A new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD reveals some of the quality of life improvements that are coming to the game.
Nintendo has promised that this HD release of Skyward Sword would come with several changes that aim to improve the experience overall, but hadn't revealed any until now.
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The first quality of life improvement that is detailed in the new trailer is the introduction of Optional Help From Fi. At any point in the game, the player can call on Fi for advice, remind the player of their objective, or analyse something for them.
Enhanced Control Options are the next things highlighted through the trailer, although this is something we've known about from the start. We do get some nice close-up footage of someone using the stick control for sword swings and shield bashes.
The trailer finishes by rattling off some more quality of life improvements, including mentioning the game's improved frame-rate, and the ability to speed up dialogue whenever you like. Dialogue can now be skipped with the push of a button, as can cutscenes, which should make the whole game a lot faster.
One of the more interesting improvements is the introduction of streamlined item descriptions. Once you've picked up an item for the first time, Link will no longer hold it up and react to it on subsequent pickups, which means that picking up rupees is no longer an exercise in patience.
This was a pretty big issue in the original release of Skyward Sword, as Link would react to everything he picked up, no matter how many times he'd already seen it. This, combined with the skippable cutscenes, should make the journey a smoother one for return players.
One quality of life improvement that isn't listed in this trailer is the ability to quick-travel to a Loftwing at any point, and that's because Nintendo has made that key quality of life feature exclusive to a hard-to-get amiibo. The feature is noticeably absent in this trailer, which implies that Nintendo is at least a little bit aware of some of the backlash they got for the decision.
