The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is currently the top-selling game on Amazon’s Nintendo Switch charts. While this isn’t exactly surprising, given that it’s an enhanced re-release of an entry in the beloved Zelda series, many fans did complain about the game’s $60 price tag after its reveal at the February Nintendo Direct. Fellow re-release Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is second on the charts, followed by Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
As a company, Nintendo is well-known for keeping its games at full price years after they came out. For example, 2017’s Zelda: Breath of the Wild still sells for $60 new at Amazon, though the price is currently discounted to $50. That said, that doesn’t mean that fans are happy about paying $60 for a HD re-release of a 10-year-old game. Though it received favorable reviews on its original Wii release, Skyward Sword generally has a reputation as one of the lesser entries in the series.
i love rebuying slightly enhanced nintendo games at full price as much as anyone but skyward sword (probably the worst mainline zelda game) at $60 is really pushing it.
— 9 V O L T (@9_volt_) February 18, 2021
Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, and Wind Waker HD would have been one $60 bundle if nintendo was a good company
— conar (@subtoconnorpls) February 17, 2021
Some fans were hoping to see other Zelda games ported to the Switch, such as the Wii U re-release of Wind Waker, or the early Wii entry Twilight Princess, or perhaps all three in a bundle. This wasn’t a particularly outlandish expectation, given that Nintendo just did something similar with Super Mario 3D All-Stars, which packed together three 3D Mario games. That said, Super Mario 3D All-Stars is only available until March 31, so if you’re looking to snag it, you better get a move on.
The Skyward Sword port comes to Switch on July 16. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the series–since the original Legend of Zelda released in 1986–and it’s possible that there’s more announcements to come from Nintendo.
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