OVERVIEW
- requires Wii Motion Plus, increased precision for sword combat and item usage
- lead director is Hidemaro Fujibayashi, from the Oracle games and Minish Cap
- impressionist painting-inspired visual style
- no plans for left-handed version/mode
- controller overlay/HUD in gameplay footage is only for E3 demo, will be removable in final build
- new running, wallrunning, and controllable jump mechanics
TRAILERS
E3 2010 Debut Trailer
GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE + HANDS ON IMPRESSIONS
Demo Controls (photo from Anihawk)
Anihawk's impressions
Wired - Chris Kohler's impressions
Zelda Informer - impressions
GameXplain - impressions
GameTrailers Demo Playthrough: 1 / 2 / 3
GameTrailers Floor Walkthrough
IGN - Left-handed player footage
Kotaku video preview
ARTWORK + SCREENSHOTS
posted by BertramCooper:
Posted by Captain Smoker, click for high-res:
Screenshots at IGN
Press Kit shots resized and uploaded by Cygnus X-1:
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High-Res Artwork, Screenshots, and Logo available at Zelda Universe:
http://www.zeldauniverse.net/gallery/category-skyward-sword-89/
(all taken originally from press kit available HERE, username: E32010, password: nintendo)
INTERVIEWS / DEVELOPER DISCUSSION
IGN interviews Aonuma
Highlights from Developer Round Table
Kotaku's highlights from the roundtable, confirmation of orchestral soundtrack?
Iwata Asks (scroll down)
STORY DETAILS
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[spoiler]Pretty much confirmed from the Nintendo Roundtable. Spoiler tagging allllll this shit, read at your own peril. Repeat: SPOILERS.
# Posted 6:41 PST Eiji Aonuma talking now.
# Posted 6:41 PST He is going to talk about the games story.
# Posted 6:43 PST He said the scene this morning showing Link diving off a cliff into a bank of clouds was meant to be impactful because it was an important event in the story.
# Posted 6:44 PST In this Zelda, Link is a little boy born into a land above the clouds called Skyloft.
# Posted 6:44 PST One day, he learns there is a land below the clouds ruled by evil forces.
# Posted 6:46 PST However, the revelation prompts a series of events which forces him to go to the land beneath the clouds.
# Posted 6:46 PST The reason he goes down is in the titleits the Skyward Sword.
# Posted 6:46 PST The sword possesses intelligence, and will assume the semi-human form in the teaser poster shown last year.
# Posted 6:46 PST Its the master sword.[/spoiler]
Credit goes to ExMachina