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15. Wii: Skyward Sword (November 20, 2011)
*Deep Breath* Here we go. Oh my God!!! Where do I begin with this one? Lets just get this first point out of the way. WHY THE HELL IS LINK RIGHT HANDED!?!!? Before you white knight this, I do actually know the answer to this one, so well touch back on it later. This was definitely the single biggest let down of a main title game that I can ever recall. I looked forward to this so much with all the hype it got. I dont know, maybe Im biased, but why is THIS the game Nintendo followed Twilight Princess with? This is what it would look like if Disney got a hold of Zeldas rights. Colorful, happy, cheerful, all things Zelda titles are not supposed to be (Wind Waker is a different breed). These are dark times for Hyrule, or in this case, Skyloft, why does everyone still seem so happy even though the Imprison is stompin around the sacred grounds? Gaeporas daughter is snatched out of the sky by this dark tornado thing and hes just moseying around Skyloft like its no big deal. The imprisoned is some serious shit, but whatever, Link will take care of it. What!?
Next, what the hell is this Zelda? An annoying and whiny teenager with a boy crush. Why does she seem so effing useless in this one? For me, she really was just a letdown as well. Zelda in other games seem to just have this presence about them that SS Zelda just didnt capture. I get its an origin story, but even Zelda IIs Zelda (who was supposed to be the original Zelda) had a more elegant poise to her and she was pixelated! Yeah, sure, Zelda is a damsel in distress, but the only game to make Zelda more annoying is Breath of the Wild, and thats just causewell, well get there in due time. I will say, however, the Beedle in this game is THE GREATEST! This guy never lets you down, except for when you dont buy anything in his flying shop.
Anyway, another really terrible aspect to this game was the GOD AWFUL motion controls. So Link is right handed now, this is why. This game would be a lot higher if not for these motion controls. I have old videos of me playing this game because it just looks ridiculous to get link to do what you want. Honestly, I would like to see a remake of this game with the Switch because I feel like motion controls have come such a long way, that I really would enjoy this game a lot more if the controls were better. For what it is now, on one hand you fought with the motion controls trying to get a slash to land the way you want it, on the other you fought with the new stamina wheel. I liked that the stamina wheel added a new level of difficulty to these games, but when link doesnt go where you intended half the time, you found yourself faltering for unnecessary reasons. Also, I felt the stamina wheel completely made the iconic spin attack useless as it just ate your entire wheel in one go. Not to mention, the motion controls made your spin attack go in all sorts of directions. In other words, its useless unless you want to take unnecessary extra damage.