For those of you who are expecting Skyward Sword to be the most challenging game thus far...this is your lucky day. Based on a post from NeoGAF, there will be a Hero Mode available, during the second quest. And these are its features:
- Enemies do double damage
- There are no heart drops or heart flowers (unless you have a particular medal equipped which gives you a very small chance of getting a heart drop)
- The Sheikah Stone gives you all the hint clips from the beginning
- A bunch of NPCs acknowledge the fact that you’re playing in Hero Mode and let you skip certain tutorials/explanations
So you have only to beat the game once to unlock it. But if you don't want this feature, I guess more casual gamers will need to start a new save file to begin anew.
- Enemies do double damage
- There are no heart drops or heart flowers (unless you have a particular medal equipped which gives you a very small chance of getting a heart drop)
- The Sheikah Stone gives you all the hint clips from the beginning
- A bunch of NPCs acknowledge the fact that you’re playing in Hero Mode and let you skip certain tutorials/explanations
So you have only to beat the game once to unlock it. But if you don't want this feature, I guess more casual gamers will need to start a new save file to begin anew.
