Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

@NintendoByNature
lol I'm the exact same. I never owned a Wii, so I didn't play it there, and then I bought a used copy to play on my Wii U. I think I just got to the surface before I drifted off to something else. I wasn't really great with sticking to games on my Wii U in general lol

@rallydefault for me it was preserving my wrists lol. I loved the 10-12 hours I played, but it was quite a hassle with the controls. As of the last year or so I've played my wii u leas and less. I'll still turn it on with the kids and stuff, but I haven't sat down and done much with it other than fiddle around with some stuff. I have a ton of zelda/metroid on it, which is the main reason I go back to it in general.

@Dezzy
Yup. Aside from NFC (which no 3rd party controller has) and the rumble isn't "HD" (which no 3rd party controller has). But the rumble feels really good, and has 3 intensity settings. Personally I love it. I mean sure, it's not quite as good as HD rumble, but it's respectable.

I got Hori Split Pad Pro and it was horrible. No wireless. No Gyro. No rumble. Too fat for Switch to fit in any case I have. Can't make it into a Pro Controller (because again, no wireless).

I've bought multiple sets of 3rd party joycon in a 4 year pursuit of the perfect solution. They all had shortcomings or issues with the analog response mapping. Binbok is it. It's the perfect 3rd party joycon.

What's so nice is, they're slimmer than Hori Pad Pro, so Switch fits in a case I have, but they still managed to ensure your thumb naturally rests over the right analog by recessing it lower into the controller. And by doing so they were able to make it taller with more range of motion, without protruding any higher than official Switch joycon analogs. They're very well designed.

And because the grip for making it a pro controller is perfectly flat, it easily slips into your case, unlike the official joycon grip, and yet still manages to feel better in hand.

Another small thing is the Minus and Plus are round buttons, easier to use. There's also turbo but eh, nobody cares about that. There is RGB lights around the analogs though and it looks absolutely sick. Any color combo you want. Blue/Blue, Blue/Green, Blue/Red, Green/Pink, Yellow/Yellow, Pink/Purple, Rainbow/Rainbow, whatever you want. With multiple brightness settings.

@Dezzy
BTW you can buy direct here but they're not on sale (also, they make a fatter model same size as Hori Pro... it's not as good, thought it would be but it doesn't feel anywhere close to as good)

https://binbok.com/products/joycon-controller-for-nintendo-sw...

You can also buy on eBay

@NintendoByNature
Yea I'm soooo glad they put in an option without the motion controls.

I've got a questions that seems to fit this thread. I'm considering buying Skyward Sword HD when it releases. However. I have a budget when it comes to games and Skyward Sword HD's asking pricing is non surprising $60.00. There are other games I'd like to buy that aren't that expensive but I need to know something before I decide on postponing my purchase of Skyward Sword HD. Is this game a limited edition?

Will this game be out for a limited time or is it a regular release? If it's a limited edition game (similar to Super Mario All Stars 2) then I can't afford (literally and figuratively) to miss out on it. If anyone knows for sure then I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

I don’t think Nintendo has ever mentioned anything about this being a limited time thing.

Anybody else only mildly curious to try the button controls but still planning on probably playing as normal? Unless i try the buttons and go wow this is so much more responsive and how it should have been! Something tells me the sword fights like on those shield moblins or where you gotta slash at certain angles during boss fights is going to be really awkward with the analog stick.

The only thing that really gave me trouble was bomb rolling. I kept throwing them up in the air instead of rolling and that got super annoying. Oh and don't get me started on the skydiving mini game or the balancing pumkins at the lumpy pumkin. Oh the vulgarities i spewed!

On the contrary, since the analog stick has a limited range of motion, it will probably be a lot faster to ready and aim your sword with the stick.

Now that I think about it… This will be one of those rare games where the right analogue stick is actually part of the gameplay. It’s gonna be an interesting experience.

My thoughts to the word. I wanna see if it works organically, and if it does I'll have more reason to play the game like that, but if it doesn't work for me I'll just use the Joy-Cons.

Besides, if what @JonComms said is true on the recent Skyward Sword video, people'll be more willing to play with Joy-Cons because of the easier camera control, now that in that mode at least it's been mapped to the right control stick.

Who remembers the E3 where they first revealed this game for Wii and the controls went haywire during the presentation? They started trying to blame it on peoples cell phones.

To be fair, it’s entirely possible that was it. The wii is designed to accept any and all interference.

Finished Breath of the Wild today (first time ever, after getting the game at launch) in time for Skyward Sword! Never played the original so looking forward to getting stuck in! Got Friday off so might spend the day playing it.

Really looking forward to the game on friday, its one of my all time favorites. I know that isn't a popular opinion, but something just really clicked with me and this game. Also, the remaster seems to be getting a lot of hate for not having enough changed, but I feel like its comparable to WWHD and TPHD.

Skyward sword might be my favorite of the 3D games even more so than BOTW. I liked that it had a real story and that orchestrated soundtrack which at the time was a first for the series! Also i just love the dungeons! A certain one in particular but for those who haven't played it I'll just keep quiet on that.

Fun fact! This is the only zelda that doesn't have fairy fountains at all anywhere in the game. Yeah it's true. Weird huh?

Yeah, was kinda a regular thing with stage demos. People forget how bad it got, I personally wasn't at all surprised when one by one they dropped the live show for a digital conference

So, in handheld mode you hold the L button to activate camera mode. Nice.

This really is the definitive version of the game. 1080p 60 FPS as a console game. 720p 60 FPS handheld game. Full camera control. Motions mapped to analog for portable play. Annoying tutorials modified. Gyro improved.

It's basically doing everything it can to be the best version of Skyward Sword possible. I love it.

Well nice of them to finally confirm the camera controls thing. Along with them forgetting to mention quicksaves, not mentioning the fact that a lot (or maybe all) of the textures have been up-ressed, and explaining the notifications for items completely wrong (they made it sound like it happened for all hearts or stamina thingies, which it never did), I can't help feeling that the communication with the marketing team was quite poor for this release.

Still, I have to say with all of the improvements it has, I'm more or less OK with the full price release now.

Lol "We will design it to accept maximum interference".

So, at this point do we think there are any more QoL enhancements to be announced (or any other new features)? It seems like a vast majority of complaints were addressed except for the imprisonned and map emptiness/revisits (could have the gist wrong, this is just what I remember reading about as issues). Those two seem to be more changes to the game itself, tho. It would be fun to get one additional surprise no one was expecting!

maybe something related to the treasures and the upgrade system