The exit you need to take is right to the right as soon as you enter there, it takes a couple of seconds to get out.
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword |OT| Home of Punkin' Chunkin' Champion 2011
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The exit you need to take is right to the right as soon as you enter there, it takes a couple of seconds to get out.
Man, soundtrack is really amazing. Fi's theme, Ghiraghim's Theme... just brilliant. I hope that there will be an official release of soundtrack.
Quick question about shields. Please answer with yes/no:
Quick question about shields. Please answer with yes/no:
I have wooden and metal shield. But is there a Hyrulean Shield in Skyward Sword?
Yes.
Arc07
Member
Depends if your target is close. You have to arc it high to hit something far away.
Just upgrade it to the Scattershot and you don't really have to aim anymore.
Thank you.
By the way, I love how this game teases us.
Finding out who is the monster that lives on Skyloft was simply golden. When I saw him, I was like: "WTF how am I supposed to defeat him"? And then we get to know his real intentions.
It must be a Dolphin issue. I aim and the shot goes waaaay up and to the right of where I aim.
Down on the D-Pad.
How am I supposed to get those spikey bombs off me when I'm on a tight rope? It says to flick forward to "jostle", but I have no clue what that means, and it just makes me fall to the side.
I think the idea is that you shake the tight rope to make the enemies lose their balance. I've never been able to stay on the rope while doing it, but you can still do it while hanging on.
Turn off Skip EFB Access to CPU, problem solved, though you make take a hit in performance which you can fix by lowering the AA or resolution, but youll at least have perfect aiming.
Is there some reason why the save wouldn't transfer?
Thanks!
Not sure how to transfer. I guess I'll have to look into it. I'm doubting I'll see any improvement. The main issue with the controls is that to do an accurate strike, you need to be in the right starting position. The problem is that if you move to that starting position too quickly, Motion Plus interprets that as a swing and you don't swing in the right direction. If you go too slowly, enemies often react and block in that direction before you have a chance to swing. Compound that with the fact that the controls gets decalibrated quite often, unless you're always looking at the sensor bar (I'm sitting 3 feet from my TV, which makes that difficult), and it makes the controls rather frustrating.
Left/right strikes aren't too hard, but the top-down strike is very unreliable for me.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Alright, Orayn and I have bummed a ride off of his roomate to get out to GameStop tomorrow morning. No waiting in the middle of winter for a bus for me!
Once you see the screaming bear face texture, you can't un-see it.
E3 bear makes a comeback!
WiiRevolution1
Member
Ug..guess I'll take my chances at a midnight release at walmart. Guess I'll leave at around 11 (its currently 6)
I hope they have it. And I hope they have the collector's edition because I don't know if I can resist it if they only have the standard edition. I want dat wiimote!
If not I have to wait till 11, ELEVEN AM before GameStop opens.
I got the last Zelda at midnight. Someone better let me get this Zelda at midnight to. Next thing ya know and they won't even have a midnight launch for Wii U bah!
I hope they have it. And I hope they have the collector's edition because I don't know if I can resist it if they only have the standard edition. I want dat wiimote!
If not I have to wait till 11, ELEVEN AM before GameStop opens.
I got the last Zelda at midnight. Someone better let me get this Zelda at midnight to. Next thing ya know and they won't even have a midnight launch for Wii U bah!
it's going to be in the mid 60s here tomorrow with a chance of rain. brrrr!
Once you see the screaming bear face texture, you can't un-see it.
E3 Bear! He's after Miyamoto and Aonuma!
Nocturnowl
Member
So I finished dungeon 5 earlier...
Fi:"I anticipate a 100% chance of spoilers for the 5th dungeon within the following text, I suggest you don't highlight if you don't wish to be spoiled, if you want to be spoiled use thedousing highlight function"
I'm feeling very ho-hum with this Zelda so far, it's not bad at all but it's not giving off a great vibe either, it just feels kind of "there" for me, there's always time for a turn around I guess.
Fi:"I anticipate a 100% chance of spoilers for the 5th dungeon within the following text, I suggest you don't highlight if you don't wish to be spoiled, if you want to be spoiled use the
Okay this took in dungeon backtracking to a new level, I really didn't like this dungeon, the setting was good but the amount of times you have to run back and forth through the same corridors borders on painful, at times the main gimmick with the time switch was reminiscent of the crystal switches from the top down Zelda games and I don't mean that as a positive, mini boss and dungeon boss were great though. Dungeon 4 and 2 are easily in the lead for me so far. Fi has finally stepped into annoying with this dungeon "hey Link the boss door is down here just so you know even though you've run past it multiple times already" or "there's a 99% chance that you can fire that bow and hit a switch! as in this switch right here, no need to use your own eyes for they have a 33.3% chance of missing the target but i'm a robot so that gives me a 66.6% chance of .....*more babble*"
I'm feeling very ho-hum with this Zelda so far, it's not bad at all but it's not giving off a great vibe either, it just feels kind of "there" for me, there's always time for a turn around I guess.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I sat down and tested the "game recognizes movement as a slash" thing.
I've never had it confuse movement as a slash and I don't think I'm moving too slow.
I've never had it confuse movement as a slash and I don't think I'm moving too slow.
Can someone who's played the game talk about the rupee issue that made me want to blow my ass out my eyesockets during Twilight Princess?
Specifically, how the game wouldn't let you collect a rupee chest if you were already maxed out and you'd have to put on the magic armor and drain a few away so you could get it? What is the max rupee limit this time? Can we pick them up even if we're maxed? TELL ME ABOUT THE RU-PEE-OHHHHHHHs
Specifically, how the game wouldn't let you collect a rupee chest if you were already maxed out and you'd have to put on the magic armor and drain a few away so you could get it? What is the max rupee limit this time? Can we pick them up even if we're maxed? TELL ME ABOUT THE RU-PEE-OHHHHHHHs
Slurpy2k20
Member
Slurpy2k20
Member
Yeah, you'll get the rupee and empty the chest. And it will be a complete waste if you're maxed, giving you nothing. Pretty silly, no option to put it back.
Is this not like, weeks old?
I've played for 10 hours, just finished the second temple (the one where it is pretty 'hot', that's the second one right?
Either way....best Zelda ever? I absolutely love it! Will it get even better???
Also, those graphics are so nice!! I haven't played a Wii game since Galaxy 2, and have been on the HD twins only....but this art direction and everything Nintendo has done? DAMN! I can't imagine what they will do with WiiU hardware. Truly can't.
Either way....best Zelda ever? I absolutely love it! Will it get even better???
Also, those graphics are so nice!! I haven't played a Wii game since Galaxy 2, and have been on the HD twins only....but this art direction and everything Nintendo has done? DAMN! I can't imagine what they will do with WiiU hardware. Truly can't.
My problem has been that I shouldn't have been trying to play Zelda just after Dark Souls and in between bouts of Skyrim. I should've tried to space the game out further. I'm probably going to be putting it down for a bit and coming back to it next month. It's just not working for me at this moment (possible fantasy overload I guess).
You make it sound as though you want what we are blessed to have lost. Praise the maker.
What I want to know is how they shipped my game yesterday, and it was sent out for delivery this morning, but is not scheduled to arrive until Monday at 3 p.m.
It was sent out less than half an hour away, at 7 this morning. Why would it take so long to get here, with one day air? Where is it being held?
What Zelda could learn from Bioware.
Slurpy2k20
Member
Probably. But I just discovered it.
Damn, GAF went down just as I wanted to post impressions. But better late than never. I finished the first dungeon, couldn't play more since then.
It is a weird mixture of old and new elements actually. I originally wanted dungeons to blend into the overworld. It doesn't look like it so far, but instead, the overworld sections are very dungeon-like with activating shortcuts etc. That's enjoyable, too although I'm not that hyped about the concept yet. There's also much variety in the surroundings at the expense of larger seamless areas (Skyloft being the exception so far). I feel indifferent about this. It quite doesn't feel like a consistent world I always wanted, however I greatly enjoyed the vast amount of imagination going into the different environments. I especially liked the
like structure you first land in, although there are valid reasons why people might find it boring.
The graphics are great, especially the surroundings with so much details. Just looking around inside a house is pure joy. Together with the variety there's not much to complain about. I'd have preferred a normal DOF effect though instead of the painting like effect they used. It's a very unique idea and I commend the developers for it, but it just doesn't work that well for me. I wish I could see farther, so to speak.
However, gameplay and level design are the two things that I enjoyed most. Very good pacing so far. The intro sections play into this as well. I feel it's a big theme in Zelda games and especially in Skyword Sword to present a very carefully thought out learning curve to tackle problems. I didn't think the first hours were boring like some others, instead I think it just feels that way for an experienced gamer because of all being a cakewalk, the difficulty ramp isn't noticeable yet. But it's actually there. It begins with a basic obstacle course, then there's a small cave (mini-dungeon along with a mini-puzzle), then comes a slightly harder obstacle course, etc. It's actually enjoyable to follow that learning curve although there isn't much to learn at first. But later it gets harder.
The first dungeon is a great example, I liked it more than other first dungeons, aside of the fact that you get a cool item there. E.g. look at the
. They're very similar, but in each iteration a new cool variety is added. Although not very hard, discovering a new aspect of the same problem just makes you happy. And wow at the
. Discovering more and more ways to defeat a single enemy type is just a very enjoyable experience, since you're actually solving a set of mini-puzzles. So I'm having big hopes for the rest of the game. With the combat in general, it's a similar situation. Motion controls feel awkward at first but you get more and more used to them. The difficulty is reportedly going to be definitely higher than in previous iterations and I definitely felt it already. Got actually a couple of game overs at the first boss fight. But it was great fun.
So overall it's a truly great game as expected. I'm not super-flashed by it like Super Mario Galaxy did back then, but that happens very rarely anyway. No Zelda game managed that so far. But it's an interesting thing with Zeldas, that each iteration has its own strengths and weaknesses and the games feel different and similar at the same time, which is making them so addictive. There are some old and new antics I could do without (e.g. bottomless chasms / small bug: when selecting an aiming item, the crosshairs are centered while your controller is still pointing sideways), but other than that an awesome experience so far.
It is a weird mixture of old and new elements actually. I originally wanted dungeons to blend into the overworld. It doesn't look like it so far, but instead, the overworld sections are very dungeon-like with activating shortcuts etc. That's enjoyable, too although I'm not that hyped about the concept yet. There's also much variety in the surroundings at the expense of larger seamless areas (Skyloft being the exception so far). I feel indifferent about this. It quite doesn't feel like a consistent world I always wanted, however I greatly enjoyed the vast amount of imagination going into the different environments. I especially liked the
amphitheater
The graphics are great, especially the surroundings with so much details. Just looking around inside a house is pure joy. Together with the variety there's not much to complain about. I'd have preferred a normal DOF effect though instead of the painting like effect they used. It's a very unique idea and I commend the developers for it, but it just doesn't work that well for me. I wish I could see farther, so to speak.
However, gameplay and level design are the two things that I enjoyed most. Very good pacing so far. The intro sections play into this as well. I feel it's a big theme in Zelda games and especially in Skyword Sword to present a very carefully thought out learning curve to tackle problems. I didn't think the first hours were boring like some others, instead I think it just feels that way for an experienced gamer because of all being a cakewalk, the difficulty ramp isn't noticeable yet. But it's actually there. It begins with a basic obstacle course, then there's a small cave (mini-dungeon along with a mini-puzzle), then comes a slightly harder obstacle course, etc. It's actually enjoyable to follow that learning curve although there isn't much to learn at first. But later it gets harder.
The first dungeon is a great example, I liked it more than other first dungeons, aside of the fact that you get a cool item there. E.g. look at the
eye puzzles
Skulltulas
So overall it's a truly great game as expected. I'm not super-flashed by it like Super Mario Galaxy did back then, but that happens very rarely anyway. No Zelda game managed that so far. But it's an interesting thing with Zeldas, that each iteration has its own strengths and weaknesses and the games feel different and similar at the same time, which is making them so addictive. There are some old and new antics I could do without (e.g. bottomless chasms / small bug: when selecting an aiming item, the crosshairs are centered while your controller is still pointing sideways), but other than that an awesome experience so far.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Who knows... Maybe because it not a megaton anymore?
It wont sell as well as other midnight releases?
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Good thing wal-mart is a 5 min walk
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
Oh wow. So I went to Eldin Mountain which was like a temple. I then dived down a whole which was like a mini-temple. After that I scaled a sand like dungeon thing which finally lead me to the Earth Temple.
Nintendo really weren't kidding when they send dungeons in dungeons within dungeons. I love it!
Nintendo really weren't kidding when they send dungeons in dungeons within dungeons. I love it!
Slurpy2k20
Member
How are we blessed, exactly? Why would you want to collect rupees when you're maxed out? I'm completely missing your argument as to why that would be good.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
It's called "The tax of Fate".
RPGCrazied
Member
My ass is going to bed early tonight, so I can get to tomorrow quicker! *gets the NyQuil* lol
*gets the NyQuil* lolThe_Darkest_Red
Member
Going to Walmart tonight to pick this bad boy up (hopefully).
After watching Breaking Dawn with my wife...
Without a preorder will I be able to get a bundle with motion plus? Or what's the most cost-effective way to get the game+motion plus? I'm buying it to play on a family member's Wii who doesn't own a motion plus controller, while I'm visiting for thxgiving (it's not as weird as it sounds).
So true! I just finished that temple myself. Amazing game! Hope it gets better, even!
BTW, I'm playing the game on a fairly small Samsung LCD with component hooked up, and those graphics in the Earth Temple just blew me away.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Just ask for it pass midnight.
I asked a salesperson at my local wal-mart and thats what she told me.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
No pre-order required for bundle. So yes you can.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
Indeed, that's the plan.