17th February 2021, 5:27 PM
Gibdo tossing aside, Skyward Sword is getting an enhanced version on Switch which will allow one to pick whether or not to use the motion controls (which were actually fairly well done for what they were compared to how Twilight Princess handled it). I think it'll end up being the definitive version, but they could do so much more. Here's changes I'd love to see:
1. Unify Skyloft with the rest of the sky so that travelling to and from it is seamless.
2. Silence Fi and replace all her dialog with expressions and nods. I'm serious. Her dialog is just so booooring and actually hurts her character. The farewell felt hollow especially when Zelda and Impa had a much more effective farewell within moments of that one. Fi could be a much more effective character without dialog, leaving what she's thinking more mysterious. Better yet, it'll keep her from solving every single puzzle in the game before you even get a chance to solve it yourself.
3. Unlock all three regions back on ground level right from the start to allow more freedom for the player. Of course, dungeon will still need to be done in a particular order, but at least people will see the world as bigger rather than this direct path.
4. Remove Stamina for running.
5. Let us save anywhere like in older Zelda games. Heck implementing save points didn't even actually solve the problem it was meant to, preventing people from unwinnable save files. They ended up having to release a program to "fix" save files because the Wii had no method of patching games at the time (though they could have easily coded one into the OS). On the one hand save points are pentiful- but on the other that's all the more reason to eliminate them entirely. Reduce save points to teleporters that let you go from earth to sky.
6. This is a very specific one, but give us a third option with that bizarre dating thing going on with the item store lady. Our options are either break her heart in the most devastating way possible or lie about her being Link's true love. It'd be nice to have a third method of engaging that quest where we instead give her a little self confidence so she's not so obsessed with falling in love with the first guy that looks at her funny.
1. Unify Skyloft with the rest of the sky so that travelling to and from it is seamless.
2. Silence Fi and replace all her dialog with expressions and nods. I'm serious. Her dialog is just so booooring and actually hurts her character. The farewell felt hollow especially when Zelda and Impa had a much more effective farewell within moments of that one. Fi could be a much more effective character without dialog, leaving what she's thinking more mysterious. Better yet, it'll keep her from solving every single puzzle in the game before you even get a chance to solve it yourself.
3. Unlock all three regions back on ground level right from the start to allow more freedom for the player. Of course, dungeon will still need to be done in a particular order, but at least people will see the world as bigger rather than this direct path.
4. Remove Stamina for running.
5. Let us save anywhere like in older Zelda games. Heck implementing save points didn't even actually solve the problem it was meant to, preventing people from unwinnable save files. They ended up having to release a program to "fix" save files because the Wii had no method of patching games at the time (though they could have easily coded one into the OS). On the one hand save points are pentiful- but on the other that's all the more reason to eliminate them entirely. Reduce save points to teleporters that let you go from earth to sky.
6. This is a very specific one, but give us a third option with that bizarre dating thing going on with the item store lady. Our options are either break her heart in the most devastating way possible or lie about her being Link's true love. It'd be nice to have a third method of engaging that quest where we instead give her a little self confidence so she's not so obsessed with falling in love with the first guy that looks at her funny.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)