Wii 25-in-25: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Players: 1 Offline Player
Publisher: Nintendo
Genres: Action, Adventure
Publisher: Nintendo
Genres: Action, Adventure
Release Date: November 20, 2011
Developer: Nintendo
MSRP: $59.99
Developer: Nintendo
MSRP: $59.99
One of the most storied franchises in history soars to new heights. The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword shakes up the tried-and-true adventure game formula and marks a turning point for the franchise. The introduction of full motion controls enabled by Wii MotionPlus™ technology synchronizes player movements with Link's actions while offering the most intuitive play control of any game in the series to date.
Game-Ending Glitch Found in Skyward Sword, Nintendo Responds
Posted By Robert G. about 1 year, 5 months ago
Nope! No bugs here, only rupees…
It is rare, in my experience at least, to see a bug in a Nintendo game, especially one that is game-breaking. Well, I guess we now say that it has happened, as some fans unfortunate enough to find a game-ending bug in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword can attest to.
Now I already beat Skyward Sword, and let me tell you its a damn good game. (No doubt deserving of the review score we gave it.) However, a game-ending glitch has been found during the “Song of the Hero” questline, which only occurs if you do events in the quest in a certain order. Thankfully, Nintendo has already released a statement about the issue, which you can read below.
Nintendo Statement
We have been made aware of the issue that results in being unable to progress in the Song of the Hero quest. If the game has been saved after completing the sequence of events, it will no longer be possible to proceed through the game on that save file. The only options at that point are to either start the game over or to use an earlier save file to continue.
The situation is caused by performing the following sequence of events during the Song of the Hero quest:
1. At the beginning of the quest, go to Lanayru Desert to retrieve the song of the Thunder Dragon.
2. In the Lanayru Mine, speak with Golo the Goron.
3. Complete the Thunder Dragon’s event, and receive his song.
4. Before heading to the forest or volcano regions, speak with Golo in the mine again.
5. At this point, the forest and volcano events will no longer occur, making it impossible to continue.
Solutions:
• This issue WILL NOT OCCUR if the Fire and Water Dragon songs have already been collected before collecting the Thunder Dragon’s song. Talking to Golo in the Lanayru Caves will also NOT trigger this issue.
• If the game has been saved after completing the sequence of events, it will no longer be possible to proceed through the game on that save file. The only options at that point are to either start the game over or to use an earlier save file to continue.
I wish I had a better answer, but I’m afraid there currently is no other fix available. I can assure, however, that we are documenting all feedback we receive on this issue. Thank you for your patience and support.
Sincerely,
Sharon Matheny
There is no word if Nintendo can even perform an update or a patch to the game to fix this little bug, but right now old-fashioned word of mouth is the best method to keep people informed about the situation. It is good to see Nintendo also responding to the feedback rather quickly, and quick to point out the problem and how to avoid it. So at the very least, anyone reading this article will be informed.
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – PBG
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – PBG
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Skyward Sword is finally here, was it worth the wait!?
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Bringing Motion Plus capability to this 25 year old franchise, Skyward Sword will be the final Zelda game to appear this console generation. In all likeliness this will be the swan song title for the Wii with the next Nintendo home console arriving on shelves next year. Does send the console out with a bang? More importantly does it live up to the expectations Zelda fans have no doubt heaped upon it? Find out here The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Video Review - ZGR
After 25 years, has Nintendo finally perfected the latest Zelda Game? ZGR Reviews Skyward Sword! Skyward Sword is AWESOME!
Our swords are Skyward as our adventure begins!-
February 20, 2012 at 12:51pm
I’m a little disappointed to see a BT review following the trend set by every other reviewer. Granted, I don’t expect a font of wisdom dripping from each and every word, but I find myself genuinely let-down by the level of generic here.
Every other reviewer and their dog has pitched in about how good SS is, but the ones that do invariably use the same tired language.
“expressing himself in a way not seen since Wind Waker”
“deeper characters than previous Zelda games”
“works far better than the previous system”Comparing a game to its previous iteration is a given, but comparing it SOLELY to that is not. It’s clear that you hold this game to the standards of Zelda games only, and not to games as a whole.
For instance, I’m guessing, since they were your listed cons, that the hit and miss graphics and motion plus implementation are the main reason this game got a 9/10. I can infer, then, that you thought that the story deserved full marks.
How deep are these characters, as shown in this game, compared to other games? How interesting is this narrative, compared to other games? How meaningful are your choices, compared to other games?
The answer? Not very. Groose, a character you wink at in this review, is a paper cut-out in comparison, who spends literally half of the game crying a corner, and the other half developing off-screen. Groose is not a well-handled character, except in the context of Zelda games, which have traditionally had weakly-developed characters.
Skyward Sword is fun, for a bit. But it is sorely lacking in more areas than one, and definitely doesn’t deserve the label of “an utter triumph in entertainment.” Quality is subjective, and you’re free to your opinion, but the criteria on which you base your opinion, how it measures up to Other Zelda games, leaves this review pretty useless.
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February 20, 2012 at 01:27pm
Well crap. Not quite sure how this comment ended up here, but this is the wrong place for it.
Please ignore.
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November 26, 2011 at 04:52am
Skyward Sword does seem like very good game. Too bad that you can’t play it without Wii Motion Controller.
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November 28, 2011 at 11:59pm
The Legend of Zelda, originally released as The Hyrule Fantasy: Legend of Zelda. in Japan, is a video game developed and published by Nintendo, and designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka.[
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December 02, 2011 at 10:52pm
no it’s really not, you play on Wii, you should expect to utilize motion controls. simple as that
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November 25, 2011 at 08:41pm
Gotta say: Groose’s theme is becoming my favorite “buffoon” theme ever.
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November 25, 2011 at 10:58am
now the video of the gameplay looks low res, but it looks like link has no underpants on when he is flying tough the sky.
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November 24, 2011 at 11:25pm
For a very weird and funny easter egg. In the cave before the sand seas summon the gossip stone in the middle of the room then pick up a bomb and place in back down. Then run away and turn around. Believe me when I say you won’t be disappointed.
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November 24, 2011 at 05:18pm
VERY happy to learn that Tingle isn’t in this game. But why did Beedle have to return?
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November 24, 2011 at 03:01am
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? NO TINGLE?!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
LOL
thanks PBG for the quick first impression. i intend to get the game on black Friday. not sure if it will have a super deal but i guess i can be patient enough till then.
peace.
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November 24, 2011 at 02:29am
I’m glad this game is getting such great reviews, even though I’ve been dodging the lot of them to avoid all forms of spoilers, I got a week before I can get the game myself.
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November 23, 2011 at 10:53pm
Uh PBG? You do know that what you have here is the top 10 list of Zelda dungeon tunes. You need to actually put your Skyword Sword “review” on instead of a video we’ve already seen on BT. Just to let you know.
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Go for a ride amongst the clouds as the Hero of Time once again.
Characters with Character: Link
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The game ending bug in a Zelda game has actually happened before, it’s just that people encountered it far less:
Legend of Zelda ~ Link’s Awakening (Gameboy)
Don’t wait too long to get Marin’s ocarina song – by the time you get the 6th (maybe it was the 8th and final) instrument, she essentially disappears and is nowhere to be found, so you can’t get the song – in which case, you can’t crack open the Wind Fish’s egg for the final boss battle, even if you have the 8 instruments.
Most people didn’t encounter this, because the game directed you to get her song after the second dungeon.
It might not be that Nintendo cares, it might be because Nintendo isint heavy up updates. Im not Trying to bash the company here but it is trying to release games with no DLC, and it has worked for the most part. Problem is it happened to Metroid, and now to Zelda. Not saying that DLC fixes everything since even Fallout 3 DLC has major glitches that need to be fixed still. It just be nice if they could add a few things for later.
there another glitch you guys forgot in zelda tp the canon glitch if you save and quit in cave your stuck there forever only ver 1.0 haves this problem.
I hope they’re able to fix this in all future copies of the game disc they produce. I will avoid this in my own copy, but it’s a shame to see an error like this mar an otherwise truly excellent game.
Indeed, with the track record Nintendo holds I think this is an encounter both few and far between and far from unforgivable. The fact that it requires a very specific sequence of events to even happen means a large majority of people would have never or never did encounter the issue to begin with. For the rest of the people, now you have a fair and timely warning and solution as well and I while I don’t doubt people will try to string up Nintendo for this atrocious grievance against their persons, yeah…no.
Their response time is excellent and if one bug managed to slip through the cracks of the extensive testing Nintendo tends to do than that’s just life. People aren’t omnipotent and far from perfect. This bug is so absurdly easy to bypass given the circumstances required to even enact it that I can’t even get upset over it.
However, with the recent advent of Skyrim and its…issues. I don’t doubt a great many will stir up a very much unwarranted and unjustified hornets nest over this. It’s sad how simple minded so many people have become.
Rare to see a game breaking bug in a Nintendo game. I’m glad they quickly responded to the issue, and in the end it’s really not that bad. Both me and my brother played through the game and neither of us had this issue.
Odd as I was just thinking the other day how Nintendo does a great job releasing bug free games. @_@
have we ruined your view of nintendo? ;3
Holy crap! I almost fell into this trap! I was just about to play more Skyward Sword and head for the desert first to get the Thunder song! WHEW! Dodged a friggin bullet there! =D
there is a gamebreaking bug in twlight princess where if you save after the Bridge of Eldin fight agesnt the guy who rides the bore and move over the bridge so it dissapreses you will be stuck on the wrong side when you load back up and can’t beat the game. this allmost happend to me but i was like “lets just go one more screen in” and that saved my hide
Huh, I’m surprised anyone stumbled onto this bug at all. I’d have imagined that the natural tendency of players upon starting that quest would be to go to the Water Dragon in Faron province first, since that’s the one whose location you already know at that point. That’s certainly what I did.
Oh well, good to know for future play-throughs.
Eh, things slip through the cracks. Even Nintendo can afford a few un-winnable bugs every once in a while, though if they do it with the next Zelda, then I might have to question their beta testers a bit more…
First Skyrim and now Zelda, truly the world is coming to its end. The sheer volume of men driven to madness and suicide by the bugs in Skyrim should have us all fearing for our lives, but the body-count this will bring will be in the hundreds of billions, or at least that’s what forum posters lead me to believe. Repent and be saved, before it is too late.
I see what you did there. Did you read this stuff on 4Chan? =P
The Wii version of Twilight Princess had a similar glitch during the Sky Cannon quest. To my knowledge, Nintendo patched it through a firmware update.
It’s good to see a company respond quickly and with detailed info. After dealing with Bethesda for almost a month about Skyrim on PS3 it gives me faith that some companies still care, unlike Bethesda. Good job Nintendo.
Yeah but that’s kind of an unfair comparison because Skyrim isn’t as linear, meaning Skyward Sword is telling Link’s story while Skyrim is telling the story of whoever the player makes – as a dragon born.
I’m not saying one game is better then the other just I think Skyward Sword has fewer programming variables and thus fewer chances to have bugs.