Is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Actually Good? | The One With Motion Controls
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If you want divisiveness in the Legend of Zelda franchise, Skyward Sword is where you want to go! To say people are split with this game would be an understatement, but ten years plus after its release, and its rerelease status on Nintendo Switch, let's look back at what caused the division! Let's talk about The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword!
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No
Yes
Go make a Dreamworks Games video with Mr. Coat?
tiananmen square massacre 1989
no
Great game! But I want the spinoff called "Untitled Groose Game"
No no. The Legend of Groose!
@@trevorforever242 breath of groose!
Groose hehe
Im pretty sure in skyward sword he literally makes a joke explain how this prophecy or plot or whatever is so profound that it will later be called THE LEGEND OF GROOSE
@@trevorforever242 I just finished Skyward Sword in spanish and that happens in the ending. The full joke goes something like
"Thanks for helping in The Legend of the Great Groose"
"Nintendo's Skyward Sword really makes you FEEL like Spiderman" -IGN
The way that Link soars around the sky on the back of his Loftwing is full of the exaggerated swagger of a Hylian teen.
Yes, because the first thing I think when I play a Zelda game is "OH! I wish I feel like I'm Spider-Man!"
@@SirDanFilmsUnltd This is a really great game, so we give it a 4/10
@@Flome810
Ignorant Ginormous Numbskulls (IGN) strikes again! Lol!
@@Flome810 IGN's Skyward Sword review made me lose faith in them. It's not a bad game, but there's no way in hell it deserves a 10/10. IGN loves to suck up to Nintendo.
The fact that he was sponsored by genshin impact on a Zelda video
Legend of Genshin: Breath of the Impact
Zelda Impact
Haha botw clone
Ironic, hey image if genshin impact and legend of zelda did a cross over? that would be epic!
Yeah I know the game that perfected what BOTW tried to do.
I really didn’t like SS back in the Wii days, and haven’t played it since launch. However, I find myself really enjoying the HD version on switch! Maybe it’s because we haven’t had a traditional Zelda game in some time, but I’m actually appreciating it’s linearity. The dungeons are fantastic too, as stated.
@Jebidiah Bushwell I mean I agree with the price criticism but if you read the second part of the comment they explain why they like it now.
@Jebidiah Bushwell they also improved the motion controls but good point
Links awakening is better imo
@Jebidiah Bushwell It's worth $60 if people are willing to pay for it. Which they are. No one complains when an old movie is released on blu ray for full price with minor enhancements. Why are games treated differently?
@@Danbo22987 because people don’t buy physical movies anymore and people mainly use streaming services
I never understood when people talk about this game like it’s the worst thing to happen to the series. Like I get it’s not perfect by any means but it’s still a pretty good game, at least to me
You are Nitpicking and Biased, I win bye bye
This is something you see within other franchises as well and I think it might be because a certain number of gamers are spoiled shits who seemingly CANNOT express themselves in anything other than superlatives and extremes. Things are either the best or worst, god's gift to man, or complete garbage.
Now, obviously not everyone is like that, and you know... even someone who's regularly known to be level-headed might momentarily, depending on how emotionally invested they are in X or Y game, express themselves like that... But to actually, continually hold that perception... is just very odd to me. I might really dislike a game, but you would never catch me saying it's fucking garbage or whatever.
Agreed it is the most over hated game in the franchise.
Because Egoraptor made a video ripping on it and everyone decided his word is law cuz internet fame
@@MungDaalCo so like Sonic 06, but unjustifiable
The best way I can describe Skyward Sword.
It has some of the highest highs, but also some of the lowest lows
but what if aint no mountain high enough?
@@BigHailFan Ain't no mountain low enough
Yes, it does
Look it's not as bad as some people say...
But this has to be the most meh Zelda game I have ever played.
I thought that said "the highest thighs"
In terms of art style and characterization, this is honestly the Zelda that caught my interest the most.
I gotta say: Zelda looks pretty in this game
And is also useful this time, unlike in Twilight Princess.
I don't like Link's tick lips.
Skyward's Zeda is the absolute best one
The worst Zelda game is probably breath of the wild
The thing is with me and other Skyward Sword fans is that we are completely aware of the games problems. The game in my opinion has one of the best stories, dungeons, bosses, and music in any Zelda game. After admiring what the game does good at, it makes complaining about its problems feel like nitpicking at that point. It's funny because, Wii Sports Resort uses the Wii Motion Plus also, but I never heard anyone complain about the controls in that game. When I play Swordplay, it feels exactly like Skyward Sword. The controls can be an issue, but at least the Wii Remote doesn't drift.
I agree a lot with what you say. Funny thing, Skyward Sword used to be one of my favorite Zelda games when I played it (even after playing OOT and Twilight Princess). Not so much anymore but I still enjoy it.😁
My nunchuck drifts..... i am fricked
@@shanevanboxtel7337 nunchucks are pretty cheap, 5 to 12 bucks, unlike joycons...
Here not to rage or shit talk towards you, just pointing some stuff to make people that don't enjoy Skyward don't like even more the game:
Skwyard Sword had tons of issues, from a stamina mechanic bad implemented, to terrible boss designs (we fight Imprisioned 3 times, basicaly the same fight over and over again, and Tentalus, Swordfish with an infection with an eye as a weakpoint..), Fi stopping you for anything at all, etc
And you said that fans are completely aware of them, but you guys never agree on them, or even acknowledge them. And if people give you guys valid points and arguments on them, you usually, like you just did, call valid criticism as nitpicking. What really make people not appreciate the game, besides the obvious problems the game has, is having a fan base that pretends the huge problems doesn't exist, or that they are just trivial and shouldn't be mentioned. Criticize and accept cricitism on what we love, and still enjoying the thing, that really makes a person a fan of something in my opinion.
How rich is you mentioning Wii Sports as a example, just because the game uses the Wii Motion Plus, as comparison, when the argument about the motion controls on Skyward is not that they are not a good idea, but that they just don't work well on a Zelda game (plus they don't read the movements well enough while playing to say "well that's neat, well done Nintendo".
Those controls are awesome on Wii Sports, because we don't have issues with them while playing, while we get hit or get stuck hitting a enemy shield, over and over again on a zelda game, just because the motion controls are not working properly.
Noticing that, and not enjoying a gameplay revolved on this is not nitpicking, is just criticizing a big issue.
But thats just me, again not trying to get into a fight, just be carefull on how you see people that don't enjoy a game or midia that you really love. Most of the time is not "haters gonna hate", or nitpicking, sometimes there are valid arguments, and we just don't accept them because we are too blind/inlove with the thing to notice them.
Stay awesome dude/dudete. o7
@@shanevanboxtel7337 rip
I love that the art style was designed around the wii's limitations. The blurry textures that were in a lot of wii games can be interpreted as watercolour looking in this game
That's a charm some Nintendo games have they're designed with their consoles limitations in mind and work around them
Honestly the wii version looks terrible today. I recently played the original versions of WW and TP along with the HD versions and those have still aged well.
But Skyward Sword HD makes the OG so irrelevant and ugly in comparison
I can gladly accept Skyward Sword as a great game as well as acknowledging its warts
I just wish I could be allowed to play the other 3D Zelda games, they all looked like very interesting games. This game looks like something to play when you’re out of Zelda.
SS is kinda like a Toad. It has a bunch of warts, but some people think it’s adorable while others don’t want to touch it! I personally like it, and just kinda overlook its flaws. I rank it better than TP but lower than WW.
@@cheezeebutter452 Huh? SS looks like a Zelda just like the rest, now your making it look like a "bottom of the barrel" game which is honestly unfair.
@@jaydenc367 idk I’ve never played a Zelda till BOTW and the only other 3D games that look interesting to me are Ocarina Of Time and Majora’s Mask. Wether it’s good or not idk but it doesn’t look good to my sense of tastes and personal preferences, motion controls or not.
@@cheezeebutter452 Comparing this standard formula Zelda game to BOTW is like comparing apples to tomatoes. Both are technically fruits but are absolutely nothing alike (and one can be considered a vegetable).
I'd say I rank this game pretty high, love the dungeons, love the characters, and for me? Yeah the people of skyloft do have so much personality. Like the blonde shop guy that gets mad when you don't buy stuff, Beedle who throws you out if you don't buy anything. The item check girl that hates her job and just wants to find love, the dude with the creepy eyes. Love it! And yeah I also love those silent realms, they are SO intense
Yep, even know I've only played Links awakening, BOTW, and Skyward Sword HD.
Skyward Sword HD is by far my favorite, easy 10/10, I loved everything about it
The fact I knew exactly who you were talking abour with those descriptions is pretty neat.
Okay, the Skyward Sword Save Data Update Channel using the same jingle as Animal Crossing: City Folk is NOT a fact I expected to learn today, but I am so glad I did.
ULTIMA?!
AntDude was cursed with that knowledge and is paying it forward.
Microspaced
“…That statement just invalidated the entire video, didn’t it?” Nah, don’t worry. There are games I like going back to that most people would never touch to begin with.
Life is better when you realize that's its okay to enjoy bad things.
how did it invalidate anything?
@@modelomegatyler he's joking that people will discredit him for an unpopular opinion
@@modelomegatyler Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask have really hardcore fans who get a bit touchy when those games are criticized.
@@someguy9052 its because they are real bad in some respects and don't hold up, that's why they get touchy, they don't have arguments
Man, I’ve missed actual reasonable opinions on Skyward Sword instead of unhinged rants about how Nintendo was ‘dumbing down’ their games because Fi gives you too many tutorials. That was all the rage 10 years ago.
Because it ruined the game. I’d still say the original SS is a genuinely bad Zelda game. I have beat every Zelda and the CDI ones and SS was so bad I couldn’t beat it. Been playing SS HD on my PC recently and it’s a lot better than I remember with all the QOL changes.
@@secoTheSonicFan See, there's a difference between liking or disliking a game, and using it to make sweeping generalisations of Nintendo's portfolio and practices. A lot of the hate I saw back in 2011 wasn't "Skyward Sword sucks", it was "Skyward Sword sucks because it proves Nintendo is trying to dumb down its games with gimmicks and handholding and abandoning the hardcore market". Which...doesn't really matter?
@@IgnoringSilver95 That's so interesting to me. I binged SS Wii almost as hard as I binged BotW... Fi is annoying at times, but I don't remember her ever getting on my nerves that badly. I would have to agree with this video, imo SS is mid-tier Zelda. I've heard similar that the remake streamlines a lot of the game though. Excited to try it out.
Well, whenever you consider context, people had good reasons to believe what they believed. A lot of surrounding events and history will effect how people feel about something - eg Pokemon SwSh or the New Super Mario Bros series. By themselves, I suppose they're fine games, but with added context, people's grievances are totally justified.
@@blackdot105 Wait, New Super Mario Bros. was controversial? I know people got sick of how the games were practically identical to each other, but therein lies the biggest complaint with New Super Mario Bros.; it played things too safe.
6:26 ...The pumpkin minigame didn't use motion controls. You just walk slowly and coast left or right on the analog stick to make the pumpkin stack slide the opposite way.
I think he might have been talking about the Pippit(?) one after he gets super beefy from stamina potion workouts and makes you shoot the pumpkins as he throws them.
@@soupahmario5869 no, that game is down to the cursor controls with the bow, which was far more solid thanks to the plus addition. the pumpkin stack game was, and still is, an absolutely random piece of mess. I tested it out on HD, with zero motion controls at all - the stack shakes randomly even when you don't touch the controller. It is designed to be an exercise in patience and luck, not skill.
@@rodinclaus9380 It's been about ten years since I played, but I remember getting the pumpkin balance game down pretty consistently. When the stack starts leaning, I think you just tap the stick in that direction, and then they start leaning the other direction. You don't need to hold left/right to correct the stack, only tap.
@@adamx9065 This is correct. You can basically go as fast as possible in the direction you want until the last pumpkin starts to slide, then tap to cause the pumpkins to start sliding back.
The areas repeating I don't think is as big a problem as people say it is. A couple of the fetch-quests are problematic, specifically escorting the robot and returning to the first dungeon, but for the most part either you're going to new places you haven't been or going through them in a totally new way like the stealth section of the Volcano area. And the sand-sea where the time-stone turns the desert around your boat into a lake is just amazing. Also, the imprisoned is not as bad as everyone says because you don't have to slash at his toes. If you use the sail to go to higher ground you can jump on his head and smash the stone seal back in from there. There's a lot more freedom in those fights than people realize.
Yeah this is how I felt when I played it back in the day.
Was hoping I'd feel differently about it if I ever revisited it. Maybe I will.
Ain't gonna spend my money to find out though
Ask for a review code
@@connorthompson8963 👈 this
@@KevinGsWK That would require me reviewing it
@@TheLonelyGoomba ik
TheLoserGoomba
Hot take (?): So far, I've had to recalibrate way, WAY more frequently on the Switch version compared to the Wii version.
I feel like maybe people are just more accustomed to how motion controls actually work now, and don't realize that the Wii version wasn't actually that bad in regards to the controls.
I’d rather recalibrate a lot than deal with the button-only controls’ camera.
God forbid my joy-cons’ drift gets worse.
@@Deoxys_Used_Mimic Oh I'm playing through it with motion controls still, it's how it's meant to be played after all. But the little bit I've played with button controls I haven't hated either. Idk, the Wii version didn't have camera controls outside of the Z button either, so it isn't that hard to deal with (for me anyway). In that regard, both control schemes on Switch are a big upgrade either way you look at it.
@@daynnethedrummer684
My dude, it’s *infuriating* for me.
I just wish I could swap the configuration so I can move the camera with the right stick by default, instead of drawing the sword every time I instinctively want to turn around. I don’t wanna have to hold the damn L button.
I also wish I didn’t have to *flick* the right stick just to swing the sword properly.
Can’t swing left to right speedily either… just turns into a spin attack.
…and swinging diagonally? Forget about it; gotta be pin-perfect with the angle.
@@Deoxys_Used_Mimic Fair enough. I guess I haven't used button controls enough to have gotten frustrated with them.
The controls are destined to be devisive until the end of time, it seems. 😂
@@Deoxys_Used_Mimic Do that fix with the piece of cardboard.
16:34 Totally misheard as "Fi holding your hand when things get a tattoo" and yeah, that was confusing.
Fi is a true bro. Things really wanted that tattoo when Things Jr. passed away (bless his soul) as a way to remember him forever. Let’s just hope Things’ boss keeps his word about not minding his new tattoo when he gets back to work tomorrow. Fi might need to take her swole arms out of her dress sleeves if Things gets fired for this.
@@jerryborjon Wut? No, seriously, wut? Also, I'm now picturing Fi wearing Roy Harper's silly trucker hat.
Things get a tattoo 😂😂😂
“I actually really liked the motion controls”
*footage of bokoblins blocking link’s attacks indefinitely*
Thats called bad enemy design
@@S41t4r4 No. It isn't. The game required you to study your enemies. So we got a bunch of whaaaa! The controls are a chore, because I don't exercise. Ever.
Just because "Your attacks are predictable", doesnt mean the enemy design is bad. Ghirahim almost teaches you all you need to know. Try reading patterns instead of wacking without thought. Swordplay is different this time around. Use parries as well as they pretty much destroy some enemies.
Sorry but it's literally bad game design, I played Skyward sword to 100% and while I didn't had problems like you two assumed, it wasn't enjoyable at all. Skyward sword is a good example why you shouldn't make a minigame gimmick as your main fighting mechanic. It's extremely slow and annoying for experienced player und extremely unrewarding for noobs, that played games like wii sports resort before, where the same mechanic was used, with the difference that in that game, errors didn't had grave consequences as in SS. There are reasons why a lot of people complained or remembered that the motion controls were bad, while the controls in itself are spot on and weren't the problem.
@@S41t4r4 It wasn't perfect, but it wasn't even close to bad design. Gimmick? No. They wanted to make the game that way. They put
a lot of effort into it.
A gimmick is cheap. The controls were extremely satisfying, and I felt like I was in the game.
You didn't like them? Fine. It's not for everyone. I get that. But a bad game? Bad design? Absolutely not.
FINALLY SOMEONE ACKNOWLEDGES SPIRIT TRACKS ZELDA IN 2021 LET'S GOOO
I loved the train!
The actual best companion character
imagine if they find a way to remake it.
I never played Spirit Track. Heard good things about it and some say it's better than Phantom Hourglass.
@@jaretco6423 it is, though both have an over-reliance on touch controls that'd make them hard to port.
Even if the motion controls were actually as bad as people say (They are not) it still wouldn't be a bad game.
I had no issues with the motion controls back in the day and I'm left handed, which should make it harded
@@snmcfadden not a bad game per se, but the dowsing bits get a b,it monotonous. Genuinely would of preferred a ‘here’s where to go on the map next’ mechanic rather than bringing up a tool and getting it to tell you where you need to go.
Honestly the button-only controls are *even worse.*
@@andyc6542 Honestly, I wouldn't mind the dowsing if it was both. Spot on the map to go to and then you do the dowsing part so then it's way more streamlined but still keeps the concept in there and not be tedious.
The motion controls were kinda bad. But what people disliked the most about it was the linearity and, at the time, very very stale execution of the world and gameplay.
15:09 Thankfully you don't NEED to deal with his toes as the game doesn't stop you from going to a higher level and just jumping on his head to hit the weakpoint.
Also, the HD version not only allows you to speed up dialogue (outside of cutscenes) with the B-button, but some of Fi's most redundant moments were completely removed as well.
I can't help but respect The Imprisoned fights, due to how many different options there are to beating him. After realizing that, fighting him become a lot more interesting.
Thanks for this comment as I may actually finish this game now. Going after the toes is both uninteresting and tedious, and having to do the same thing like 10 times when it wasnt fun or interesting the first time is terrible.
This is, of course, an opinion piece and a nice video like any others, but I dislike how linearity and backtracking are kinda automatically deemed as bad things when they are simply design choices.
It's certainly not for everyone, and people who value more freedom now have BotW as their jam. But I will be forever happy that SS exists as is.
linearity, i agree with. sometimes you want a simple, linear experience. backtracking only in small doses, or if its handled in a metroidvania style (going back to areas after gaining many new toys you didn't have before), otherwise it IS a bad thing
@@NintendoNerd7824 there are more than one way to reuse previous areas. In SS' case, you revisit areas to use the area knowledge you have for efficiency in the Silent Realms, and come back to the area with a "twist" again. It's not a bad reuse of them.
@@NintendoNerd7824 I would argue that the lack of more variety hurts waaaaaaaay more than the 'repetition', like not having an Ice area that would fit the style so well.
Backtracking is just mindless busywork when they could have added fast travel. It's not respecting the player's time.
I think it largely gets so much hate from lots of people because it feels out of place in a Zelda game, ESPECIALLY the linearity, in a game series that was created with open exploration in mind
"I don't think anybody cares about Crossbow Training"
Listen here you-
The swordplay in SS is probably the best in the series so far (provided you had the motion plus). But I think this game's best strengths are its story and characters. Its the most story driven Zelda, and as a result, the characters end up much more fleshed out. Honestly, I think Toon Link and Midna are the only other characters in the entire franchise that can compare to literally every character in SS.
Can I buy some drugs from you? Because you must be on that good shit for this comment
What, because he thinks a 14-input, puzzle-based combat system is a more engaging combat experience than waiting, followed by mashing the sword button?
Personally it's one of my favorite games in the series. Like a top tier title, every time i replay it I have trouble noticing most of the problems, even the ones mentioned in this video, the only exception being that you have to fight the imprisoned multiple times, which even then i can take him out pretty quickly now and he only really becomes a problem during the boss rush
i love skyward sword so much, the game makes me so uncontrollably emotional, the ost is phenomenal, the story is so amazing, every time you think you finally have zelda she's torn away again, it's so amazing at what it was meant to do. all of the locations are so beautiful and have their own mechanics you have to learn and all the bosses (not you imprisoned) are so interesting and amazing to fight. i would never run out of things to talk about this game if someone asked and i'm so glad i can experience it again on my switch portably
Was anyone else not bothered by the eldin and faron revisits during the song of the hero? The areas are so radically different from they’re normal states I hardly recognize them.
Exactly the revisits didn't bother me whatsoever
I'm really thankful that you brought up the opinion parts of this game and how they're all about how you react to the strengths/weaknesses.
I've seen people online going on and on about how awful this game. How dreadful the backtracking is, how the motion controls ruin the game, thick lips link is awful, how annoying FI is etc.
I'm really glad you acknowledged that flaws you had with the game might not affect others as strongly. I never found FI annoying, I never got tired of the backtracking because the game would constantly throw in new ideas within those revisits and I never had a moment where the motion controls didn't work.
Most reviewers just focus on the negative parts about games without appreciating the good parts. And thanks to some Grumpy Gamer (cough cough), Skyward Sword has been hated online for many years with most of the haters never even having played the game. Hopefully the switch release will make people truly form their own opinion.
Thanks Ant guy
Maybe becauce Toxic positivity in gaming is a major Problem in the gaming community, not just toxic negativity.
There a enough games out there that are the exact oposide. They are hyped and hailed as perfect and dont you dare give out a valid critisism or the fans will maul you *Cough FF7 cough*
*Cough* TTYD *cough*
@@chickennugget6684 More like Super Psper mario. Or Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal and its remakes.
Also the fans of the newer paper mario titles are not a single ounce better then the "nostalgictards* which people say i would be probaly, Cause i prefer the older ones over the new ones.
And as much i love TTYD it wasn't perfect. As cool the Chapter with Twilight town was in idea the execution was just horrible backtracking at its finest for example.
Yeah, and it sure as hell doesn’t help that Nintendo won’t even rerelease the game so newer fans can play it.
Giant fuzzy bean is the greatest way I've ever heard the imprisoned described
I remember my parents bought me this game back when it came out on the Wii. I was so excited. I popped the disc in and was given a pop-up saying that this game required a Wii motion plus which I didn't have at the time. So the game was left collecting dust until my next birthday when I did end up getting a Wii Remote Plus.
Dude, that happened to me too!
What was really weird, is I remembered hating the tadtone part when I played skyward sword for the first time, but on my second playthrough in the hd version, it wasn't that bad. But man, the good of skyward sword thoroughly outweighs all the negatives in my opinion. I love the music, the style, and yes the area themes are done to death nowadays, but for some reason, I just can't fault it. To me, it'll always be one of my favorite Zelda games. Tied with twilight princess.
The dungeons and final boss are truly are great in SS and this video fairly addressed internet criticism. A lot of people will really enjoy the remaster if they can forgive some of the annoyances. Personally I'm loving it so far.
eh, i feel like this game suffers from the same problem a lot of Zelda games do, that being the final boss being too easy. Demise looks sick and the build-up is great, but you can literally beat him in like 30 seconds if you know what you're doing. Other then that, yeah, I absolutely love this game.
@@dylanhope3252 I mean, if you know what you're doing, you can beat every boss in any Zelda game in like 30 seconds
@@dylanhope3252 Well no shit if you know what you’re doing
@@skydiamsteam6005 by “if you know what you’re doing”, I mean, you’re not fucking stupid and know how to shield bash.
Man, I can’t believe Nintendo ripped off Sonic Lost World
Why does sega and there fans continue to act like we care about sonic lost world?
…I cared about Sonic Lost World
@@prof.laytonfan764 no one else does
@@Pwilliams4000 Why do people in the comments not understand jokes?
@@cheeseboi588 I know right
“That last sentence just invalidated the entire video didn’t it?”
Not quite but it was a bold statement sir
Just gonna say it, none of the 3d zelda games are "Bad" by any tradional sense of the word, they are all Great games i but mileage will vary on whether or not you like one as much as the others i don't particular enjoy wind waker due to the sailing but i would be mental to act like the game is terrible just because it isn't as Phenomenal as the other 3d games
I'm gonna disagree heavily with that one.
Breath of the wild was pretty bad tho
Vary*
Yeah that's a good point... The question isn't as much. "Is this a good adventure game." but "Is this a good Zelda game."
It's like Pixar... Pixar has such an insanely high standard that well... When you compare Pixar to Pixar you are going to be very harsh... But if you compare Pixar to illuminative Pixar will always be REALLY good.
So well... When comparing Zelda to Zelda the standard is just going to be REALLY high.
but you compare Zelda to just your average adventure puzzle game, it will ALWAYS be top tier well above average.
I think that is the case of most big Nintendo titles, which just speaks well for nintendo honestly.
2d Zelda's on the other hand....
I'm only thinking of Zelda 2 and CDI games. And that second one doesn't even count.
I absolutely love Skyward. It is the best Zelda story in my opinion. It has great characters, great writing, and an amazing final boss. It has what I look for in a zelda title, an amazing story.
The silent realms are good, I can agree on that, but I'm terrified of them at the same time. Especially the Eldin Volcano one. That one had my heart pounding the whole time, especially when I forgot a tear at the top of the mountain...it was the last one I needed and I was at the bottom of the mountain. I ran for my life against the clock, but I loved it!
I appreciate this review! It does touch on whats usually talked about but it sheds light on the great part of the game. I played half of it on Wii version so i did experience the motion controls and i never had a problem with it. I maybe had to re-calibrate it on occasions but it was just very fun.
I stopped like around where the spirit realms come in because it was Christmas time and I got the HD remaster and i completed that version. I personally could not stand the c stick sword because of the switch's layout, it's very odd. I just have a simple mind so i just glace past the imperfections, get annoyed but move on. one weird feature they removed was the hint stone, i liked it because previously played ocarina of time 3d, the first zelda game i completed, and it just gave me some familiarity but it was ripped unfortunately. But yeah, i love the setting of skyloft and the story the most, i love origin stories for stuff, and sky settings. Skyward sword is amazing and will be one of my favorite zelda games
I bought Skyward Sword on the Wii U's virtual console a few years, and I have to say, I never once had a problem with the motion controls. In my opinion, Skyward Sword is more fun than Botw, despite the linearity of it.
Also Groose is the best character in the game, and you can't chance my opinion.
I love how well the art style of Skyward Sword held up, it still looks amazing 10 years later.
Art style is fine still I agree, but the game's age clearly shows looking at some of the textures. I'm disappointed that Nintendo didn't put more effort into the Switch version.
It might be the pure nostalgia for the game, but I loved it so much. I didn't even mind the Imprisoned fights, somehow I fought the climax of those and ultimately heading back was pretty amazing. I mean... smashing a whole statue on top is pretty damn cool. I even loved Fi, I always thought she was kind off sweet. And hey, whatever anyone says: Girahim was the absolute HIGHLIGHT of the game, together with Groose and the Link/Zelda dynamic. All in all, why I do feel a bit iffy about the HD price, I still adore it. The toilet hand! The insect hunting! The deamon! The whole game just felt so alive and I never got bored with it.
Enjoyed the Video but gotta say, that sponsorship segment was really cool. I loved how it seemed like you were almost given total freedom of what you wanted to say and how. Because it felt so in character. Really refreshing to get to hear some honest opinions
though it *is* still a sponsorship, so idk..
Nerrel's videos covering why motion control is so hated by the mass market is solely because of games like Skyward shoving it into gameplay mechanics that arent combat. Shoehorned in places where it doesnt make sense. Even offering an option to use button controls alone is a huge improvement even if it has its own setbacks.
Do you like having your right stick’s camera controls being taken away?
Button-only’s camera is locked behind holding the L button.
Do you remember every game you played that conditioned you to use the right stick for the camera?
Have fun whipping the sword out whenever you instinctively want to look around… and you can’t change it.
Oh, you want to swing the sword?
Nah, you can’t just move the sword to slash, you gotta *flick* the stick in the proper direction, like this is freaking Smash or something.
You wanna slash left-to-right real fast? Nah fam, have a spin attack instead.
Thanks Nintendo, I hate it.
@@Deoxys_Used_Mimic Man if people just stopped complaining and actually...idk..tried it, they would see it takes 20 minutes to get used to.
Skyward Sword is my favorite Zelda game tbh
You should do videos more often! Always a pleasure to watch and hear your take on things.
I remember picking up SS when it first dropped on the Wii. Never touched it once it was at my house, mainly because I did not own a Motion Plus!
So time went on, sold the game still sealed, and then bought the game for the Wii U. I remember buying the Motion Plus controller this time, but not at all enjoying the game. I stopped right after Link pulled the Goddess Sword and met Fi.
Now fast forward to 2021 and I literally could not put the game down! Fantastic story that really does a number on the feelings of a long time Zelda fan, and gameplay that is very much welcomed after the past few Zelda titles not being so traditional to the older games.
Beat the game just last night and overall I'd say it is a solid 9/10 for me! Once you get past the controls and how you have to handle certain enemies and bosses, it becomes satisfying to play and even mess around with.
I think that Nintendo should’ve also ported over Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD and bundled them with Skyward Sword HD.
but then it would've been limited time
@@NintendoNerd7824 oh yeah…
well hey, then link would join mario playing golf in wherever the hell he went after dying.
Wow, AntDude has made it up in the world, getting sponsored, and by Genshin, man, great job!
15:10
The imprisoned isn't the only boss you fight outside of the dungeon. I actuslly did the math and if you count each imprisoned fight as its own Individual fight then the majority of boss battles in skyward sword take place outside of dungeons
Great video man. So glad to have someone able to talk about this game without all the anger everyone puts towards it, and giving it some respect, it's flaws aside....kind of wish you talked about Ghirahim more though lol
"Not as good as Spirit Track Zelda but..."
A... a nice thing said by an actual human about a DS Zelda game?
Sure, you can have my like dude, it's all yours, thank you.
have you played spirit track? Zelda is like insanely badass there, even dying won't stop her!
@@LillyP-xs5qe Yeah I played both DS games. And enjoyed them a lot, in fact. I was a child when I first get to play them and the opinion on the internet weren't so strong or "important" as they're today. So I just played and enjoyed the game. Then seeing years later as a lot, if not most hate them and think they're the bottom of the series just make me sad.
Hence why hearing a GOOD thing about a DS Zelda Game fills me with Joy.
@@mobius5681 I played Phantom hourglass to completion and found it lot of fun, was using a DS Lite so didn't need to move the stylus much to move around, also I like easy games as I play to chill most of the time and was playing during breaks at work mostly, so the difficulty was fun. also liked the temple of the ocean king, was fun to try my new tools on old areas, very metroidvenia style.
I recently made it to fire zone in spirit tracks and I am enjoying it, just got more games to play as I also going through metroid samus returns on the 3ds and animal crossing on the switch etc etc... :/
@@LillyP-xs5qe second best Zelda imo (Tetra is #1)
I freaking love Phantom Hourglass, gameplaywise it's my 4th favorite in the franchise behind Majora, Link to the Past and Wind Waker. Spirit Tracks is good too but the gameplay and characters didn't really jell with me as well as PH did (besides ST Zelda of course, she is great).
Traditional Zelda dungeon design trumps Breath of the Wild's cookie cutter shrines every time.
You could not be any more correct!
But Hyrule Castle in BOTW blows every dungeon out of the water
@@NeverSaySandwich1 It's a shame thats the only good dungeon in the game though. The divine beasts are all so similar in their aesthetic that they just blend together, same with the Blights.
BotW was a great game, but the shrines lost steam quick, and the Blights didn't have enough variation to make them each feel like a unique boss (aside from Thunderblight as that one had the most unique fight in the whole game. Not a 10/10, but definitely high 8 close to a 9 for sure.
@@asterlyons8564 Imagine if they had 3 or 4 Castle type dungeons. Like if there was a hidden underground one that was totally optional. Like a put of 100 trials
Spirit tracks was my first and is my favourite Zelda game. It gave me a friend when I had none. Still have none. It makes me happy to see other people talk about it.
Loved the video, really in depth and informative. I'm glad you outlined it's all your personal opinion because some people take what is said on YT vids like its fact. So with that I'd like to formally disagree with you on revisiting the main 3 areas in this game. The reason being? Well it's nothing new if you have played the Zelda franchise then you are no stranger to revisiting areas. You did it in A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess and A Link Between Worlds. Granted I understand some of those older games had limitations of their time due to hardware but some of them just were plain underwhelming. For instance you come back to the 3 main areas in OoT that consist of Kokiri's Forest, Death Mountain and Zora's Domain. However some were just were so weak. You come back to Death Mountain namely the Kakariko Village Graveyard to get to the Shadow Temple and sadly. . . it's just a graveyard one we've already seen. We come back to Zora's Domain for. . . .an ice cave. . . . .seriously?
Where as in Skyward sword the revisits bring you to entire explorable areas. I was absolutely excited and thrilled to go and see what these areas had, always on the look out for Goddess cubes. While true some of these areas just felt like a long overdue extension of the previous area Skyward Sword just did it right. IN MY OPINION of course. I DO agree with you that the whole quest for song pieces sucked ass, not a single one of them was likable at all. I also agree the game would have greatly benefited from a form of quick accessible fast travel between the 3 different areas. At least Ocarina of Time had the different songs to take you to several locations in those areas specifically. Even Wind Waker had a fast travel. I guess I can understand the dislike for revisiting areas because they were all separated by way of the Sky as opposed to other previous titles it was either a teleportation fast travel or simply walking across Hyrule itself.
Though I think that largely comes in due to the fact the story outlines the land is inaccessible because of the cloud barrier. Whats worse is even though they claim that Loftwings won't fly below the barrier they clearly do at the end when we see Groose and his buddies fly back into the Sky with their Loftwings. Though it makes you wonder if the Loftwings didn't simply because the threat of Demise and other monsters and after he was defeated it was safe? Either way the Loftwing could have provided a fast travel option but maybe they really wanted you to feel the vastness of the Sky? Other than that I really agree with the rest of your points. Again great video.
Ant: i actually like the morion controls
Me: GOOD OPTION MAN RIGHT HERE
Not to mention that the story is probably one of the best in the series as a whole too. It's not another "Fated hero saved fated princess from fated evil" like literally every other one. It's a guy who's trying to save his childhood friend after she gets lost in a place no one knows about. Not to mention, you literally forge the Master Sword as we know it, how can you not think that's the coolest concept in the entire series?!
"It's not another "Fated hero saved fated princess from fated evil" like literally every other one."
It is, though. Zelda is fated by being Hylia's reincarnation, Link is literally told he's her destined hero by Fi as soon as they meet, and Demise is the ancient sealed evil that was fated to return. You could spin the other games similarly to how you did. WW is a boy trying to save his sister after she was kidnapped by a giant bird. TP is a ranch hand trying to free his home from an invading dimension. Hell, games like Link's Awakening and Majora's Mask have nothing to do with Zelda or Ganon.
Spoilers for anyone that doesn't know the full story, though I'm assuming the one that made the original comment knows it all:
I'd agree, except... Well, you literally are the fated hero, in at least one way. You are the Goddess Hylia's Chosen Hero, and Zelda is the incarnation of the Goddess Hylia. And you are destined to fight Demise. Literally everything is set up for that to be the case, from Zelda's nightmare foretelling what happens to Fi guiding you to the sword to Impa waiting through time to guide you to the dragons waiting for Hylia's Chosen Hero. Even the Silent Realm was set up as a test to prove who you are. Then there's the more iffy time travel causality loop at the end, where you go back in time to fight and defeat Demise in person instead of the Imprisoned. That right there kind of enforces your destiny just for a stable time loop, though that's more debatable given the unclear way in which that all works anyway.
Overall, while it seems that way at first, that you're just a young man heading out to save his childhood friend, its very quickly shown to not be the case at all. The only way it differs from you being the fated hero saving the fated princess from the fated evil is that... Well, Zelda isn't a princess in this game, she's just the fated damsel in distress, with a twist.
Wind Waker is the game where you aren't the fated hero.
Good recap, surprised there was no mention given to the constant and repetitive information prompts on the crafting material pickups though. They changed it to only ever showing up once in the Switch port as opposed to once per play session in the Wii original.
I love how you use straight bomberman hero ost for your announcement before starting the review... keep it up bro!
Wow someone actually criticizing Skyward Sword instead of devolving the conversation to just “You just suck at the motion controls”? You love to see it.
A lot of people have criticized the game wym
Where tf have you been
@King Slayer How about you just let people enjoy the game
@@joshuaneal9160 Nah, that fellow loves being cynical.
@@smashmaster521 yea he does
I agree with you for the most part, especially the Silent Realms and the dungeons, those are great. I was with you... until you got to the OoT / MM part :D
The Silent Realms is arguably where you see what the direction of the overworld was going for - a dungeon unto itself. if, for example, there were certain shrine trials in Breath of the Wild that challenged you to traverse the area around it as a silent realm, I don't quite think it would work as well since the focus was on letting people handle the challenge the way they wanted. with Skyward Sword you're down to just Link - no bells or whistles, just your own wits and more than a little luck when it comes to the chasing. they're certainly a worthwhile addition.
And I would argue the same for the Tadtones, to be frank. a massive swimming-based adventure through a familiar, flooded location is the kind of stuff we should've been able to get with Sunshine when Delfino Plaza got flooded. its just a shame that swimming is such a heavily underused mechanic since only one area really allows for it in the whole game, save small parts of the sky.
Your videos have such amazing lighting… Idk but it just looks dope :)
I'm still surprised that people actually say that Skyward Sword is the worst Zelda game. It might theoretically be the objectively worst 3D Zelda game, even though I disagree (I have a lot of problems with OoT for example), but it's CERTAINLY not the worst Zelda game as a whole. I'd say that title has to go to Triforce Heroes on the 3DS by a long shot. I have it, the last time I played it was years ago and the servers were dead in the water, not to say that playing it with randoms was a legitimately good way to play it from the start, but if one of the 2 primary ways to play it is impossible, it's a bad situation. Playing on your own isn't good, because it's a multiplayer centric game. That leaves playing with friends, and even then, it's just a worse Four Swords with three players instead of four, using the Link Between Worlds engine, and you can dress Link up as a cheerleader, a Mario Hammer Bro, and Tingle himself, and when Tingle is involved, it makes everything a lot more... *odd*, for better and for worse.
I can make a case for Phantom Hourglass based entirely on a single dungeon.
You know the one.
True. Four swords imo if you have no friends and attempt to play it by yourself could be bad. I didn't like four swords adventure on gc.
Because it is the worst 3D Zelda game by a country mile. I'll the the old ass OoT any day
@@brya9681 so by an opinion
Hot take. But I thought OoT was fine, but not great.
Playing for the first time rn, the dungeons are immaculate
In my Ideal World, things like the Zelda and Loftwing Amiibo would still exist, but the ability it gives would eventually be unlockable.
In my opinion, that's how everything like that should work. Make it so that the incentive to buying an irl item isn't to have the ability to something that you can do only with that item, make it so that having it unlocks it early.
For Example: After seeing Zelda and Impa enter the Gate of Time, Link would head to the Sealed Temple to meet with the Old Lady like instructed. Groose falls down with you, you both go to the Sealed Temple, you fight The Imprisoned, but now, as a thanks for taking care of The Imprisoned, the Old Lady gives you a Miniature Bird Statue. This would allow you to call your Loftwing from anywhere (excluding inside Dungeons of course), as the Zelda and Loftwing Amiibo does. Now, what the Zelda and Loftwing Amiibo would do, is when scanned, give you this item EARLY, and the Old Lady would have changed dialogue saying something along the lines of "Oh! You already have a Miniature Bird Statue" and then give a short reminder of what it does
Persona 5 does a similar thing, as well as a lot of games, where starting a New Game+ file allows you to carry over certain buffs that give you an advantage in the start, but a bit different
I'm super excited for the rerelease, i used to have and literally JUST sold before i moved, the limited edition Skyward Sword with the gold wii motion plus, but i sold it... and never finished it lmao so now maybe i can actually play it all the way through
2:05 reminds me of star wars kinect
6:31 perfectly cut screams
12:19 there's a reason why that groan is in place
> "I don't think anybody cares about Crossbow Training, so yeah Skyward Sword it is."
**GASP** _You dare!?_
It just hit me how long it's been since Skyward Sword came out. It's actually the first major Zelda game to come out after I got into the series, and I remember being excited about it before its title had even been revealed yet. I was excited to get my hands on it, and because I originally planned to do a blind playthrough of it on my channel, my little sister got to play it before me. It's now ten years old, and it feels weird that there's now an HD remaster of it. I find it strange to think that I've been a fan of the Zelda series for almost half my life at this point. The change in opinion this game has gone through in the eyes of the Zelda fandom has been quite large and unpredictable.
The 1st ever 3d LoZ game I ever tried to play was skyward sword, and while I started off really liking the game, I distinctly remember liking it less and less, and eventually abandoning the game after the 1st dungeon, mostly due to the motion controls. I proceded tlo than try Twigiht princess, and fall in love with the game, notably the creepy atmosphere, the unique dongeons (the forest temple, the fire temple with the magnetic surfaces, the desert temple with the spinning top thing that allows to ride the wall rails, the frozen mansion with the ball and chain, and the sky temple that has you dual wielding grappling hooks all stood out to me as incredible, and the final dongeon is creepy AF), and Midna of course. I have also played the original version of Wind Waker, and that game also clicked with me in a way that what I played of skyward sword didn`t It doesn`t help that I have also seen most of skyward sword in playthough form, and the lack of theme variation and repeated backtracking is really offputting to me
All of this to say that I am mostly indifferent to the existance of skyward Sword on switch, and may even pick it up and give it another shot at some point if I find it at what I would consider a more reasonable price (under 40€) , but I would`ve vary much prefered a switch port of Wind Waker HD, or Twilight Princess HD, even at full price... (Tbh I`m honestly kinda bitter that we haven`t gotten them yet, and will call bullshit if we never get them at all)
One of my main problems with Skyward sword are some of the annoying quests like the pumpkin quest and ballon mini game but I still love this game and it’s in my top 5 for best Zelda games
One of the things I love about the online discourse around this game is that in the middle of the absolute shit flinging a bunch of people just casually admit it has the best boss in the series
Six arm man?
@@ogpandamonium yeah Koloktos
@@taken_over3416 actually no its obviously the imprisoned ;)
Ghirahim?
@@jamessicard1705 he’s such a good boss that I can’t tell if this is a joke or not but I meant the Koloktos fight not the character of ghirahim which is phenomenal
I'm honestly surprised the music in certain areas not being talked about at all . This is the first fully orchestrated zelda game and it really shows . It has top tier music
The fact you used a Linkus7 clip, even if just for 2 seconds, made me so happy
Skyward sword is a good game but I understand why some people don't like it.
Check out this vanilla opinion everyone
@@DarkTyyp Vanilla is my favorite
@@-Noro- ^this guy gets it
the legend of GROOSE: A GROOSE to the GROOSE
PLZ MAKE THIS GAME NINTENDO!!
I'm starting to like him. He reminds me of John Cena
@@M64brosAND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENAAAA
For my the tadtones was one of the very fun things.
Also when i played this game for the first i had trubble with the silet realm but when i played the remake i enjoyed them alot
I haven't played this game yet but I'm glad to see you've made a video on it.
Honestly I always thought the side characters were memorable.
"Is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Actually Good?" Yes
I'm just loving the Bomberman music. Such good jams in those games
I’ve always wondered what you had to say about the Zelda series
I predicted 2 Days ago that Genshin Impact would be the next Raid Shadow Legends in the amount of Sponsors from TH-cam
Boy, I wish i was wrong.
At least Genshin is a half decent game though, if it didn’t have the gacha system and instead only let you earn characters say from doing certain quests and completing objectives to get their constellations, and let you earn 4* and 5* weapons through quests then it would be good/great. But as it stands the Gacha system makes the game only half decent
@@dinoshotgun Nah, it still sucks
Skyward sword is personally my favourite 3d Zelda but I prefer the 2d games
That’s really interesting because in my opinion, Skyward Sword has a much more similar feel to 2D Zeldas than the other 3D Zeldas. Maybe that’s because the game’s director worked on 5 different 2D Zeldas before Skyward Sword, his first 3D Zelda.
9:18 I really love Agitha's inclusion in HW, though that might be my huge bias for Twilight Princess and the fact that Groose never really grew on me when I played Skyward Sword back in the day, I never hated him, he just sorta was a guy that helped out and was kinda neat, meanwhile I've done Agitha's quest every single time I've beaten TP just because I love how happy it makes her. Maybe I'll appreciate Groose some more once I get around to picking up the port and seeing him do his shenanigans again.
Did every version of Skyward Sword for the Wii come with the gold Zelda controller, because mine didn’t. Good video, I loved Skyward Sword on the Wii and I’ll pick it up on the switch in a few weeks. You should definitely talk about more Zelda games.
I prefer top-down Zelda games, but Skyward Sword is the only 3D Zelda game I actually enjoyed, only due to how linear it is
Im kind of a person that prefers to basically have the game tell me where to go, but i want the destination to be difficult. Rather than spend 30 mins to figure out where to go and finish the task in 30 mins, I would rather go to where i need to go in 10 mins, but finish the task in 50
On wii, the motion controls are very good anyway, I don't know why everyone says that it's super unrespinsive
I never had any problems with it either. I also used the Wii Remote plus (the one with wii motion plus built into it instead of an add on) so i wonder if that had something to do with it.
@@asterlyons8564 i have the original with motion plus added so i don't think it was that
Can't y'all just understand that people actually had issues with the controls? Not some, a LOT so there's clearly something wrong.
the controls are only really unresponsive when you flail your arms like a 2 year old throwing a tantrum, or do excessive movements for a basic swing, the perfect experience playing is being decently close to the sensor bar (but not so close that the wii remote can’t actually ‘see’ it..) and doing calm, but not too slow motions, and not as fast little timmy playing wii sports tennis.
the only time it felt a bit unresponsive was the harp segments (and swimming too, sorta), but that still wasn’t too horrible.
I enjoyed the motion controls in Skyward Sword, as well. They were so much fun to play with. Even more now, than back then.
The amiibo it's not really fast travel, it's a pretty useless mechanic tbh unless you need to go refill supplies in the middle of a dungeon or you're speedruning. True fast travel would've been useful but it's not there
Now do A Link Between Worlds.
People who say it's bad are just bandwagoning, it's not perfect but I don't see how people can call it a bad game
Or maybe they just have a different opinion? I personally hate this game and I’m a huge Zelda fan
I'll agree with that I mean if the switch version is good than yea
It’s definitely not my favorite Zelda game (maybe 8th or so?) but I do think it’s enjoyable.
I can think of quite a few ways why I disliked the game and thought it bad even outside of the Zelda series.
People just have different opinions. I always liked the game but I get why folks might not
I understand I'm super late I just wanted to say that I have a special place in my heart for skyward sword because It was my first Zelda game and I remember playing through the whole game whole my Grandma watched and helped me figure out puzzles. It does have its issues and flaws but I'll always love it because It was a medium through which I bonded with my grandma
This was my first Zelda game, and it holds a special place in my heart, part of it is nostalgia and the rest having my own taste, but I liked the first revisits, it felt like the game expanded and made the generic looking locations visually more interesting (except for Eldin), the second revisit is where I see the main padding of the game happening. I loved the motion controls, it felt like their own amazing puzzle with multiple ways to solve them. I'm glad that people get a new chance to play this game with important improvements and different ways to play.
And no the last scentence didn't invalidate the video, you're just wrong about Majora's Mask
Skyward Sword is better than Breath of the Wild. Skyward Sword's structure is fine if limited, but Breath of the Wild is 30 hours of content spread super thin across at least 120 hours if you ignore the Korok seeds. Also I prefer the Wii version of Skyward Sword since the motion controls aren't so temperamental & while the button controls work, they weren't layed out properly.
I played BOTW for around 120 hours but looking back my enjoyment really stopped around the 40 hour mark. Also we've had years of videos about BOTW on YT. I never want to see another shrine or bokoblin ever again.
BOTW shrines snd seeds would be more enjoyable if there wasn’t as much you had to collect over the course of the adventure but it is the better game imo
@@brendanlafferty9814 also more diversity in design would have been great. All shrines are based on the same basic layout. with no visual Differentiation between regions. Like most open world games BOTW basically reuses all it's assets too often.
If this is honestly the worst zelda game then that says something! To me at least. It says (again to me) this is at the very least a good game and I think some of these AAA devs need to pay attention.
Considering you can turn Fi's tips off and her popping up what felt like every 10 seconds to stay unskippable dialogue was without a doubt my biggest frustration with SS in general. I am definitely willing to give this version a go. I did beat the original Wii version but I do want to see if just turning off FI is what was really keeping me from getting engrossed in the game.