Skyward Sword: Story & Gameplay Spoilers!

Nintendo Power have a huge article about The Legend of Zelda: Skwyward Sword in their latest issue, featuring a load of spoilers. Click below at your own peril…

• Ghirahim wants to revive his master.

• The head of the Knight Academy Link goes to is named Gaepora.

• Gaepora is Zelda’s dad.

• Gaepora laugh like this “Hoo hoo hoo”, which seems Owl like.

• Zelda wakes up Link one morning to show him her dress for the Bird Riders ceremony.

• Noticing how lazy Link is about his training, Zelda pushes him off the edge of Skyloft.

• During the “date” after the ceremony, Zelda is trying to tell something to Link she’s been meaning to tell him for a long time, but is interrupted by the tornado.

• Link has nightmares of a black creature that swallows Zelda.

• During the tornado, Link is saved by his bird, the species of bird are called Loftwings.

• Fi appears in Skyloft after the attack and Link chases her around Skyloft to the Goddess Statue.

• Fi was created by the Goddess to guide Link.

• The Sheikhas stones are back as the game’s hint system.

• The Eldin Volcano dungeon isn’t the Fire Temple, it’s the Earth Temple.

• The bullies are named Groose, Cawlin and Stritch. Groose, the red-haired one, has a big crush on Zelda.

• Other characters include Pipit, a senior and bird expert. And Fledge, a nice guy but a wimp.

• Link’s sword is referred to as the Goddess Sword. It is no longer called the Skyward Sword. Link gains the Goddess Sword before getting his green tunic.

• The Earth Temple’s boss full name is: “Pyroclastic Fiend Spaldera”.

• Night/Day transition does not occur in real-time. Link must go to bed and choose to get up at night or at day.

• Monsters appear during the night. Cats become aggressive. The cats are apparently the freakiest enemies you’ll encounter.

• The HUD can be customized. Standard, Light and Pro. Standard shows the full controller overlay and button functions, Light only the buttons and Pro is almost completely clean.

• The only way to save your game is with the birds statues. They are pretty much everywhere, including mid-dungeon and right before boss rooms.

• From the Sky you can return to any activated statue.

• Almost everything in the environment can be interacted with.

• The Sword Beam is called a Skyward Strike.

• Skyloft is said to be gigantic.

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