@@kidkruschev I'm of the opposite opinion. I quite liked the motion controls but found the gameplay and adventure as a whole to be a slog. Love the concept of the setting but nearly every aspect of SS falls flat for me on the second time around. In a perfect world, I would have loved to see the version of this game that Nintendo wanted to make if they didn't have a messy, constrained development.
As always, this man just continues to make great and underrated content. I didn't watch the whole video to avoid getting more spoiled on the game, but from the 10 or so minutes that I watched, it was great! Keep it up.
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Well heres a non spoiler. Most of the game's updates was done editing the ini file. In otherwords a text like file to bump the 480p to 1280p , remap buttons, and ever else. Because, anyone can edit a ini file nintendo should be selling skyward sword for around $20 unless the music was remastered. The art was redrawn. An new effects were made. Because, non of that was done . The game is straight up a wii port on a bad wii emulator nintendo made. Comparing it to the dolphin emulator. Sshd is a bad port .
Skyward Sword was my first Zelda game so I’m really happy that the HD version is helping new people experience it. I think this video does an excellent job explaining what makes skyward sword so great while also being extremely entertaining to watch. You’re definitely one of my favorite RU-vidrs.
it’s insane how great these videos are, we can tell that you try your hardest and put everything into these videos. your channel is growing insanely fast as well i feel as if you were at 2k just yesterday, you’re doing amazing and keep it up we all love your videos!
I love the GIGANET wayyyy too much lol. Great job again snug, never had a doubt as to whether or not I'd enjoy this video. I've got a few big games on my backlog but I think I'll have to make room for Skyward Sword. The story looks so enthralling and I'm in a much more optimistic spot gameplay wise thanks to you. I know you worked damn hard on this so I hope you can be proud of it. Take care snug, thanks for making my day bettter with the laughs.
I honestly feel the dungeons in Skyward Sword were more difficult than the ones in Twilight Princess, which I felt were pretty easy. I gotta run through these games again tho it's been a while perhaps my perspective will change
@Avinash Anand "most complex dungeons" That goes for Majora's Mask. Finishing the Stone Tower Temple felt like i was an architect. It was insanely hard combined with the Great Bay temple and the time management. Then, i replayed each dungeon each time in the 3 day cycle, they are that good with the difficulty.
@Avinash Anand Well, the straight insanity of switching upside down the Stone Tower Temple and solving each puzzle while doing this, at the same time remembering the location of each puzzle, i also was finding the Stray Fairies... The layout is pretty confusing which makes it more complex, just like the Water Temple from Ocarina of Time.
@Avinash Anand I think yes. But from all the Zelda dungeons that i experienced, the Water Temple from Ocarina of Time in the N64 was the most complex one.
Yep, altho, Lakebed temple is still one of my favorite temples to solve ever. The way the whole dungeon is an interactive puzzle blows my mind just thinking about it... Maybe its nostalgia.
your analysis of skyward sword made me realise why i struggled to play breath of the wild ... i lacked that motivation you talked about, that skyward sword captures so well
I think Breath of the Wild has a great motivator, you’re told to save the princess and go destroy Gannon like 2 minutes into the game. The castle sits right in the center of the map so you can see it from almost anywhere, constantly reminding you what the real goal is while you explore to become more powerful.
@@nuh-uhbro765 Just not as good as Skyward Sword's motivator. I mean, I'm sitting there telling Zelda to say please every time she says, "Go save Hyrule."
@@ninkstheultimate3376 That’s a valid point, I just didn’t experience a lack of motivation at all on my first play through. That first play through was pure euphoria. The only thing stopping me from heading to the castle was my desire to experience the rest of the game first.
just gotta say that, as someone who can (and will) go on for ages about video game music given half the chance, i LOVE watching your videos because i'm not used to people feeling that same type of love and excitement for it. thank you so much for including it in so many of your videos
Oh my god of course!! I sometimes think that if games didn’t have music I don’t know if I’d like them to the extent I do. They’re so magical and really are what elevate so many games for me. Thanks for sharing the love!
i remember playing the game and first experiencing a silent realm when i was younger and like holy shit those fuckers scared me so much when i first played them
@@Snugboy Ah, man! Your video was absolutely awesome, as your deep dives are, but I'm bummed you didn't explore this aspect of the game. The Silent Realms are nail-biting terrors that make adults pee their pants, dude! 😱They're totally crying out for your brand of emotive, frenetic reactions. BUT-- I'll totally forgive you if you do a video just on the Silent Realms. 😁 Ok, Ok, I forgive you anyway 'cause this video was awesome regardless and you're really cool people. But do it 'cause it would be great--please? I mean, hey, there's at least 15 minutes of material there. In addition to just discussing the emotional impact they have on you (probably the best part), there's a legit controversy to discuss regarding whether the one-hit-start-from-scratch penalty is too harsh/frustrating/time-consuming or a necessary part of the horror. And can or should other games learn from any of that?
Technically perfect parries will also leave you with unscathed shields in Breath of the Wild. You can confirm this by equipping a new shield and performing a perfect parry. It will still have the sparkles next to it on the item select screen indicating it’s still considered brand new and undamaged.
Loved the video bud, my favourite video of yours now, glad you didn't lose too much sleep over this video, but you did put in a massive shift working on this video, and it was worth it. Looking forward to your nier video, no doubt I'll love it. Can't to wait to be on the recieving ends of your rants. Keep doing what you love cause we'll all be here for the ride.
Skyward Sword on the Wii was my first traditional Zelda game, and I loved it! When the HD remake came out, I picked it up INSTANTLY and LOVED IT EVEN MORE! People give Fi a hard time because she’s constantly telling us of things we already knew, but I don’t mind it sometimes. Fi being there reminds me that all of the adventuring and danger that I traverse through, I’m not going through it alone. Plus she gives battle advice, which to my knowledge has never been done in a Zelda game before. In short, I LOVE Skyward Sword!
I actually liked being able to choose some text boxes it helped immerse me even further in certain scenes like when she decides she wants to take a nap and then hit snooze a million times. Iliked choosing how I'd respond to it rather than just a nod from Link. Also the Song of Hero being cleverly hidden in front of you actually gave me goosebumps
For me it was the wii motion Control, that turned the amazing game with the great Story into an annoying experience. I Was so reliefed when i finally finished the game. Now with the advanced motion Control and the Option to switch to Button Control the game was so much more fun and enjoyable.
@@_Majunior yeah I feel like a lot of people that said they had problems with the motion control were swinging their arms full force instead of just moving their wrists
Lol this was a great watch, this channel is soo underrated! I loved the HD version & the only thing I wished it'd add is voice acting since the story is a huge part of the game, but 60 fps & all the other few additions made it a great purchase.
I totally agree. Replaying Skyward Sword again has totally convinced me that it should have been the first Zelda with voice acting. Even if it was a bit over the top, a Voice Actor would have SO MUCH FUN with characters like Groose or Girahim!
This video is so well made, and it totally sums up all my thoughts on this flawed but incredible game. I'm so glad Skyward Sword HD came right after Breath of the Wild, it makes me appreciate both games so much more.
41:44 As an added notice, the jump-on-the-head routine stops working starting from the third phase of the second fight against The Imprisoned, so you're not left with any other choice after that.
I used to hate the Kikwis until I realized they’re all named after different varieties of tea; now I want them all!!! … So I can boil them to death in scalding hot water and drink them 😅
Hearing you geek out about the music was so fun. I got this game for Christmas in 2011, and I remember listening to the orchestra CD that version of the game came with ad nauseam as I was doing other things as a kid, I’m actually kinda surprised you didn’t mention it. You can still find the tracks on RU-vid and it’s definitely worth checking out.
It bothers me how underrated this channel is. I don’t like SS at all, but I love this dude and how energetic they are. So much fun to listen to while I’m working. Keep up with the good work!
skyward sword is absolutely my favourite zelda game in terms of story and characters. Not as much for gameplay, but story has always been more important to me anyway. I'm really glad you took the time to make the distinction!
I'm so grateful for the HD remake, because if it wasn't for it I would've never beat Skyward Sword. I got to the first dungeon on the original and hated the motion controls so much I gave up on the game. I'm glad they offered button controls because now I love the game; its one of the best 3D Zeldas IMO.
Skyward Sword was the first time I was able to play a game when it was released. Video games in Brazil aren't cheap and my family never had the money to buy them while they were still current. It was crazy to be able to experience Zelda SS with everyone else and I was in disbelief when I saw everyone saying it was bad online. I really enjoyed it and looking back I think it was all because of the dungeons and the writing. Dungeons were really fun and gimmicky and 2011 was when my English skills were starting to take off. It might be nostalgia speaking, but it is definitely in my top 3 Zelda games (I even have its Master Sword tattooed on my arm).
I remember dropping the game back then because of the motion controls. I was on the edge with the switch remaster, but now after seeing your amazing video, i'll definitely give it another try!
Brilliant review, so glad I found your channel! The game also looks really great and if it were £40 with the loft wing amiibo included I would definitely buy it but £60 without the quality of life changes included with the loftwing amiibo for a game that was originally sold at fifty is just way too much for me.
You perfectly captured how I feel about skyward sword. I love how much you add how this game made you feel personally. Your script is written so well so thank you! this was such an enjoyable video
way before Skyward Sowrd HD remake, Link Between world was running at 60fps, because they realised the 3D effect looked better and comfortable for the eye. Unfortunately, they reverted to 30fps for Majora's MAsk 3D and Samus returns.
Man, I don't care how much I explore a topic: when you do a video on it, it's still so fresh and hits me just right. I have less than a handful of subscriptions and you're one of them.👍 That said, hey wait a second, didn't you say Twilight Princess is your favorite? 🥺🤨
Aw what an honour! And yeah it is. I didn’t say this one was my favourite at any point did I????? (I think I said this Zelda, as in the character, is my favourite 🥰)
@@Snugboy Ahhhh. Ok, that makes sense. And I absolutely agree, this is by far the most lovable Zelda😻. Although speaking of Twilight Princess, I've also come to appreciate a Zelda that can be compassionate and noble and have a NON-romantic relationship with Link. Or Ocarina where it's more vague. It just happens that in addition to Skyward having you identify with the hero that is smitten with her, Zelda is so beautifully fleshed out in this one and so central to the plot. (Psst... See my Silent Realm suggestion in reply to Mystic_Grim...)
"How could anyone fail the imprisoned" I did Because the indicator for shooting link on top of him when he's flying in the third fight showed the right spot but it overshot anyway. Twice. Despite some issues, I'm happy they made this remaster. It's one of my favourite games from my childhood and reexperiencing it on my switch has been a blast. Also like you I tried the button controls initially and didn't like them and switched back to motion controls, but after coming back from a bit of a break and swapping to the button controls to play in bed I found them to be way better and I haven't swapped back to motion since
Another aspect about the music that is quite interesting and few people seem to notice is that every track in the game affects the harp in some way. If you play the harp well enough in any area the strumming of the harp will eventually begin to mimic that area’s sound font ever so slightly such that if you are into the music in this game makes it worthwhile to revisit every area to see how the harp augments each track individually.
It’s very subtle and you will only notice it once you’ve played the harp in multiple places as its the harp that changes it’s tonal color more so than the main track so you would need to hear it in multiple locations to establish a baseline. Also, you need to play the harp in sweeping motions following the general tempo (not beat) of the track for it to take effect.
Cool! Let me know how it works out! I have replayed this game many times and this honestly was the first times I even noticed it. So honestly I had to do a double take. It could be that I never noticed it because in previous iterations of the game I hate the harp. But once I realized you could play the harp while running around (not too dissimilar to how you can run around and cut grass in Twilight Princess) I would just start strumming the harp while running around in the second 2/3 of the game to give my hand something to do during the backtracking and that’s when I noticed and said, “wait a minute!”, lol 🙂
Dude I just beat Skyward Sword for the first time today and this video is making me want to go and replay it. You captured so much of how I felt while still keeping the video entertaining to watch, keep up the amazing work. ♥️
at that part when you talked about how that sailor robots family was dead i remembered how when i made it there in the game my eyes started swelling with tears despite the fact that i don't tend to cry about fictional things such as the guard dying in ocarina of time
I think from what I understand that while the aiming is done via the motion control, every time you point at the sensor bar the game uses that info to recalibrate the position. But I might be wrong too idk
@@Snugboy I could be mistaken, I haven't booted the game up for a long time. I guess it would be as easy as unplugging the sensor bar and checking that way, haha.
YES YES YES. I loved your in depth Twilight Princess video, so I am loving this one too!! I'd like to see videos like that for other titles of the zelda series too!
Omg that was an amazing video ! I always felt like Skyward Sword was not as bad as people claimed it was so its nice to see someone explaining it clearly Anyways, we can see that you worked hard on this video and I really wish for you to get more recognition cause you really deserve it ! Keep up the good work ^^
I'm glad someone else thinks BotW's dungeons and story were handled poorly. The dungeons were my most favorite part of Zelda games, along with the soundtrack and story. BotW heavily lacked good dungeons (1/4th of the shrines were tests of strength, not to mention the freebie shrines and "dungeons" were all super linear and boring). The story was basically almost nonexistent and I couldn't really care that much about the champions or Zelda since it was just collecting memories of the past out of context. Also, there were very few heavy hitter songs, as most of it was ambient (which makes sense for the game but still sucks cuz it gives us less iconic songs). I really hope they fix these changes with BotW 2 but I doubt they will, given how highly rated BotW is. Such a shame.
I love what you said about the life cycle of every Zelda game. Every one of them is usually hated on release, then time passes, a new Zelda is released and then the older one is suddenly hailed as an underrated classic. EVERY ZELDA GAME IS BOTH SUPER DISLIKED AND SUPER LOVED!! I find this funny. Personally, every Zelda game is incredible. The games are special each in their own way.
10:29 Well it probably smells like Zelda, because she handmade it. Calling it creepy is kind of weird, because if you ever had a girl sleeping in your bed in a blink of an eye she will be using one of your shirts because they smell like you and girls dig. PS: Panty sniffing would be creepy though
Skyward Sword & Twilight Princess - sure they're not technically perfect games-I'm told-but damnit, they were such a significant part of my younger years. And even till this day, that feeling has not diminished one bit. Zelda games just whisk me away to a fantasy world and give me a break from the uglier parts of real life. Anyway, awesome video! Awesome narration, natural perfectly timed cuts, smooth transitions, simple but appealing graphics, succinct but knowledge-heavy expositions, etc. etc. I actually had to rewatch sections before I even finished watching the whole thing, just because I enjoyed it so much. Overall, the presentation sets it apart from all other Zelda/game essay videos, in a good way!
Hot take: Twilight Princess re-orchestrated sounds worse then the soundfont orchestration originally used. The original composition was built with the limitation in mind and I think utilized it well. My problem with the re-orchestrated version is not that it's using live instruments, but instead it's that without the limitation they went hog-wild with all sorts of new layers and instruments. The demo you showed really obliterated the powerful brass used to represent Ganon's militant power and instead replaced with with the hum-drum cliche of staccato shouts and flute trills - a trope of "dramatic scoring" that's been around for decades, really. So...I guess my argument here is: this particular version of reorchestration doesn't represent the characters and their intent as well as the soundfont version. A re-orchestrated version that better considers the intent would be better than both. But don't dis soundfont stuff.
I totally get what you’re saying. I do think some of the og songs sound straight up better than the orchestrated. But for the majority of it, the new breath and life real instruments give it the shine it needed IMO.
Something that caught me was in the DLC for Breath of the Wild. You know, fully powering up the Master Sword. ... And hearing that sound. The Fi sound. I bought a Wii SPECIFICALLY for Skyward Sword and I still love it. I loved the look, I loved Zelda, I loved the music. And in some weird way, I loved Fi. I never found her annoying, I liked her dancing and weirdly childish nature when it came to some things. And I was legitimately excited to *hear* her. I still do not like fighting The Imprisoned, though. Fuck him.
Sooo the game took me 25 hours to play through. The script took maybe 5 or so hours to write and edit. Voice over took 1 hour and 40 minutes. Editing took, look, I wanna say anywhere between 50-60. So adding that all up equals about 80 or so hours :)
@@Snugboy not to discredit you, but that's a lot less than I thought. You must be really efficient cause writing a script for me would take like 13hrs for a 30min video
I finally played skyward sword for the first time, and I feel like it’s one of the best Zelda games I’ve ever played. I think the motion controls made some parts of the game very good, but I think it also made some aspects off putting. You nailed it though, it’s the characters and plot that make this game magical
I would’ve replaced the tedious Imprisoned fights with fights against Ghirahim, and given the two dungeons you fight him inside their own proper bosses.
You’re very likeable and entertaining, I stumbled across your channel today and I just have to subscribe. Keep up the good work! Ps. Your longer analysis type videos are perfect to listen to while at work, if you’ve got more zelda opinions I’d love to hear them!!
Brilliant video as always man. I agree with you on the story. Playing through it again solidified it as my favorite story of any Zelda game. I have to say I had the opposite reaction to the dungeons though 🤣. I felt that the dungeon exploration was fun for most of them but not many of the bosses were fun for me and most were repeated which was dreadful. But that is a fundamentally subjective opinion. It's why I like BotW more. I also really enjoyed your focus on the small changes. I don't think that was talked about enough in the marketing but it does help the game a lot. Keep up the great work man it's always a joy to sit a watch any video you upload
Thank you so much for the video. I always loved skyward sword and it was saddening to see people make hate videos on it for so long glad that people are liking it again
I remember seeing this game as a kid and wanting to play so bad and I never got to play until the switch edition came out so I bought and man I can say that yes it does has its problem but this is definitely my favorite Zelda game
