I've been playing The Legend Of Zelda And The Skyward Sword. It's a blast! I feel like a kid again. It's loaded with the great puzzle solving "dungeons" that are a staple of the Zelda series. I don't mean puzzles literally. The game just a has a knack for teasing your brain into action. Flying around on the Roc-like Loftwing is sweet. Par usual, The Skyward Sword has a memorable cast. I'm finding that this installment draws a little something from almost every previous Zelda game, in particular a few of my faves: A Link To The Past, Ocarina Of Time, Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess.

Also of note for all of you Zelda fanatics, is The Skyward Sword apparently (don't quote me on this) leads up to the events of Ocarina Of Time. Mmm... juicy Zelda goodness. There more than a few unraveled mysteries in this one for those of us keen enough to take notice; most notably, the origin of the green tunic. I know, cool right?

See you in Skyloft.

I picked the game up but have been too deep into Skyrim to take time and play it .

I work with a guy who is currently immersed in Skyrim. He was beside himself today saying: "Dude, you can even sharpen your friggin' weapons!"

It comes bundled with a "Wii Motion Plus", which is a "Wii Remote" with the enhanced motion tracking technology of the "Wii Motion Plus" peripheral built right into it. Plus, it's gold with the Hylian Symbol on it!

It also comes with a CD. "The Legend Of Zelda 25th Anniversary Special Orchestra CD". It's excellent.

For the record, no you cannot use the "Classic Controller", Classic Controller Pro", or the "Gamecube Controller. The game mechanics are built around swordplay and require you to swing from different directions (e.g. left to right or right to left etc...) and from different angles (e.g. lower left to upper right or upper left to lower right etc...) based on the enemy that you are facing. Enemies change their defensive posture based on how you behave (e.g. they see you lowering your sword for an upward slice, they'll place their weapon horizontally to attempt to block your attack) or (e.g. they'll see you ready your sword for a right to left swing, and they'll move their shield to their left side to deflect the blow). Some of them are pretty quick about it too .

Also of note regarding the play control style is the use of the shield. For the first time in the Zelda franchise the shield has become a full fledged element of overall combat. It's fully integrated into the game's features. You can hold your shield up to "soak" attacks, but this will damage the shield over time. You can shield bash (with good left hand timing) as well, which has numerous benefits in addition negating damage to your shield. If you successfully "shield bash", which is done by literally throwing the nunchuk forward as if you were actually shield bashing; it can have the following effects (that I'm currently aware of):

negate damage to your shield
repel projectiles
repel projectiles back at the enemy
deflect enemy weapon strike thereby throwing the enemy off guard for a moment (so you can dive in for the kill )

Additionally, the different shields can be upgraded by Skyloft's resident weaponsmith. If I'm not mistaken, the Hylian Shield has an almost "Biggoron Sword-like" role in this game.

All in all, The Skyward Sword is turning out to be the uber fun Zelda goodness that I've come to love over the many years; 25 to be exact. It's the 25 anniversary of The Legend Of Zelda after all.

Didn't Link have the green tunic outfit in Twilight Princess as well?

Will hopefully be getting this game soon.
Also hopefully it's not as annoying as Twilight Princess (I HATE Escort missions!)

I have been playing Skyward Sword for a while.
Is it just me or does everyone enjoy the characters a lot more in this game.
There way more animated personality wise they do more than say one line and pose.
I love the school girl crush Zelda has on Link and for some odd reason her insane obsession with pushing him off ledges.
It seemed like every other cut scene at the first of the game she was lovingly pushing him to his death lol.

I think they got new writers or something for this one the characters seem more like anime characters than game characters.

Link=Shy around girls (Zelda) oblivious to things like love.
Zelda=Way out there cute wise loving trying to show affection to Link.
Fi=Odd artificial character that doesn't know how to interact with people often making odd remarks that turn out to be humorous.

And i can't think of his name but the bully at the first of it who is in love with Zelda that guy was taken straight out of a high school anime right down to the horn dog blowing smoke out of his nose.

That's a very interesting observation manga4micah. I felt that right off the bat, it kinda plays out a little like an anime romcom. As far as the characters are concerned, I totally agree. Interactions with them are fun. The whole game is fun. Yesterday I lost my mind and played for nearly 10 hours straight! I pulled a muscle in my shoulder. My favorite new item is the beetle so far. I use it constantly. It can have a major impact on the game. I've tooled mine up at the shop 3 times now. It's now called the tough beetle.

@EricDent - Link has always had a green tunic at some point in every game. I was referring to the fact that the origin of the green tunic is revealed in The Skyward Sword. Aww heck, the origins of the Hylian Shield, the White Sword, and The Master Sword are revealed.

@SteFanie - I don't play first person shooters with controllers anymore, I simply must use the Wii Remote; it's too much like a real gun. I use the Wii Zapper carriage if I'm feelin' kinda randy. If the game calls for swinging a sword, I call for the Wii Remote. Simply put: "If it's got a gun or a sword (or both), I need my Wii Remote. Although my Kensington Expert Mouse Trackball is excellent if I'm gaming on the Imac.