All Articles: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Regardless of how much the fan’s ask for it, Nintendo has never elaborated much on the Legend of Zelda timeline. But as the publisher reveals more story details about The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, the beginnings of the Zelda saga are starting to finally come into focus.

Set in a time before the Master Sword existed, Skyward Sword begins in Skyloft, just before the major bird-flying competition. Zelda and Link are school friends and while she’s no longer a princess, she is Principal Gaepora’s daughter.

Link’s nemesis at school (and in the bird-flying competition) is named Groose (I guess Maverick and Iceman were busy). However, he soon leaves the bully behind when he meets Fi, the spirit of the Goddess Sword. Fi’s guidance will eventually lead Link to witness (or maybe even cause) the creation of the fabled Master Sword.

Do you got all that? Now tell us how all the rest of the games fit together Nintendo. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be available in stores on November 20.

Nintendo first announced a special limited edition of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword at E3. Today, they’ve unveiled the gold Wii Remote Plus that’ll be bundled with the game as well as a special soundtrack CD featuring music from the 25th Anniversary Symphony concert. But if you’d rather not spend the $69.99 required to get the limited edition, Nintendo plans to include the soundtrack CD with every copy of Skyward Sword. You’d better move fast, though, as the CD will only be included with the “initial production” of the game.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be released on November 20. Oh, and Nintendo wants everyone to know the gold Wii Remote Plus will simply be golden in color and will not contain any actual precious metals. Thanks Nintendo!

After teasing the game at two straight E3s, Nintendo is ready to say “we’re gonna fly now” and tagged The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword with a November 20 release date.

While Nintendo has always maintained that Skyward Sword would be the first chronological Zelda game, they’re now saying it “sets the foundation” for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Is it possible we’ll finally get the unified Zelda timeline we’ve been waiting for?

“The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the biggest game in the series yet,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “We’ve just scratched the surface of this massive experience, and we look forward to sharing additional details with fans as we approach the November 20 launch.”

Skyward Sword will require the Wii Remote Plus (or a regular Wii Remote with a MotionPlus dongle attached) to move Link through a cloud city, a vast overworld and dark dungeons. Link will also pilot a massive bird to traverse this new world, surely making Avatar fans everywhere insanely jealous.

In an interview with Industry Gamers, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Producer Eiji Aonuma weighed in on whether Nintendo has done everything they could with the Nintendo Wii and its revolutionary motion control. Short answer: no.

It’s possible that this [Skyward Sword] could be one of the last titles for the Wii from Nintendo, but I certainly didn’t get the sensation that this is it – we’ve done everything we can. When making the game, it wasn’t even something I really paid attention to. We just focused on really expanding with motion plus and doing everything we could with that feature since it was sort of the backbone [of the project]. But there’s always more to iterate on, so gameplay possibilities will continue to grow regardless of system.

It’s been a long and interesting journey with the Nintendo Wii, a journey that’s now coming to a close with the coming Wii U. I can’t think of a better way to cap it off than with Skyward Sword, especially with all the Motion Plus innovations the game is promising.