Spoilers if true…

It's not long now till E3 2011 and it's likely rumours and perhaps some truths will come out before the doors open at the L.A. Convention Centre. Pre-E3 rumours can be fun to speculate though and what better way to do it than with a batch of rumours that have been listed for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Take lightly though, they're from 4chan.

The long list of can be seen below, with a number of interesting pieces of information appearing. Some highlights include the ability to ride a horse and boat, as well has flying combat. There's now a name for the strange character shown in the GDC trailer and Zelda now has an Egyptian design and has brown hair, apparently.

- Skyward Sword is complete, but still needs debugging/testing.

- There will be a demo at E3 with three different aspects of the game explored: Flying combat, overworld sky exploration, desert dungeon.

- Skyward Sword girl's name is "Dorella.

- Magician from GDC trailer's name is "Nephiburoo," he'll be a part of a group of evil sorcerers who wish to obtain the Triforce.

- Ganondorf is in the game briefly as a child. Isn't too important to the story.

- Zelda has a new design, similar to an Egyptian princess with brown hair. She's still recognizable however.

- Full orchestrated soundtrack by the person responsible for Super Mario Galaxy's soundtrack.

- Two overworlds: Skyloft and Hyrule. Contrast is similar to Heaven and Hell.

- Ten minute live-action prologue that'll be posted on the net a couple of months before release.

- After you complete the game, the game goes into a storyless, neverending epilogue. Every dungeon in the game gets another dungeon inside of it utilizing everything you've obtained in the game with new bosses. New areas on the overworld are unlocked in places you wouldn't expect. Similar to the original Zelda.

- Game will feature horse riding and boat riding. Not as expansive as seen in Twilight Princess and Wind Waker, however, but a boat will be required to complete some dungeons.

- Coming November 1st, 2011.

Interestingly, the post on 4chan that was claiming the rumours has now been taken down.

Source

Thought I would share this as I think these are interesting rumors that might actually be true though if true the only downside for me is that it won’t be as vast as TP…

Not as vast as TP would be a good thing. The world needs to be medium sized but dense

These rumors would be fricking great if true. Only 5 days to go

I fhtese rumors are true skyward sword would enter my top 3 for this year lol.

Those rumours sound AWESOME!

And remember, it may be smaller, but there's two worlds. Gimme loads of side-quests and a 40 hour quest and we'll be fine.

"- After you complete the game, the game goes into a storyless, neverending epilogue. Every dungeon in the game gets another dungeon inside of it utilizing everything you've obtained in the game with new bosses. New areas on the overworld are unlocked in places you wouldn't expect. Similar to the original Zelda."

Sounds very nice.

TP had a huge mainline, but after that, nothing to do except for Heart Pieces... I'd gladly take a ~30 hour quest will tons of side-quests and unlockables.

I will admit I find the post-game concept appealing, but believe me when I say this list ain't real. If nothing else, Ganondorf is the embodiment of ultimate evil within the Zelda universe; he will never play second fiddle to anyone.

Also, 'the person(s) who scored Mario Galaxy' Mahito Yokota/Ryu Nagamatsu will almost certainly not be involved, as they are likely to be working on Super Mario 3DS; Toru Minegishi has dibs on Zelda.

Mario 3DS started development after SS so what makes you think they haven’t already done the music since last year. Even then why can’t he do music for more than one game at a time?

If the game is 30 hours plus then I am ok with it hopefully though it is over 40 I just love to play Zelda for a long time 20 hours like WW was too short for a Zelda game for me.

Right. Given how long Skyward Sword's been percolating, they could have gone and done it and then swung back around for Mario 3DS

Actually I remember nintendo saying that skyward sword's hyrule should be the biggest yet.