Customer Ratings & Reviews

As a long-time Zelda fan, I've been itching for true dungeons from the franchise, an itch BOTW definitely doesn't scratch. I'm a few hours into it and despite having never played it, it gives me a lot of nostalgia. If you have ever played Twilight Princess then Skyward Sword will feel familiar. It looks great and aged well visually. It's worth the money if you've never given it a try but there are a few things that definitely take away from the experience. 1. You can't use the right stick to pan the camera using a Pro Controller without holding down L. 2. Moving around doesn't really feel smooth and he's moved on his own on more than one occasion. 3. Certain items like rupees despawn much faster than they probably should, compared to other games. 4. The motion controls feel wonky to no absolutely one's surprise but hey, it's there for people who enjoy it. 5. Locking on is a joke. Whenever an enemy appears you have to play the camera shuffle for several seconds until it eventually locks on. An auto-lock feature where it automatically locks to the nearest enemy regardless of the camera would have been nice.

Overall this is one of my favorite Zelda games. The setting, the mood, the art, the story, the flying everything about this game is A++ ,10 out of 10, 5 stars. That being said, the Nintendo Switch version is a little janky mostly in the camera control, combat and sword movements. The Wii version had a flick of the right controller for sword movement and matched your direction in velocity. The camera was controlled by the thumb stick on the right hand. On the Switch both of these are the right thumbstick but to move the camera you have to hold down the left trigger and to swing the sword you move the thumb stick in the direction you want to start from then flick it towards the direction you want to end at. This is a lot more difficult to be precise at and in a lot of the combat especially boss battles the precision of the sword direction and velocity matter a lot. This chops it down to a four star for me but it's so beautiful on the Switch. I'd say if you want to play this to completion and get the most out of gameplay dig up and dust off your Wii and play it on there but for me, I've already played it to completion on the Wii, it was worth it to also have it in my Switch library just probably won't play it too much.

I played this game as a kid and was dying to play it again and this HD version was perfect to do so! I pkayed the whole game in like a week or two and it was a blast! One of the best zelda games ever in my opinion. Highly highly recommend it especially if you havent played skyward sword yet this is for you.

As a Zelda fan, I was so excited to get this remake was soon as it was released. I recently went back to play Skyward Sword on my Wii U, but the graphics were so pixelated that the painted art style was difficult to enjoy. Now, having the HD visuals updated, it is really a beautiful game to play on a large screen new TV. Both of the new controls are awesome to play with! The Switch Joy-Cons are great to use motion for the sword. But, I have now been trying to use the controller grip, as well as my Pro Controller. If you don't use motion, you can use the right joystick to control the sword, but also ZR allows you to control the camera when not fighting. The story in this game is possibly my favorite out of all the Zelda series. I highly recommend getting this HD Remake!

It was wonderful to see this game receive an HD remaster. The addition of basic controls without motion detection has made this game more accessible to more players. The graphics are great and the story is interesting.

Zelda Skyward Sword for the Nintendo Switch is a remake/upgrade from the Wii-U game some years ago. The gameplay has been modified well (but not perfect) for the Switch controllers (I prefer the classic pro controller versus the smaller remotes). The graphics are good as is the general story and play. I highly recommend it to Nintendo Link fans!

I played the original, and visually this game is leagues above that. If you're on some quest to play all the zelda games then this is the way to play SS, BUT as much as I love the zelda series, there is nothing that enticed me to go back to this game aside from "well, it came out, lets give it a go." The main relationship with Zelda and Link is the only reason I think you should play this game vs just watching someone else play it. It's the thing that drives the story forward, and if you aren't hooked on it at the beginning, then I'm not sure what else you have to look forward to in the game aside from some decent to above average dungeons (two really great ones, IMO), roughly the same for the bosses, a lot of backtracking, and general just kind of uninspired... blah. The jump to 60fps looks nice and smooth, however. It's something I didn't know I wanted until I saw it in action.

Skyward Sword is not my favorite Zelda game. Of all the 3D ones, it might actually be my least favorite. But it is still a terrific game and this HD remaster is a nice upgrade over the original Wii version. The full HD, 60 frames per second, new control options, and quality of life improvements make it almost feel like a brand new game. If you've never played it, I think it's worth buying at full price. As someone with a still functioning Wii, I waited and got it at $40. Skyward Sword has gotten a lot of hate over the years but I think this remaster shows it in its best light and will remind people that a "bad" Zelda game is still amazing in its own right.

An absolutely fantastic Legend of Zelda game in my opinion. In terms of story, it has to be my very favorite! The dynamic between Link and Zelda is beyond charming, and it is wonderful to get to experience the very first adventure in the Legend of Zelda series' timeline. The upgraded visuals are really clean and pop, and the new button-only controller setting is a really nice option to have. It is important to keep in mind though that regardless of which controller option you go with, there might be a bit of a learning curve to get used to them, but the investment will be worth it. Once you get into the groove, the adventure is absolutely worth your time!

I'm one of those "weird" LoZ fans who dislikes stuff like OoT, WW and BotW (I don't think they're bad games, they just don't do it for me, to each their own). I like the more unique stuff like Majora's Mask and Skyward Sword so the HD version was a must buy to me. Loved it once the motion controls clicked for me (around the point you get past the first major dungeon and boss) and never wanted to play this with traditional controls. Anyway, I love the world and story of the game and it offers something very unique to LoZ fans IMO so if you aren't super close minded in how you like your games I'd say give it an honest try. Let loose the Groose!

I really enjoyed Skyward Sword on the Wii, even all the motion control aspects of it, but it is definitely a game whose visuals haven't aged as well as some other games in the series and whose controls turned many people off. That's why I was very excited to hear about this HD version which solves those issues, allowing you to play one of the most underappreciated Zelda games on a modern system. The revamped controls take a little time to get used to, and they work, but I think I still prefer the original motion controls. The rest of the game is terrific, hosting some really great dungeons, characters, and storytelling. I do still wish the world as a whole had more to explore. Even so, I highly recommend this game, especially if you never played the original.

Not my favorite Zelda I've played but I wouldn't call it a bad game, just flawed. The quality of life additions (60fps, being able to skip some of Fi's hints just to name a couple) definitely make the Switch version the version to play IMO, though the gyro controls aren't as accurate as the Wii's motion controls (from what I've seen since I never played SS on the Wii). I constantly had to reset the gyro controls which I got used to eventually and didn't find to be *that* much of a pain, but still something to note.

I decided to buy this game after not experiencing it for the Wii. I went in not knowing much about the game other than complaints about the controls. I played the majority of the game with motion controls, and some parts of the game were better played with button-only. However, I found the controls to be much less annoying than they were made out to be. The game itself was really good. I took my time playing the game and found it very enjoyable. If you haven’t played it yet, I would recommend getting it. Once it goes on sale, it’s a solid choice for any Zelda fan.

If you never played skyward sword you will be in for a treat. The game plays well and has a vast world to explore. Graphics and controls are on point.

this game is epic, it has awesome graphics and fun gameplay, the motion controls work perfectly too, and the Amiibo support is a good bonus too

It's a very clever remaster that seems to straddle the line of introducing a few new features and making a difference while not being too unorthodox or foreign to those who played the original version on the Nintendo Wii. The graphics are crisp, clean and clear, cementing it as one of the best looking games on the switch. However, by far the most extensive and pleasant upgrade is the silky smooth and gorgeous 60 FPS solid frame-rate. All this works together elegantly to bring Skyward Sword into 2021 with grace and style. A worth remaster indeed.

Its a solid port from the Wii- a few reasons this didn't get 5 stars from me: 1. The motion control support is ok, but not good enough to make me want to use it. I find that around 40% of the time, Link is making moves that I don't want him to make- that's pretty frustrating at times. Using the joystick to control the sword is better, but then you loose the camera function unless you hold the left bumper down. It works, but it isn't great. 2. At the time of this review, Nintendo is charging $60 for this game. Thats a pretty steep price considering they ported this game from an old console, and didn't build it from the ground up. For $60, I'd expect the motion controls to be solid (see point 1). Overall, if you are a Zelda fan, you will want too pick this one up- especially if you skipped it on the Wii. It's not perfect, but it's a good game with a good story.

The updated visuals and quality of life improvements are good. Button-only controls are great, minus not having free control of the camera. 60 FPS is also an important positive. Still, should not have been $60 for this ten year old hd re-release.

The Zelda series is my favorite game series of all time. I make a point of going through and replaying all the games in the series every couple of years, and replay my favorites separately in between as well (I can't even remember how many times I've replayed Wind Waker). I know that Skyward Sword is not one that is loved by everyone, and while it isn't my favorite Zelda game I do like it quite a bit. That said playing it on the Wii on a modern HD TV was a big shame. While games like Wind Waker and Twilight Princess could still look pretty good on an LCD HDTV there was something about the way the made Skyward Sword that always made it look terrible on anything except an old CRT. So after Wind Waker and Twilight Princess got their WiiU remakes I was dying for them to do Skyward Sword as well, because not only could a WiiU version look great, it could also have used the same motion control setup using the Wiimote. Sadly that didn't happen, but thankfully they now made this Switch version. And it's good. It looks beautiful in both handheld and docked mode, but I would have to say that it is only really playable in docked mode using the Joycons for Wii style motion controls. They put in a good effort to create a new non-motion based control mode, but no matter how much I tried to use it I just could never get the hang of it. It's way weirder and much harder to use than the motion controls ever were, so you still just need to use motion controls for this game, and that is that. Thankfully the Switch Joycons make a fair substitute for the original Wiimote controls. Not perfect, but still very usable. The benefit of the original Wiimote controls were that they felt very accurate and after a while the motions became intuitive and easy to do. The new Joycon controls are close, but unfortunately they never quite feel as tight and accurate as the old Wii controls, so it is noticeably more difficult to pull off precise hits from different angles, especially slicing diagonally. Thankfully this kind of precision is only a necessity in some parts of the game, mostly boss battles and a very few other enemies, so in general you can get by fine and still perform some fun combat moves without having to worry about being overly precise. But it is still a shame that you don't feel as in control of the sword as you did in the Wii version, and a few boss battles can be fairly frustrating, especially the Ghirahim battles that require a lot of precision swinging to block the lines of objects he throws at you. The only other control issue worth mentioning is that the joycons very often lose registration, for lack of a better term. What I mean is that say you are sitting on your couch or chair holding the joycon/sword in a neutral position at links side, and then you swing the joycon around as you are fighting some enemies, well returning it to the same position you were holding it before isn't always totally accurate, and so you often wind up ending a fight with Link running around holding the sword down towards the ground, way up in the air, or off to one side quite a lot when you are actually just holding the joycon back in your natural position again. There is a simple button push to reset this and make link automatically move the sword back to his standard position so it's an easy thing to fix, but you will be doing this A LOT, and so it is just another thing that makes it feel like you have far less control over the sword in this new version than you did in the original Wii version of the game. All of that being said the vastly improved graphics make this a very pleasurable way to play the game. The oil painting style of the graphics looks beautiful in HD. And at this point this is probably the only way most people will have to play it anyway, so if you enjoy the Zelda series don't pass this one by. The control issues on the Switch are fairly minor, and might not even be noticeable to anyone who has never played the Wii version, or not as much as I have over the years. I'll agree that most of the common criticisms people have for the game are valid to varying degrees, but I don't think anything outright ruins the game. When it first came out the biggest disapointment to me was that it felt like they had wasted an opportunity by making the hubworld above the sky so limited. I absolutely loved exploring the seas in Wind Waker, so I think the lack of a traditional overworld in Skyward Sword could have been forgiven if there was simply more to do and discover in the cloud world of Skyward Sword, like there was on the seas of Wind Waker. But that aside the areas below the clouds and dungeons you play through in Skyward Sword are all well designed and very fun, so there is still a lot of great Zelda gameplay to be had in this game. It's no Wind Waker, or Breath of the Wild, but it is far from a bad game, and still well worth your time, especially if you are a fan of the series.

Skyward Sword HD is a gorgeous and curious game for the Zelda series. The world is vibrant and colorful, Zelda and Link finally have personalities and a strong friendship from the start, the new villain is one of the better parts of the series, and the dungeons are some of the best in the 3D series. However, this does not make this a fun game to control. The fighting setup will always be a controversial issue since this is the only game in the series to use full motion control for the sword and item movements. The Switch version has the option to play with buttons only, however some concessions had to be made, like using the right thumbstick as the only option for sword swings. This game is still worth your time once you adjust to whatever control setting you choose.