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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | |
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Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Series | The Legend of Zelda |
Platform(s) | Wii |
Release date(s) | EU November 18, 2011 NA November 20, 2011 JP November 23, 2011 |
Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Input methods | Wii Remote with Wii Motion Plus + Nunchuk |
Compatibility | 5 Perfect |
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (ゼルダの伝説 スカイウォードソード, Zeruda no Densetsu: Sukaiwōdo Sōdo) is an action-adventure game for the Wii console and the sixteenth entry in the Legend of Zelda series. Nearly 5 years in development, the Skyward Sword departs from many of the traditional Zelda norms, featuring new controls, a new art style, and formula differences. Skyward Sword requires either the Wii Motion Plus add on or a Wii Remote Plus.
Skyward Sword heavily integrates the use of the Wii MotionPlus; swordplay, for instance, is integrated with the controller to a point where the player has one-to-one motion control over Link's sword and the its attack directions. In contrast to earlier installments, battles do not focus solely on timing attacks, but also on their target, such as the direction in which enemies are hit. This also allows for the sword to be integrated into puzzles to a greater extent than in previous titles.
Problems
Wii Motion Plus
Skyward Sword requires the Wii Motion Plus addon. Current versions of Dolphin are not capable of emulating the wii remote plus, and require a physical remote with wii motion plus to play. However, Pre 3.0 revisions of Dolphin had wii motion plus emulation, and can be used as a stopgap for those wishing to play without a physical wiimote.
DoF
Dolphin apparently has problems rendering Skyward Sword's DoF effect in newer versions (3.0+). It can be corrected using EFB to RAM, but causes a pretty noticeable framerate drop. The same DoF effect can be completely absent from older versions of dolphin, or look similar to how the Wii renders the effect in the actual hardware, so it's still not clear which setting should be changed or which version is the best for this specific feature. See the forum thread.
Configuration
This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This title has been tested on the environments listed below:
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
- Nintendo EAD (Developer)
- Nintendo (Publisher)
- The Legend of Zelda (Series)
- Europe (Release region)
- North America (Release region)
- Japan (Release region)
- 2011 (Initial release year)
- Action-adventure (Genre)
- Single-player (Game mode)
- Single-player only (Game mode)
- 1 (Players supported)
- Wii Remote (Input supported)
- Nunchuk (Input supported)
- 5 stars (Rating)
- Untested
- Action-adventure games
- Wii games