perhaps Adelle tells the keepers of the skyward sword that a hero must be found, but does not say why. all young men are allowed to come before the sword and see if they are chosen by it (excalibur style) Link is chosen and Adelle tells him that he must descend to a land below and save it from...
i am with Xinnamin on this, he is old enough not to have a guardian, but to young to have children. also, in TWW, the story was (largely) based on his family members, but what we know of SS' plot shows no need for relatives
there could be only a crossbow, which would fix this problem, or the game could ask you if you are right or left handed at the beginning and have the bow be drawn differently depending on what you say
i like the idea of the slingshot being useful because i dislike the idea of having an item that you use once, and then sits in the inventory doing nothing. also, it will make it more difficult to use the bow, if it takes longer to shoot, so it will be less of a pull-out-and-kill-everything tool...
i am glad that these are not the final graphics. they look great, but a little more polish is needed on the textures, and some of the enemies like the bokoblin
perhaps the girl is in hyrule, and uses the Skyward sword to communicate with Link once he gets it. then she could tell him that he needs to come to land to do something, which will in turn, cause him to need to return to Skyloft, and so on
my opinion is mixed. first, how do you know that this will be used a lot? we have seen it used once. it could just as well be a one time thing for a temple.
if that is the only thing they do with that core idea, then it will make for a boring and repetitive gimmick. if the same concept, using...