The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was originally released for Nintendo Wii in November 2011 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda series. Now, 10 years later, it’s being ...

Now, on the eve of Link and Zelda’s 25th anniversary, a new legend is about to be told: the legend of Skyward Sword.

Has it been 10 years since I reviewed The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword on CNET? Yes, it has. Back in 2011, Jeff Bakalar, Dan Ackerman and I looked at what was one of the last big Nintendo Wii games.

Nintendo released the long anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii, the first Zelda game created exclusively for the system. LZSS_Skyward_3 Author: KING Staff and KING5.com (KING) ...

The motion controls for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD on Switch will be "smoother" and "more intuitive" than they were in the original Wii version, according to Nintendo.

In 2011, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was billed as having been built for the Wii and its motion controls. After playing the HD remaster for the Switch, using both the motion-controlled Joy ...

Today, during Nintendo’s E3 presentation, we got another peek at The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. The HD remaster of the 2011 Wii adventure will be released on the Nintendo Switch July 16 ...

Whereas with Skyward Sword the whole experience sticks with you, and even though I hadn’t played the Wii original since 2011, I could still recall almost all of it in this HD remake.

Compared to the original Wii release, this is not bad going at all. It will also be interesting to see if this updated version of Skyward Sword will break the 3.4 million global sales record of ...

In our 8/10 review, IGN said: "The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is a fantastic Zelda adventure that’s aged like wine, even if Wii-era motion controls still aren’t great." ...

With the recent announcement of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD on Nintendo Switch, we decided to put the new trailer head-to-head with the Wii original. By Evan Langer on February 23, 2021 ...

Nonetheless, Skyward Sword is regarded as the beginning of the Zelda canon, set after the world's creation and the Era Of Hylia, a time before there was even a Hyrule.