Let’s Play The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD [Switch] - Part 1: The Legend’s Beginning

Welcome to my let’s play of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD for the Nintendo Switch. In this first episode, we go to the Statue of the Goddess and meet with Zelda, Link’s childhood friend. Road to the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda series and to help me control my anticipation for the Breath of the Wild sequel, I am going to be setting a goal for myself of completing let’s plays for three games by the end of this year: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The versions of each game that are/will be played on this channel are Ocarina of Time 3D for the Nintendo 3DS, The Wind Waker HD for the Nintendo WiiU, and Skyward Sword HD for the Nintendo Switch. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the sixteenth installment in the Legend of Zelda series. It originally released for the Nintendo Wii in November of 2011 and was later rereleased for the WiiU Virtual Console in September of 2016. It was rereleased again for the Nintendo Switch in July of 2021 in the form of an HD remaster: Skyward Sword HD. In 2011, its release commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda series, much like how the release of its HD remaster commemorates the 35th anniversary of the series as well as the 10th anniversary of the game’s release. Skyward Sword is the first game chronologically in the official Zelda series’s timeline, and the game’s story features the very first Link and Zelda, as well as being the origin story of the Master Sword, one of gaming’s most iconic weapons. While this game is very divisive among fans today mostly due to its linearity and required use of motion controls, it was well received by critics upon release. The HD version bumps the game up to 60 frames per second and a 1080p resolution (while the Switch is in docked mode), adds an option to use button controls and includes other ‘quality of life’ improvements as well, such as making previously forced hints optional. This is quite possibly my favorite game on the Wii and one of my favorite Zelda games. The Legend of Zelda is owned by Nintendo. No copyright infringement intended.

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