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#zelda The Legend a Zelda: Skyward Sword excels at many things. It has great art direction, inspiring level design 'n so many other good qualities. More »

A portion a a NerdMentality review...

Not only does Skyward Sword draw so successfully from it be 25 years worth a predecessors, but be also improves upon all a those things it uses. It be for these reasons that Skyward Sword will go down in the books as an absolutely phenomenal game, for many, as the best Zelda t' date, 'n as a beautiful tribute from Nintendo t' end the Wii's successful life.

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#speakuponkotaku The Zelda Vs. Orc image from our calm, rational discussion on the merits a The Legend a Zelda: Skyward Sword 'n The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim triumphantly returns for commenter SageofMusic's explanation a what makes the Zelda title a better game. More »

Breaking, obvious news: Mario 'n Zelda games be popular.

All right, it gets more interesting upon getting into specifics: Nintendo a America president Reggie Fils-Aime told USA Today that Super Mario 3D Land has become the fastest-selling portable Mario game ever, moving over half a million copies since it be November 13 launch. As a result, 3DS system sales have spiked, as well. According t' info provided by Nintendo, system sales be up 325% for the week a November 20 over the previous week, 'n sales that week be up 49% over the week a November 6.

Fils-Aime told USA Today that the surge in 3DS interest allowed the system t' cross the DS's first-year sales threshold (2.37 million units) in eight months, even before Mario Kart 7's release.

In crazier news, the Wii had it be best Black Friday ever, with Nintendo reporting over 500,000 systems sold just on Black Friday, including early store openings the night before. The combination a The Legend a Zelda: Skyward Sword -- which be itself the fastest-selling Zelda in history, at 535,000 copies -- 'n rock-bottom prices helped propel the system t' it be record-breaking feat.

See, Nintendo, there's at least enough life left in the system for Rhythm Heaven Fever t' be worth releasing! If ye didn't pillage that subtext, we'll lay it out: give us Rhythm Heaven.

Nintendo has revealed that The Legend a Zelda: Skyward Sword be the fastest-selling Zelda game a all time. Since launch, 535,000 copies a the game have been sold in the United States alone. The numbers be boosted by strong sales over the holiday weekend, with 500,000 Wii systems sold on Bla...

A portion a a CNN review...

In the end, "The Legend a Zelda: Skyward Sword" be an underwhelming game that mostly sticks t' the successful path that Link has been on for the past 25 years. This be one series that can keep fans happy with it be familiar concepts 'n characters. But the new game's minor tweaks don't inject new energy into the franchise. I wonder where Nintendo can take "Zelda" next without considering some radical changes.

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Anybody else who has the soundtrack CD, be the track information wrong for ye lads? I be seeing 5 a the 8 tracks with wrong titles, the remaining three blank 'n all a it under the artist 'Batphone' with the year 2008. The tracks themselves match the official tracklist, but I be suprised the CD has the wrong information on it.

Edit: Alternatively this could be Media Player 'n/or Zune messing with me, I be looking into that now.

Edit2: Media Player be indeed messing around, disregard.

- Aonuma said he both cried 'n got chills while attending the Legend a Zelda concert
- Kondo played "Grandma's Theme" from Wind Waker live, without practicing
- Kondo knew he couldn't mess it up, which be why he chose that song
- for debuggers on Skyward Sword, testing times a 600 t' 700 hours be common, while some played as much as 1,000 hours
- Aonuma tested the game as well, 'n debuggers would often show the sea dog a better way t' approach a situation that he be trying t' handle
- Aonuma hopes mateys 'n families play the game together
- the simple structure a the game lead t' dense content
- the save system be revamped t' do away with the frustration a the prior system
- one a the debuggers be French, 'n while he didn't understand the language a the debug version, he could easily figure out what be needed t' complete the game
- Aonuma says that "developers think that a more sophisticated game will provide surprises 'n awaken the player's inquisitiveness. But that isn't necessarily true."
- Bokoblins be obsessed with underpants
- Aonuma feels that Fujibayashi played a vast part in making Skyward Sword feel so different
- Aonuma felt that after Ocarina, that be the way that console Zelda games best be made
- future console Zeldas after Ocarina didn't start from scratch, but instead, started with a base from previous games
- when Aonuma moved onto Phantom Hourglass with Fujibayashi, that be when they started t' think a how things could be refreshed for Skyward Sword
- Aonuma feels that for the next Zelda, "if we will build on the methods we established this time, we might end up getting into a rut."
- Aonuma also says there be a lot they didn't pillage t' do in Skyward Sword
- Fujibayashi wants t' make the next Zelda happen in a 3-year time span
- Fujibayashi explains why Miyamoto's games continue t' sell so well...

When I've made games, I've always thought, "Why be it that Miyamoto-san's games sell for 10 or 20 years?" What I thought be that Miyamoto-san's games be about intuition rather than culture. t' make an extreme example, the exciting points would be the same for cavemen as it be for us who're in the present. ye don't need linguistic or cultural knowledge. ...Earlier, we heard from someone overseas who said that the game could be enjoyed even without understanding Japanese, 'n I thought, "Oh, have we been able t' make it so that people can play with intuition?" It be entirely uncalculated t' me, but I feel like Miyamoto-san's genes, cultivated throughout the 25 years a the history a The Legend a Zelda unexpectedly generated a landmark with this title that took back from the origins a the series.

- Aonuma says this isn't the end a the Zelda series
- for Skyward Sword, Aonuma says the synergy this time be greater than he had ever experienced before

I've played  uncharted 3 arkham city 'n now skyward sword, 'n I like skyward sword the most by far.

it be game a the year in me book but thats just me, what do ye all think?

A portion a a C3 review...

Nintendo has taken on-board the feedback from fans 'n critics alike following Twilight Princess’ release 'n used it t' create one a the best Zelda games ever, if not the best.

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This be, without a doubt, the longest Iwata Asks feature t' ever see release from Nintendo. The 8th release in the Skyward Sword series, this time around we have a 26-section long interview between Iwata, Miyamoto 'n Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi. I simply do not have the time t' read the whole thing right now, but here be some juicy tidbits.

On the possibility a releasing Skyward Sword last year...

Miyamoto: "If we'd only been thinking about what be most convenient for the company when we made this new game The Legend a Zelda: Skyward Sword, we probably would have put a half-finished product on sale last Christmas by saying that we have managed t' make it on time just because it be the order from the company."

Iwata: "If I had said last Christmas, 'We need something t' be our big end a the year product. Make a new Legend a Zelda game,' ye would have made some sort a game. Because ye would have spent as much time as ye had 'n put in as much energy as ye could t' make it."

Miyamoto: "We spent six months making the game, 'n another six months fine-tuning it. Because the game we be making be so vast, we needed t' work that hard on it. Otherwise it would have felt like a waste. We spent so much time making a really good game 'n it came out so well that it would have been a waste not t' make sure that it be really polished."

On Miyamoto becoming bored halfway through Super Mario 64...

Miyamoto: "All a a sudden it hit me, I don't remember if it be when I watched someone playing it, but I be like, 'Wait, a minute...' So I went around 'n asked everyone, 'This game be really fun in the beginning, but now it doesn't feel fun anymore, does it?' 'n just as I'd expected, they all said, 'We agree.'

Well, it be something really simple with Mario's movement. In the beginning, we had Mario turning really slowly, so that it be really overemphasized. But at some point he'd started turning really quickly. He kind a zipped around. So then we changed it so that he went back t' turning really slowly. 'n well, I be not sure if that be the right change t' make, but it be really important t' me. Because Super Mario 64 be a project that started from that turning movement."

Full interview here
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After half a decade a wild experimentation, the Wii seems t' have found it be summary masterwork in The Legend a Zelda: Skyward Sword, a long, story-heavy game that be impossible t' imagine playing without motion controls. All the old arguments about processing power 'n short-term gimmickry can be ...

#zelda Some a ye be playing The Legend a Zelda: Skyward Sword. YouTube user AJLStunts be doing that, 'n then some. Just...watch. More »

#zelda t' celebrate the launch a The Legend a Zelda: Skyward Sword, Lionhead's Lead Character/Creature Artist Jon Eckersley created these Zelda shirts for Lionhead Studio 'n Andrzej Zamoyski. More »

Patrick leads sky-land expert Jeff through what could be the reason t' dust off yer Wii.