Although The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 may still seem years away, Zelda fans may be put off by the release of a Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword remaster.
A now-removed Amazon UK store page (via IGN) showed the game, which was tracked down and screenshotted, and later shared by Twitter gaming news commentator Wario64. Inside the URL is the string “Legend-Zelda-Skyward-Sword-Switch”, which gives a clear indication of what product was once on the page.
The 2011 Wii title was possibly the most unique Zelda game to 2017’s Breath of the Wild. Finding space for all the other games in the series, and putting on a series of floating islands in the skies above Hyrule, there was plenty of reason for veteran fans to sink their teeth into it.
Unfortunately, the game was made difficult to play due to the game’s focus on motion controls, which is something this rumored remaster could at least try and fix, if not completely remove it. This may be necessary, given that not all Switch owners have motion controls like those with a Switch Lite.
It’s been almost ten years since Skyward Sword originally launched, and this year marks the Legend of Zelda franchise’s 35th anniversary. Therefore, the moment seems ripe for a remaster. We had the excellent remake of Link’s Awakening last year, so of course there’s an appetite for revitalized Zelda classics for Nintendo fans.
It will also be the perfect way to pass the time until Breath of the Wild 2 appears. While this game was posted back at E3 2019, we haven’t seen any of it since. We are not even sure of the name or the story, above it looks like a continuation of the narrated threads set up in the original BotW. With no major Nintendo presentations confirmed for this year yet, we would expect to hear something in Skyward Sword later this year.
