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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

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Game Information

Original Release Date: November 18, 2011

Platforms: Wii, Wii U

Involved Companies: Nintendo, Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3, Monolith Soft

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Summary: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the first Zelda game created specifically with the Wii in mind. The game makes use of the Wii MotionPlus peripheral for sword fighting, with a revised Wii Remote pointing system used for targeting. Skyward Sword is structured very similar to previous Zelda games, as you travel through an overworld in search of temples to visit and once in you solve a series of puzzles before fighting a boss at the end and receive the next bit of plot. The biggest change is that the overworld is more focused on puzzles with only a handful of action.

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).