Author: Rich Meister

I love Zelda games. Ever since A Link to the Past, I’ve been entirely on board. Whether it’s 2D, 3D, or some weird Tingle-centric spin-off, I was always itching to get back to Hyrule. That’s why the original release of The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword for the Wii always felt like such a strange disappointment.

All the pieces were there, and it even adds a bit of continuity to the story of Zelda and Link’s cycle of reincarnation, but the tact on motion controls made getting through the original a bit of a slog. It had its high points, but I beat the game once and then mostly forgot about it. While this HD remaster doesn’t help it stand as the best of the Zelda games, it certainly makes it more approachable and makes all the parts that worked well, to begin with, shine much brighter.