The Harp Is A Big Deal In The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, like other Zelda games, has a musical instrument that you can use. This time, it’s a harp. It’s an item that’s passed on from Zelda to Link, and once you have it, you’ll be playing it using MotionPlus. The harp is also apparently a big enough deal in the game to have its own trailer. Watch it below:

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Hmm…where have we seen a harp in Zelda before? Series producer, Eiji Aonuma, points out that the harp in Skyward Sword has the same design as the one used by Sheik in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.


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Ishaan Sahdev
Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.