Listen up, this was a roller coaster for Zelda fans: at a concert on the series’ orchestra tour in Osaka, Japan, producer Eiji Aonuma took the stage and blurted out: “I know what you’re thinking: Skyward Sword for Switch, right?”. The audience applauded and, before long, the phrase was all over social media as a possible hint of a port.
The excitement was short-lived. Nintendo came forward to clarify, in a statement to Eurogamer: “At this time we have no plans to release The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword on Nintendo Switch”. To many people, Aonuma’s remark had been a joke about fans’ wishes, not an announcement.
The request made sense. Skyward Sword came out on the Wii in November 2011, on the series’ 25th anniversary, and was designed entirely around the Wii MotionPlus, with Link’s sword following the controller’s movement. Bringing that to the Switch required adapting the scheme to the Joy-Con. And at the time, the Switch lived on Wii U ports, like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze; bringing over a Wii game would be a step further.
For fans of the series, the drama hung in the air: Aonuma doesn’t usually speak idly, but Nintendo doesn’t usually issue denials idly either.
What came next
The “no plans” had an expiration date. Nintendo announced The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, released on July 16, 2021 for Switch. The version runs at 60 frames per second, can be played with motion controls on the Joy-Con or with buttons only, including on the Switch Lite, and came with a themed Joy-Con pair featuring the Master Sword and Hylian Shield. It arrived with a bang: pre-orders sold out on Amazon in the US.
Source: Eurogamer.
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