Taking out the first win of the new year for Articles of Excellence in its forty-second round is Dark Arcanine with his review for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Scoring it a 4.9/5, he describes it as a nearly flawless title that shows off how effective use of motion controls can really make a game, as well as spending years in development.

This story mixes things up a little bit: Princess Zelda is not royalty. That’s right, she’s actually Link’s childhood best friend and instead of living in Hyrule, we’re up in a city in the clouds called Skyloft. A boy like any other studying at the Knight Academy, Link alongside his unique red Loftwing dreams of becoming a senior knight of Skyloft. Yet everything goes Kikwi-shaped when Zelda is lost to the clouds, and the task to save her befalls Link.

Dark Arcanine via blogs.neoseeker.com »