18 days to greatest game ever.

...which is not Sonic Mania, of course.

No I never owned a Wii with Motion Plus so I never had the opportunity until now.

So thanks to your comments I decided to tackle Skyward Sword before TP HD. I finshed WW HD 100% yesterday and I will now share my first impression of Skyward Sword after beeing a few years late to that party. :D

So far I reaced the area deep in the forest.

I will simply cut it into cons, neutrals and pros. Of course this is all my opinion with regards to my experience with gaming and the franchise.

Let´s start with the bad stuff and work up from there:

Cons:

-The handholding. Having played every Zelda title since ALTTP I consider myself fairly adapt at how these games work. Still Skyward Sword took the oppurtunity to stop me all the time and explain in detail how every little move works. For some of these i am thankful but most of them i either knew already or simply figured out by pushing random buttons and sling the Wiimote around like a maniac. This is my most negative point because it just keeps going so far. Phi interrupts me constantly to tell me things like how to switch the aura search even though he showed me the selection wheel in the prior Zelda search. It just annoys me and i try to silence him as fast as possible.

-Following up to this: No text skip. would love to skip through the dialogue I don´t need but sadly thats not possible either.

Neutrals:

-The graphics: this is a neutral point because i know this game is quite a bit old but playing it after the stunning HD version of Wind Waker I cant help it to be a little dissapointed. Still the artstyle itself is really vibrant and colorful and I do like that alot.

-Phi: I like his overall character so far. A very analytical creature and he just seems very interesting to me how he will develop over time. Sadly him acting as my tutorial all the time pushes him to the neutral points because to me he is worse than Navi.

-Motion Controls: Its been a challenge so far. After you get used to it there can be really awesome moments where you slay a group of moblin with fast and precise slashes. But this does not seem to work for me all the time. Sometimes it just does not recognize that i want to change my attack pattern and the damn moblins block every hit. Also I don´t get the timing of my animations just yet. Maybe this point improves over time but at the moment Im neutral towards the MoCo.

And finally the Pros:

-The Setting: A Island in the sky. Bird mounts and the lingering question what awaits below. In combination with the artstyle this game hooked me pretty fast just with its setting.

-The Characters: I was really suprised by this. There are a lot of common tropes going on with these charakters but the execution of those are really great. The people on skypiea ;) really fit into the setting and are just a treat to watch and interact with. Link also is in this point because I just liked him from the start and with the motion controls you really feel like him and with good dialogue options I can cover a lot of things I would say in his situation.

-The Music/Sounddesign: A point that every Zelda game excells and Skyward Sword is no exception. All around great as expected.

-And for my final point.

Zelda: I was not prepared for this, but this iteration of Zelda is my favorite by far! She is just... wow. I was completely overwhelmed by the person she is. Her relationship to Link reminded me of my own relationship to my best friend. She grew on me immediatly and i like every bit about her. Only thing I can wish for, is for her to have more screentime later on in the game because I will be sad if I only chase her for the whole time.

So that was it so far. My first impression with the game. Hopefully this was a somewhat entertaining read. If not please tell me. Also all points are open for discussion.

All in all I now know what you guys were talking about. This game is quite something and im pretty sure I will finish it before the BotW release!

I believe you meant to say that the other way around.

No I never owned a Wii with Motion Plus so I never had the opportunity until now.

So thanks to your comments I decided to tackle Skyward Sword before TP HD. I finshed WW HD 100% yesterday and I will now share my first impression of Skyward Sword after beeing a few years late to that party. :D

So far I reaced the area deep in the forest.

I will simply cut it into cons, neutrals and pros. Of course this is all my opinion with regards to my experience with gaming and the franchise.

Let´s start with the bad stuff and work up from there:

Cons:

-The handholding. Having played every Zelda title since ALTTP I consider myself fairly adapt at how these games work. Still Skyward Sword took the oppurtunity to stop me all the time and explain in detail how every little move works. For some of these i am thankful but most of them i either knew already or simply figured out by pushing random buttons and sling the Wiimote around like a maniac. This is my most negative point because it just keeps going so far. Phi interrupts me constantly to tell me things like how to switch the aura search even though he showed me the selection wheel in the prior Zelda search. It just annoys me and i try to silence him as fast as possible.

-Following up to this: No text skip. would love to skip through the dialogue I don´t need but sadly thats not possible either.

Neutrals:

-The graphics: this is a neutral point because i know this game is quite a bit old but playing it after the stunning HD version of Wind Waker I cant help it to be a little dissapointed. Still the artstyle itself is really vibrant and colorful and I do like that alot.

-Phi: I like his overall character so far. A very analytical creature and he just seems very interesting to me how he will develop over time. Sadly him acting as my tutorial all the time pushes him to the neutral points because to me he is worse than Navi.

-Motion Controls: Its been a challenge so far. After you get used to it there can be really awesome moments where you slay a group of moblin with fast and precise slashes. But this does not seem to work for me all the time. Sometimes it just does not recognize that i want to change my attack pattern and the damn moblins block every hit. Also I don´t get the timing of my animations just yet. Maybe this point improves over time but at the moment Im neutral towards the MoCo.

And finally the Pros:

-The Setting: A Island in the sky. Bird mounts and the lingering question what awaits below. In combination with the artstyle this game hooked me pretty fast just with its setting.

-The Characters: I was really suprised by this. There are a lot of common tropes going on with these charakters but the execution of those are really great. The people on skypiea ;) really fit into the setting and are just a treat to watch and interact with. Link also is in this point because I just liked him from the start and with the motion controls you really feel like him and with good dialogue options I can cover a lot of things I would say in his situation.

-The Music/Sounddesign: A point that every Zelda game excells and Skyward Sword is no exception. All around great as expected.

-And for my final point.

Zelda: I was not prepared for this, but this iteration of Zelda is my favorite by far! She is just... wow. I was completely overwhelmed by the person she is. Her relationship to Link reminded me of my own relationship to my best friend. She grew on me immediatly and i like every bit about her. Only thing I can wish for, is for her to have more screentime later on in the game because I will be sad if I only chase her for the whole time.

So that was it so far. My first impression with the game. Hopefully this was a somewhat entertaining read. If not please tell me. Also all points are open for discussion.

All in all I now know what you guys were talking about. This game is quite something and im pretty sure I will finish it before the BotW release!

ktay95 said: $945.65 later I have all of my Switch stuff payed off Yes I'm insane

I'm not sure if you're expecting people to say it's normal, but just to clarify, it's not. You're insane.

Damn those are some very steep prices. Where do you live?

The sad part is I aint even getting all that much  

Console - $470

Controller - $100

Dock - $130

Bomberman - $90

Zelda LE - $190

Stand - $25

All totlalled Im paying $1005 launch day... and thats before I buy all the BotW amiibo

Good thing Ive been saving for over a year for this damn console

Do you have to buy all the Switch parts separately or is it bundled together and you are giving a breakdown? :p

Still really expensive though, even with conversion :/

It's Fi, not Phi, and she's female... I guess. Being a sword spirit robot thing it's kinda hard to have a say on it. About her character, you will grow to like her more and more, but the handholding will never stop. There will be some moments where you catch a few breaks (particularly inside dungeons, where she barely ever says anything), but most of the time she will be around telling you what to do and how to do it. It's one of the game's biggest flaws, for sure.