[Wii] Legend of Zelda: The Skyward Sword

[wonderpug]

What does that knob by his hand do?

[The Grue]

Nice, where'd you get him at again?

I got mine at Gamestop.

[Ridah]

Nice, where'd you get him at again?

GameStop had them on the front counter.

[Ridah]

What does that knob by his hand do?

It controls the iDrive system - radio stations, phone, audio controls, etc.

[HankRaptor]

Wow, just wow.

Played Zelda Skyward Sword last night. After the reviews it was getting, I couldn't resist picking it up as I am a huge Zelda fan. YIKES talk about buyers remorse! Granted I just finished Assassins Creed Revelations, which has buttery smooth controls and amazing graphics and adult story line. Perhaps the jump from Assassins Creed to Zelda is just too harsh.

The villans in this game would make John Hughes proud. I think Joe Pesci in Home Alone 1 was more intimidating that the BULLYS in the sky city. I understand Nintendo is skewing this game to a younger demographic... but even my 10 and 12 year old glazed over.

Zelda played like an N64 game. I was horrified, HORRIFIED at the graphics. They look like n64 vaseline on the lens blurry... My son walks by and snickers at what Im playing, and says, wow something wrong with the tv? why so blurry?. Honestly, I wanted to clean my glasses... it hurts the eyes to watch. Im really no graphics whore, but this is a bit much.

The game starts out with climbing... which really shows its age. The world is unbelievably empty as you walk through the first town...Time has done nothing but sour my palpable disdain for the Wii control methods.. I dont want to SHAKE both controllers to land a finishing blow.. seems silly really.

I know why Nintendo refuses to voice act a game.. COST. But the mumblings of the characters is really silly. On top of that the amount of text you have to read is just stupid.

How the mighty have fallen. I only played about two hours last night. And I fully acknowledge that this game could pick up. Where it stands right now is a sad tale of how Nintendo has lost its way.

Link has the personality of a crash test dummy. In the opening sequences of the game, he had his "BIRD" stolen and shows absolutely no emotion what so ever. I understand the design choice, as its supposed to be YOU as the character... But it really removes you from being emotionally envolved in the slightest with the characters.

On the plus side, the MUSIC is amazing. Really like a feature film, really fits the theme. Brillant.

WHO the hell are they selling this game to? 40+ year old nostalgia freaks? Or 10 year olds..who are mostly playing Call of Duty and snicker at the simplicity of this game. Pixar movies have a deeper soul than this. They have satisfied neither.

Nintendo continues to sail out to the sea of mediocrity.

My last wii game for sure.

And my prediction is the WII U will continue the downward spiral. Ignoring graphics as Microsoft and Sony move the graphics to the NEXT level... Seems like a horrible mistake. I want to play a zelda game with 360 level graphics. Is the Wii U Nintendo's Dreamcast? I think so.

[Scraper]

Wow, just wow.

Played Zelda Skyward Sword last night. After the reviews it was getting, I couldn't resist picking it up as I am a huge Zelda fan. YIKES talk about buyers remorse! Granted I just finished Assassins Creed Revelations, which has buttery smooth controls and amazing graphics and adult story line. Perhaps the jump from Assassins Creed to Zelda is just too harsh.

The villans in this game would make John Hughes proud. I think Joe Pesci in Home Alone 1 was more intimidating that the BULLYS in the sky city. I understand Nintendo is skewing this game to a younger demographic... but even my 10 and 12 year old glazed over.

Zelda played like an N64 game. I was horrified, HORRIFIED at the graphics. They look like n64 vaseline on the lens blurry... My son walks by and snickers at what Im playing, and says, wow something wrong with the tv? why so blurry?. Honestly, I wanted to clean my glasses... it hurts the eyes to watch. Im really no graphics whore, but this is a bit much.

The game starts out with climbing... which really shows its age. The world is unbelievably empty as you walk through the first town...Time has done nothing but sour my palpable disdain for the Wii control methods.. I dont want to SHAKE both controllers to land a finishing blow.. seems silly really.

I know why Nintendo refuses to voice act a game.. COST. But the mumblings of the characters is really silly. On top of that the amount of text you have to read is just stupid.

How the mighty have fallen. I only played about two hours last night. And I fully acknowledge that this game could pick up. Where it stands right now is a sad tale of how Nintendo has lost its way.

Link has the personality of a crash test dummy. In the opening sequences of the game, he had his "BIRD" stolen and shows absolutely no emotion what so ever. I understand the design choice, as its supposed to be YOU as the character... But it really removes you from being emotionally envolved in the slightest with the characters.

On the plus side, the MUSIC is amazing. Really like a feature film, really fits the theme. Brillant.

WHO the hell are they selling this game to? 40+ year old nostalgia freaks? Or 10 year olds..who are mostly playing Call of Duty and snicker at the simplicity of this game. Pixar movies have a deeper soul than this. They have satisfied neither.

Nintendo continues to sail out to the sea of mediocrity.

My last wii game for sure.

And my prediction is the WII U will continue the downward spiral. Ignoring graphics as Microsoft and Sony move the graphics to the NEXT level... Seems like a horrible mistake. I want to play a zelda game with 360 level graphics. Is the Wii U Nintendo's Dreamcast? I think so.

By all accounts the WiiU will be more powerful than the PS3 and 360. BUT, it will only be slightly more powerful, which means that once the next Sony and MS consoles come out the WiiU will be behind the curve.

[PR_GMR]

Wow, just wow.

Played Zelda Skyward Sword last night. After the reviews it was getting, I couldn't resist picking it up as I am a huge Zelda fan. YIKES talk about buyers remorse! Granted I just finished Assassins Creed Revelations, which has buttery smooth controls and amazing graphics and adult story line. Perhaps the jump from Assassins Creed to Zelda is just too harsh.

The villans in this game would make John Hughes proud. I think Joe Pesci in Home Alone 1 was more intimidating that the BULLYS in the sky city. I understand Nintendo is skewing this game to a younger demographic... but even my 10 and 12 year old glazed over.

Zelda played like an N64 game. I was horrified, HORRIFIED at the graphics. They look like n64 vaseline on the lens blurry... My son walks by and snickers at what Im playing, and says, wow something wrong with the tv? why so blurry?. Honestly, I wanted to clean my glasses... it hurts the eyes to watch. Im really no graphics whore, but this is a bit much.

The game starts out with climbing... which really shows its age. The world is unbelievably empty as you walk through the first town...Time has done nothing but sour my palpable disdain for the Wii control methods.. I dont want to SHAKE both controllers to land a finishing blow.. seems silly really.

I know why Nintendo refuses to voice act a game.. COST. But the mumblings of the characters is really silly. On top of that the amount of text you have to read is just stupid.

How the mighty have fallen. I only played about two hours last night. And I fully acknowledge that this game could pick up. Where it stands right now is a sad tale of how Nintendo has lost its way.

Link has the personality of a crash test dummy. In the opening sequences of the game, he had his "BIRD" stolen and shows absolutely no emotion what so ever. I understand the design choice, as its supposed to be YOU as the character... But it really removes you from being emotionally envolved in the slightest with the characters.

On the plus side, the MUSIC is amazing. Really like a feature film, really fits the theme. Brillant.

WHO the hell are they selling this game to? 40+ year old nostalgia freaks? Or 10 year olds..who are mostly playing Call of Duty and snicker at the simplicity of this game. Pixar movies have a deeper soul than this. They have satisfied neither.

Nintendo continues to sail out to the sea of mediocrity.

My last wii game for sure.

And my prediction is the WII U will continue the downward spiral. Ignoring graphics as Microsoft and Sony move the graphics to the NEXT level... Seems like a horrible mistake. I want to play a zelda game with 360 level graphics. Is the Wii U Nintendo's Dreamcast? I think so.

I picked up the game, and played a good chunk of it over the Thanksgiving holiday. I will agree with you about the graphics. What you're seeing is the Wii being pushed to its very limits graphically and it's honestly unsightly. The first couple of hours of the game at Skyloft are also just typical introductory bulldookie nonsense. But, the game does that good olde Zelda magic. And it wins you over once you're into the game for a proper time. I started to feel the game the more I played. I also watched my 13-year old nephew play it and he got far ahead of me, and what I saw from his adventures made me feel warm with gaming enjoyment. That good olde thrill of quest and adventure is there. The puzzle-solving is there. You feel your character grow with the game. It really does feel like great, traditional Zelda game.

Now, perhaps the inner young gamer in your has been stunted from years of playing hardcore military-shooters with top-notch graphics and what have you... but this is a great game. What Nintendo does here is creating a magical adventure game completely on their own terms. That's what they've always done, and I appreaciate it.

[HankRaptor]

Im going to stick it out Im sure there is magic in there..

[siege]

There is plenty of magic. It's a fantastic game. Nintendo doesnt need voice acting, HD graphics, or mature themes to craft quality games. They're always going to be behind Sony and MS technology wise but they'll continue to do what they've always done and I'll be content with that.

[The Grue]

There is plenty of magic. It's a fantastic game. Nintendo doesnt need voice acting, HD graphics, or mature themes to craft quality games.

+1

[CeeKay]

uh oh, BUG ALERT:

We have been made aware of the issue that results in being unable to progress in the Song of the Hero quest. If the game has been saved after completing the sequence of events, it will no longer be possible to proceed through the game on that save file. The only options at that point are to either start the game over or to use an earlier save file to continue.

The situation is caused by performing the following sequence of events during the Song of the Hero quest:

1. At the beginning of the quest, go to Lanayru Desert to retrieve the song of the Thunder Dragon.

2. In the Lanayru Mine, speak with Golo the Goron.

3. Complete the Thunder Dragon's event, and receive his song.

4. Before heading to the forest or volcano regions, speak with Golo in the mine again.

5. At this point, the forest and volcano events will no longer occur, making it impossible to continue.

Solutions:

• This issue WILL NOT OCCUR if the Fire and Water Dragon songs have already been collected before collecting the Thunder Dragon's song. Talking to Golo in the Lanayru Caves will also NOT trigger this issue.

• If the game has been saved after completing the sequence of events, it will no longer be possible to proceed through the game on that save file. The only options at that point are to either start the game over or to use an earlier save file to continue.

I wish I had a better answer, but I'm afraid there currently is no other fix available. I can assure, however, that we are documenting all feedback we receive on this issue. Thank you for your patience and support.

Sincerely,

Sharon Matheny

[Kagath]

Kinda surprising they would let something like that go through. People love to break sequences in games for the fun of it. Maybe they will recall the discs if bad enough?

[Rumpy]

Ouch, that would definitely suck. I don't think the Wii has a patcher system like the XBox and PS3 either, so they can't patch it remotely.