Guessed by @drbunnig
Sometimes all a game needs to etch itself into my heart forever is a damn good story with loveable heroes and hateable villains.
Honestly, thinking back to Skyward Sword now, maybe in these depressing times, what I really need in my life is to replay this. This is a story of hope, of heroism in its most purest sense, of shining a light in the darkness and doing everything you can for those you care for. It's a story of sacrifice, but more than anything it's a story of love.
It's about bringing out the best in people, whether they be your closest relationship, a bully you wished left you alone, a thousand-year-old robot sailor whose sea has dried up and can only be explored through time travel, or what will you. And then, it's about how helping people brings out the best in them, and seeing them grow and be stronger because of the strength you showed them.
Skyward Sword was the first videogame to make me cry, I believe. It's no wonder it was my #1 for so many years on here, and well, even a year before I joined here, because I first played it in 2013. The impact this story and these characters had on me was immeasurable, and their tale still brings me to tears every time I revisit it. It also helps that it's a damn good game too, with some of the tightest level design Nintendo has ever put together. The dungeons are all extremely fun to play through, and absolutely iconic.
Well, everything in this game is iconic to me. It's the best Zelda game ever made and I'm afraid it'll always be... And that's alright.
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