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Zelda: Skyward Sword has arrived at the IGN offices. To say the IGN Nintendo team has been anticipating this day for a while would be a bit of an understatement. We've opened up the box and taken photos and a video (video coming soon!) of everything inside for you. Check out what you can get on November 20...

#zelda The mailman may have squashed our copy of the Wii's new Zelda game, but that doesn't appear to have impacted the quality of the game's intro. Fresh from Nintendo to our Wii here at Kotaku, behold the first few minutes of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (up until we get control of Link). More »

For years Zelda's producers have maintained that they know a true order for the iconic Nintendo franchise, despite many of the games seemingly overlapping and contradicting each other in subtle and significant ways. Even the most dedicated fans only have theories, none of them verified or completely flawless...

Despite the obvious perils of venturing into volcanoes and "fire sanctuaries," our hero Link (of Zelda's lengthy legend) takes to both potentially fatal locales with his usual aplomb in these latest trailers for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Be careful, little Link!

This review summary of a GamePro Germany review might offer up some of the biggest spoilers on Skyward Sword yet. I'm definitely placing this content after the jump. You've been warned!

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#zelda Could Skyward Sword be the best Zelda game of all time? Well, it'd be nice if that was the case, since it's the franchise's anniversary year and all. See if watching this GameTrailers exclusive trailer does anything to convince you. More »

The official North American site for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is now up-to-date. The content there mirrors what we've been seeing over on the Japanese side of things. The same video content, but now in English! Hit up the link below to check out the site.

The full map for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has been revealed, but not by Nintendo. Fans have been picking apart the information on the Japanese site, and now they've constructed the final map from flash data on the site. Hit the jump to check it out.

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- Link can catch fire if he enters a very hot area
- Mogmas also inhabit the new area shown above
- Link's items may get stolen at some point
- the Fire Sanctuary makes you knock down water-filled plants to cool the lava in order to cross it at certain points
- Mogmas have been captured in this area
- a giant hand will come out of the lava and grab you
- you'll also get upgraded digging mitts

As October comes to a close, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's release on November 20 is now just a stone's throw away. In just over three weeks we'll finally have the chance to get our hands on what looks to be Link's most epic adventure yet. In many ways, the game shakes up the Zelda formula - blending tried and true concepts with a handful of daring risks that, from what we've seen so far, are paying off big time...

- contains enemy crows that drop poisonous waste on you
- getting to the first dungeon takes about 4 hours
- dowsing gives you sound, vibration and visual hint
- roughly 7 hours to reach the Earth Temple

Spoiler Alert: The following contains spoilers - spoilers about Zelda's story, bosses and structure. Read on if you don't mind knowing how the game will play out to some degree...

A portion of an EDGE review...

Nintendo has been so busy elaborating on Ocarina’s heroic ideal that it’s forgotten to embrace it for itself. So what better way to honour 25 years of bravery than courageously striving for something new? And what opportune hardware to cut those ties.

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- first scene shows off the sealed grounds
- different types of loftwings in the game
- blue loftwings are quite rare

This footage comes from the most recent Iwata Asks. It is yet to be translated into English, but that should happen come tomorrow morning. Thanks to Morro for the heads up!

ONM has taken the time to answer some reader questions concerning The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. They've played the game all the way through, and can offer some more insight on elements of the game we've previously heard about. Skip this story if you're not looking for spoilers!

- no limit to amount of one item you can carry
- no Tingle
- there are three unconnected chunks of Hyrule that you access from the Sky Realm by flying through one of the three portals in the clouds - Eldin Volcano, Faron Woods and the desert area
- you can hit down on the D-pad to re-centre the cursor
- you can finish the game without upgrading a single item or potion.
- all of the NPCs are named characters
- most of them have their own house on the island
- many NPC sidequests reward you with gratitude points, which are then used on another, larger side-quest
- reviewer says it's easier than Ocarina Of Time and Twilight Princess
- hints at other returning characters
- main theme is used in some creative, goosebump-inducing ways too
- Wind Waker's Great Sea is larger than the Sky overworld
- Skyward Sword's has Hyrule
- visit the Silent Realm a number of times
- the dark-skinned blonde woman is a very important character, and one you might remember from another Zelda game

#zelda A few weeks ago, I played a lot of The Legend of Skyward Sword. I got up to what I'd call the lava temple, but Nintendo calls it the earth temple. OK. There's lava in there, Nintendo. More »

Following our nine hour play session of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Nintendo Executive Editor Rich George and I have covered just about every aspect of what we've seen thus far. From the new one-to-one combat to the brilliant pacing to the updated transportation system to Skyloft and beyond, so far Skyward Sword has far exceeded our expectations...

- 12 bug types in total
- 16 items in total
- use bugs to create better potions
- one potion is a more powerful heart potion that refills more health than the standard version
- buy a net from Beedle
- one type of bug pushes around tiny boulders
- upgrade the wooden shield to the banded shield
- this shield has more durability
- the Mogmas give you the Digging Mitts for helping with their Bokoblins problem
- use the mitts to find steam vents that can be used to reach higher ground
- collect five shards of the key to enter the Earth Temple
- the person playing the demo session took an hour to do this, and didn't even find the last shard