Along with my reviews of popular Nintendo video games, I'm also going to be incorporating previews into the site. Starting with my most anticipated video game currently, I will work my way through all of the major upcoming Nintendo games such as Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land, and more. Included in each preview will be a pre-review score simply showing what score I would give the game if I reviewed it right now based on the trailers, playthroughs, and interviews about the game so far. Game previews will not be on scheduled posts and will appear randomly within the next several months so check back whenever you have the chance. Look for my preview on Mario Kart 7 later this week! But for now, enjoy my first preview for "The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword".
Between four trailers, tons of screenshots, multiple interviews, and revelations about the game from game developers worldwide, it seems most people have heard a lot about the Wii's last major first party game. And trust me, although Skyward Sword is coming out extremely late in Wii's lifecycle, it's not a game to be underestimated, Skyward Sword is turning out simply amazing. Rumors existed regarding Skyward Sword all the way back in 2008, and made they're way into confirmation at E3 2009, where General Manager for Nintendo EAD, Shigeru Miyamoto showed off concept art, and confirmed the game to be coming in 2010 with Wii Motion Plus enhanced controls for improved sword-play and combat systems. A year later at E3 2010, gamers across the globe were fortunate enough to lay their eyes upon the new Wii adventure's first official trailer. Finally the title, controls, art style, and more was revealed! After a few problems with the controls however, tons were left upset about the game's new controls and art direction Nintendo chose to take. To make things worse, Nintendo abandoned a 2010 release date for an early 2011 release presumably spring. Things were quiet again until March of 2011 when we saw a new trailer at GDC 2011 which revealed a few more interesting tid-bits. Things really heated up though at E3 2011 where we finally got the curtain lifted behind the game and found out tons about the game's story and tons more...
So here we are a few months out from E3, with yet another promised release date set for Holiday 2011, but Nintendo still has not confirmed a solid date for release in any region. After some research, I can promise you that the game's release date will probably be announced sometime between August 15th and September 15th of 2011, and that the game will launch sometime in October or early November. Nintendo will want to release it before Super Mario 3D Land in mid-November, but after Star Fox 64 3D on September 9th. But enough of that, let's talk game. "The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword" looks amazing. The watercolor visuals look much better than they did at E3 2010, and the apparently orchestrated soundtrack already seems to be amazing based on the music heard in the multiple trailers so far. In recent interviews with Nintendo Power, fans have found at that the game will contain more content than any other Zelda game to date, and that the story in the game will revolve around the creation of the Master Sword rather than the Triforce. It looks as if Ganon will not be making an appearance, and that Zelda is not yet a princess. Overall it seems that the story in Skyward Sword is a massive role in the overall story in the series. And besides all of this, it looks like the 1:1 sword combat controls and the controls in general are turning out pretty good as well. It looks like all the aspects of the gameplay in general are shaping up pretty good such as the new items, enemies, puzzles, and dungeons. In the end I absolutely cannot wait for this game to be released in a few months. And as soon as it does, you can expect a massive review from a very happy blogger within the days after release (unless I somehow get my hands on it early!!!) I can easily see Skyward Sword being one of the best, if not the best Zelda game to date or even the best Wii game to date (but that's doubtful up against Super Mario Galaxy 2). I hope you guys are looking forward to it as much as me! Stay tuned for more!
Pre-Review Scores:
Graphics: The watercolor visuals look great, easily the most detailed Zelda game yet: 9.5
Audio: The orchestrated soundtrack is sure to be amazing, not to mention the classic Zelda sounds: 10.0
Story: Clearly this game has a huge emphasis on story, I can't wait to see how it ties in to the others: 10.0
Gameplay: The controls are looking pretty solid, the dungeons are sure to be great: 9.5
Gameplay Amount: According to Zelda director Eiji Aounama (spell check please) it's gonna be big: 10.0
Overall: Looks to be one of the best Zelda's yet! Color me excited!!!: 9.5
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