.

Zelda's great though; just upto the 2nd temple now. It's just so preetty.

[Bubba]

Zelda's great though; just upto the 2nd temple now. It's just so preetty.

Funnily enough Zeldy, I'm at the exact same point in the game and agree that it's great so far. I agree with Del that the first hour of obligatory "hand-holding" by Nintendo is annoying but since getting to Faron Woods I've loved every minute of it. That first dungeon looked amazing.

Is anyone else a bit obsessed with catching bugs and birds? I reckon half my total time on the game so far has been hunting with my net!

I'm easily distracted by mini-games so I need to force myself to carry on with the main quest. The same thing happened to me in FFX. I only went on it to play games of Blitzball... forgot completely what was happening in the main quest!

[Shlup]

I barely beat the third trial after making a couple of grievous errors.

Not really spoilery...
So I've got all but the last three tears, at the lowest points on the volcano. I go down there to get them, and I still can't find the final tear. I get a good vantage point and finally see it... at the top of the volcano. Not just at the top, but in the middle of that part where you have to slide down and you can't really stop unless you hit a flat spot or an air vent.

So I'm about to grab the second-to-last tear, the one where you have to swing on the rope, and I know I have 90 seconds to get to the top of the volcano. I grab the tear, jump down... and immediately run into one of the tattle tale spotlight guys.

I'm yelling at the screen and running from guardians, dodge several, make it to the top, slide down... and don't see it. I try again, still being chased, and outright miss it.

I swear half of that trial was me screaming and running from guardians trying to get that last damn tear. One of them took a swing at me right as I touched it.

I have decided that this makes me a badass rather than an idiot. I am so great. Go me.

I hate being chased.

[Del Murder]

Just beat Skyward Sword. I had just gotten up to the end, but then my Wii Motion Plus add-on crapped out on me and I had to buy another (got the built-in Wiimote this time).

This was a fun game, and it was the best use of the motion controls I've seen yet. The problem is, I think I'm totally over motion controls. I much prefer the standard controller + buttons approach. Being able to aim and slash your sword was fun, but it wore thin, especially in fights that require you to slash in a particular direction and then immediately slash in another particular direction (like all the final battles). I found that moving my controller into proper position to do my second slash counted as another slash, which was in the wrong direction and ended up getting me hurt.

The final battles were also pretty lackluster. They were certainly a great test of your slashing and dodging abilities, but that's all they were. There's something unfulfilling about final battles that involve these ultra-powerful villains slowly moving towards you with their sword in various parrying poses. These battles were way too slow paced and that was mostly due to the fact that the motion control mechanic dictated it. I'm also disappointed that none of Link's sub-items had any use in the final battle. In most Zelda games the bow at the very least is used. Some of the bosses were pretty fun (the magma rock, the scorpion, the octopus), but the final ones did not deliver.

The game was visually stunning, and I think this graphical style is my favorite outside the original. I liked the sky elements and the addition of a couple new races, but nothing about this game felt new or revolutionary to me. It was mostly just a combination of elements from OoT, WW, and TP. I was hoping this game would be what A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time were to it's predecessors, but it didn't go far enough. Even Wind Waker was more innovative in terms of the Zelda formula and atmosphere (though not my favorite direction).

[Freya]

I am late to the party. I had to steal my sisters Wii and then the disc drive is going out, and I'm poor BUT FINALLY I GOT THIS GAME. I freaking love zelda so i'm surprised it took me this long. I haven't got too far but I have to say this is probably the best wii game in regards to motion i've played so far. I'm excited to play this more so cause god the combat the flying oh gawd so good.

[Roto13]

I liked this game a lot, but I think it wasn't as consistent as other Zeldas. Skyward Sword has some really high highs and pretty low lows. They managed to do one thing they've never done before in a Zelda. (SPOILER)They made a bad boss. :P The Imprisoned. So terrible. And you had to fight it like three times or something. Ugh. I also didn't like the light drop collecting parts. I liked them in Twilight Princess but they sucked with a time limit and occasional forced stealth. Other than those little complaints, I enjoyed it. I liked the dungeons (especially the (SPOILER)Ancient Cistern, oh my god, an awesome water dungeon, who knew that was possible) and I liked that every dungeon had its own pre-dungeon to find it. :P Some people don't appreciate that and dare to call it "filler" but those people are clearly idiots.

Fi needs to shut up sometimes, though. Yak yak yak yak yak, yes, sweetheart, I know how explore and stuff. I can solve puzzles on my own. Leave me alone. I did like her design and her character. Especially at the end. (SPOILER)("Thank you, Master Link. May we meet again in another life..." ;__; )