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E3: Skyward Sword arriving this holiday with gold remote
Nintendo announced at their E3 presentation that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be soaring its way into shops and sweaty fanboy palms this holiday season. Shigeru Miyamoto also revealed that a gold Wii Remote will be arriving at the same time, which will be handy given how heavily the title relies on motion controls for attacks and item selection. Have to say, Nintendo missed a trick by not having Miyamoto raise the gold remote into the air as the presentation concert orchestra played the Zelda 'item discovered' sound. Dun dun dun DAAAA! Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)12:00 PM on 05.23.2013 Square Enix Presents to stream live during E3Square Enix will be adding to the huge list of live streaming events timed for E3. Their Square Enix Presents presentation will show the world their E3 line-up during the show, running from June 11-13, straight from the show ...
10:09 AM on 05.23.2013 Nintendo Direct at E3 now has a time: 7am PTHere's a quick update on that E3-timed Nintendo Direct we told you about recently. We know it will focus on future Wii U games, and will be streamed live here. And we now have a time: June 11 at 7 a.m. PT. That's pretty damned early.
8:00 AM on 05.23.2013 Dying Light is an open world, freerunning zombie gameOkay, take Dead Island's entire concept, subtract the role-playing mechanics, throw in freerunning features akin to Mirror's Edge, and set it all in an open world that features a day-and-night cycle where things become way ha...
1:00 PM on 05.22.2013 EA's E3 conference includes first look at Star Wars plansElectronic Arts' E3 press briefing will provide viewers with a first look at what the company plans on doing with its multi-year Star Wars deal with Disney, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau announced. The new Star Wars titles...
1:00 PM on 05.21.2013 Next-gen arrives with Call of Duty: GhostsI have seen the future, and I'm here to tell you that it's a bit different from what you're probably expecting. Actually, I've seen two different futures. One is Infinity Ward's version of our country's future, in which Ameri...
1:00 PM on 05.20.2013 The odds are against you in Batman: Arkham OriginsBatman: Arkham Origins is a prequel in the Arkham franchise, following a Batman who's more myth than legend at this point in his crime fighting career. This is a younger Bruce Wayne, more agile in combat yet still equipped w...
12:00 PM on 05.20.2013 Gran Turismo 6: A peek under the hoodJust a few weeks ago, we were picking over Gran Turismo 6 rumors, and now here we are with our very first preview. I was surprised to walk into a hands-on opportunity just one day after the title was officially announced. Surprised and pleased. It may not have been the PlayStation 4 launch game I was hoping for, but it's never really a bad time for more Gran Turismo.
10:00 AM on 05.20.2013 Tearaway is a must-own for the PlayStation VitaLast week, I got to preview a bunch of current-gen games, which we can expect to see during E3, at a special pre-show event that entailed several different game companies. The Sony showcase in particular had a handful of game...
9:00 AM on 05.20.2013 Killzone: Mercenary is the FPS the Vita has been needingThe PlayStation Vita is a great system with a slowly increasing library of great titles. The exception being in the first-person shooter genre, that is. You'd think that after one of these big game companies made a handheld w...
8:00 AM on 05.20.2013 Batman and Joker have new voice actors in Arkham OriginsBatman: Arkham Origins is a prequel, and as such developer Warner Bros. Montreal is changing the voices of Batman and Joker. "We went in our game back several years [and] we really wanted to cast people that sounded like t...
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| 6:00 PM on 03.08.2013 Animated Skyward Sword diorama is part delicious cake |

Parents can be really awesome when it comes to cake. I remember for a birthday long ago, my mom made me a prehistoric landscape cake populated by dinosaurs, rough terrain, boulders, trees, and an erupting volcano. I thought ...more
| 3:00 PM on 02.16.2013 Laura Shigihara made another Skyward Sword vocal mix |

Plants vs. Zombies composer Laura Shigihara already melted our hearts last month with her wonderful rendition of Skyward Sword's "Ballad of the Goddess." The Skyward magic doesn't end there, as now she attempts to make peopl...more
| 9:30 PM on 01.29.2013 PSA: Skyward Sword is $20 at Target until this Saturday |

You know how Nintendo is known for never reducing the price of their first-party titles until years later under a re-release line of games? Well, this week is one of those extremely rare cases where a retailer is significantl...more
| 10:30 AM on 01.18.2013 Adorbs! Laura Shigihara's Skyward Sword vocal arrangement |

I got more than a little excited during the opening cutscene of Skyward Sword when Zelda started singing "Ballad of the Goddess." With an actual voice! The lyrics were gibberish, meant to represent whatever pre-Hylian langua...more
| 6:00 PM on 04.23.2012 Mega64 has trouble with Skyward Sword's controls |

Your experience with Skyward Sword's controls can vary immensely from the next guy's. Some people had no trouble whatsoever becoming acclimated with the motions, whereas others could never get the sword to go where they want...more
| 11:30 PM on 02.20.2012 Skyward Sword art is OH MY GAWD HIS EYES ARE GLORIOUS |

Character design in today's "AAA hardcore" games seems to continually move away from the cartoon surrealism sensibility that was once the norm. Back then, Earthworm Jim was our Gears of War, Q-Bert was our Catherine...more
| 4:15 PM on 01.13.2012 Storm's Adventure with Skyward Sword |

Oh my God. How could I neglect my Destructoid homies?! Especially after spending so much time on those f-ing annotations. I put the annoying links in the video so I didn't have to put the annoying links in the post. See? I D...more
| 12:00 PM on 01.03.2012 Skyward Sword alphabet cracked, font available |

The Hylian alphabet was said to be uncrackable, but one Zelda fan figured it out anyway. Zelda Universe forum member Sarinilli found some small text in the Lanayru section of Skyward Sword and was able to use that to translat...more
| 11:00 PM on 12.21.2011 Skyward Sword 'patch' is an entire fricken Wii Channel |

Well... that's one solution, I suppose. To recap, Nintendo acknowledged the game-breaking bug in Skyward Sword and started making plans to correct it. You could mail your hardware to the company directly (ick!), or you could ...more
| 10:45 AM on 12.15.2011 Nintendo will patch save files for Skyward Sword bug |

Ah, game bugs. There's an infestation lately. The ones in Skyrim are fun, though. Sometimes. But not being able to progress in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword? Not so fun. We told you earlier that there are directions to a...more
| 9:30 PM on 05.21.2013 A bear will stare at you in 3D |
How is the Xbox One going to sell in Japan? If the new console's version of Kinect is anything like the current version of the peripheral, then probably not too good. Not to sound racist, but Japanese living rooms aren't know...more
| 9:00 PM on 05.20.2013 You’ve (probably) already turned Japanese |
[In light of recent criticisms, Dtoid community blogger Voltech took it upon himself to defend Japan's games and culture, and argues that they aren't so different from the West's. Want to see your own words appear on the fron...more
| 11:45 AM on 05.17.2013 Yakuza 1 & 2 HD announced for Wii U ... in Japan |
With all of the Nintendo Direct news to have come out this morning, it's been a busy day for Sega. ("Sega Direct," indeed.) One of the more interesting games shown off is, regrettably, exclusive to Japan. Yakuza 1 & 2 HD...more


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