Sometimes the smallest details can add to the world-building and characterization for titles like The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Nintendo for one has shown particular expertise in the past for adding little details to Legend of Zelda products and games, as well as the developer's other best-selling titles.
With the release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD for Switch, some players are noticing plenty of these little details on either their second run of the game or first for younger fans or those who never tried the game on Wii. One such player has found an odd note about the dorm rooms found for the trainee knights, along with a slight difference for the bedroom singled out for the proud, bully character Groose.
What the player has found is that the dorm rooms for the trainees are all built to give each character equal space, except for Groose's room, which has been expanded slightly. Measuring it against the rooms across the hall, it can be seen that Groose's room has taken some of the space of the neighboring one, expanding his space and shrinking the one next door. This means that right from the beginning of Skyward Sword, Groose already has a leg up on Link and all of the other recruits sharing these dorms.
On top of Groose taking some of the extra space from his neighbors, the room adjacent to him is also occupied by his own friends Cawlin and Stritch. So, not only has Groose expanded his own room at the expense of another one, but it has also been taken from two people who were already sharing a dorm meant for one person at a time. It's a small detail that fleshes out the world of Skyward Sword, by showing exactly how selfish Groose is, which helps to show how much the character grows by the end of the game.
These types of small details go a long way in Nintendo's titles to help build the world in ways that give players new things to find as they play. Placing these little details around, along with the collectibles and quests in Skyward Sword, really help to make the lands of Hyrule and Skyloft feel lived in and full. Now that more players have access to the game in HD and a whole new combat system, more fans of the series will likely start to see and point out even more of these little pieces of world-building that Nintendo introduced into the game.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is available now for Switch.
