Award for excellence The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

General Description

Title The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Release Nov 23, 2011
Price 6,800yen (tax included)
Platform Wii
Distributor Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Publisher Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Developer Nintendo Co., Ltd.
URL http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/souj/
Copyright ©2011 Nintendo

Reason for the Award for Excellence

This title has wide ranging action and items and a map rich in depth.
The sense of accomplishment from solving the clues and the feeling of oneness with the characters has led many users to say this is the best title of the series, which is the basis for this award.

Work Introdution

"The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword" is an action adventure game where the player becomes the central character and uses the sword and shield to seek distinctive items while adventuring through the fantasy world.
 
This title commemorates the 25th anniversary of the series and was developed for Wii and uses the controller to control the sword and shield to achieve intuitive operation to adventure while battling evil beings and having fun searching for treasure and solving clues in a variety of situations from the densest ever sky and forests, volcanoes and deserts, and underground dungeons.
 
In addition, many orchestra recordings are used as the sound source during the game to enact the oldest story throughout the series.
 
In this deep and expansive world, the player sets out to solve the mystery of the birth of the legendary Master Sword that has been a mystery up until now and provide a rich experience to this sword and shield fantasy.

Comment of the game producer

All of the staff are really happy to receive this award for the title created for the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda.
 
Developing this title just for Wii MotionPlus made it possible to accurately capture the player's wrist motion and realize our long-time dream of the playing being able to play while wielding the sword as intended.
 
This combination also makes possible items and intuitive, unique operations not possible before with Zelda to make just moving fun, comfortable, and thrilling, so we encourage everyone who hasn't experienced it yet to give it a try.
 
With the arrival of the 25th anniversary, the staff were very enthusiastic about making this title the vest Zelda ever, so receiving this honor from the users is the best encouragement ever.
 
Thank you very much for your encouragement and support.

List of Awarded Games

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