New Zelda Will Use Wii Motion Plus For Swordplay

[Gigaguy64]

SWEET!
i cant wait to try it out!
HEAAAAAAAA!
RAAAAAA!

 

[Macgyvercas]

I severely hope you can still use a GameCube controller...I'll probably still get this though...I have a thing for the Zelda series.

 

[purplelion]

I thought he said to notice that link didn't have a sword. Thx for spoilers Miyamoto.

 

[Trotgar]

Is it bad that all I'm thinking is how lame it is that Link is now right-handed?

It suppose there is an option to change him from left-handed to right-handed. At least there should be.

And I too hope the "Z" targeting will be there.

 

[Mr. Fister]

I'm quite optimistic for this. It's been 3 years since Twilight Princess was released, and Nintendo hasn't revealed much of Wii Zelda. That says to me that they're serious about this installment and aren't just going to throw motion controls in for the sake of having them. I expect great things from Wii Zelda. Very great things.

I severely hope you can still use a GameCube controller...I'll probably still get this though...I have a thing for the Zelda series.

Really? I never would've guessed.

 

[darkroot]

I bet they will bundle it with wii motion plus. Thought I'm getting tired with this motion stuff now.

 

[Chaotic Neutral]

This just in: Nintendo finally puts forth slight effort to make the Wii do what it was always supposed to do! Thousands of Zelda fanboys weep in joy!

Seriously, it's taken them this long to get around to fixing the selling point of the console, and that ticks me off. If it weren't for No More Heroes, I'd sell mine for half price and count myself lucky to get that much back. Maybe this will trigger the creation of other games that are worth my money though. One can hope.

 

[Podunk]

Wow! That sounds so gimmicktastic! Can't wait.

I'll be playing the pre Wii and DS games and remember when the series was good.

 

[MGlBlaze]

Z-targeting was good enough for me...

Although it should be interesting to see exactly how the implement the wii motion-plus controls. Here's hoping they're done well.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Wait, so how are we going to aim now if not by pointing at the screen? Do we throw our wiimotes at the T.V.?

That's how you throw bombs/jars/rocks in the game

The harder you hit your television with the Wiimote, the more damage your bomb/rock/jar does?

Seriously, Z-targeting was where it was AT.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Is it bad that all I'm thinking is how lame it is that Link is now right-handed?

Garbage. One of the few lefties we had (the only one I can think of now is Marth) and now he's defected. Bastard righties.

*sniffle*Z-Targeting was good enough for me...*sniffle*

Of course, the only way I'll be getting a Motion Plus is if it comes with the game, which I somehow doubt. I certainly hope that there will be a "classic" control scheme available.
[small]What did he mean by "pleasurable"?[/small]

I highly doubt that to be honest. The only real reason is by thinking about existing play mechanics using Wii Motion Plus.

I'm no developer, but could you imagine how mapping Wii Sports Resort sword fighting to a controller input would work without changing the battle mechanics? Because I couldn't. They would be making two separate play mechanics, and I just don't see that happening.

And I'm convinced they'll bundle it. It would be stupid to want market penetration and not bundle the thing (the main title I'm thinking of at this point is Red Steel 2).

Well, that's one more game I won't be buying. I wish these franchises were in the hands of people who didn't create the Wii. As long as motion sensitivity and touch screens are the norm, Nintendo is going to push utter crap out the door.

I don't understand. Please explain.

 

[Artemis923]

Is it bad that all I'm thinking is how lame it is that Link is now right-handed?

I feel ya. It's like deciding that Darth Vader now wears a pink uniform.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Is it bad that all I'm thinking is how lame it is that Link is now right-handed?

No, I'm with you on that one. WHY NINTENDO? WHY??

 

[S-Unleashed]

Old news. GameSpot had this months before you slow pokes.

 

[Zipline Upshaw]

I can see this going down as a huge success or a massive failure. Either way I probably wont get it. Strange, I used to be such a big Nintendo fan, but now I'm probably not even going to get the newest game in Nintendo's best series... I blame the Wii for this. It made me stop liking Nintendo (I hate waggle).

 

[thatstheguy]

If it works right it may be fun. Too bad it'll likely not work right. Oh well, it'll be fun to see anyway.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

Only Wii title I'm looking forward to.

 

[Brnin8]

*sniffle*Z-Targeting was good enough for me...*sniffle*

Of course, the only way I'll be getting a Motion Plus is if it comes with the game, which I somehow doubt. I certainly hope that there will be a "classic" control scheme available.
[small]What did he mean by "pleasurable"?[/small]

This one time at Wii camp...
I don't see how we don't know much, I'd say I could take a crack at it, Zelda is captured by ganon/ganondorf/maybe bowser? (interesting crossover concept?). I'm sure the gameplay will be good but why is it that Nintendo can just use the same story over and over with one little tweak i.e. Link transforming into a wolf, cartoonification, etc

 

[Eric the Orange]

Well that's to bad, I guess I won't be buying the new Zelda then.

 

[Praggers]

I guess i'm not as big a fan boy as other people. I didn't even notice that Link was left handed before.

However if you think about Wii bowling it did give you the option of using left or right handed controls. so there isn't really any reason, apart from the amount of character Art that would need to be done over again with the other hand.

I enjoyed TP and didn't have a problem with the Z targeting. so i'll be looking forward to this game.