![]() Stamina for running about and doing certain attacks. Not to mention the various upgrades you can do to various items, including the shields. Then you have all the bugs to catch, which are used to increase the potency of potions. 'Skyward Sword HD' is still a decently technical undertaking. The result, along with the steady improvements to your sword, makes Skyward Sword feel more of a role-playing action game, rather than just a typical adventure game. ![]() The world layout, with Skyloft and the surface, also feels like an airborne Wind Waker at times, which is another favorite Zelda game of mine. So there’s a lot going on in Skyward Sword and while many of its elements ended up in Breath of the Wild, Skyward Sword still feels like a more focused game and better because of it. In that, even after maxing out everything in Breath of the Wild, it’s not overly memorable. Whereas with Skyward Sword the whole experience sticks with you, and even though I hadn’t played the Wii original since 2011, I could still recall almost all of it in this HD remake.Īs for the other quality of life improvements, they definitely help, but the somewhat contentious Zelda and Loftwing Amiibo, that allows you to return to the sky at any point, doesn’t actually make much of a difference and isn’t really a necessary purchase at all. However, it requires more effort than your typical Zelda game, not least due to the new control options available, but with diligent practice the game opens up into something genuinely beautiful.Skyward Sword HD proves we didn’t need a generation of motion controls Overall, Skyward Sword HD is a wonderful remaster and is a joy to play. ![]() The Skyward Sword remaster finds the same sense of purpose in tradition as its characters do. When it released in 2011, it both felt like it was abandoning what made the Zelda series great while holding on too dearly to traditions from later entries in the series. But it also shows now, as it did when it first came out, how rewarding some traditions can be to uphold, and it makes a concerted effort to introduce them to more people, even as it showcases why Zelda had to move on from them. In 2011, some Zelda fans saw Skyward Sword as the most clear-cut case yet for how the series had lost its way. ![]()
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