The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword: Difference between revisions

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The story follows Link, a young man who lives in a land above the clouds called Skyloft, where knowledge of the surface below is all but lost. Among Link's friends in Skyloft is a girl named Zelda; Link wins Skyloft's annual bird-riding contest and he gets to take her out on a date afterwards. But as they are flying among the clouds, a dark whirlwind springs up around the two, separating them; Link's [[Giant Flyer|Loftwing]] saves him from his fall, but Zelda is lost to the surface. Upon returning to Skyloft, Link is visited by a mysterious being named Fi, the spirit who inhabits a weapon, hidden in the temple of Skyloft, known as the Goddess Sword (not the Master Sword as everyone guessed).<ref>[[No Except Yes|Which, over the course of the game, BECOMES the Master Sword]]</ref>

 

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* [[Advancing Boss of Doom]]: Ghirahim

* [[After Boss Recovery]]: You get a heart container after each significant boss.

* [[Divine Delegation]]: Din, Nayru and Farore leaving Hylia in charge.

* [[Do a Barrel Roll]]: The Loftwing can do the Spin Charge.

* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: The Old Woman and Demise.

* [[Door to Before]]: You'll frequently move blocks, unlock gates, etc. from the far side after taking the long way around first. In a few cases these aren't just shortcuts for return trips, but needed to solve subsequent puzzles.

** Getting over 28 points in the "Clean Cut" minigame will earn you rare treasures like Goddess Plumes and Golden Skulls. However, getting between 20 and 23 points will get you an Evil Crystal, another rare item. On the same minigame, the prize for 15-19 points is 30 Rupees. Since the game costs 10 Rupees, getting this relatively low score every few times will ensure that you'll never run out of Rupees while playing it.

* [[Dowsing Device]]: The titular sword can act as this with the help of Fi, to locate things from keys to hearts to Zelda herself.

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Stalfos, and the second battle against Ghirahim. Koloktos does some ''Hex Wielding'', six scimitars with six arms.

* [[Dungeon Town]]: More like Dungeon ''Overworld.'' [[Word of God|The developers]] have said that they were trying to address the complaints of the overworld of the 3D games being [[Filler]], with not much to do beyond [[Sidequest|Side Quests]] and getting from one dungeon to the other, by adding puzzles and enemies normally found in the dungeons. Though the actual overworld, the sky, plays out more like a traditional Zelda overworld, it is much smaller and easier to traverse. The surface, though, will see you beating baddies and figuring out puzzles like any dungeon, sometimes even getting an item in the middle. Not only that, but you will return to each of the sections multiple times, each time being presented with a new challenge.

* [[Fastball Special]]: {{spoiler|When Groose can't get to his normal ammo for the Groosenator, he launches Link onto the Imprisoned instead.}} The Prima Strategy Guide even calls it this.

* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Ghirahim, at first. He tends to act in a polite manner towards Link, even composing himself whenever he starts raging. Too bad hurting Link is therapeutic for him.

* [[Fetch Quest]]: FedEx Quest variety.

* [[Final Boss, New Dimension]]: {{spoiler|Demise}}

* [[High Altitude Battle]]: Interspersed throughout the game.

* [[Hijacked by Ganon]]: {{spoiler|Inverted. [[The Reveal]] that Ganon is the reincarnated hatred of Demise means he retroactively hijacks everything Ganon has ever done}}.

* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: The [[Stab the Sky|Skyward]] [[Sword Beam|Strike]] is said to be made of divine power.

* [[Horse of a Different Color]]: The Loftwings.

** Just like in ''Twilight Princess'' , whenever you strike enemies successfully, a musical sting plays. Special mention goes to the Ghirahim battles, because the stings are played by actual orchestra instruments.

** ''Skyward Sword'' is the first ''Zelda'' game to feature fully dynamic background music, executed very much like ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]''. As you pass from the present to the past in Lanayru Desert, for example, the music seamlessly gains more percussion and a stronger melody. Dungeon music also starts out bare but has instruments added the farther along you are to completing it.

** During your rematch with Ghirahim, he implies much more than [[Cold-Blooded Torture|just killing Link]], and even tops it off by saying that he'll dye the strings of fate with Link's blood, with the word "blood" bolded in red text for emphasis.

* [[New Game+]]: Hero Mode, which doubles the damage and health of enemies and removes normal heart drops.

* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: One of the later dungeons introduces a type of enemy called Cursed Bokoblins, which are pretty much zombie Bokoblins.

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]:

* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: In-universe. Fledge [[It May Help You on Your Quest|gives you a gift]]. He helpfully explains, "It's an Adventure Pouch. It's for... adventures."

* [[Shield-Bash]]: One of Link's moves to counter a blow, also able to expose the enemy to attack or reflect projectiles at the attacker.

* [[Shifting Sand Land]]: Lanayru Desert.

* [[Ship Tease]]: The developers really push for Link/Zelda in this game, although the [[No Hugging, No Kissing]] makes it a little bit frustrating too.