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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Zelda: Skyward Sword Website Reveals

Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Website

 Just above this sentence is a link to the official Nintendo website for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. If you haven't been following the hype, Skyward Sword will be released November 20th and has already received critical acclaim. Some critics consider it to be better than Ocarina of Time, which has held the title "Greatest Game of All Time" for over ten years.

As always, Nintendo released a website for their upcoming game and this one's packed with information. The first thing that popped up at me was a section for exploring the world of Hyrule. This has revealed things such as Zombie Bokoblins, boat riding in the Lanayru Desert, and a Skyloft minigame known called Pumpkin Pull.

The map of Hyrule obviously names many locations. Some we already know, but this really shows what we're looking for:
 An image I took from the official website for LoZ: SS.

 The map is interactive, meaning you can click on locations and read about them. This includes videos, images, mini-games, and more. I haven't seen this anywhere else, but the website includes the opening cinematic for the game. 

It would be great if someone could extract images and video from the flash. This would mean we would have access to the individual sections to the map, a render of Link's box art pose, and some other cool stuff. In the event that this happens, I'd like to know! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy Skyward Sword on November 20th!