So what's up with Skyward Sword?

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So what's up with Skyward Sword?; Speculations and what-not
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Kuregan	Apr 19 2011, 01:36 AM Post #1
Goomba Posts: 4 Group: Goomba Member #13,724 Joined: April 19, 2011	Hey, so I'm pretty confused. First they release some concept art for a new zelda game that's supposed to come out a little while after Twilight princess comes out (in the awesome twilight princess style) and instead, a few years later they release information about a game called "Skyward Sword" Even though they clearly referenced the fact that in the concept art Link doesn't have a sword and the trailer shows a bright and vibrant hybrid of the Windwaker style, the Twilight Princess style, and Watercolor paintings (not that I'm really complaining) So I'm just really confused about what they're doing with all this. Do you think these are going to be two separate games? What do you guys think?
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redhollywood	Apr 19 2011, 07:27 AM Post #2
i love big boy burger Posts: 3,433 Group: Krystal Member #13,681 Joined: April 3, 2011 Coins 66	i have no idea i am just ready for skyward sword to come out....i am tired of waiting
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Dragoonmason	Apr 19 2011, 05:01 PM Post #3
Now Loading... Posts: 416 Group: Waluigi Member #13,419 Joined: December 21, 2010 Coins 2	Skyward Sword in the next game coming out. That's it. Nothing else that we are really aware of.



Togeshroob	Apr 19 2011, 08:33 PM Post #4
(Temporarily closed. ...Gwaargh!) doo wee doo wee doo Posts: 3,617 Group: Sage Member #7,789 Joined: February 7, 2008 Gender Male	No, we know quite a bit. Well, compared to pre-E3 2010 anyway. First of all, the art style has been specifically said to be influenced by Impressionist painters, which is wonderfully obvious in the game's graphics, particularly with distance effects. At the very beginning, yes, the style was going to be similar to TP, but thanks to Miyamoto's love for Impressionism and the fact that they never like to do the same thing twice in a row, SS's style was born. And that's a good thing, too; the Wii isn't too much more powerful than the GC. If they'd used the same style, it'd just look like an updated TP... not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but I appreciate variation! The most important thing about the game, as I assume you know, is that it uses the Wii Motion Plus for accurate motion tracking, translating your Wiimote swings into Link's sword swings (to a degree, of course). This is not merely a tacked on element; many gameplay concepts, puzzles, fights, and such are specifically developed to take advantage of free sword control. Tons of other little interesting things can be gleaned from this new gameplay trailer shown at GDC this March, especially the game's apparant Eastern influence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKUn5ESdK4s Some other things to keep in mind in terms of development - They've analzyed TP mistakes, thought about what makes Zelda traditionally Zelda ('back to the basics,' they said), and are making the game accordingly. They've said they made TP too big - as in, it was too big to properly fill with lots of content. So in that respect, the scope of SS will likely be smaller, but it will be crammed with details and things to do; a wonderful trade-off if you ask me. I can get you the interviews for this, if you want. Oh! And just within the past couple of months they said that they're near finished with it! So we can expect a release later this year (most likely Fall or Winter). And it's gonna have orchestrated music. That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Edited by Togeshroob, Apr 19 2011, 08:34 PM.



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