The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Longplay [Wii] (1/3)

The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening [Remake]
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii. The sixteenth mainline entry in The Legend of Zelda series, it was released worldwide in November 2011. The game was made available worldwide on the Wii U eShop in September 2016. Taking the role of series protagonist Link, players navigate the floating island of Skyloft and the land below it, completing quests that advance the story and solving environmental and dungeon-based puzzles. Gameplay mechanics and combat, the latter focusing on attacking and blocking with sword and shield, are reliant on the Wii MotionPlus peripheral.

Skyward Sword is the first game in the Zelda continuity, detailing the origins of the Master Sword, a recurring weapon within the series. Link, resident of a floating town called Skyloft, heads on a quest to rescue his childhood friend Zelda after she is kidnapped and brought to the Surface, an abandoned land below the clouds. Armed with the Goddess Sword and aided by a spirit named Fi, Link must ensure Zelda's safety and stop Ghirahim as he attempts to resurrect his master, Demise.

Development lasted around five years, beginning after the release of Twilight Princess in 2006. Multiple earlier Zelda games influenced the developers, including Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. Many aspects of the game's overworld and gameplay were designed to streamline and populate the experience for players. The art style was influenced by the work of impressionist painters including Paul Cézanne. The implementation of Wii MotionPlus proved problematic for the developers, to the point where it was nearly discarded. It was the first Zelda game to use a live orchestra for the majority of its tracks, with music composed by a team led by Hajime Wakai and supervised by Koji Kondo.

First revealed in 2009, it was initially planned for release in 2010 before it ended up being delayed to 2011 to further refine and expand it. The game was a critical and commercial success, receiving perfect scores from multiple journalistic sites, winning and receiving nominations for numerous industry and journalist awards, and selling over three million copies worldwide. Despite the accolades it received, points of criticism directed toward certain aspects of the game's design proved to be a key influence in the development of the next entry for home consoles, Breath of the Wild.

[Kryschnack]

The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening [Remake]
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

[davidfairbairn]

you spent eleven straight hours of your life playing this game you deserve a thank you

[choclate]

I remember playing this as a kid on my wii, Damn the nostalgia I'm suprised that i even still have the wii

[DeliciousBeans]

Thank you for doing a long play I wanted to a walkthrough that wasn't millions of parts long

[Elvenlijk]

Most underrated 3D Zelda game. This game is pure gold.

[DenBoefMedia]

Who’s here after the skyward sword HD announcement?

[AriochStarr]

A MASSIVE thank you to Krysch for playing through this game. And a huge thank you to Longplay for uploading this playthrough (if they are not the same person, of course).

[thepurplejellothing]

Krysch: keeps smacking into trees

Me: Maybe that’s why he wears a cap...to cover up all his bumps.

[oskar]

I swear the first time I played it in 2013 the graphics seemed out of this world... Now, 9 years later, watching this video made me realize how far the gaming tech has come (just compare this to Ghost of Tsushima lol). Probably will get the same feeling 7 years from now looking back to the current Unreal Engine 4/5 games' gameplays.

[ics]

You are awesome. Thanks for uploading this. ❤😭 u won a new subscriber

[thepurplejellothing]

The first Zelda game to have a stamina gauge

Ah, memories, ..

[JuggaloJacksonville]

Anyone here after nintendo direct 2021? Super excited to finally play this with regular controls

[TheRealShedLife]

I'm 5.5 hours into this and it's wonderful. I love that Krysch (hope I spelled it right) has played the game before and time is not wasted exploring and being lost. I also love that I think some mistakes are allowed to be made, so that we can see the consequences of those and what action is taken afterward. The player could have avoided those, but it helps seal the narrative to do some things wrong at first, which helps us understand when they're got right. Watching and listening to this, many times I feel it's quite like an anime and I really love the artwork and design that Nintendo put into this. I'm only getting into Zelda after barely playing Wind Waker some 10 years ago (on a friend's machine), and barely tapping into BotW which I bought a Switch Lite specifically to play. Now I'm entranced with all the Zeldas and it's fun to see this one from the PS3/Wii era. I'd never seen this one at all. The art is wonderful.

[TwiliPaladin]

This is a friendly reminder that Fi’s design was based on the Master Sword.

[link]

The only game in which link could use a toilet
Lol

[imamnajmi]

I'm so excited, my first zelda game on nintendo switch

[brbdn]

I've thoroughly enjoyed this entire video I can't explain it but this video is like intoxicating I can't stop watching

[pwestonewriter]

This feels like ocarina on an Xbox. I can’t put my finger on it, but something is way off. I will play it for the story. Thanks for the previews!!!!

[kkmshh]

I love whoever made this, i grew up even as a little baby playing zelda. This just makes me shed a tear because it’s so beautiful. I love it.

[NintendoFanatic]

I can't wait to play the Dwitch version of this game