The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)

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Description

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword once again places the player in control of Link, a Hylian boy who this time around lives in the floating nation of Skyloft. Link is in love with a local girl called Zelda but one day while flying on their bird mounts, a tornado shows up out of nothing and takes Zelda away from Link. After that Link teams up with Fi, a spirit living within a sword and he descends to the long-forgotten surface to search for Zelda.

The game is structured very similar to previous Zelda games: 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 this time around with only a handful of action. Also new is the implementation of the Wii Motion Plus which allows full 1:1 controls and new puzzle possibilities.

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Alternate Titles

• "ゼルダの伝説 スカイウォードソード" -- Japanese spelling
• "Zelda no Densetsu: Skyward Sword" -- Japanese title
• "TLoZ: Skyward Sword" -- Common abbreviation
• "젤다의 전설: 스카이워드 소드" -- Korean spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Day / Night cycle
• Gameplay feature: New Game+
• Legend of Zelda series
• Theme: Time Manipulation

User Reviews

The greatest Zelda game ever made.	krisko6 (635)
Proves motion control is not just for casual games.	Rensch (218)
25 years of awesome games and still coming out with my game of 2011	Pixelspeech (1006)

Critic Reviews

411mania.com	Dec 23, 2011	10 out of 10	100
Eurogamer.pt	Nov 25, 2011	10 out of 10	100
Game industry News (GiN)	Dec 19, 2011		100
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Nov 11, 2011	9.8 out of 10	98
RPGFan	Dec 03, 2011	98 out of 100	98
GamesCollection	Nov 24, 2011	9.5 out of 10	95
Gamereactor (Sweden)	Nov 11, 2011	9 out of 10	90
TheSixthAxis	Nov 15, 2011	9 out of 10	90
neXGam	Dec, 2011	8.3 out of 10	83
WiiDSFrance	Nov 18, 2011	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

Music CD

Every copy in the initial production of the game comprised a special music CD with orchestral arrangements of select songs. These were also performed during the Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony Concert, a series of concertos which took place in Tokyo, Los Angeles and London in October 2011 as a preview of the wider 2012 world tour, The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses.

Related Web Sites

• Zelda Skyward Sword (LegendZelda.Net section dedicated to The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.)