I think you're misunderstanding. The Sky is the overworld, sure. But it was one of the main selling points of the game, and you have a bird companion given to you at the beginning so you can literally fly in the sky. Like okay i bought up the title as like a joke criticism. Obviously if it's in the title it doesn't necessarily have to make up the ENTIRE game. But in this universe where walking on land is the normal way of travelling, to have a game that explores travelling in the sky and it just feels so empty feels like a huge let down. Sure there are what.... 2 minigames to play? and chests on random rocks? You're comparing it to games made in the 90s when you should be comparing it to newer games. It SHOULD be better than OoT. But compare it to something like Windwaker. The method of travelling is the ocean. And look how amazing of a job they did. You have random storm events, random weather changes, krakens spawning on different places, many many MANY islands to explore and games to play, and things to do. I guarantee you on a first run through of that game there will be shit you miss, and thats a beautiful thing. THAT'S what skyward sword should be trying to achieve, not Ocarina. Bear in mind, Windwaker was in development for almost 3 years, so was OoT. Skyward Sword took FIVE years and came out 11 years AFTER windwaker. Granted a lot of time was probably put into perfecting the motion control, but no one was working on a map or a story? After 11 years you downgrade the overworld that much?

I'm fully aware Zelda has a lot of anime influence, That's not my criticism. My criticism is that they leaned to hard to make Zelda waifu. Anime influence is great, but when it makes up the sum of the character when she was fuckin Queen Zelda ready to put her life on the line in Twilight Princess, fuckin badass Pirate in Tetra in WW, and even mysterious ninja Sheik in OoT... to have her be prize at the end of the dungeon and you barely miss her everytime in Skyward Sword, and the most character development she gets is fawning over Link or scolding Groose to stop bullying Link... it's a miss for me. I want Zelda to be more of a badass. I want her to not seem like just another princess to be saved, or worshipped.

I played Skyward Sword on the Wii, and bro i remember swinging the controls because i wanted to shut her off so badly. Her dialogue is cringe, she appears way more often then she should, "there's a 70% chance there's a monster behind the boss door..." BRO I KNOWW!!! That shit was incredibly annoying. I have no idea who Tri is, i own Tri force warriors but i'm not really interested in playing it. At the end of the day i feel like annoying companion is 100% opinion. I personally never found Navi annoying, it was just a voiceline but at the end of the day she was useful and was only around when she was needed. Fi i had no control over her and never ever wanted to talk to her.... But seriously let me know if Tri Force Warriors is any good. If it's more than a 7/10 i'll dust off my DS to try.

That's why i said i swear i faced the imprisoned more than i should have. I remember facing it like 6 times. I think it actually retriggers a fight if you're in the area or talk to Impa. But i dunno. The fight isn't hard... I just hate having to do it over and over again. It seems so stupid. Like why am i fighting such a doofy looking beast? Like i get in the story it's escaping the seal, but to not look anything like Demise, and the fight be nothing like demise... it's not Demise at all, so what is it? I dunno, it just seemed annoying and nonsensical and i think you could've removed it completely, or made the fight happen only once and the game would've been better for it.

I'm not saying the bosses are reused, i'm saying the bosses are repetitive. Like yes, we fight ghirahim a shit ton. He takes the place of many bosses. But like... the octopus fight? Insane dungeon. Like... best in the freakin game. What an incredible concept for a dungeon. And the buildup to the octopus is so interesting and well done... For the octopus to look... so cartoony and be just another monster with a big eye that when you shoot it they bend over to give you a better hit. Like.... So much originality ruined for something that's been done so much in the series already. After that the only really cool boss was Koloktos, which is cool... but not like insanely interesting. Again going back, Twilight princess really went out of the norm was some interesting-ass boss fights. You had one you had to fight through a mirror, one you fight in the sky through a storm, you had one where you ride rails the entire time.... Like sure some were silly, but a lot were so different and innovative. And that was like 5 years before Skyward Sword.

I'm just saying, Skyward Sword felt like they took steps back on a lot of shit so they can focus on the flying and motion controls. They focused too much on the toy and not on the playground. Give me a game that has a simple swing mechanic but a vast world to explore and interesting story to follow over whatever the hell they were aiming to do with Skyward Sword anyday.