COMPLETED THE GAME TONIGHT!!!

Wow what great adventure. SS is definitely up there as one of my favorite Zelda's. I really love every one I've ever played, but clearly there are those that are simply better than others. SS is still fresh in my mind, so I need some time to really reflect to see how my exact top 3 order goes when considering LTTP and OOT as well.

Graphics are simply amazing, love the style. Sound is magical and really amazing in every area. It just fits the game so well in each land/dungeon/part of game. Controls are so superior to non-motion. The only part of controls that bug me is the lack of IR pointer. Why they chose to use the WM+ forumlas to control what would have been faster/perfect with just IR.... idk. Only other gripe is on some of the annoyances with Fi. But, overall it was easy to ignore.

The game's story, complexity, and adventure were top notch and I've very glad to have spent over 60hrs living the Legend of Groose. Hell, even the humor was pretty good all throughout. Though I did miss mah chickens.

Here's looking forward to a Hero Mode play through at some point later.

My final stats are:
9900 rupees, ALL side quests, ALL items (including Hylian Shield which really helps in last two boss fights), ALL bugs/treasures, purchased all items from air ship...

In fact only things I missed where 1.5 hearts... and I just didn't even try to find them lol... hell, I could have gotten one more part my redoing some battles with the Thunder Dragon, but I just decided it wasn't worth it.

Only thing that stumped me, another item I just didn't spend time figuring out, is why there are a bunch of cat things over the wall while the Goddesses temple is still in Skyloft? Anyone know what they are there for? Beyond cat tossing.

The Song of the Dragons. I don't even know where the hell I'm supposed to go--well, actually I do. I gotta go back to those same damned three stages that we always have to go back to. I'm ready for this game to end. I have to beat this game TODAY so I can jump on Final Fantasy 13, tomorrow. Haven't touched my PS3/360 in ages and my backlog is building up!

It's a great game--easily the best game from 2011 that I've played--but it's taking too long! I shouldn't have gone after all of those side quests!

Yeah, in this Zelda you really NEVER need to buy any type of ammo. Its all freely available in plentiful amounts via breakable/cuttable items.

Finished 3 days ago.
Amazing, poetic, brilliant in every part of the game.
Fantastic motion control, good story, magnificent Zelda.
In my experiece the second best Zelda ever, after "A link to the past".
Now I want another Zelda soon...

Make sure you go through the song of the dragons in the same fashion: woods, fire, desert. This will ensure you don't get hit by the game ending glitch.

Game is great and you still have a bit to do. 3 songs, another thing, another couple bosses... Also, between the other thing and bosses, one more side quest is really encouraged as it gives you a great defenisive power that really helps against the final bosses.

I picked the game back up a couple of days ago. I took a break after the forest temple (Dark souls took all my time) I'm in the earth temple now. Got stuck briefly since I forgot about the remote controlled beetle, doh.

I'm still getting used to the motion controls and the camera. Directional slashes and stabs only correspond with my movements about half of the time. Which doesn't matter for most enemies except the annoying harder enemies in the earth temple. I'm trying to circle around them while locked on and time strikes like in Dark souls, but that's not working very well in SS. Lock keeps disengaging and Link runs away with his back turned instead of strafing. (Maybe I need to press another button to strafe?)

Btw where/when can I get a shield that lasts longer then 5 minutes?

Oh.  Fuck.  I just got the song from the desert dragon!  I haven't gone to the woods or the fire, yet.  And then there's some other thing!?! And another!?  Some of these missions, while still very good, feel like $10 DLC from an HD game--just tacked on for people that enjoy the game.  Oh well--To the woods, Batman!

One thing, though. When I go to the woods, it says there's a strange phenomenon and I can't go anywhere except the temple.  If this is the glitch you are talking about, I will sell my Wii TODAY!

These two are interchangeable. And really, the glitch is pretty easy to avoid. (At least for someone who seldom speaks voluntarily with NPCs.)

Controls can be finicky... you'll get used to it.

Staying locked on is part holding button and part staying close.

Strafing is being locked on, pressing a direction (L,R,Back,Forward) and 'A'. Very useful.

Whenever possible buy the better shield and then upgrade. I Also carry both a red potion and the purple shield potion upgraded so it fixes my shield and gives me hearts.

no, you're fine, but by going to the desert first... you could have triggered the glitch. But, it does take a few other steps while in the desert.

You should be safe. Once you land at the temple you'll soon see why you couldn't go anywhere else.