bunkaroo

Yeah 25-30 seems unrealistic unless it already know what to do for every step of the game. I haven't had to redo much of anything and I'm at 30 already.

Liver&Onions

They use the gamefaqs to get that quick.

dvdhook

If you're still in the market for the Gold Remote bundle, it's back in stock again at Amazon and is selling for $69.99:

http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Zelda-Skyward-Remote-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B002I0GEHI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1322691932&sr=8-2

matrixrok9

Thanks! Bought the bundle. I don't even have a Wii yet, trying to find one cheap on craigslist....

Binger

For those of you who have finished the game, I need a little help.

Liver&Onions

I's just sometimes finicky in the heat of battle. I found that on the boss too.

eatntae

mhg83

argh923

Seriously, there's no Ganon or Hyrule at all? Ugh.

LosingMyMind

LOL I just started playing, and that's where I got to, too. I was wandering around forever trying to find those **** that stole my bird.

bunkaroo

Finally finished this today after putting it down in January before the Song of the Hero part. Final boss fight was a bitch - the controls are just awful.

Wasn't the worst Zelda game but I'll never play it again because of the motion controls. I'm all for a challenge but the controls and camera just work against you too much.

If the eventual Wii U Zelda game incorporates motion control they can keep it.

LosingMyMind

Strange, I had no issues at all.
Nintendo has hinted that the next Zelda won't use motion controls at all. Supposedly a lot of people only played through half of the game, and Nintendo wants as many people as possible to get to the end.

Goldberg74

The last time I played was a month ago and I'm at the very end fighting the argyle guy (I forget his name)... the controls are wonky, but I'll get through it.

I love the game (except for battles like these).

Michael Corvin

Sounds about right. I gave Twilight Princess about 10 hours and Skyward Sword about 3. 90% of the reason was motion controls, the other 10% (the graphic whore part of me) is that they are just ugly games in an era of HD.

Ironically, I put in 60+ hours into Okami. I had some initial motion problems with that one, but overcame them to enjoy it greatly. Then again, Okami is 10x the Zelda game than any Zelda since Wind Waker.

The Zelda formula is beyond stale at this point. Of course I'm assuming Skyward Sword brought minimal changes to the franchise since the motion prevented me from enjoying it.

bunkaroo

What's funny is I finished this one but I didn't get 10% through Twilight Princess. On a 61" DLP, just ugly ugly ugly. I wanted to finish that one too since it seemed more unique that the previous Zeldas. But playing as the wolf + motion controls was just a total deterrent to finishing the game.

My biggest problems with the end battle controls were A) I was holding my sword up the whole frickin' time and at best would get a Skyward Strike charged maybe 35% of the time. And then when it was time for fatal blow it took me about 8 times over two different attempts to finally do it right.

I guess the one big change this time is

bunkaroo

Maybe it was my sensor bar placement - I don't know. The room was fairly dark but with ambient lighting from behind the display. I seriously almost put the Wiimote through my display screen when I died on the first attempt after having tried to the fatal blow 4 times and failed because the controls wouldn't respond to the movement.

There are also a lot of times throughout the game where the camera just readjusts itself to a semi-side view when I've just centered it to prepare for a jump. Needless to say I wind up plummeting after that happens.

LosingMyMind

I had that same problem, but it was because the damn time to do it in is so short and you have to be a certain distance from him.

bunkaroo

I wound up reading you shouldn't even try to do it the first couple of times because he gets up too quick. But after about the 7th time of knocking him down and not completing the move only to die, I was quite forlorn (re:fucking pissed).

I did have fun making it to the bottom of the pit before hand. My arm was tired after that.