The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is an action-adventure game developed for the Nintendo Wii, designed to utilize the Wii MotionPlus for enhanced swordplay. Players navigate an expansive overworld, seeking temples to explore. Each temple features puzzles and culminates in a boss battle, advancing the game's narrative. Notably, the game emphasizes puzzle-solving over combat compared to previous entries in the series.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the first Zelda game created specifically with the Wii in mind. The game makes use of the Wii MotionPlus peripheral for sword fighting, with a revised Wii Remote pointing system used for targeting. Skyward Sword is structured very similar to previous Zelda games, as you travel through an overworld in search of temples to visit and once in you solve a series of puzzles before fighting a boss at the end and receive the next bit of plot. The biggest change is that the overworld is more focused on puzzles with only a handful of action.