The wait is over, another chapter of lore has been added to The Legend of Zelda in Skyward Sword for Wii. Super-fans everywhere are indulging in their guilty pleasure and having fun. In the early goings something became very clear to me: My play style has been heavily altered from playing Dark Souls, as the knight class, clad in a mix and match of the traditional heavy armor. Dark Souls (also released in 2011) rarely holds your hand like the late Skyward Sword does, and comparing the two games is completely spoiler-free. So, want to read about my gripes with the new Zelda and how it could take pointers from a 360 title, as well as some tips from a fellow knight?
If you’re a 3DS owner, you can exclusively watch this special 3DS recording of the 25th Anniversary Symphony performing “Ballad of the Goddess”, in both 2D and 3D of course. Doesn’t this song sound so..fabulous?
Skyward Sword performed reasonably well in the recent Spike TV Video Game Awards, taking home a win in two of the categories it was nominated in, Best Wii Game and Best Motion Control game. Disappointingly, however, Skyward Sword did not win the award for Game of the Year, which was taken home by its rival Skyrim. No, Skyward Sword took home a much more prestigious honor, as the first and as of now only inductee into Spike TV’s Video Game Hall of Fame. The Most-Certainly-Not-Retiring Shigeru Miyamoto even showed up to claim the honor of being inducted, an enthralling event which you can witness if you simply click on “read more”!
That’s right, folks, Skyward Sword beat Skyrim in G4′s “Video Game Deathmatch” and has moved onto the final round. Its competitor in this round is the game “Assassin’s Creed: Revelations.” Skyward Sword has a huge lead on Revelations right now at 72% so let’s keep it that way. If you haven’t already made an account (which you should have if you voted in the previous rounds) head over to G4 and make one so you can vote to lead Skyward Sword to victory. The final round ends next week, but don’t wait too long to help and show your support. And to keep with the tradition of speeches…
OK guys, we may have won against Batman in G4TV’s “Video Game Deathmatch”, but it’s not over yet! In this round, Skyward Sword is paired up against The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, and the scores are frighteningly close! Right now we are slightly in the lead with Zelda at 51%, and Skyrim at 49%, but that’s too close for my comfort! Sons of Zelda! Of Hyrule! My brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Nintendo fails, when we forsake Zelda and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of Moblins and shattered shields when the Age of Hylians comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of Hyrule!
Now go and vote for Skyward Sword! You can find the poll here, but you’ll need to have a G4TV account. If you haven’t made one already, it will prompt you to when you click on vote. If you ever cared for Zelda, vote now while you still can!
Friends, I bring urgent news! Our collective favorite video game series is under attack by a comic book superhero with the voice of a serial killer! In G4TV’s “Video Game Deathmatch”, Skyward Sword and Arkham City have come face-to-face in the third round, but Skyward Sword is losing. We can’t let that happen! There’s still a chance! If we can rally together the Zelda community and have everyone vote, Skyward Sword may scrape by and make it to the top! Come on, guys! I do believe in fairies! I do believe in fairies! They’ve only restored your hearts at the brink of death about a million times! We can do this! Quickly! Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise! Arise, Riders of Hyrule! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day… A red day… Ere the sun rises! Ride now!… Ride now!… Ride! Ride to ruin and the world’s ending!
… And, you know, vote for Skyward Sword.
You can find the poll here. In order to vote, you must have a G4TV account, however, you can make one easily, and in the interest of keeping Zelda on top of things where it belongs? I think the time it takes to make one is worth it. Currently, the polls are 44% Skyward Sword, 56% Arkham City, but together, we can turn this around.
UPDATE: We’ve taken the lead! Skyward Sword is now at 51% with Arkham City close behind at 49%. Anyone who hasn’t voted yet, now is the time to do so to keep SS ahead!
After I got Skyward Sword on last Friday, I was quite obsessed to put it lightly. I finished it in about 38 hours, on Monday evening. Yes, I played around 10 hours every day, but I would not say I rushed it, because I did sit down to enjoy several of the sidequests. Anyway, now that I’ve finished the game and found the time to write a written review, here it is! I won’t really spoil anything unless you’ve been living under a rock since E3, so it should be fairly safe to read for anyone. But I’ll warn for potential spoilers, since I’ll be mentioning some things that happen after the first dungeon, although nothing after that, unless it’s something that goes in general for the whole game. Anyway, make sure to take a look and see what score I gave it as well as what I think of it!
The Skyward Sword comic from Penny Arcade I talked about last week has released another page, this time involving Link’s journey to the surface. Right-click or view the full post to see the full size! This one even has some rhymes in it.
Like I said last time, I’d love an actual manga or a longer comic, so I hope we’re getting that soon, but the mini comic is enjoyable of course. Speaking of Skyward Sword, I finished it last monday, so I might make a little written review and put it up here soon. Hope everybody are enjoying their Skyward Sword copies, including you guys in Australia who should’ve gotten it by now!
Hey all you ZEers. You want music? You got music!! What better way to anticipate the stateside release of Skyward Sword than listening to a fantastic remix of the theme we’ve come to know as its main theme – except this time, in METAL. Please enjoy this fantastic rendition of the Goddess’s Theme played enthusiastically by Youtube user ArtificialFear.
Thanks to bigflyingpotato for tipping us off to this.
