PA Presents: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Bogey

http://www.zelda.com/skywardsword/comic/



(Click here for the Hi Res)

ThreeCubed

Man this is exciting! I can't wait for the rest.

I'm happy that Gabe is happy and that new and exciting things keep happening for these two.

Ubik

i really like the coloring in this first page

can't wait to see what the other ones are like

Speed Racer

I haven't really been paying attention to SS

I knew I'd buy it and that I'd enjoy it but until I could play it I've just been ignoring it

this has gotten me really excited though

Chen

This is now my new background!

Henroid

This is what I want.

VALVEjunkie

yes

Speed Racer

oh god and now I am reading the interview with the development team and they're talking about a boss that can block your sword from any angle and are hinting that the trick to beating him is to swing, stop short, and swing from a different direction to juke him out

fuck I need this game

VALVEjunkie

more like SPOILERS RACER

Speed Racer

if it is in a prerelease interview I think it is safe to talk about!

VALVEjunkie

I know I just thought that was funny also jesus christ I need this game three years ago

Speed Racer

I keep reading these interviews

Tominaga: Sure. I'm Tominaga from the Entertainment Analysis Division (EAD). I mostly worked on the volcano game field and the planning of the dungeons.

Iwata: You made the volcano.

Tominaga: Yes, that's right. Thanks for having me here today.

why do I find this so funny

Peewi

Is there a schedule for when the later pages will go up? I want to see all of it!

Mister Kross

Wow! I really like that drawing and like everyone I want to see the rest. Although his tiny feet are odd

Warlock82

Peewi wrote:

Is there a schedule for when the later pages will go up? I want to see all of it!

^^^ also wondering this

FyreWulff

Speed Racer wrote:

I keep reading these interviews


why do I find this so funny

Because they keep translating the original Japanese dialogue literally.

Dialogue in that language is weird when you translate it, it's something like

"Hello, I mowed the lawn with the mower today"

"Yes, you mowed the lawn today"

or

"I fed the dog and cat an hour ago"

"Thank you, you fed the pets an hour ago."

Speed Racer

FyreWulff wrote:

Speed Racer wrote:

I keep reading these interviews


why do I find this so funny

Because they keep translating the original Japanese dialogue literally.

Dialogue in that language is weird when you translate it, it's something like

"Hello, I mowed the lawn with the mower today"

"Yes, you mowed the lawn today"

or

"I fed the dog and cat an hour ago"

"Thank you, you fed the pets an hour ago."

That's part of it

the other is just how deadpan it sounds and how ridiculous it is out of context

"Hi there. I made a volcano."

"You made a volcano?!"

"Yyyup."

PikaPuff

New page is good. I think I know the direction they're taking with this and I like it.

miaAusa

it's awesome!

miaAusa

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Speed Racer

think you messed up your image tags there

Mister Kross

I'm really liking this. I want the first page as a huge print!

PikaPuff

bleh from what gabe's saying it's not what I thought it was. so not as fun.

http://penny-arcade.com/2011/11/21/zelda-page-2

The second page of our Zelda: Skyward Sword comic is now live over on Nintendo’s site.

When we first sat down to write this project we had a hard time. Link doesn’t speak and Nintendo didn’t want him to even have an internal monologue. So the narration had to come from someplace else. After we started playing though the game we discovered what a cool character Gaepora was. He is Zelda’s father and as Dads ourselves, we tried to immagine what all of this must be like for him. His daughter is missing and the only person who can save her is this kid? It seemed like an interesting angle to us and I think the final product is a cool look inside the mind of someone you might just skip over otherwise.

Here are a couple detail shots from the high res version.

I want that second shot as a wall paper

agoaj

He got the colors all wrong on Link in the second panel.

Screw the green dufus, let's follow Pippit!

Mojo_Jojo

The first high res panel has a bad case of Trenches-nose.

Ivar

Well at least it's not trench foot

Turambar

Ba dum psh

Speed Racer

Oh, nuts. I was thinking the narrator was going to shift in every page.

PikaPuff

new pages.... can..... can you do that with your shield O_O hours and hours of fighting spiders, wasted

agoaj

Last one is up now.

solarnoise

Really fell flat for me... I think they did much, much better work with Automata and Lookouts. Makes this kinda look "bleh" in comparison.