The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword might not necessarily be everyone's cup of tea, but that hasn't stopped the recently announced Switch HD version from soaring to the top of the charts on Amazon.

On the American web page, it's currently the top best-selling video game and in the UK (at the time of writing), it's still in the top ten.

Nintendo is also releasing a special set of Joy-Con based on the Master Sword and Hylian Shield.

Have you preordered the HD version of Skyward Sword yet.

It has probably the best relationship between Link and Zelda and THE best redemption arc of any character in the Zelda series?

The fact the game also seems to be running at 60fps is a massive deal for a 3D Zelda.

Doesn't really matter as it shows why Nintendo rightly or wrongly happily does this.

I Know Wind waker and Twilight princess and good old ocarina of time is what most people probably would rather have had on switch.

I'm glad it turned out to be skyward sword though.

People just really seemed to struggle with the controls and that's probably people's biggest issue with it.

It doesn't even look like real "HD" to me.

More like they didn't even give it the time of day and just extremely barely barebones "upscaled" and nothing else added.

Also, the game was a big flop compared to the game that came out in 2017 and is a major step back (3.67 mil sales globally (352k in just Japan and 2.03m for NA)).

I haven't decided whether I'm going to get the game yet (I like Skyward Sword but I rarely find time to replay games) but I threw down an order on Amazon for now just in case I do decide to get it.

With this early success in preorders, I’m wondering if we really will get a 3D collection, or just separate releases of the other 3D Zelda games.

I agree that Skyward Sword HD is overpriced at $60/£50 but it’s just how it is with Nintendo Wii/Wii U re-releases on Switch.

Switch owners probably won’t mind paying that when some don’t have an old console to access it and other factors like playing it for the first time, ppl really wanting traditional controls etc.

Not trying to justify this practice, it’s more so thinking of why Skyward Sword HD is still selling so much despite its overly high price tag.

I should be happy about this, but it just reinforces the fact that the general public doesn't care what price a Nintendo game is, regardless of the quality (or assumed quality) of the product.

I hope to buy Skyward Sword HD when reviews come out and it can be determined if the price is actually justified.

As a backstory as to how it all started I think Skyward Sword is awesome given that some of the mechanics were gimmicky.

Anyone that harshes it (like judging it based on sales numbers alone) without actually having played it through shouldn’t really be spewing opinions but for those who did play it in its entirety and still didn’t like it for whatever reason, I can at least respect your opinion.

Economics 101: Price a product not at what it's worth, but at what people are willing to pay for it.

I thought people did this game was pretty bad.

@Trajan probably 85% don't care and just want to collect a Zelda game because they like the series.

Collecting for Switch is fun and this is a good game, just not the best in the series.

Not sure why people treat 3.67 million as bad sales anyway, it isn't in the slightest?

I'd be way more inclined to buy like I did with Mario All Stars.

Whatever they throw out there people buy it all up!

@FragRed the internet people are the people mostly buying it!

I didn't preodrer, but I'll buy it because I do love SS and would like to play it with normal controls.

Will probably just pick it up at Walmart in store for $10 cheaper, like I did with 3D World + Bowser's Fury.

This ultimately proves that the people who speak out against Skyward Sword are the minority and ironically are the loudest

pretty much any Zelda game except Skyward Sword

Russians have zero taste in videogames, so they ignore Nintendo and leave all the good stuff to me

They only buy videogames in which you get to slice body parts off, burn people alive with a flamethrower, or shoot them to a bloody pulp with a kalashnikov

I am more tempted to buy Skyward Sword new, but will probably get a physical copy from Walmart for $50

You will get at least 2/3rds of your money back (and probably more)

Selling an updated Zelda game such as Skyward Sword HD at MSRP isn't price gouging

What you folks fail to understand is that Nintendo rarely undervalues their IP's

The cost of Skyward Sword HD as a complaint is relative, and it seems that people are willing to pay full price to play a Zelda game

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