- game is in the final stages: I thought it was more than finished.
- Miyamoto working on the final touches: :yes:
- localization going to be underway soon: Yep. Yep.
- worked hard to increase the variety and richness of the gameplay over the last year: Cool, I'm glad to hear this!
- story is centered on the creation of the Master Sword: ...confirmed ...confirmed.
- Link sort-of forges it along the way: Told 'ya JJ!
- Link and Zelda are great childhood friends in Skyloft: :yes:
- Link must hunt down Zelda to save her from the land below Skyloft, which one one has visited before: What...
- Zelda is in no way a princess in the traditional sense: ...interesting.
- Zelda is both sweet but has another strong side to her: This incarnation of Zelda's going to be cool.
- Link will use Zelda's harp to find something important: Location songs?
- playing the harp involves strums and the MotionPlus, and is based on the rhythm of strumming: Can't wait to see how it works.
- quite a few fully orchestrated songs, but not all: So all of them won't be orchestrated as previously though; not a bad thing, in my opinion.
- the design choice with Lord Ghirahim was to make a villain opposite the style of Ganon: I knew it!!!
- there most likely is not a relationship between Ghirahim and Vaati: Derrr...
- Skyward Sword comes before Ocarina of Time: Affirmative soldier.
- the Triforce sort of takes on a different meaning and plays a different role in the story: ...muy interesante.
- Ganon will not appear in the game: ...confirmed ...confirmed.
- the guys at the bird race are part of a knight academy that Link is a part of: knight academy?!
- these knights oversee the school, and [the people are] also his classmates: Sky knights?! The founding of the Knights of Hyrule?!
- there's also a vast world above the clouds as well–little islands floating in the sky all over the place: ...confirmed. ...confirmed.
- these places feature events and scenarios that play out: Probably knight training mission.
- the bird is used for travel and racing: ...and fighting?