US retail emporium K-Mart is selling the fantastic The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the ridiculously cheap price of $19.99. Gamers will be able to purchase the game at the discounted price from the 6th May until May 12th.
Toys “R” Us in the United States is selling the fantastic The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the bargain price of $29.99. It’s generally quite rare to see first party Nintendo games at a reduced price, especially since the game didn’t launch so long ago. The Legend of Zelda: skyward Sword is one of the best games on Wii so if you haven’t already purchased it nows your chance.
A poster over at Neogaf has discovered that Nintendo is currently distributing an alternative box-art for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword in Europe. This alternate box art was previously only available in the East, but it seems to have made its way to the West. I’m sure the collectors amongst you will be hunting feverishly for this one.
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BAFTA has revealed that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has been nominated along with nine other games for the all-important Game of The Year award. The Game of The Year award is the only one of its annual video game awards that is selected by public vote. Here’s the ten games you can choose from:
The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Anouma has revealed in the latest edition of Game Informer that the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword art style and the storyline will most likely be a one-off and that we will be seeing something completely different for Zelda Wii U.
“With Wind Waker, the graphics were suited to handheld gaming. Also the game ended with Link embarking on a journey, so it left open the possibility of what comes after the game. With Skyward Sword, positioning it as the first Zelda game means everything else connects to it and comes after it. It becomes a little bit difficult to do something else within that world and certainly much more difficult to do something that comes before it.”
GameSpot has awarded the fantastic Xenoblade Chronicles Wii game of 2011 beating the mighty Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Judging from the Youtube comments it seems a few people are shaking their heads over this decision. I can see why GameSpot had such a hard time deciding as they’re both fantastic games.
Respected UK gaming publication Edge Magazine has published its game of the year lists. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword which received a perfect ten out ten review score has won the mainstream game of the year award beating both Skyrim and Dark Souls. Nintendo also scooped up the award for best publisher of the year and portable game of the year with Mario Kart 7. Here’s the full list:
Edge Awards 2011
The winner is in bold and below it are the two runners-up.
Mainstream Game of the Year
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Dark Souls
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Indie Game of the Year
SpaceChem
Bastion
Triple Town
Portable Game of the Year
Mario Kart 7
Super Mario 3D Land
Jetpack Joyride
Best Online Experience
Dark Souls
Portal 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Best Visual Design
Uncharted 3
Battlefield 3
Child of Eden
Best Audio Design
Portal 2
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Dark Souls
Publisher of the Year
Nintendo
Ubisoft
Bethesda Softworks
Studio of the Year
Eidos Montreal
Mojang
Firemint
Nintendo of Japan has announced that it’s preparing a downloadable fix for the game-breaking Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword glitch that was reported a few weeks ago. Anybody unable to connect their Wii to the internet will be able to send their console directly to Nintendo or an SD card featuring a corrupt Skyward Sword save file.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword sadly lost out to Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at tonight’s Spike Video Game Awards. All was not completely lost as the Hall of Fame award went to The Legend of Zelda series which was collected by Shigeru Miyamoto.
Nintendo also scooped the award for Best Motion Control Game and Best Wii Game with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Super Mario 3D Land was awarded Best Handheld Game. So not too bad a night for Nintendo.
The NPD group has announced the best-selling software in the United States during November and Modern Warfare 3 tops the list. Sadly The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword only manage to reach the ninth spot on the list but it should be noted that the game was only released on November 20th in North America.
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, WII, PC) Activision Blizzard
2. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC) Bethesda Softworks
3. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts
4. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC) Ubisoft
5. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360) Ubisoft
6. Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2) Electronic Arts
7. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3) Sony
8. Saints Row: The Third (360, PS3, PC) THQ
9. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (WII) Nintendo
10. Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC) Warner Bros. Interactive
