Lo jugué en su momento en la Wii y me resultó muy molesto por los controles, así que cuando salió para switch decidí probarlo de nuevo usando los joysticks y fue una experiencia totalmente distinta. Probablemente el Zelda en el que más personalidad tengan tanto Link como Zelda, con muchos personajes secundarios carismáticos, una buena historia y mecánicas muy divertidas. Los pocos fallos que tiene es que a veces es algo repetitivo, los propios controles de la wii y que el mae de nubes esté tan vacío, porque habría sido increíble ver un mundo abierto a lomos de un pájaro gigante con muchos secretos que descubrir.

Absolutely underrated. Once you look past the fact this game is more linear, you realise that this game is actually extremely well designed. I think the art style is super pretty, the story was super fun to see unfold and the music was surprisingly good. The only issue I see is that going between the same 3 places can be lame initially (and I will admit there is some padding), but nearly every time you return the gameplay only gets expanded and more interesting than before. Please play this it is good

Primera experiencia con este título, sin factor "nostalgia" (¿para un juego de 2011 se puede decir nostalgia?) ni conocimiento previo de los acontecimientos que atañen a Skyward Sword salvo por que es el primero en la cronología. Aclarado esto...

Voy a empezar fuerte, sus controles son jodidamente PÉSIMOS. Al menos para mi teniendo en cuenta que es un port y poco mas de Wii a Switch. He pasado olímpicamente de los controles por movimiento que se diseñaron en su día para la Wii optando por tirar del Mando Pro y he de decir que lo que mas he echado en falta es poder controlar la cámara libremente como han hecho la inmensa mayoría de videojuegos desde... DOOM? Bueno igual exagero pero entendéis lo que quiero decir. Algunos enfrentamientos contra mobs menores han sido un tanto frustrantes, especialmente los Bokoblins con la cara de perros que me traen que me dan tremendas ganas de sacudirles hasta arreglarles la cara a hostias. Irónicamente lo que has he disfrutado de este aspecto han sido los boses de mazmorra. Joder esa mierda si era satisfactoria.

Ahora que me he desahogado... si por algo ha merecido la pena sufrir las mecánicas jugables, sin duda y con permiso de la banda sonora (que también), el desarrollo argumental. Que si, el mal acecha y Link al rescate ooooooooootra vez, pero... Me ha molado mucho ver como se ha desarrollado su historia. Desde como Zelda descubre su propósito hasta como Link pasa de mero estudiante a convertirse en un héroe en mayúsculas y en negrita!

No me voy a explayar mucho mas. Puede que a este juego le de otra run en el futuro.

There is a 30% chance that this game is enjoyable, but that percentage can be increased to 90% if the conditions are just right.

This review will be on the HD remake of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, but it will also encompass my experience with the original Wii version I played over a decade ago. My feelings about the one cannot be present without my feelings about the other.

I’m pretty sure 2011’s The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the first game I ever preordered with my own money (I still have the golden Wii remote that was packaged with it). A high school friend of mine and I would talk at exhaustive lengths about what we thought was going to happen in the game based off of the teaser art that was revealed featuring a swordless Twilight Princess-y looking Link standing back to back with a Wind Waker-y Great Fairy looking girl. The 3DS remake of Ocarina of Time had official art of Skyward Sword’s Link hidden throughout the world, which only further amplified my already bristling anticipation. Besides the previously mentioned remake of an already perfect game, Zelda had put out a few duds. It was time for a return to form. It was time for something with no strings attached. It was time for the classic Zelda experience.

And then I got the game.

Let it be known that there were some things I liked about Skyward Sword. Fi’s design, everything about Zelda herself, and of course Groose, stand out the most. The music is great as always and I like Kina the Pumpkin girl.

But those controls, man. For a game putting into practice what the Wii Motion Plus controller was capable of, it sure is a shame it never fully did exactly what I wanted to. It felt more like I was playing some carnival attraction.

I do not like them, Sam I Am.

Skyward Sword was kind of the last straw for me for a little while. In my petulant teenage eyes, The Legend of Zelda was no longer the proud sibling series to Mario, it was now the stupid gimmick series where they find new ways to play a game to justify their underpowered toyetic consoles to the world.

This opinion would of course change, but I still felt that way for a good few years. And regardless of which Zelda games came out afterwards, Skyward Sword was always my least favorite.

And then even more years passed. The game that was made to commemorate The Legend of Zelda’s 25th anniversary was ten years old. And to commemorate that, Nintendo released a high definition remake of the game, with the ability for buttons only controls.

Buttons only controls! I had to write it again just to feel the pleasure of putting it into words once more.

I got Skyward Sword HD at basically half price, and more than ever that feels like a steal. Buttons only mode elevates this game far, far above the original. It feels like I’m playing a video game! Every clumsy and misaligned action that Link could do before is now streamlined and precise. And they even give you the option to go back to motion controls and remind yourself how dire the situation was.

No longer is Skyward Sword a good Zelda game that is held back by how you interact with the world, it’s just a Zelda game now. And Buttons Only Mode actually makes that initial idea of intense sword combat Nintendo’s been chasing since Zelda 2 interesting to play! Sure, a lot of the combat has that shooting gallery feeling from the original where the enemy runs up to you and waits to be killed, but later on you fight more aggressive enemies that punish a missed input. And now that you have an interface that doesn’t miss an input half the time, it becomes an enjoyable challenge!

The world map is still small but without the Wii Motion Plus mosquito buzzing in my ear, I was able to understand that its constant reuse of the main three areas was a means of adding depth and richness to each of them, rather than laziness. I’d still like a snow area though. Or a beach area. Or both.

Skyward Sword HD taught me how to love again, and I, at the very least, really like Skyward Sword.

The ending is still kind of dumb. Spoiler alert for a 10 year old game but it retroactively makes my man Ganondorf feel less special. That’s some dumb shit.

I’ve played and 100%-ed The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword twice, once on each version, and I only recommend the second version. Button Only Mode is truly a game changer. Now, hopefully you will be as lucky as me and get this game for 20 bucks, but in the event that you won’t or haven’t, I still think it’s worth the marked retail price. It’s a good game with an endearing story with loveable characters, and now, interesting controls.

Fi is less annoying in the remake too.

Part 5 of my father and son 3D Zelda playthroughs

Skyward sword has always been the most decisive entry to the series, but the last two times that I've played through it I've come to really appreciate a lot that the game has done.

The dungeon, boss and gameplay quality in SS is top notch, with many best in series contenders for both dungeons and bosses. I've seen many complaints about the pacing in SS, although I feel this game is very well paced with back to back quality sections throughout. I will say that the only thing that really messes with the pacing is the imprisioned refights. I think if you're gonna fight a boss three times it should be a much more interesting fight, and SS is certainly capable of making better fights than the annoying imprisioned.

My only real major complaint with SS is Fi herself. When comparing her directly to Midna she is such a massive downgrade, and it sucks because I can envision how Fi could have had a lot of potential. All she needed was an arc. A big reason that Fi is so terrible is because she acts like a robot the entire game. Her constant "There's a 99% chance that the object in front of you is a rock" quips are genuinely infuriating. I think the game should have started her out as cold and robotic, but over the course of the quest she should have grown to become genuinely emotional and should have shown that emotion. I feel that Fi was a missed opportunity, and she could have rivaled Midna as a fantastic companion character.

This was my first time playing the switch version of the game, and I really enjoyed the improvements. The major aspect for me of course being full button controls. I think the usage of the right stick for sword movements was ingenious, and I personally enjoyed it more than motion controls. I felt that the game retained the magic of sword combat even with these input adaptations. This port is certainly the definitive way to play.

My son really enjoyed this game, and although he doesn't like it as much as TP, he really enjoyed it. I took extra care to explain the lore and story implications of this game, and he loved forging the master sword and ultimately facing Demise and witnessing the origin of Ganondorf.