New quality of life features confirmed
Zelda: Skyward Sword HDis nearly here, but before it arrives, Nintendo has been slowly teasing out all of its features.While there was a recap recently that gave us a broad look at the enhancements the Switch edition would bring, Nintendo has been delving into each mechanic with individual trailers, which have been both enlightening and annoying to follow. Here’s a look at a few more recent ones.
First up, let’s check out this tweet on saving:
The Legend of#Zelda:#SkywardSwordHDfeatures an autosave system that saves your progress at regular intervals. If you save at a Bird Statue, you can now choose from one of the three available slots to save to.pic.twitter.com/j23GgYZPla
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica)June 22, 2025
As you’ll note, there’s three save slots available for each file, butZelda: Skyward Sword HDalso sports an autosave feature. Previously, the “quality of life trailer” showcased the three slotsplusthe autosave slot, so technically there’s four slots. I remember the joys of having multiple slots for action-adventure/RPG games decades ago, so I’m glad to see the practice alive and well.Skyward Swordas a whole is fairly forgiving in terms of game overs and warping in and out of dungeons/areas, but it’s nice all the same.
Next up isthis tweet from the official JapaneseZeldaaccount today:
https://twitter.com/ZeldaOfficialJP/status/1414842126127468546
As stated in the tweet, you may rotate the camera freely inZelda: Skyward Sword HD. With two Joy-Con using the old school motion system, you can use the right stick to move the camera around like most 3D platformers. But if you’re using a tactile controls (like a Pro controller), you now have the ability to hold L to make the right stick alter the camera. This is seemingly because the right stick is manipulating the sword controls, as previously stated: so the L button modifies the stick into camera controls.
I think at this point we have a pretty clear picture of what the game is bringing to the table. Given that it’s out on July 16, that’s probably a good thing!
