Skyward Sword Fact Sheet Reveals More to the Upgrade System

Posted on September 21 2011 by Nathanial Rumphol-Janc

A couple weeks back we posted up the reveal trailer for Skyward Sword‘s Item Upgrade system, which showed Link gathering raw materials from all over Hyrule to use for item synthesis. So far all we know about the upgrades is that they’ll involve bringing these materials to the Scrap Shop in order to add new durability and special features to your existing items (like his shield, seen above), but the updated press fact sheet from Nintendo reveals that there’s more to this new system than we thought.

I’ll cut right to the chase: apparently you can use these materials not only to upgrade your current equipment, but also to create brand-new items. Here’s the exact quote from the fact sheet:

A new weapon upgrade system allows players to gather raw materials from throughout Hyrule

that can be used to upgrade weapons, equipment and items, or create entirely new ones from

scratch.

Obvious emphasis on the bolded section is obvious. What kinds of new items will you be able to make with this system? We have no idea yet, but clearly there’s more to this upgrade system than we thought. (Oh, and did they just call the surface world “Hyrule”?)

For a look at that original trailer, check the video below:

For the fact sheet, look no further!