A new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD reveals many improvements. On Nintendo Switch The adventure offers a higher frame rate, new button controls and numerous other optimizations. Starting July 16, players will be able to explore the origins of the Master Sword.
Starting July 16, players can explore the origins of the Master Sword when The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD for Nintendo Switch appears. In the role of Link, they experience the chronologically first story of The Legend of Zelda series and go in search of Zelda, Link's childhood friend.
Skyward Sword HD offers automatic saving
The classic adventure, which originally appeared for Wii, has been optimized for Nintendo Switch and offers numerous improvements, including a higher frame rate, improved motion controls, new button controls and various optimizations to the gaming experience. A new trailer gives an overview of the new features:
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The optimized HD version of the classic has been adapted and redesigned in some areas. There is optional help from Phai, which only appears in video sequences - or when your help is necessary. Players can still manually summon them if they want their advice.
The higher frame rate will be directly visible. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD runs at a frame rate of 60 fps to enable a smoother gaming experience. The new ability to fast-forward the texts in the game by pressing the B button also brings speed to the game. Video sequences can also be skipped, just pressing the minus button is enough. And: The tutorials introducing the game have also been revised and are more subtle.
Explanations of collected items such as insects and materials appear the first time players find them during their adventure. The automatic saving, which records the game progress without any action, is particularly practical. In addition, players have the option to save manually via the menu.
With these improvements, Link's journey will shine in new splendor when The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD launches on July 16th Nintendo Switch appears.
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