5 Years: Skyward Sword's Troubled Development

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Magic Circle Gaming

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Published on March 1, 2017 4:00:05 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZKk7nR9XJs

Game:

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)

Duration: 14:15

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First, we talked reviews. Second, we talked game design. Third, we talked narrative. Finally, we're talking about development. Skyward Sword had the longest dev time of any game in the series -including Breath of the Wild!- and yet stands as one of the least feature-rich of them all. Today, we speculate about what took so long and how it affected the final product.

For links to the interviews and articles we read to inform our timeline of Skyward Sword's development, as well as links to the music and videos we used in this episode, please follow this link to our Tumblr: https://magiccirclegaming.tumblr.com/post/157845389987/skyward-sword-full-circle-4-citations

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Intro music by Brendan Duley.

Games featured in the intro by appearance:
Hand of Fate
Red Dead Redemption
Undertale
Dark Souls 3
Mass Effect 2
Journey
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

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