The new Toys R Us ad has this game with a 10 dollar gift card when you buy it. Unfortunately, my local Toys R Us was out of pre-orders when I checked today. Hopefully Best Buy will have some deal as well.

Oh, and I saw a track listing of the fully orchestrated CD. It has 8 songs I think totally over 40 minutes of music. Each song is pretty long. Can't wait!

Does anyone else think the graphics are ugly? I'm only an hour into it so far but the beginning almost looks like an N64 game, hard to believe they look that bad with a lof of reviews giving the graphics a 10. So far the graphics are not up to par with other Nintendo Wii games...

Um... what kind of TV do you have?

@Viewtiful_Joe

I have to agree with him. Some of the textures are very bland and flat. The overall effect of a "watercolor painting come to life" is a novel idea, but on the Wii it just looks very bland with those low-resolution textures.

I'm playing on a 56" widescreen DLP TV, I take back the N64 part, it's not that bad but it just doesn't look as good as I expected, some of the reviews say it pushes the Wii graphics to the max but I'm just not seeing that, I think there are better looking games on the Wii.

Went to the midnight release tonight with my bro. Still haven't played it, though.

Had a nice sitdown with Mr Tubert. What a great guy.

This vid is amazing. **shrug**

Too bad I'm broke. On the other hand, I've got a difficult test coming up tomorrow morning, and any distractions could have disastrous results. I'll pick this game up next month.

Am I the only one who thinks the graphics look quite nice? I like the style in which they're done, it's almost like up to date WindWaker graphics.

Nice to see someone else who knows about Josh and his awesome videos

You're not the only one. Read almost any review and you'll see praise for the graphics.

Indeed, the graphics are AMAZING, idk how anyone could NOT like them...

I'm gettin it in like an hour! So EXCITED!!!

Anyone else thinks it's weird that you can't call your bird if you jump from skyloft from a random place, but only at the designated jump areas? =/ Thankfully Skyloft's the only island like that. It feels kinda silly having to be rescued by other knights when you've got your own loftwing.

target has a deal on where you get The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword game free with purchase of a Wii Bundle with New Super Mario Bros. Wii and a Mario Music Soundtrack CD ($149.99MSRP). Available in-store and online.
I wish I lived in the States. Although I already have a Wii.

How far are you guys in? I'm at Eldin Volcano.

@Project-L Probably.

Skyward Sword Get!

The day is here! Picking it up shortly. Everyone else has been getting their Zelda fill. Now, NA's turn! A Zelda console release (which we haven't seen in a few years) day is like WrestleMania or Super Bowl Sunday, and I'm excited! Am I right to be? Does it live up to the perfect scores it's getting (minus GameSpot 7.5 idiot who didn't know how to use controls)? Living up to the sheer magic of the likes of A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time will be tough.

Oh, the GameSpot review. With all the perfect reviews, and this particular mediocre score for what sounds like one of the greatest games ever, is that going to go down as an infamous review in VG history? Like a film critic giving Citizen Kane, The Godfather, or Gone with the Wind two stars?

@grenworthshero
Congrats! Are we entertained?

woa! i wouldn't expect the Wii to look too hot on a 56" bud! At least when set to widescreen that is...Yet if you set it to 4:3/Fullscreen i'm guaranteed you'll be a bit more pleased with the crisper/clearer image. I know I am on my 42" Hell, I can't even play the Wii in widesreen(StretchoVision) anymore. Besides it's not even true widescreen, you're just getting the image stretched to fit the screen resulting in softer weaker picture quality and some slight motion issues. Set it to 4:3 and everything just looks gorgeous.

I was weezing about going back to my CRT, but i can't pass up my LCD's incredible brightness, and progressive scan which gives me full 60fps and a clearer/sharper image. Still, i miss that perfect CRT motion and Zero input lag. I here i go talking about this crap all over again haha.

Anyways! I'll be ordering Skyward sword in a few or so days and I'll be saving it for Christmas December.
I've got a date with Super Mario 3D Land soon however muhaha.