Official Nintendo Magazine has provided the Nintendo line-up for next week’s GamesCom (August 18th). Included in that list is Legend of Zelda : Skyward Sword. It is unknown at this point what exactly Nintendo will showcase this time around, if anything new will be shown at all. We could very much just see a repeat of what was shown during E3 2010. Never know though, Nintendo could surprise everyone with a brand new trailer. Be sure to stay tuned to ZC for coverage on this event.

GamesRadar has posted their very own preview of Legend of Zelda : Skyward Sword. You can read it below.

It’s the unspoken star of The Legend of Zelda. A silent hero who has clashed with villainy in thousands of forms. Whose steely gaze has sought out more glowing weak spots than you could wave a Deku stick at. Who has travelled through lava, brine, time and dimensional vortexes without dulling. Who has absorbed more elfin palm sweat than can be decent. It is, of course, the Master Sword. And it… is a she. Whoa. If we’d known, we wouldn’t have spent years jamming her up monster guts. Sorry, ma’am. And in Skyward Sword, she’s about to get the respect she deserves.

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Scans are now available for September’s issue of Nintendo Power, in which a lot more about Skyward Sword is revealed. Some of these details were reported not too long ago here, but now we have confirmation as well as a few new pieces of information on Skyward Sword.

Key Notes: Zelda will return, no comment on Ganon, no voice acting, races such as Goron and Zora will most likely return, new puzzle designs, the 8 slot item holder is just temporary for the demo, how Link travels between Hyrule and Skyloft will be revealed soon (and sorry no, it won’t involve Epona as a Pegasus) and confirmation yet again that SS takes place before Ocarina of Time.

Check out the rest of the scans after the break!

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Eiji Aonuma has put an end to any rumor or speculation of Princess Zelda being the Skyward Sword in a recent interview. We were all told that the fairy looking creature in the first piece of artwork was in fact the Skyward Sword. This interview with Official Nintendo Magazine elaborates a little bit more on that.

“Basically what leads Link on this adventure is the Skyward Sword,” said Aonuma. “When that sword is actively guiding Link it actually transforms into a feminine figure. I wouldn’t say that it’s female per se but it’s a feminine figure.”

Yet Aonuma denied that the figure would eventually be revealed as Princess Zelda. “It would be kind of nice to keep this a mystery, but I can tell you right now that it is not Zelda,” he said.

Although I never heard any rumor myself about Zelda being the Skyward Sword, it was officially denied anyways. So who do you think this mysterious creature is that takes form of the Skyward Sword?

Eiji Aonuma commented on how the new graphic style in Skyward Sword would affect the gameplay in a positive way in a recent interview with Official Nintendo Magazine.

“One of the reasons we’ve chosen the art style we have with Skyward Sword is that it is a better vehicle to showcase the exaggerated characteristics of some of the characters. Not only of the enemy characters, but as a representation of the sword spirit itself. Because of the way we have put the game together you have to focus on how the enemy is carrying their weapon, and there are a couple of different ways you can go about that. One, you can be super-realistic, and the other, not so realistic. We thought that because we want to highlight the swordfighting combat, we have to exaggerate the features. We thought that the art style we chose was best-suited to do that. You have to match the art style to how the game plays, and we thought this worked best. We matched the artwork so that we can highlight the over-exaggeration in the gameplay.”

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