The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

One-to-one sword motion plus stamina and upgrades set up the systems Breath of the Wild rebuilt.

Released 2011 Developer Nintendo EAD Publisher Nintendo Platform Wii Genre Action-adventure Era Digital storefronts & indie Website zelda.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Hub-and-Spoke World Access ~~1996~~Directional Attack and Block ~~1997~~Contextual Lock-On Targeting ~~1998~~Spatial Motion Input ~~2006~~

The The Legend of Zelda series in this dataset

1986

The Legend of Zelda ~~1986~~

1987

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link ~~1987~~

1991

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ~~1991~~

1998

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ~~1998~~

2000

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask ~~2000~~

2002

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker ~~2002~~

2006

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess ~~2006~~

2011

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword ~~this page~~

2013

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds ~~2013~~

2017

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ~~2017~~

2023

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom ~~2023~~

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