When you get to the second form of Demise at the end of the game you can mess with him by taking out your Bug Net and moving it around, similar to the final battle with Ganondorf in Twilight Princess. He will remain focused on it instead of attacking you, giving you a chance to sneak in a couple of sword strikes.

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You can only access this at a certain point in the game, at around the Triforce Temple after the 4th and final silent realm.

If you head into the Waterfall Cave on the east side of Skyloft at night, you should see Blessed Butterflies flying around about halfway through the cave (just before the steep incline).

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Play your harp to summon The Moonlight Merchant -- a very special Gossip Stone. You can buy these rare Treasures from him, which is often much easier than finding them in the wild!

A somehow fitting note about the Moonlight Merchant is that, unlike other Gossip Stones, it doesn't give you a treasure when it appears.

Field Of Kittens

After acquiring the Clawshots, many new areas are available for Link to discover. While many of these areas have new treasures and collectables, some are seemingly just for fun. Fly to Skyloft and enter the Goddess Statue area. Navigate to the left of the statue and look up to find a clawshot bullseye. Hook your way up and over the wall to find a patch of flowers. Five adorable kittens will be napping, waiting to show Link some cuddly love.

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Angry Kittens Can Fly

The kittens that live in Skyloft attack you at night. Once you have the Gust Bellows, go out in Skyloft at night and when a kitten attacks you, hit it twice with your sword and it will run away meowing. Pick up the kitten and throw it in the water at a place where it can get out, like the steps near Kukiel's house. Get near enough to make it come out of the water to attack you again, and the angry kitten will shake itself, flap its ears, curl its tail, and fly into the air. Use the Gust Bellows to blow it around and it will get even angrier and yowl at you. The kittens fly back to their usual night-time locations in Skyloft.

Also, if you throw a kitten off Skyloft during the day, they will flap their ears and land back on Skyloft.

Glittering Spores



You can find Glittering Spores in Faron Woods, in the mushroom patch near the eastern entrance. Hit a mushroom with your sword and then ready an Empty Bottle to swipe the cloud of glitter up. You will get 5 doses of Glittering Spores.

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Dump them on enemies to stun them for a few seconds, even while you attack. Dump them on insects after sneaking up to them to slow them down immensely. Dump them on heart plants to turn them into a fairy!

Getting Into Zelda's Room

Zelda's room is locked, but you can enter it via a chimney on the roof. Climb around to the roof using the ledge by the upper entrance to the Knight Academy. Use the Clawshots on the target on the top of the chimney's reverse side and you can get inside the Academy. If you do this at night, Gaepora will be taking a bath below the spot where you land!

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Crawl through the passage and you can access Zelda's room. Here you can do several things:

Examine Zelda's Diary by sitting in her chair.

Get 1 Gratitude Crystals (only at night).

Get a Heart Piece out of the cabinet.

Find a Tingle doll

Goddess Harp Melodies



If you begin to play the Goddess Harp in Skyloft or in other locations, it will play in harmony with the music of the area.

In addition, if you press A on the Wii remote during the final credits, you can play along with the ending music. It makes watching the credits not so boring!

Gossip Stones are small statues that offer helpful advice and reward you with a Treasure for discovering them. You can recognize a Gossip Stone location by a Blessed Butterfly swarm.

Take out the Goddess's Harp and strum it in the middle of the Butterflies to make the stone appear, similarly to a Goddess Wall. Certain things happen when you interact with a Gossip Stone:

Upon revealing a Gossip Stone, it will produce a random treasure.

Talking to a Gossip Stone will reveal hints specific to the area you are in.

If you bomb a Gossip Stone it will fly into the sky, and if they hit something they'll blow up and sprout out of the ground again.

You can latch onto them with the Whip

You can blow on them with the Gust Bellows

You can knock them in different directions with your sword

Play your Goddess's Harp, and the Gossip Stones will sway to the music.

When you shoot a Gossip Stone with your Bow; a single Green Rupee will pop out each time you hit it

Beedle's Back Door

If you enter Beedle's Shop and select an item and then decline buying it, he activates a trap door that will send you falling to the ground below as you leave.

See Link Poop

Inside the Academy in Skyloft there is a bathroom on the same floor as Link's bedroom. If Link sits on the toilet and gets back up, the toilet will flush, indicating that Link used the bathroom. Gross.

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The Reversed Ocarina Song

When played in reverse, Zelda's theme, and the main theme of Skyward Sword, is actually Zelda's Lullaby from Ocarina of Time.

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Musical Bazaar

When walking around places like the Bazaar, walking near many of the townsfolk and vendors will cause the music to change slightly to reflect that character's personality.

25th Anniversary



In the cutscene before the Wing Ceremony, the announcer will state that it is the 25th anniversary of the Knight Academy, just like 2011 is Zelda's 25th anniversary.

A Tune from the Past

In the fight to save Zelda at the bottom of the Sealed Grounds, a few of the Red Bokoblins with a horn will play a tune that is different from the one normally played. This tune is the tune used to summon the flying duck on the Flute in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Gaepora the Owl?

Headmaster Gaepora's features resemble the owl Kaepora Gaebora in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Their names are very similar, and the wise old owl is said to be the "reincarnation of an ancient sage." Also, in the cutscene after Zelda is kidnapped, Gaepora ends one of his messages with "Hoo Hoo".

Jabu-Jabu's Awakening

The Great Spirit of the Skies, Levias, shares a striking similarity to the Windfish, a flying whale, from Link's Awakening.

Levias is also infested with parasites, just as was Jabu-Jabu in Ocarina of Time, whose appearance was also remarkably similar to that of the Windfish.

"Recurring" Zelda Characters

The following characters appear with the same name, likeness and role in other Zelda games. They may not be the exact same individual, however, but distant ancestors.

Beedle, who runs Beedle's Shop which flies over Skyloft, was also a Shopkeeper in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker who took a boat around various islands to sell basic supplies.

who took a boat around various islands to sell basic supplies. Impa

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Gameplay Introduced in Earlier Games

The Silent Realm part of Skyward Sword is taken from Twilight Princess, where Wolf Link had to collect tears in order to fill a vessel of light several times throughout the game.

is taken from where Wolf Link had to collect tears in order to fill a vessel of light several times throughout the game. A Link to the Past also had alternate-realm sections of gameplay, notably the Dark World. While there, Link could only travel as a pink rabbit until obtaining the Moon Pearl, which looks similar to one of the Tears from Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword .

also had alternate-realm sections of gameplay, notably the Dark World. While there, Link could only travel as a pink rabbit until obtaining the Moon Pearl, which looks similar to one of the Tears from and . The Silent Realm Guardians are analogs of the Phantoms from Phantom Hourglass that appear in the Temple of the Ocean King.

It's a Secret to Everybody

Both the Kikwi Hermit in Faron Woods and the Parella in the cave with all of the breakable walls in Lake Floria that tells you where the exit is say, "It's a secret to everybody." This is the same line rupee-paying Moblins used in The Legend of Zelda.

Tower of Spirits?

The room where you defeat Moldarach in the Lanyru Mining Facility is remarkably similar to the lobby of the Tower of Spirits from Spirit Tracks. It's easy to recognize by the large circle/wheel in the middle of the room that would turn the train, and the many doors the train could exit from. Interesting in that the mines use railways throughout the game.

Gerudo Desert Reference



The Gerudo Dragonfly references the Gerudo Desert area found in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. These bugs can only be found in Lanayru Desert.

Skippers Retreat Titanic Reference

When you get into Skippers Retreat (House) in the Lanaryu Sand Sea, after dusting up the place and opening the chest you will get a cut scene of Fi telling you about the pictures on the Wall. The Middle Picture is Captain Skipper holding a special someone at the front of the ship like the classic scene on Titanic.

"Smokey the Bear" Reference

In the Lanayru Ship Yard (where you fight the second Moldarach), there are several posterboards which hold news. If you walk up to one, it will tell you multiple phrases, one being, "Only you can warn your co-workers of an oncoming pirate attack."

Refill Tips



If you see any stone engraving of a face, shoot one of the eyes with your slingshot or bow and you'll get a blue rupee.

Sit on a stool or bench to slowly refill your health.



Stand still to refill your stamina gauge faster.

Skydiving



If you dive off your loftwing while flying over the Lumpy Pumpkin, a bunch of colourful gliding creatures will surround Link. If he catches all of them they will form a circle and give Link a Red Rupee.

This is very similar to the skydiving game in Wii Sports Resort.

Familiar Tunics



While flying upon your loftwing, knights of Skyloft may briefly join you as you traverse the sky. If three knights follow your flight path at the same time, you'll notice each knight wears a different color tunic - one blue, one red, and one green.This harkens back to the tunics acquired in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and the colors Link could wear in the original Legend of Zelda depending on which ring, if any, had been acquired.

Link's Face

If you go into Groose's room and stare at his punching bag, there is a picture of Links face.

"23 Is Number 1"



In Lanayru Mining Facility, there is a puzzle that requires you to hit three switches in a specific order. Across the room is a clue on the wall that tells you what order to hit the switch in. The clue shows 2-3-1, the same order to opening Queen Gohma's room in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Sages' Medallions and Chamber of Sages Reference



Once the Isle of the Godess has fallen into the Sealed Grounds, if you stand beneth the ceiling that connects the Sealed Temple and the Isle of the Goddess and look up you will see this reference. In the centre of the ceiling, along the top portion of the wall, will be a painting of the triforce with the six medallions of the six sages from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The entire image also bears a striking resemblance to the image of the Chamber of Sages also found in Ocarina of Time.

Opening Cinematic Images found within Sealed Grounds

In the Sealed Grounds, right at the bottom where The Imprisoned is sealed, look at the walls along the path going up. There will be carvings on the wall that show the images from the opening cinematic sequence of the game

Mysterious Hand: Link's Awakening reference

In the side quest, "The Haunted Restroom," a mysterious floating hand asks for a piece of paper. This is very similar to the mysterious hand in Link's Awakening, Majora's Mask, and the Oracle games who also asks for paper.

Breaking Jars In Skyloft