So why is it going to be essential in 2021? Nintendo have a great track record with remasters Skyward Sword was a great game, and now it is about to get even better. This wasn’t a prime piece of art that was misunderstood at the time, like, say, Pinkerton by Weezer – mauled by the critics yet held as a touchstone of emo twenty years later. Strange because at the time of release it was almost universally acclaimed.
Many now cite difficulties with the Motion Plus controls, and pick at the structure, the art style, and everything else in between. Sadly the only picture I can find from this day is of a Tanooki suit Mario staring at my editor’s arse. I could feel the spirit of the franchise envelop me and send goosebumps coursing along my arms as I wielded young Link’s arsenal in my hand. Going back ten years I vividly remember getting my hands on a build of it for the first time at an event in London. Its strange to think that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has developed such a strange legacy, with as many decrying it as the black sheep of the franchise as eulogising its ethereal, dream-like beauty.