Legend of Zelda fans excited about a possible port of Skyward Sword for Nintendo Switch

lolvix November 26, 2018

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Legend of Zelda fans are excitedly discussing the possibility of a Skyward Sword port for the Switch. A game that if you did not play on its original platform and you own a Nintendo Switch, you will surely be interested in taking a look.

Last night, Zelda fans reported a possible tease of the project by the head of the series, Eiji Aonuma, who appeared on stage at a Zelda music concert in Osaka, Japan.

Nintendo has yet to comment on the reports, but a widely shared post on social media site Weibo quotes Aonuma as saying: “I know what you’re thinking, Skyward Sword for Switch, right?” and fans at the event responded with predictable applause.

The famous divisive entry in the Zelda series, originally released for the Wii in 2011, required the console's Wii MotionPlus peripheral for its gesture-based sword controls. His temperamental waggle combat was a sticking point for many, especially during boss battles, which required finely tuned gestures.

Zelda Skyward Sword rocked the series in other ways too. It eliminated the traditional big world of Zelda, and instead used smaller, separate areas designed to be played multiple times, albeit with radical changes for each visit. And then there was Fi, the magical spirit that lived in Link's famous Master Sword. Many fans compared his talk to that of Ocarina from Time's Navi - and not in a good way.

But there were also many things that I liked about Skyward Sword. The game's impressionist painting aesthetics, its memorable village of Skyloft, fantastic villain Ghirahim, and scene-stealer Groose. Skyward Sword really embraced its placement as the first Zelda game chronologically, and delighted in providing Easter eggs and moments of passion to be retroactively inserted as a prequel to later installments.

In fact, here we have a capture of how Zelda Skyward Sword looks in HD thanks to a Dolphin emulator that we could have seen previously.

Skyward Sword is the next Zelda game to be released, and it's next in line for the HD version, following the relaunch of the GameCube and Wii games Wind Waker and Twilight Princess for Wii U.