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G4 bashes Zelda: Skyward Sword

September 27th, 2011 Posted in News, Posted by Valay, Wii

It’s no secret that G4 has been involved with quite a bit of Nintendo bashing in the past. I can still remember when Morgan Webb essentially called Super Mario Galaxy kiddy a couple of years ago.

And now they’re at it again! In a video that covers action games, Webb and Adam Sessler touch briefly on The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword… except their comments aren’t too positive.

Adam Sessler: Zelda. I think it is curious. Of course I’m going to play it, but it’s not drawing up that same level of enthusiasm that a Zelda game usually would.

Morgan Webb: *Yawns* Okay, I think basically what it is is that you show Zelda and then right after that we showed Uncharted, and just the difference in graphics and just adult nature of Uncharted…the graphics were beautiful.

Adam Sessler: And the evolution of gameplay…it doesn’t feel like we’ve really graduated from what we experienced in Ocarina of Time.

Morgan Webb: And how great would a Zelda game be on a modern console with modern graphics. We’re never going to see that.

I know there hasn’t been as much hype for Skyward Sword as the typical Zelda game, but I don’t see how anyone can say that the experience is still similar to Ocarina of Time. I mean, there are so many enhancements and changes compared to Twilight Princess.

Just off the top of my head:

- Completely new upgrade system (create items completely from scratch)
- Seamless transition between the overworld and enemies
- Puzzles for enemies (instead of just mashing a button or waving the Wiimote)
- Little touches that play into puzzles such as the stamina meter, jumping over shields, etc.
- Revisiting dungeons
- Second quest and Boss Challenge mode (rarely seen in Zelda games)

And remember, much of the game is still under wraps. People will always have their own opinions, but some of these comments are unfair.

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  1. 13 Responses to “G4 bashes Zelda: Skyward Sword”

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    By Skawtz0rz on Sep 27, 2011

    That Morgan Webb doesn’t seem to care about much more than graphics tbh >_>

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    By Hyawatta on Sep 27, 2011

    “Morgan Webb: And how great would a Zelda game be on a modern console with modern graphics. We’re never going to see that.”

    Didn’t we just see that at E3?

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    By thomas on Sep 27, 2011

    Why even bother responding?

  5. By bob on Sep 27, 2011

    stupid people, i hate g4

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    By SkinnyMiz on Sep 27, 2011

    Why such a big deal? The guy’s irrelevant. So unimportant I can’t even express it

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    By invader_quirk on Sep 27, 2011

    Yeah, please don’t report on G4. They’re a joke and have nothing to do with gamers.

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    By Venox2008 on Sep 27, 2011

    Such an incompetent source… If I am not mistaken first they bashed Metroid: other M, then MML3 and now Skyward Sword… potatoes are smarter than they

  9. By Pikmin on Sep 27, 2011

    So ridiculous. I agree Hyawatta, we just saw it at E3 they’re stupid!

  10. By Windstar on Sep 27, 2011

    I don’t know. I kinda look feel lie Adam knows his stuff. But Morgan is just there for eye candy. For people into shemales.

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    By Extreme-Brah on Sep 27, 2011

    Why so angry you guys are going to buy the game anyways…

  12. By Millah on Sep 28, 2011

    G4 is irrelevant, I don’t even know why people watch them. Morgan has made so many ignorant comments, too many to recall. They’re just different types of gamers, they grew up as PC gamers, so they still to this day prefer the western style of development. Unfortunately, when asshats like them control gaming media in the west, the Japanese assume that all western gamers are like them so they try to “westernize” their games.

    I just think G4 is incredibly arrogant and irresponsible. They should understand that since they are the media with influence over their many viewers, they need to be more careful with their ignorant rants. But unfortunately, they’re not responsible, and half the time they’re not even correct at all, like this Zelda bashing.

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    By JoshZTP on Sep 28, 2011

    Best comment @Millah! :)

    I to am not too surprised with G4′s Adam Sessler & Morgan Web comments, (she’s a b*tch anyways); & this whole thing! I’VE ALWAYS HATED G4 with a PASSION! >:(
    I only tune in to G4 ONLY TO WATCH E3 every year; it’s the only thing worthy of watching when hearing about Nintendo! ;)
    All G4 is about is PATHETIC FPS, violent crap; & mature stuff from XBox360 & PS3 fanboys! >:(

    I just think this has just gotten ALL OUT OF HAND! :-[

    We all know Skyward Sword will be awesome; people just keep thinking too much about the graphics and that’s why they’re not too hyped up for it! They think it’s like Wind Waker; but we’re all forgetting that it’s going to be an UBER EPIC UNTOLD story that’s before Ocarina of Time! That’s WHY I so CAN’T WAIT for Skyward Sword! ;)

  14. By Damian79 on Sep 28, 2011

    What Adam Sessler said was a straight up lie that there is no evolution of gameplay, from the short clips i have seen i can see lots of evolution.

    What he wants is every game to be a dudebro fps.

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