Story
Our adventure begins in Skyloft. Skyloft is a big island in the sky, surrounded by many other small islands. Beneath it are clouds. Rumors are that beneath these clouds is a place called "The Surface". But right now, we follow a young boy called Link. Link lives in Skyloft and is training to become a knight. Skyloft is full of interesting and less interesting people, but there is one in particular that has caught Link's eye... Zelda.She is the daughter of the mayor of Skyloft, and also the one who will be rewarding the winner of a flying competition with a self-made magical piece of cloth. The contestants in this match must fly on their huge-ass birds called Loftwings, and be the first to catch a statue attached to a free-roaming Loftwing. Link wins this competition, and eventually gets to fly around Skyloft with Zelda.
It's a romantic moment, and nothing can destroy it...
Oh never mind, I guess the huge black monster with the billion teeth can. Yes, he creates a big black tornado just when Zelda is about to say that she loves Link. What a cock-blocker. Anyway, he sucks up Zelda like a big vacuum cleaner of doom and Link falls unconscious. He wakes up back in Skyloft, where he decides to go and find Zelda... in The Surface.
Graphics
Now we all know the Wii isn't the best console if you want to see some good graphics. All Wii games have either horrible or just bad graphics. But this game changed that. Even though the graphics on this game might look a little childish and too colorful, they are by far the best we have ever seen on the Wii and it even tops the graphics of some other games on more advanced consoles.
Sound
Let's start off with the in-game sound. Nintendo has added some cool sound effects to sword-slashing. Not only do you hear the steel slicing up the air, but now you also hear a small orchestra doing a crescendo when you are fighting. After a while, this becomes natural, but the first couple of slashes are really something else.
Now for the soundtrack. The Skyward Sword theme, or the Ballad of the Goddess, is one of the best game soundtracks I have ever heard. It's completely orchestrated and most of the Zelda fans also know that it's the original Zelda theme played backwards. I don't know how they came up with this, but it sure is awesome.
But still, there is a bad side to this aspect of the game. Nintendo still hasn't introduced voice acting in the Zelda series. Apart from a few grumps and mumbles, you never actually hear the characters saying anything. It would be a lot more fun if you could hear what the characters sound like.
Gameplay
Now this is the part that explains exactly why this game is much better than the other Zelda games, and also a lot more fun to play than some popular new games. First of all, you gain a lot of items throughout the game. And unlike the other Zelda games, you are always using every single item that you have.
The bosses are also a lot more challenging. This time, it's not just avoiding its attacks until you find the weak spot, and then starting to slash it like mad little elf. No, this time the bosses are challenging from begin to end. Even when you've found their weak spot, it'll be a bitch reaching it.
The most important thing in this whole game is the fact that it uses the Wii MotionPlus. The sword follows your WiiMote's movements so precisely that you really feel like you're in total control of it. With this new technology also comes new fighting techniques. As I said, you don't just wildly slash at enemies anymore, you prepare and coordinate. Even the Bokoblins that used to be so weak and easy now form a pretty good challenge. They analyze your movements, they defend when needed and attack when you let your guard down for a second.
Verdict
An awesome game. I had an amazing amount of fun playing it, and even though I've finished the storyline twice now, I still play to try and collect every damn thing in the game. People might be hating this game because it looks childish and because it's a Wii game, but I promise you this: play it with an open mind, and this game will blow your socks off.
Pros
- Amazing Wii MotionPlus technology
- Challenging
- Great music
- A lot do to, even after finishing storyline
Cons
- No voice acting
- Same story as other Zelda games
9.5/10
[IF]Spificator
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The Legend of Zelda series is one of the greatest video game franchises of all time, if not arguably *thee* greatest. When I was over at a friend and co-workers house from Dish yesterday I got an opportunity to see it played I noticed that this is the best looking Zelda game I’ve seen in quite a while. I decided I couldn’t go wrong by adding it to my Blockbuster@Home game queue. I don’t always have the option to buy all the great games out there I want due to lack of funds, so the most economical way for me to play games is by renting them.
Skyward sword indeed looks stunning, definitely if you consider the Wii not being among the stronger consoles.
I speak for most of us when we go with the flow and say we enjoyed Ocarina of Time and Majora's mask the most!
Thank you for sharing your opinion and stay tuned for more!
[IF]Pexer
i have yet to play this new one, but still zelda is a pretty good game esspecially a classic like ocarnia of time.
-[IF] omegafate