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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword |OT| Home of Punkin' Chunkin' Champion 2011
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Neoriceisgood
Member
I still can't believe I finally have the actual game, in a way I've never looked foreward to owning a game this much before in my life.
abstract alien
Member
This bitch repeats everything someone says to you. Also, it takes entirely too long to get out of the process of picking up a building item. Everything else is awesome so far, and I love the combat. Those two gripes are pretty heavy though...
At least (small consolation, I know), the treasure messages only pop up the first time you pick up that specific type of treasure in an area. I just wish they would have at least made it so you only see one of those messages per each type in the entire game, though.abstract alien said:
Octorockin'
Member
Crewnh said:
Boney said:
Now I feel like a mega geek. >_>
Well, the story isn't really important I guess. Like what Regulus Tera said, I just like coming of age stories.
TheExplodingHead said:
The mental image is awesome. : P
TheExplodingHead
Banned
Just picked up my copy! On the way home driving 120mph with this song play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQqwG_rQx7A
Aonuma also said at one of the E3's: "You'd already been playing it if we didn't change the art style". At E3 2010 they were like: "We have to wrap up the final dungeon and bosses and it's done" and then they spend another 12+ months developing the game. If they didn't put in motion controls, took them back out, put them back in again and changed the style of the game we probably would've been playing it fall 2010 at the latest. Still crazy that Nintendo didn't move onto a Twilight Princess sequel right away and started doing Crossbow Training. Aonuma said Zelda Wii U is a 'starting point' so at least they're working on it right away. The next Zelda is probably Zelda 3DS and I can see it hitting next fall depending on who's developing.Anth0ny said:
Neoriceisgood
Member
dysonEA said:
It's out here in Europe.
Metroid Killer
Member
For your information. The game is also released in a limited edition which includes a golden wiimote(with inbuilt M+). I assume it's cheaper to buy that edition instead of buying the items seperately.MrPliskin said:
[Nintex] said:
It blows my mind that they spend so much time building these worlds, just to abandon them after one game. A Wind Waker sequel that wasn't rushed would have been amazing. Even a Twilight Princess sequel would have been great. And they're just going to leave this gorgeous Skyward Sword artstyle behind after 5 years of development?
Damn.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I was just walking around the area before the second dungeon and did something really cool with the beetle. I saw a heart piece up high so I flew to it to see how I could track the path back to get to it and I saw one of those enemies who hide in shells outside of its shell in the open.
Stood next to a bomb.
I flew in to the bomb to activate it and BOOM, he was dead.
Small thing, but it really makes the item cool.
Stood next to a bomb.
I flew in to the bomb to activate it and BOOM, he was dead.
Small thing, but it really makes the item cool.
Boney said:
Zelda is a weird series. I think it's fair to say that the game changes more radically between installments than the overwhelming majority of franchises. At the same time, you could say it's stays stubbornly true to some franchise tropes more than most franchises as well.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Huh.
Places where I thought the combat was slow or expecting more deliberate movements were me missing the point, apparently.
Like the very early goblins. I thought I had to trick them by doing the opposite of my telegraphed attacks. Nope, just had to slash like crazy and they go down like sacks of rupees.
Not every enemy is like that but I was wondering why they made such a direction intensive enemy for one of the first real fights. Apparently the answer is: they didn't.
Places where I thought the combat was slow or expecting more deliberate movements were me missing the point, apparently.
Like the very early goblins. I thought I had to trick them by doing the opposite of my telegraphed attacks. Nope, just had to slash like crazy and they go down like sacks of rupees.
Not every enemy is like that but I was wondering why they made such a direction intensive enemy for one of the first real fights. Apparently the answer is: they didn't.
Neoriceisgood
Member
ShockingAlberto said:
At moments like that one I just spin attack three times and run like hell with my last stamina.
For sure, it will be available through 2011. How much or until when, is currently unknown. For example, Wal-Mart is advertising the special edition bundle for their Black Friday sales (at $10 less); so either they will receive a good amount that will last from launch to Black Friday; or they will hold part of the shipment until that sale.cacophony said:
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Does the LE Wiimote come with a condom? Surely it must. And is it gold too?
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I think, because it's Nintendo, we'll see additional shipments (maybe sans music CD?), but there's a chance it may be scarce initially...?
At least in Canada, Gamestop, Best Buy etc are sold out of LE preorders. Wal-Mart has a few left. I think it will not be "very easy" to find a copy (contradicting what I was predicting earlier in the other threadcacophony said:
)I think, because it's Nintendo, we'll see additional shipments (maybe sans music CD?), but there's a chance it may be scarce initially...?
Tribes of Trusty
Member
Got it, played it for 5 hours straight. I was on a total media black out (the only things I knew were the fact that you ride a bird and Fey was the incarnation of the sword).
I liked :
- The general feeling of the game. It felt more story-driven than the previous Zelda, it's a nice little change of pace.
- The graphics, it feels like a cartoon.
- Zelda.
- The use of WM+ for the objects and most of the actions.
- The characters.
- Fey, a non-annoying sidekick.
- The orchestrated music. Finally. It rocks.
- Ghirahim. Again, it's nice to have a change of antagonist (for the moment)
I didn't like :
- The implementation of WM+ for the swordplay. I know I'm really early in the game (just finished the first dungeon). It really feels like a gadget. I kinda liked that you use the nunchuk for the shield and the "skyward sword" move though.
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in the first dungeon.
- Fey's voice
- The beginning of the game is a little slow (yet I enjoyed Persona 4's intro).
- The sky's map feels really empty...I hoped it would be like Skies of Arcadia or Wind Waker when you had islands to explore and cool stuff to find.
I liked :
- The general feeling of the game. It felt more story-driven than the previous Zelda, it's a nice little change of pace.
- The graphics, it feels like a cartoon.
- Zelda.
- The use of WM+ for the objects and most of the actions.
- The characters.
- Fey, a non-annoying sidekick.
- The orchestrated music. Finally. It rocks.
- Ghirahim. Again, it's nice to have a change of antagonist (for the moment)
I didn't like :
- The implementation of WM+ for the swordplay. I know I'm really early in the game (just finished the first dungeon). It really feels like a gadget. I kinda liked that you use the nunchuk for the shield and the "skyward sword" move though.
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Ghirahim fight
It's more the first phase of the fight that's frustrating, nothing works on this guy except for endless waggling (or to exploit WM+ weaknesses) to win. Second phase of the fight was cool though
and speecg style, it makes me think of GladOs too much, and this "digitalized" style is kind of weird in a Zelda...does that mean that ancient civilizations had their technology highly advanced ? Fanwank time !
- The sky's map feels really empty...I hoped it would be like Skies of Arcadia or Wind Waker when you had islands to explore and cool stuff to find.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Uh, no, with exact motions the first phase is all about skill. You must've been doing it totally wrong to need to use "waggling" or an "exploit".Tribes of Trusty said:
It was that part of the game that really made me feel confident in the combat because it taught me how to not telegraph how I was going to strike and trick enemies.
Tribes of Trusty
Member
Well Wind Waker seemed much more rich in that regard, but then again I only played till the first dungeon.
Maybe I played it wrong, could you explain me how you did ? Because even with Fey's advice I didn't fare well :/.Foliorum Viridum said:
Tribes of Trusty said:
Yeah, some of the stuff you really have no motivation to explore until after the first dungeon.
As for combat, I love faking an attack and slashing my way through unsuspecting enemies. The musical combo is amazing, and in boss battles it's brilliant the way it ties in with the music.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Basically,Tribes of Trusty said:
hold the wiimote right and then bring it over and swing from the left. He'll be expecting it from the other side and it will hit him. Ditto with hold left and then move it right, hold it up and move it down, down and move it up, etc etc.
Just make it look like you'll swipe from one direction and then swipe from the opposite.
Just make it look like you'll swipe from one direction and then swipe from the opposite.
Tribes of Trusty said:
First phase, keeping rotating your sword around and running around him until he puts his hand in a lower position, then slash away.
Second phase, when he's behind you use a spin attack or turn around and slash.
When he's about to do a running attack do the shield bash and slash while he's knocked down.
When he's launching his diamonds, use the shield. Not much you can do.
It's not hard, but it's demanding and you need to be very careful.
Second phase, when he's behind you use a spin attack or turn around and slash.
When he's about to do a running attack do the shield bash and slash while he's knocked down.
When he's launching his diamonds, use the shield. Not much you can do.
It's not hard, but it's demanding and you need to be very careful.
Slurpy2k20
Member
Dabookerman said:
Yeah, 1st boss also infuriated me to no end. I did exactly what Fi told me to do, swung the sword at every angle imaginable, and it was always blocked. I started waggling in fury, and once in a while a shot would land, completely at random. When I actually tried to do the motion correctly, would always fail. Bombing rolling is another infuriating exercise with me, as a slight twitch of the wiimote and he would throw it instead.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Read my above post, the first boss is easy when you know what to do.Paradoxal_Utopia said:
I agree about the bomb throwing though - utter shit with motion controls. So cumbersome.
butter_stick
Banned
A problem I've had a lot is the movement I make moving the Wiimote from one position to another counts as a slash, so rather than repositioning Link's position I'm making slashes I don't want to. I did that a lot on the first boss. Like, A LOT. You have to kinda train yourself to not really make exaggerated movements, you need to just be slow and binary about it.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
That was the hurdle I had to overcome too. On the first boss I was trying to QUICKLY move my sword to the other side but that motion counted as a slash.
You have to do it slowly, which is counter intuitive.
You have to do it slowly, which is counter intuitive.
Tribes of Trusty
Member
Maybe because the majority of the names change between langage versions.AdamBot said:
butter_stick
Banned
I think if they carry on with M+ controls, it'd be nice if you had to hold a button to signify you want to slash, rather than move your sword. I've not thought this through so there may not be enough buttons, but it'd help you from potentially becoming over excited and the game thinking you're intending to slash from x to y whenever you want to move to y to slash to z.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Aahaha, you can make Link shit on a toilet?
BEST ZELDA CONFIRMED.
BEST ZELDA CONFIRMED.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
HAHAHA NAH NAH ABOO ABOO! GAF is going down for fifteen hours! Fifteen hours of me tricking myself into thinking that everybody else around the world is impatiently waiting for Sunday 11 AM to finally pick up this game!
Ahhhh I think I'll go and jump back into Skyrim..... after I beat World 8 Bowser on Super Mario Land 3D. I'll see you guys on the other side, fifteen hours closer to playing Skyward Sword
Ahhhh I think I'll go and jump back into Skyrim..... after I beat World 8 Bowser on Super Mario Land 3D. I'll see you guys on the other side, fifteen hours closer to playing Skyward Sword
RPGCrazied
Member
And GAF is back. See, that wasn't so bad, was it? Now just tomorrow morning needs to arrive so I can get my Zelda. Ugh.
Now just tomorrow morning needs to arrive so I can get my Zelda. Ugh.