I recently beat both of them again, and started thinking as to who did what better.
I'll start off with what Skyward Sword did better.
- The Controls - Wii motion+ perfected the controls in Skyward Sword, it felt amazing playing with it, the battles felt so much better with this, and so did the aiming.
- The dungeons - Sure it had less dungeons compared to Twilight Princess ( 7 vs. 9) but the design in them was much better, and they were unique, much different than the other ones.
- The story - This was Zelda's origin story, and it was told beautifully, the pace felt great, and it answered many questions. Amazing.
- The graphics - The art style was perfect for this game, it was really pleasing to the eye, and the design was amazing, better than Twilight Princess' dark theme.
Now on to what Twilight Princess did better.
- The boss battles - Sure they were very easy, but they were very fun, for me better then the Skyward Sword ones, and they also had more variety and more bosses, in Skyward Sword you fought 2 bosses three times each, sure they changed a bit and they were different, but over Twilight Princess wins this.
- The items - Twilight Princess had a lot more items than Skyward Sword, and some better ones to, I loved the spinner, possibly my favorite from all of the Zelda games, it had more variety, Skyward Sword's felt better when used do to the controls but Twilight Princess had the better items in general.
The side quests/overworld - There were so much more side quests in Twilight Princess than there was in Skyward Sword, more stuff to do, more heart pieces to collect, better mini games, and more mini dungeons, don't get me wrong Skyward Sword also had great side quests, but Twilight Princess had more and ultimately better ones.
In the end I liked Skyward Sword more, it became my favorite Legend of Zelda game, the main quest was just perfect for me. I know that not everyone will agree with what I said here, but what are your thought, who did what better in your opinion?
Edit - I forgot to talk about the sound, I think this is a tie, as Skyward Sword did have orchestrated music, but Twilight Princess also had amazing and memorable themes, can't seperate the two here.