Nintendo Switch Fan Finds Hilariously Impractical Skyward Sword Accessory
A Nintendo fan recently stumbled across a bizarre and impractical Switch controller accessory modeled after Link’s famous Master Sword from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. Last July saw the release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD for the Nintendo Switch, and while this new version of the 2011 Wii classic added standard button-based controls, Nintendo’s marketing for the game seemed to largely focus on and encourage the use of the motion controls that defined the original Skyward Sword.
As was the case with the Nintendo Wii, the Switch has a wide range of peripherals for players to shape their Joy-Con controllers as swords, guns, or even Ring Fit Adventure’s Hoola-hoop-like controller. The Legend of Zelda is no stranger to these kinds of peripherals, as the 2007 spin-off title Link’s Crossbow Training was packaged with the Wii Zapper gun accessory, allowing players to take aim with Link’s crossbow in a surprisingly solid title that nearly spawned a Zelda multiplayer FPS sequel. Other motion-control peripherals simulated what it would be like to wield The Legend of Zelda’s iconic Master Sword and Link’s matching Hyrule Shield while playing the original Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and now it seems that history has repeated itself with the release of Skyward Sword HD nearly ten years later.
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Twitter user Akfamilyhome recently shared a photo of a third-party Nintendo Switch peripheral that is shaped like The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD’s Master Sword. To use it, the player inserts one of the two detachable halves of the Switch’s Joy-Con controller into the handle of the sword — which will let the player swing the
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