I wouldn’t say there’s anything too spoilerish with these details, especially compared to what we’ve been posting the past few days. Still, they are spoilers! If you’d like to read up on the latest details, head past the break.
– Game beings as Link is sleeping, without a care in the world
– Mysterious voice speaks to him
– He is woken up by his bird, a Crimson Loftwing
– The bird sticks its head in the window of his room in the Skyloft Knights Academy
– Quick tutorials involving character and story development
– Link gets up from his bed, meets Pipit
– Pipit is a young Skyloft resident, wears a tunic similar to what Link wears throughout the series, but in yellow
– Link’s battle outfit is the uniform of the Skyloft knights
– The color denotes the year of graduation
– This year’s color is green
– Quick errand: bring a barrel of food to the kitchen
– Learn how to throw and roll in this tutorial
– Quick lessons on Z-targeting, dashing, climbing, auto-jumping and save points and the bulk of Link’s movement abilities
– Save points: save by “praying to the goddess” at bird statues
– Climbing a wall will slowly deplete the bar while leaping up the same wall will rapidly use full slices
– Link’s special attacks and dashing will rapidly force the hero to the point of exhaustion
– Next, Zelda is quickly introduced as an old childhood friend of Link’s
– She is the daughter of Headmaster Gaepora of the Knight Academy
– Younger, energetic and exuberant spirit for Zelda in this game
– She pulls Link off the edge of a cliff early on, declaring that he needs more practice for the upcoming aerial race
– This leads to a quick tutorial on flying
– Link meets a group of local troublemakers after the tutorial
– Groose is the leader of the group
– He steals Link’s Crimson Loftwing
– He’ll go through a sword and basic combat training after this
– Tutorials run through directional slicing, spin attacks and the “fatal blow” concept that was introduced in Twilight Princess
– Next, Link treks treks through a dark cave, fighting basic enemies like Keese (bats) and Chu Chus (small slime monsters)
– Rescuing your Loftwing will quickly lead toward a race
– Link wins, but as he and Zelda celebrate, a dark tornado bursts through the clouds and pulls her away, while Link is thrown back to Skyloft
– Link is awakened by a blue spirit named Fi
– She leads Link to a secret chamber where he obtains the Goddess Sword and some direction to recovering Zelda
– Link is visited by Gaepora before he leaves
– Gaepora reveals that he knew of the Goddess Sword and grants the hero his green tunic
– There is a Bazaar, Graveyard, Lake and Knight Academy in Skyloft
