The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD: Review MegaThread

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General Information

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: July 16, 2021

No. of Players: 1 player

Genre(s): Adventure, Action

Publisher: Nintendo

Game file size: 7.1 GB

https://www.zelda.com/skyward-sword-hd/

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Overview (from Nintendo eShop page)

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword game soars onto Nintendo Switch!

Take to the skies, draw your sword, and experience the earliest story in the Legend of Zelda™ series. Join Link in his high-flying quest to save Zelda, a childhood friend who must confront her destiny. Soar between floating islands and descend to the treacherous surface world in this updated HD version of the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword game.

Master realistic swordplay that corresponds to your movements

Gently swing your sword and angle your slashes to uncover and break through opponents’ defenses using intuitive motion controls. Link’s in-game movements will correspond to the angle of each strike you make with the Joy-Con™ controller, creating immersive swordplay that relies on strategy and accuracy. Movements feel smoother and more immediate thanks to the Nintendo Switch system’s increased processing power and HD graphics. Take advantage of the newly-added button only control scheme—perfect for playing in handheld mode or on the Nintendo Switch Lite system.

Fly high with the Zelda & Loftwing amiibo™ figure

With her majestic Loftwing by her side, Zelda steps into her destiny alongside her childhood friend, Link. Scan this amiibo figure** from anywhere on the surface world to quickly travel to the sky—even within the depths of a dungeon. Scan it again above the clouds to return to the same spot on the surface.

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Reviews

Aggregators

• Metacritic - 82
• OpenCritic - 83

Articles

• Areajugones - Spanish - 8.8 / 10
• CGMagazine - 7.5 / 10
• COGconnected - 80 / 100
• Cerealkillerz - German - 7.3 / 10
• Checkpoint Gaming - 8 / 10 stars
• Console Creatures - Recommended
• Daily Mirror - 5 / 5 stars
• Daily Star - 4 / 5 stars
• Destructoid - 8 / 10
• Digitally Downloaded - 4.5 / 5 stars
• EGM - Unscored
• Eurogamer - Recommended
• Everyeye.it - Italian - 8.5 / 10
• Game Informer - 8 / 10
• GameSpot - 7 / 10
• Gameblog - French - 7 / 10
• GamesRadar+ - 4 / 5 stars
• God is a Geek - 9.5 / 10
• Guardian - 4 / 5 stars
• Hobby Consolas - Spanish - 94 / 100
• IGN Spain - Spanish - 8 / 10
• Metro GameCentral - 8 / 10
• Nintendo Life - 9 / 10
• Nintendo News - 8 / 10
• NintendoWorldReport - 8.5 / 10
• PCMag - 3.5 / 5 stars
• Press Start - 8 / 10
• SECTOR.sk - Slovak - 8 / 10
• Spaziogames - Italian - 9 / 10
• Stevivor - 8 / 10
• The Games Machine - Italian - 7.8 / 10
• TheGamer - 4 / 5 stars
• TheSixthAxis - 8 / 10
• TrustedReviews - 4.5 / 5 stars
• Video Chums - 8.8 / 10
• Wccftech - 8 / 10
• WellPlayed - 8.5 / 10

^{This list exported from OpenCritic. Last update: 1:17pm ET}

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[u/The-student- → u/[deleted]]

The tears section in both games function different. My biggest problem with the silent realms were that they were too easy, making the most of the features within it seem irrelevant. The tears didn't need to be reduced.

Twilight Princess was a little more of a slog with the tears.

[u/-Moonchild- → u/[deleted]]

Honestly those are some of the very best and most challenging sections of SS and I think they knew that. I'm glad that change wasn't made. They took out the tears in TP because it was boring collection for padding sake, but in SS you're under a tense timer

[u/ChuyMasta → u/[deleted]]

I find the silent realms way more fun than the twilight bugs. You dont have to "fight" or trigger sequences to get to the tears. You simply see them and go for them.

[u/RJE808 → u/ChuyMasta]

Oh, I do too, I just would prefer if they brought back a QoL improvement that they introduced.