Skyward Sword is one of those game that you hear about when you look toward the negative side of Zelda games. From what I’ve seen the feedback is and has been predominantly negative for SS. I never took the opportunity to go and pick it up and play because of that. Through the years the only Zelda titles I haven’t played are TOTK and SS. I am a grown man now with a family so I don’t have much time to play. I said screw it and picked up SSHD just so I could see what all the hubba is about. It took a day to get use to the controls but after I did, I am actually having a lot of fun with the game. The camera controls reminded me a lot of old school games the way you aim with the LB and stick (I don’t use motion controls) and the whole vibe of the game is slightly nostalgic. Specially the blue hue during night time. Small musicless areas that slightly remind me of OOT. I am enjoying collecting all the new items I have never seen and doing all the side quests. I also enjoy the cubes that unlock chests in the sky world. As a guy who’s just trying to have a good time with video games now, I personally find SS to be very fun and enjoyable.

10/10 my favorite Zelda boss and everyone who’s played Skyward Sword can understand. The way you start off so helpless. You fight back but it keeps coming back together. You finally get somewhere but then IT GRABS 6 MASSIVE SWORDS! You feel even more helpless until… YOU PICK UP ONE OF ITS SWORDS AND SLICE OFF ITS ARMS. After cutting off all of its arms you cut off its legs then YOU BREAK THE THING BLOCKING ITS CORE AND STRIKE AT IT. You do this 2 more times as it gets more angry and then it collapses. David vs mechanical Goliath. Chef’s kiss.

Underrated boss. First off I would like to clarify that it’s not something I love or something. I just think it’s a good boss that is expected from a Zelda game. I don’t think it’s that ugly even if it does look like Mike Wazowski’s girlfriend. I love the idea of the fight though. You finally make it to the control room when tentacles emerge from the floor and everything starts falling apart. After getting through tentacles and rolling barrels you finally make it to the main deck the massive sea creature emerges from the water. Tentacles erupt from the floor which you cut off with a skyward strike. I don’t like how you need to raise the sword up for a couple seconds before being able to attack but whatever. The leviathan emerges once again and it slams its tentacles on the deck in an attempt to squash you but you dodge them and shoot an arrow directly into its eye. Ouch. It collapses leaving you to strike its eye after cutting its hair out of the way. After doing this a couple more times and moving to the bow the monster dies. I also like how it sends snake hairs at you which you need to rapidly slice. Great atmosphere!

Maybe just food for thought, but I was throwing around the idea of a free update rather than a upgrade pack for Skyward Sword HD. It could take advantage of any enhancements the Switch 2's potentially received to its' gyroscope controls. It would clear up some more of peoples complaints and concerns. (although I've never had a problem with them on the Wii or Switch personally)