Shigsy might not of been able to demo The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword with any of his usual finesse this year but atleast the title itself looks good. The new cel-shaded look works well and was probably the best way to go with the Wii’s limited capabilities. It’s nice to see they haven’t completely reverted back to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker though, with no swirly puff’s of smoke and cutesy disney style graphics in sight. Seems there has been some additions to links inventory as well in the shape of a whip and controllable homing beetles but the core questing formula is probably still intact. We can only hope that the attempt to put sword and shield into the players hand via nun-chuck and Wii-mote is well implemented and doesn’t back fire.

Skyward sword hits stores 2011.