Finished the game myself this weekend. Damn amazing Zelda game, tied with ALTTP as my favourite Zelda (only downside I see on SS is the easier-ish difficulty of the overall game, both in gameplay mechanics and getting the Pieces of Hearts, which usually are a harder chore).

Need to give Hero Mode a go though.

So, did ya finish?

Didn't finish. This guy with fiery hair invited me into a portal to fight. He looked pretty pissed. Figured I would wait until my kid got home from school so she could witness the fight. She's a fan of the game so I didn't want to rob her of the ending.

Got FF13-2 (PS3), too. I'll tackle that tonight.

THat's awesome!

I did the same thing. I was in my usual late-night gaming session (as that's the only time I usually play in order to not be ignoring wife/kids) and I got to that point with everything I needed/wanted including hylian shield. So I saved/quit to purposely wait for next day when kids were home from school to see ending. They are both within the 3rd song quest, just before song of heros, and they really would have been pissed if they didn't get to see me beat it.

Now, I'm back on BF3 for the time being until I decide to get a few PS3 games (uncharted3, ACRev, and BatmanAC).

Just finished it. Awesome game. As a game, I give it a 9/10. It had a lot of flaws. Also, no torch lighting and no boomerang? WTF? Probably the easiest Zelda game I've ever played, too. Not once did I ever get stuck or not know what to do or where to go. I didn't get any of those "AHA!" moments. Then again, I didn't have to consult a guide, either.

On a satisfaction level, I give it a 10/10. I beat it with my kid watching and when those credits started rolling, we both were smiling and, yeah. I'll admit it. My eyes got a little sweaty--she was crying, though. Game of the year, hands down. I played a lot of stuff from 2011 and Skyward Sword is the tops. I'll try Hero Mode, some day.

Heck, the only time I saw the "Game Over" screen was when didn't beat one of the bosses fast enough.  I got game over like five times on that one!  None of the enemies were ever tough enough to take me down--I even beat the last boss on my very first try! 

Haha, man, you're sounding like someone stepping into a series fan-thread and going "Well it's good you guys like it so much but me I'm not fond of it, don't see the big deal". You see that, right? We've had good laughs at people doing exactly this?

d21lewis:

Glad you enjoyed it. Man, that ending, where they play Fi's theme in piano? It done gave me the feelings.

I never said that. What I'm saying is: your opinion of Skyward Sword might as well be your avatar. We know. You don't have to preface so many conversations with your dissatisfaction.

Was it the 2nd or the 3rd form of that boss that you couldn't beat fast enough? 

Myself, I didn't had any trouble with any form (heck, my record time for the 3rd form on the Boss Rush is 1:45 and for the 2nd is 1:30), mostly because it was darn easy to use the geysers to get above him and the secret weapon on the arena makes it quite easy to stun both forms.

And the final boss was indeed pretty easy, heck, I only got hit once on both phases. The two bosses prior to him were much harder.

I can barely remember but I'm sure almost every boss killed me at least once while I tried to figure out how to fight them.  I know I thought Ganon was tough in TP because it blew my mind when people were calling him easy.