Despite being an old guy who was around for the original Zelda game, Skyward Sword was actually the first Zelda game I ever sat down and seriously played. I really enjoyed it!
And as a completionist, I appreciated that it’s canonically the first game in the franchise. It gave me a foundation for the lore of the series, so I have a better understanding of every other Zelda game I’ve played since.
If there’s anything I didn’t like about it, it was that there was a borderline romance subtext going on between Link and Zelda at the beginning of the game, which doesn’t ever go anywhere. I half expected them to fall in love by the end, but they kept it strictly platonic once the plot started rolling. I learned later that that’s pretty much par for the course in Zelda games. Link is always the protector, not a love interest.
Of course shippers are always going to do their thing but really Skyward Sword is basically the only game in the series with actual hints of those two being in love.
Some others have them at most good friends, and in a few they barely meet at all. Including one with a way more credible potential love interest.
The first Hyrule Warriors is based on the premise that all Links and Zeldas through time and space (being basically reincarnations) are destined to be together, but, it’s not canon and written like an insufferable fan fiction, original Mary-Sue character very much included.
Despite being an old guy who was around for the original Zelda game, Skyward Sword was actually the first Zelda game I ever sat down and seriously played. I really enjoyed it!
And as a completionist, I appreciated that it’s canonically the first game in the franchise. It gave me a foundation for the lore of the series, so I have a better understanding of every other Zelda game I’ve played since.
If there’s anything I didn’t like about it, it was that there was a borderline romance subtext going on between Link and Zelda at the beginning of the game, which doesn’t ever go anywhere. I half expected them to fall in love by the end, but they kept it strictly platonic once the plot started rolling. I learned later that that’s pretty much par for the course in Zelda games. Link is always the protector, not a love interest.
Of course shippers are always going to do their thing but really Skyward Sword is basically the only game in the series with actual hints of those two being in love.
Some others have them at most good friends, and in a few they barely meet at all. Including one with a way more credible potential love interest.
The first Hyrule Warriors is based on the premise that all Links and Zeldas through time and space (being basically reincarnations) are destined to be together, but, it’s not canon and written like an insufferable fan fiction, original Mary-Sue character very much included.
I would argue that Breath of the Wild strongly hints at a loving relationship developing.
I must admit that its been too long since I played Skyward Sword to usefully compare the two though.