The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

[FlamingR1ft]

I would never have associated the amount of enemies in an area as a defining point to it being an overworld or not.

At the end of the day, the 'overworld' is simply a term to define anything that isn't a dungeon or a town. No matter how much you believe Zelda overworlds are like dungeons, the simply fact is that they are not. Dungeons are enclosed areas with (usually) only one way in and out. Overworlds allow you to go from place to place and location to location without being stopped by anything except the landscape.

If I go run around Hyrule Field in OoT and then go into Forest Temple... are you really saying they're similar things? If I go from the Hyrule overworld in A Link to the Past into the early sewers level... are they really even remotely similar?

[Prime Mover]

What would you call the Sacred Grove, or the river leading up to the waterfall, or Garudo Canyon? Obviously Hyrule Field proper isn't a "dungeon", but there are plenty of other areas in Zelda games that blur the lines.

The reason we're even having this discussion is that prior to it's release, Nintendo (themselves) claimed that Skyward Sword really blurred the lines between overworld and dungeon. All I'm saying is that that's BS, and that they really didn't do anything differently than they had in the past. Obviously there is a difference between dungeon and overworld, and there still is, contrary to what they're claiming.

[Dice]

I "admired" the dungeon naming scheme.  The Fire Temple was the Earth Temple *snicker*.  The Skyview Temple, despite hardly any proper view of the sky, subbed as the Forest Temple. xD

One thing I loved this time around was the dungeon key bit.  Just a fun, final puzzle.  And I thought Klok...kalok...Koloktos[?] was the best boss the series has seen in a while.  Design was amazing ('spesh when he is holding all 6 swords up), he was pretty tough, and can be taken out in an extremely unique way (not with the master sword, but with... his... D: ).  And I did think the Ancient Cistern was one of the coolest looking dungeons in a long time.
(Hey, look, Aeolous, I'm complimenting!)

[Prime Mover]

BUT THEY HAD 3 FIRE DUNGEONS! WHAT THE FUCK!

Not to mention, they missed a HUGE opportunity: Air temple. I don't think they did a very good job with TPs sky dungeon, most of it was enclosed anyway, so you didn't really get a lot of "sky". But I mean, comeon! This is "Sky"word Sword! A game that worships the air! Air temples almost always rock, I'll argue that Minish Cap's sky dungeon was one of the best dungeons in the entire series. The whole concept of a sky dungeon is a platformer's dream come true. They could have upgraded the sailcloth to a cape a-la Link's Awakening. Everyone knows Air Temples are awsome.

I betchya that originally the island of Songs was supposed to be a dungeon. I was expecting it to be (just like that temple in Wind Waker), and was greatly dissapointed when it was just a stupid tower with a rotation puzzle. LAME!

[FlamingR1ft]

So I just beat the Fire Sanctuary and I really, really loved it. Especially after that bloody Sandship. I'd say the Sanctuary is my favourite dungeon in the game and ranks up highly as one of my favourite in the series (somewhere behind Spirit Temple (OoT) and Earth Temple (WW)).

[Adon237]

Yeah this game is sweet. I love that it's on wii, because you sorta feel as if you were actually swinging the sword.

[Akanbe-]

Just wanna say I'm doing the flame quests and I hope the backtracking is kept to a minimum.

[Dice]

I love how intuitive the use for the whip got by the end of the game... to pull a level right beside you! :D

[FlamingR1ft]

Is there any way to know how many Goddess Cubes you're missing? I'm about to start hunting for them... but I really have no idea how many I already have.

[Eusis]

Is there any way to know how many Goddess Cubes you're missing? I'm about to start hunting for them... but I really have no idea how many I already have.

Fortune teller would've been great for that had Nintendo not been dumb and reversed one of the better things TP introduced to the series (well, that was just heart pieces, but it could've applied to both here).

[Aeolus]

Is there any way to know how many Goddess Cubes you're missing? I'm about to start hunting for them... but I really have no idea how many I already have.

Best bet is to go to an area and do a dowsing sweep. If you get no reaction then head to the next area repeat; if you do get a reaction make sure it isn't pointing to the next area otherwise head to the next area repeat. It's not as bad as trying to find stuffs with Super Metroid's X-Ray Visor as dowsing covers a pretty broad area and you only have to either press 'C' or hold it and select the option instead of not being able to run while it's selected or move at all while using it.

Additionally this game's Super Guide was pretty useless as well.

[Alisha]

Yeah this game is sweet. I love that it's on wii, because you sorta feel as if you were actually swinging the sword.

thats precisely why i hate it. i want to control link as if he was an action figure,not pretend that i am link.

[Dice]

Yeah this game is sweet. I love that it's on wii, because you sorta feel as if you were actually swinging the sword.

thats precisely why i hate it. i want to control link as if he was an action figure,not pretend that i am link.

There's also the polar opposite: Quick Time Events, where the game thinks you're too uncool to handle the action the way *it* wants.

Where do our loyalties lie...hmmm...

[Prime Mover]

By QuickTime events (we're not talking Apple video protocol here, I'm gathering), do you mean the finishing strike? Though I sorta agree... how exactly would you perform that complex manauver? (jump toward enemy raise sword, brutally stab it)

[Eusis]

I think she's speaking broadly on the concept... and yeah, fuck them. Kills the feeling of being in a game in favor of spectacle. Zelda's not a really bad offender though, in WW it's a rapid sequence, and in TP/WW it's sparse and on Wii with the addition of motion controls to make it feel more like you did it. It's stuff like God if War that's the big offender.