The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Mic skrev:
Wat. Hvor føler du at han råber af begejstring?

Alexander Brock Petersen skrev:
"Skyward Sword sets a new benchmark for gaming in general and is the best Zelda game ever made". LOL.

Det lyder som om, at han lige er ved at komme i bukserne - lidt ligesom Matt C. for fem år siden.

Alexander Brock Petersen skrev:
Så vidt jeg kan forstå på de mange anmeldelser, så er dowsing åbenbart en tvungen del af gameplayet. Det ser forfærdelig kedeligt ud i videoerne. Jeg troede bare det var en hjælpe-funktion. Meh.

We have a brand new Iwata Asks here today, and it reveals some interesting information - namely that Shigeru Miyamoto was not happy with Skyward Sword at first! The interview talks about the world density in general, something many reviews, and our very own playthrough are confirming. to be a big deal indeed. These interviews might not contain countless new information bombs from the game, but instead they provide an interesting insight into the development of the game. Hop inside for more!

The staff talks about how they got their ideas for the disjointed surface world, saying that they were thinking something akin to Mario course selection maps. Aonuma mentions that the beginning of the game essentially sucked at initially, and that Miyamoto was furious. He volunteered to do the planning for that part himself, proving again that if you want stuff to get done, you gotta do it yourself.

“In terms of deciding to use the sky theme and the bird theme, it really started with that idea that we didn’t need to have a big large field that you just simply move through to get to places. That’s not a compelling use of the land and the terrain. What we started to think about was the way that the Mario games are structured. You sort of have this simple map that you can move around, and then it opens up into the next level or the next course that you work your way through.

“One of our ideas was what if we have a means where you can very quickly get to the area that you’re going to be exploring? That should work great, but when trying to find a way to apply that to a Zelda game, where still you need to feel like you’re in a cohesive world. One of the things that we thought would be great is if you have this one area that you always continually go back to, and then from that area you’re quickly and easily able to get to the other areas in the world.


“In that sense it made sense to have that area be up in the sky, and then you would drop down from the sky to any of the areas below that you wanted to get to. But then as we were thinking about it more we thought well, it’s just kind of silly that you would just drop out of the sky and land down below and you need to have some kind of mechanism for travelling around and that’s where the idea of the birds came in.”

Jonas skrev:
Har lige afbestilt spillet. Er kommet mere og mere i tvivl om det på grund af detaljer fra folk der har spillet det og citater fra udvikleren. Venter lige til nogle flere her fra N-club har prøvet det, så jeg kan høre nogle flere indtryk (samt måske prøve det til Alexanders træf i januar ).

Jonas skrev:
Har lige afbestilt spillet. Er kommet mere og mere i tvivl om det på grund af detaljer fra folk der har spillet det og citater fra udvikleren.

Gradius skrev:
*Alexander smiler stolt og læner sig tilbage... mission acomplished*

Something I didn't really elaborate on in the review was how fleshed out Skyloft is. All of the NPCs are named characters, and most, if not all, have their own house on the island. As an aside: many NPCs, on Skyloft and elsewhere, will set you tasks and reward you with gratitude points.

These gratitude points are then used on another, larger side-quest.

The game's not remarkably difficult nor especially easy - though I would say it's easier than Ocarina Of Time and Twilight Princess. Most of the challenge comes in figuring out the dungeon's puzzles.

The main theme (the reversed Zelda's Lullaby theme) really grew on me - it's used in some creative, goosebump-inducing ways too.

Elsewhere, the music's of an incredibly high standard, though not as catchy as it's been in other Zelda games.

I'd struggle to hum the Faron Woods tune to you now, for instance. Wind Waker's still got my favourite Zelda music.

You visit the Silent Realm a handful of times, and not for very long. It's essentially a "dark" version of a small area of Hyrule, around which 18 collectible orbs have been placed. Each orb grants you 90 seconds of immunity from three hulking great guardians - if your immunity expires, they wake up and chase you around.

It's actually quite scary as a single attack from a guardian forces you to start all over again. The trick is to collect the orbs in the correct order, so that you remain immune throughout the whole thing. Is it any good? It stressed me out a bit, to be honest, but was incredibly satisfying to complete.

Are there many enemies and aerial battles in the Sky Overworld?

No! Even though I guessed there would be, there aren't. Flying is mostly peaceful.