Skyward Sword HD is Fantastic

Against all odds, I don't actually have a problem with a remaster for once. Isn't that neat?

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Skyward Sword HD Retrospective Review Critique KingK

[KingKlonoa]

Man, I love everyone telling me "I can't believe you support them selling this back to people at full price."

I don't. I would implore everyone to watch the video to its conclusion before commenting (I know you won't do it, but hey: I tried)

Actually, to add onto this, if you don't buy your games digitally I would actually advise people to buy SSHD used, because then Nintendo won't get your active support for pricing their games too high.

[ET-oqvj]

My favorite part of playing it is how relaxing it can be. I don’t even have to touch my controller and link walks forward automatically. So convenient

[Cfreezy]

Guys I want you to note when he’s skipping through the text boxes he’s not doing it at full speed. If your heart so desires you can mash the B button like there’s no tomorrow and it skips through extremely fast. It’s awesome for the second play through on hero mode

[petery]

I'm shocked that fast-fowardable dialogue wasn't in the base game. Like, Twilight Princess had it in the Wii version, so it makes 0 sense to not have it. Glad they fixed it in the HD version.

[AnnaHans]

I'm thrilled that SS is finally getting the love it deserves. Drives me insane how criminally underrated it's been all this time.

[cgk]

I always question people who complain about returning to the same areas multiple times. Each time your return you’re either exploring a new part of the area (sand ocean/fire sanctuary) or the area itself has radically changed to the point where it doesn’t even play the same (note collecting in the flooded forest or stealthing through the volcano).

[opalwreck]

Remove the silent realms? What?
Those parts were the most fun and scary and tense and when me and my siblings finally beat them it was amazing

[TheSorrel]

SSHD showed me how ambitious the Original was on the Wii, and how it feels much more at home on more powerful hardware.

[Markm]

You would think a port that removes hours of “gameplay” would be bad. In this case it’s very good

[psrowell]

I personally really liked the motion controls. Took a little getting used to, but it was a fun challenge.

[theARDISAN]

Might sound wierd but I actually prefer the motion controls so Im glad they were still left in as a option, especially since I had trouble with button controls that were put in.

[TatoISR]

Speedrunner here! Just to let everyone know how substantial instant text is, the previous world record for any% (no BiT because without a reset button that glitch is impossible and it saves like 4.5 hours) was 5 hours and 36 minutes. The current record in HD is 4 hours and 52 minutes.

Also, the amiibo saves a little less than 4 minutes in the any% run for those who are curious. It’s annoying.

Also another note: the sword tutorial was skippable in the original…don’t know why Nintendo claimed it was a new thing and wanted to inform you about that. They actually did this with a bunch of stuff, like claiming Fi triggers were reduced but all the footage showed that attempted to show the Fi text was gone were in places where there was no Fi text to begin with. As well as claiming the rupee text wouldn’t show up multiple times but the first time you get the text is literally the last time you see it even in the base game. Just kind of weird.

[g.u.]

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KingK. That zoom. You can’t just *DO* that.

[arctik]

I've already played 22 hours got the master sword, I'm going to go into the thunderhead to go meet the giant whale thing and I love it. I miss this game so much

[kingofthesharks]

It's like Skyward Sword got placed next to a Timeshift Stone and then someone struck it.

[SaigonBrit]

The dungeons really show how weak BOTW's dungeons were. Don't get me wrong, they did open world right but Skyward Sword's dungeons are simple divine. Proper 2 hour challenges in their own right. Better than the divine beasts which could be done in 20 mins.

[Some-guy-on-the-internet]

To those of you complaining that the motion controls feel awkward, imagine how it feels to be left handed while playing this game.

[demantim]

I was very pleasantly surprised with Skyward Sword HD. "Internet Wisdom (tm)" has said that the original is horrible for years. Turns out it's actually fantastic when obvious oversights are corrected. It's a very focused game - almost like a Super Zelda Galaxy, which now that the open BotW exists is totally fine. Motion controls are literally hit or miss, but the coolness factor cancels out the frustration for me. Also there's more DNA shared between SS and BotW than I'd expected in game feel, which is all-important to me.

[Alexie]

In defense of motion controls, I find it really immersive. It makes me feel like I AM Link going on the adventure. Swordplay also requires practice to understand how the joycons react to movement which makes me excited to keep on trying and get better

[deathtocolor]

This man said as refreshing as a glass of Baja blast as I was drinking Baja blast on my lunch break ❤️ much respect