Wondering about the premise behind the newly announced Zelda: Skyward Sword? Nintendo wasn't talking about the storyline behind the game during its announcement this morning, but director Eiji Aonuma held forth about it during a roundtable after the show today. Shockingly, this time around there's more going on than "Ganon kidnapped Zelda and hey maybe you should go save her or something."

Wondering about the premise behind the newly announced Zelda: Skyward Sword? Nintendo wasn't talking about the storyline behind the game during its announcement this morning, but director Eiji Aonuma held forth about it during a roundtable after the show today. Shockingly, this time around there's more going on than "Ganon kidnapped Zelda and hey maybe you should go save her or something."

More Zelda D: Hopefully taking this in a different direction.

when is the 3ds coming out? why wont nintendo release a window!!!!!

Man, I want this.

I'm gonna bet the 'incident' is a blonde girl getting kidnapped.
 
And Brad, you fucking ruined the game for me. There's no point in playing it now that I now that...

Cool Zelda game looks cool.

" More Zelda D: Hopefully taking this in a different direction. "

I bet that pesky Ganon has something to do with it.

i wonder if skyloft could be a hub world. All i can say is, they better mix up the game if they want to keep my attention. I cant keep playing the same game, even if updated (multiple times )

I want to know about voice acting and orchestrated scores.

" I'm pretty sure it's not a spoiler if the game's director says it on the day the game is announced, right?"

It's the Master Sword!  OMG Spoilers!   eh oh well...

Hmm... an origin story. I like it.

It's not much, but I like the idea of Link living on a city in the clouds, and it sounds like it'll be a fun locale to come back to.

After seeing a few screenshots of this, I've become convinced that the look is great.
 
If you look at it, the engine actually produces an awesome watercolor painted look for distant objects! It looks really pretty!

So her being the sword is true.  The story seems interesting.  Hopefully it will be more fleshed out.  And I bet the evil force does end up being Ganon because yo, it's fucking Zelda.

Wows!

Additional spoiler:  Link has a SHIELD!

So... the bit about the story being more than "rescue princess Zelda" is... Start in a village in the sky, then go rescue princess Zelda? 
 
Whatever. Story doesn't matter in Zelda games. I just hope there's more to the gameplay than 1:1 sword controls and the same old Zelda tropes.

If this was on Kinect the tag-line would be:

YOU ARE THE MASTER SWORD

glad there trying something different sounds awesome oh and 
orchestrated music cant wait

" I bet that pesky Ganon has something to do with it. "

I'm guessing Ganon gets involved, somehow. If not, then Vaati, maybe?

So, it's the Legend of Zelda: One Piece edition. Sounds cool with me.

Sounds GREAT!

What? Master Sword? That's crazy!

This still does not sell the wii for me, and I'm fine with that.

" @Bacchus said:

" I bet that pesky Ganon has something to do with it. "

If this is before the Master Sword, then Ganon isn't even born yet.  Actually, I think someone once looked at all the Zelda games and found that there have been more games that aren't about Ganon than there are. And most of them aren't about Zelda getting kidnapped! "

so "castle in the sky" reversed.  

" when is the 3ds coming out? why wont nintendo release a window!!!!! "

" when is the 3ds coming out? why wont nintendo release a window!!!!! "

I think it's a spoiler on the level of knowing Shepard was going to die at the beginning of ME2. 

Island floating in the sky okay that's somewhat different lets hope it more then that though.

hmm interesting i was already excited for this game and hearing the story makes me more excited. its nice to see one of the coolest characters in the game (yes i consider the master sword a character) get an origin story. I doubt that ganon will be behind it seeing as how OoT was his first appearance in the timeline (yes i believe in a timeline) and this clearly takes place before that. Can't wait to hear more

"  Shockingly, this time around there's more going on than " Ganon  kidnapped  Zelda  and hey maybe you should go save her or something. ""

So no Super Zelda Galaxy?

E3 RAGES ON

" @Crushed said:

" @Bacchus said:

" I bet that pesky Ganon has something to do with it. "

If this is before the Master Sword, then Ganon isn't even born yet.  Actually, I think someone once looked at all the Zelda games and found that there have been more games that aren't about Ganon than there are. And most of them aren't about Zelda getting kidnapped! "

I think you missed Brad's post. The skyward sword IS the master sword. Expect more shananigans from Ganon!!!!           Oh god this series needs a change... "

Been playing Darksiders, really just makes me want to play a real Zelda game again. Needless to say I'm always looking forward to more Zelda. If this game ends up taking a while to come out I may need to replay Master Quest again.

Sounds like Zelda. But who's gonna play it for the story anyway. 
 
Spoilers: Its fucking Ganon.

Adam and Eve kinda.

Love the art style.

So yeah everything a Zelda game consists of. The story seems interesting. I wonder who your Navi-type is this time around? I wish the live demo could have gone better, because it looked like there was some cool game play elements to it. 
 
Can't wait to hear more about this.  
 
It's Zelda yo!

" @Clinkz said:

" @Crushed said:

" @Bacchus said:

" I bet that pesky Ganon has something to do with it. "

If this is before the Master Sword, then Ganon isn't even born yet.  Actually, I think someone once looked at all the Zelda games and found that there have been more games that aren't about Ganon than there are. And most of them aren't about Zelda getting kidnapped! "

I think you missed Brad's post. The skyward sword IS the master sword. Expect more shananigans from Ganon!!!!           Oh god this series needs a change... "

He said it BECOMES the Master Sword. As in, this is the Master Sword's origin story. The Master Sword was "created" before Ganondorf's origin stoy in OoT, because Navi already knows about it being legendary. "

" @Clinkz said:

" @Crushed said:

" @Bacchus said:

" I bet that pesky Ganon has something to do with it. "

If this is before the Master Sword, then Ganon isn't even born yet.  Actually, I think someone once looked at all the Zelda games and found that there have been more games that aren't about Ganon than there are. And most of them aren't about Zelda getting kidnapped! "

I think you missed Brad's post. The skyward sword IS the master sword. Expect more shananigans from Ganon!!!!           Oh god this series needs a change... "

He said it BECOMES the Master Sword. As in, this is the Master Sword's origin story. The Master Sword was "created" before Ganondorf's origin stoy in OoT, because Navi already knows about it being legendary. "

" @Crushed said:

" @Clinkz said:

" @Crushed said:

" @Bacchus said:

" I bet that pesky Ganon has something to do with it. "

If this is before the Master Sword, then Ganon isn't even born yet.  Actually, I think someone once looked at all the Zelda games and found that there have been more games that aren't about Ganon than there are. And most of them aren't about Zelda getting kidnapped! "

I think you missed Brad's post. The skyward sword IS the master sword. Expect more shananigans from Ganon!!!!           Oh god this series needs a change... "

He said it BECOMES the Master Sword. As in, this is the Master Sword's origin story. The Master Sword was "created" before Ganondorf's origin stoy in OoT, because Navi already knows about it being legendary. "

Maybe, or perhaps it's far enough into the future where the Master Sword is forgotten and the Skyward Sword is it's dormant state. "

Certainly looks interesting, though definitely not my cuppa.