An article discussing why Zelda Skyward Sword will be 2011's game of the year. The article looks at the wii's market, the game's innovation, and more.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is not even set to be released until 2011, and with 5 months still remaining in 2010, I think it is safe to predict that Skyward Sword will be 2011′s game of the year across all platforms.

Twilight Princess was released at the end of the Gamecube’s life on an already near dead console, and on the Wii which was not full in the market yet due to supply shortages. Still, with such disadvantages in its release period, it managed to sell near 7 million copies. When expressing feelings concerning low sales of Twilight Princess (despite being number 2 all time in the series), Miyamoto said, “a lot of the people who would want to play it can’t find a Wii!” As of June of this year, nearly 71 million Wiis have shipped, giving Skyward Sword a much larger market base than Twilight Princess had at its prime market life. Making a conservative estimate, I think it can be safe to say that Skyward Sword will, by the end of its life, sell a minimum of 8-9 million copies, even surpassing sales of The Ocarina of Time.

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