Zelda series 'cannot go back to button controls'
The future of the Zelda series will stick to motion controls, the Zelda producer has revealed.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword wowed critics, including our own Billy Berghammer. However, one of the few marks against it were the motion controls. "Though Nintendo has made great strides in motion tech with the WiiMotion Plus, there were a few times where a required gesture wasn’t accurately tracked," our review noted. "This caused me to make a much more pronounced motion towards the screen, which delivered the desired results despite being slightly more awkward."
While the execution may not have been perfect, it appears Nintendo thinks Skyward Sword represents the future of the series. Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has gone on record saying that motion is the future for the franchise.
"I honestly think we cannot go back to button controls now," Aonuma told the Official Nintendo Magazine UK. "So I think that these controls will be used in future Zelda titles, too."
Motion controls helped push the direction of Skyward Sword. "One of the main things we've wanted to do with Wii MotionPlus and the motion control in this game was not just to have you battle enemies, but to have each battle itself be a puzzle you had to solve," Aonuma said before the game's release.
The next Zelda game will appear on Wii U. This year's E3 tech demo showed off Wii U's graphical capabilities, but didn't showcase how a Zelda game would be controlled on Nintendo's next generation console.
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... Then what the fuck are they going to do on the Wii U?
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The touchpad doesn't have the capability built into it that the Wiimote+ does though? Bah, I'm sure it will still be entertaining somehow, they just frustrate me.
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the WiiU can use existing Wii controllers you know...
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It's got a whole classic controller built into it, they should really use it to show off their tech instead of forcing the current style on the player base. Some really cool stuff is possible but idk if they'll be the ones to actually implement it.
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Have you seen the kind of people that like wolves? Dog is better.
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awww yea
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You really need to. Tacked on they most definitely aren't. They are integral to the gameplay and things like the combat could not have been done sensibly with buttons. Even just flipping over a spider by gently putting your sword under it and lifting up feels awesome.
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Nowhere near as good as Wind Waker, or any other controller-only Zelda.
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Yeah, I had a great time playing the Mario Galaxies, as well. But c'mon now, give me a fucking dual-joystick controller already.
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If they don't use http://e3.nintendo.com/hw/#/about I will be thoroughly disappointed.
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The Wii U is going to use the WiiMote for these type of controls, correct? So then the controls on the Wii U are going to be just as clumsy as the on the Wii...
I don't have any problems with motion controls, as long as they work at least as well as the traditional controls. They currently don't. -
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Hahahaha...yeah Nintendo just wanted to show off it's "no-texturing" tech.
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There's always Darksiders
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It'll be interesting to compare the two on the Wii U.
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Zelda's more of a puzzle game with combat elements.
Darksiders was more of a combat game with items.
The similarities between the two seemed to be surface-only. In Darksiders, the tools might give you access to a new area, but using them never felt integral to progression -- something that's a cornerstone of Zelda's design. -
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It always felt pretty hack-n-slashy to me, but I see your point about the combo system. The point about Zelda being more puzzle based is true, as well. I feel like the few puzzles that Darksiders did have were harder than most Zelda puzzles, but that certainly doesn't make up for the quantity.
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Yeah I don't really get those comparisons, it's much more similar to Metroid or something along those lines. Not Zelda.
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Actually, it would be. Twilight Princess was not made for motion controls; they were tacked on to the Wii version. But Nintendo designed Skyward Sword from the ground up (lol) for motion controls. Creating a traditional controller-based version would require lots of retooling.
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Actually I don't think it would be all that difficult. I like Skyward Sword's combat controls, but motions could be largely mapped to an analog stick with little loss - motion from top right to bottom left would be a diagonal slice, pushing in the stick would work for stab, etc.
The bird/flying controls quite frankly suck (or at the very least I somehow broke them in the initial race and got stuck in the bottom clouds for a long while) and would probably be improved by a switch to a more traditional method.
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I take this with a grain of salt. I remember an interview in EGM around 2002 or so where Miyamoto and a few other big names at Nintendo stated that gamer should get used to the Gamecube controller layout, because it was going to be the industry standard in 10 years.
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I don't find Skyward's controls egregious or intrusive to my experience. You can sit down and play just fine. Why wouldn't you?
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I just bought a wireless sensor bar and a bluetooth adapter now that they are getting close to getting WiiMotionPlus working with Dolphin. I have the Wii out in the living room but would rather hook up my PC out there and play Skyward Sword in Hidef.
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It most certainly does for aiming.
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Does it? It appeared to use gyroscopic control even for the pointer to me; you can "center" the wiimote on the screen even if you point somewhere completely away from it, so I think it's all gyroscopic and just uses the "center" function to set a way to set a neutral tilt as screen center.
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It is used for calibrating the WiiMotion+ so it knows which way is forward.
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There's talk about them remaking LoZ: ALttP for the 3DS...
Also, there was 4-swords for the GC.
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The only control complaint was the sky diving controllers. Landing on the nest at the top of the town's tower for that rattle was a pain in the ass. Took me more than a few tries to nail it.
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This headline is 5 slots away from "Tony Hawk series going back to button controls". The difference is that Tony Hawk: Ride and Shred were panned, and Skyward Sword was praised.
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Then I can not play another Zelda. Simple.
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Have you played Skyward Sword? I'm enjoying the controls alot. The need to time enemies and attack based on swinging left, right or straight on is adding difficulty and strategy to the game that I don't think it's ever had before. I'm imagining the same game except you simply hit A to swing the sword and I really don't think I'd enjoy it as much as the deeper system they've created with this game.
People asked for a Zelda with some new stuff and I really think if they'd give the controls a chance they'd realize the controls are a big part of why this game isn't exactly like so many other Zelda's.-
I can't. I can't grasp both controllers in order to make the motion controls work.
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Motion controls are a straight upgrade for the series. Not surprising.
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I refuse to play Zelda with Motion Controls. I never will. I'm willing to bet many people agree.
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"ignorance and arrogance never ceases to amaze."
Do you not detect the irony in this? Have you even played this game? Speaking of ignorance...
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I'm still butt hurt that the stock wii controls werent as good as the motion plus. They sure marketed the damn thing to have awesome motion controls, but what we got was a piece of shit and a year later "here! buy more shit to make the motion not worthless!"
Of course no one adopted it so even then it was worthless until nintendo decided to make a good game that used it. fuck nintendo. I'm not buying another controller, even with a discount bundled with the game.
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