 Hey everyone, so Nintendo a few days ago put up a tweet talking about Skyward Sword and in this tweet they talked at length about how Skyward Sword, well at length for a tweet anyways, how motion controls are better on Switch than in the original release and I wanted to take some time to touch upon this and about why you should give Skyward Sword HD a try especially if you are a new player who has never experienced the original and it's heard nothing but bad things and no folks it's not Breath of the Wild so if you're looking for it to be like Breath of the Wild I mean just wait for Breath of the Wild 2 or like play the next closest thing which I guess is Age of Calamity that plays nothing like Breath of the Wild so again wait for Breath of the Wild 2 before I get into that though I gotta remind you that we have a giveaway going on for a $99 Nintendo Switch or $100 PlayStation or Xbox gift card along with a copy of Monster Hunter Rise that's two different winners there and then also two $20 Nintendo Switch PlayStation or Xbox gift card so four total winners this month had down in the description in the pinned comment and also hey let me know what you think about the camera and all that this is my new camera the Lumix G9 I'm currently recording this at 4k 60fps you guys let me know how it works out I have a backup recording going on as well at 1440p just in case we have some some issues alright so I wanted to talk about this because I love the Zelda series and Skyward Sword is in my top five Zelda games and some people find that to be blasphemous and I'm here to tell you why you should play it one the motion controls are optional but also revolutionary in a way you are never going to get in a Zelda game again now look I can admit the motion controls with Wii remote plus on the original release could left a little bit to be desired you were constantly recalibrating or at least you were if you didn't understand how the motion controls work so what happens is anytime you initiate motion actions whether it's using the sword the slingshot the bow the beetle whatever item you end up using that uses motion it the items uses based on where your Wii remote was or in this case you'll write joy con at the time of initiating the use of it so if you were pointing you know holding in a normal position pointing down that is actually the center point on your TV and the moment you realize that with the Wii remote plus the easier and easier it becomes and not need to recalibrate because almost all of the motions in the game can be done with wrist flicks you don't need to exaggerate the way they show in their little ditty when they're showing all improved the motion controls are yes it can be fun to exaggerate it might even lead to more immersion but you don't actually need to do that that's the beauty of skyward sword is that yeah the motion controls seem a bit off-putting till you realize hey guess what they're not really that big of a deal they actually work very very well the whole game is built around it and it actually led to some of the most skill-based and enthralling combat yet no if you want this to work like twilight princess you can't sit here and waggle like this and beat all the enemies in fact there are some enemies especially bokoblin that have you know electric capabilities double electric you and you will die you need to actually have some skill and that's one thing i want to point out to why you should play this game if you're looking for a zelda game that requires more skill skyward sword is right up your alley now obviously the motion controls are entirely optional i do think they added an enthralling aspect to the game and they're the only time you're going to get motion controls in a zelda game so i think it's worth visiting if you've never experienced motion control zelda because i think it actually works really well but obviously they didn't remap it to the stick to make it a little bit easier for people who don't want to do it or want to play in handheld so why else should you play skyward sword well skyward sword has the best story in all of zelda now one of the main criticisms for all you breath of the wild players out there the new breath of the wild players even some of the veterans of zelda is that hey look the story's lacking or because you need to go out of your way and read so much and discover the story that the story just doesn't seem as fulfilling well guess what if you are a breath of the wild player that felt that way and haven't played skyward sword play skyward sword yes the experience is a bit more linear but that linearity well actually a lot more linear than breath of the wild but that linearity leads to one of the deepest and most enthralling stories in all of zelda skyward sword is this story that sets up the entire franchise in fact if you have not played skyward sword and played breath of the wild there are references in breath of the wild story that reference back to skyward sword that's the crazy thing it can actually enhance your experience of breath of the wild by actually knowing what happens in the story of skyward so again the story is just really really good no there's no voice acting so that is a bit of a downfall from breath of the wild but in terms of the overarching story the way the story is told how in depth it is how much there is to it how it sets up ganon and zelda and link to be in this eternal battle for all of time it is awesome and that is all discovered right here in skyward sword so that's really like just from a lore perspective the number one reason if you just came into zelda with breath of the wild or you skipped skyward sword to now give skyward sword hd a chance and give skyward sword a chance on the whole what else well what was one of the other main complaints from breath of the wild well it was fun to explore it was fun to fight lionels it was fun to do anything you want upgrade your equipment all that jazz but you know what could have been a little bit better how about those divine beasts how about the dungeons well guess what skyward sword both some of the best dungeons in all of zelda in fact one of the best dungeons in fact my favorite dungeon in the series is in this game where the act of solving the dungeon itself is a puzzle uh it's i don't want to spoil too much but it's a lot of fun there are real dungeons in this game so combine the real dungeons with the story and the gameplay and suddenly you already have a really compelling reason to give this game a try i mean these dungeons are way more in depth than the divine beast i think any veteran zelda players that's played breath of the wild and skyward sword and other zelda games can easily tell you yes dungeons are much better boss fights are much better now beyond all of that when you talk about characters so when you look at breath of the wild yes you have your core set of characters but you don't really endure yourself to too many the champions you do endure yourself to a little bit and a little bit into their stories but they always kind of feel like sort of a side dish a backdrop to the overarching you got to stop glamity ganon and learn what happened a hundred years ago well here's the thing in this game main characters like groups main characters like giraheem and obviously zelda herself and impa play vital roles like impa seems important in breath of the wild but doesn't do much impa is massively important in this game so is zelda so is giraheem you'll learn more about him as you play my gosh he is one of the most original characters in zelda history oh and by the way yeah five fee um yeah let me just say there is more to that master sword in breath of the wild than you realize i'm telling you folks the characters in this game are endearing and by the end of the game if you're not saying that you want to pump a door and you're ready for grues land then i honestly don't know what game you played because i'm telling you the characters are that endearing in this game there are so many memorable characters yeah nintendo's hyping you up with the motion controls they're hyping you up with things like oh look at these things that maybe started here but technically didn't start here but they'll say oh crafting started here you could craft before you could upgrade your equipment before majora's mask you could upgrade a sword and all that um and in opening of time you could as well like hello this stuff's been around before maybe not to this level and definitely not to the level of breath of the wild but a lot of the stuff they say originates in skyward sword doesn't it actually originates from priors of the games and was just enhanced in skyward sword but what is really cool is if you don't like breakable items there's no breakable items in this game except for shields if you have a wooden shield and it lights on fire poof it goes away but there are permanent shields that don't break uh none of your main weapons break there's a lot more weapon variety granted you could argue there's more variety in breath of the wild because the four stasis abilities actually add a lot of gameplay opportunity that doesn't exist in skyward sword but you have traditional items like the hook shot in there you have a slingshot which plays fundamentally different from the bow and arrow it's just a lot of different experience of items in here the beetle as an example is a really really neat item that i think would be really nice to see back in breath of the wild too and that kind of leads to my final point on why you should play skyward sword hd and that is that there's a high likelihood that this game is going to play right into breath of the wild too i have a feeling that the reason they want skyward sword hd out now isn't just because it's an important game for the zelda series but because it's important for events that are about to occur in breath of the wild too let's just say that trailer they have might have a whole new meaning to you by the time we get uh done with skyward sword so again it comes out july 16th there's going to be other games obviously from other platforms and on nintendo switch for you to play this summer mario golf as an example but i think if you really really loved breath of the wild you should give skyward sword hd a shot and if you skipped it as a veteran zelda fan now is the time they improved the motion controls and they made them optional so if those are the things that held you back now's the time now the last thing is obviously if you enjoyed dungeons the whole game is basically one giant dungeon and when i said it's kind of linear i mean that you go to different sections of the world and the sections of the world themselves are dungeons so if you are a dungeon lover this is like the zelda game for you it is literally just one giant dungeon all right folks you guys let me know what you think about down in the comments below let me know you think about the new camera and all that let me know just in general we have a new podcast episode recording tonight so stay tuned for that otherwise uh folks i love you guys and i'll catch you in the next video