My thoughts so far: Right off the bat I was impressed with the control in terms of the added precision of the sword swiping. Even just Link holding the sword the same way/angle you're holding the Wii-mote was novel and neat. To me, being able to run and step jump up walls gives a ever slightly more freeing experience than previous 3D Zeldas w/o going overboard. I remember playing TP a month ago and was underwhelmed with the control (though just at the beginning). I was pretty surprised with how fairly story heavy the beginning was. It was a nice change having a completely different opening relationship with Zelda. Thankfully the art style saves it from looking terribly dated as well.
But since leaving Skyloft... meh. (Not a fan of the Kikiwis).
Saved and quit for now just outside the first temple. Will pick up again soon.
and music cd... nice 
Oh yes indeed!
Some advice for maximum enjoyment and quick adaption to motion controls:
Highly suggest you properly set up your play area for 'anti wiimote interference'.
http://en-americas-s...ter-sensitivity
When you follow these directions, you will see a black screen showing the 'dots' the wiimote camera sees. Any glare, light sources, reflextions etc will show up as additional dots, (The wiimote can only track 4 at a time, so make sure new ones dont 'appear after you get rid of others). Close shades, move interfering lightsources, adjust wiimote ir sensitivity etc, until you get rid of all 'dots' except the sensor bar. Make sure you check to the left of you, and the right of you, as any lightsource picked up over there for whatever reason (swinging, resting your hand) if seen long enough (around a second) will recalibrate the 'fast reference point' from the sensor bar, to over there, leading to shenanigans.
Tips to avoid confusion:
Skyward sword constantly assigns a new reference point every time you pull out a gyro motion control object/mechanic such as the Beetle, bow and arrow etc. It also recalibrates everytime a choice prompt comes up (Like the save menu). This means if you are pointing at the ground when the choice menu appears, the system will think the ground is the TV.
You do not need to recalibrate through the wiimote menu or options to fix this. Simply point to a comfortable nuetral position (point at the center of the tv for most people) and press down on the dpad. Insta fix.
Once you 'get' how this reference system works you can easily start gaming it, ie purposefully referencing the ground so you can say use the bow and arrow with one hand pointed at the ground and the other ehind your head.
The beetle and the bird riding uses the sensor bar for dextrous control contrary to misinformed belief. WIthout sight of the sensor bar, or with ir interference flying straight or steering with nuance becomes ranges from a swerious pain to practically impossible.
Developing a 'slip grip' using your fingers to allow the wii remote to dip towards the ground while keeping control for bird diving or bomb bowling is highly encouraged, as most wrists dont bendperpindicular to the arm (ouchies occur).
You dont need to point at choices to select them, you can use tha analog stick, dpad, or simply flick your wrist in the desired direction to highlight choices.
You literally never need to recalibrate skyward sword after starting the game. If anything feels off, simply point at the center of the screen, and press down on the dpad.
Skyward sword is an actual motion control game, waggle wont get you very far.
Thanks, that was thorough!
Update (*SPOILERS BELOW*)
So I believe I’m not too far from the end. It's not my favorite Zelda game but I really appreciate that it did a lot of things differently. Mainly the story: How you actually grew up with Zelda and who she becomes. Even though it wasn't that hard to see coming it was fun to roll along with and the whole scene where she revealed who she remembered she actually was, Goddess sacrifice, etc. was captivating. The story from the beginning has been pretty engaging for me and I'm looking forward to the conclusion.
Motion controls... I fully believe Nintendo pushed Wiimote motion control capability to its limit for the game and at the beginning I was really surprised at the precision and novelty of the sword swiping vs. Twilight Princess. It was as good as it could possibly get. But throughout the game I think it was more so an annoyance more times than it was fun. Sometimes it just wouldn't swing the way I wanted it to on multiple tries and made some fights/tasks needlessly difficult. Honestly though for the most part it could have been my fault as most of the time I probably wasn't sitting with the ideal Wiimote swiping posture (slouching on the couch) but If Nintendo never uses this Wiimote motion control style of game play for Zelda again I won't be disappointed.
"WTF! No Boomerang?? No compasses??" I'm sure the game being different probably irked a lot of people with a few minor things and less locales (sorta) but it doesn't feel like THAT short a game to me really. I guess it was with all the running around back and forth between the same locations (but with new areas). Personally, I like my Master Swords pulled out of the ground Excalibur style rather than having your sword evolve into it... Like I said though I appreciate that it was different.
Overall though I think I liked Twilight Princess better. I just remember being so much more impressed with the boss battles, content and the game overall.
Hoping to finish this soon so I can crack open HW. My goal was to catch up on and finish a couple of major Zelda titles before playing it.
LAST UPDATE:
Just finished the game with 50+ hours and story-wise everything from what I thought was close to the end leading up to and the final battle/ending itself was magnificent. I dare say this was the most rewarding 3D Zelda game I've ever played.
I thought I liked Twilight Princess more but I don't know now. SS was just so unique and different but just as epic as any other Zelda title (but maybe the best at story telling imo).
This was NOT a short game and I'll finally crack open Hyrule Warriors now but I'm going to miss SS (running and diving into sky and landing on your Loftwing's back mid-flight never got old).
Edited by Atticus, 28 September 2014 - 08:25 AM.
