LoZ Twilight Princess: Even more new controls!

posted on Monday, August 21, 2006 at 6:14 PM by Aaron Sornson

Mr. Miyamoto confided to the Japanese gaming magazine Nintendo Dream that players will no longer control Link's blade just by tapping the B Button, as was the scheme in the E3 Demo. Rather, Link will respond to swings of the Wiimote instead.

Nintendo was intitially concerned that having to swing the Wiimote to attack would tire a player's arm out, but as Miyamoto said to ND, "Upon actually playing it, it's more interesting this way." This also allowed for the bow controls to be refined as well, now using the vacant B Button as opposed to the D Pad in the pull and release motion exhibited at E3, a set up that some demo testers found uncomfortable. It may also be possible to choose between the two control schemes to match a gamer's preference.

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Comments

linked to the past: The gap between the Cube version and the Wii version widens. A fanboy war is on the horizon.

Inferno101487: Freakin Sweeet! I don't care about the fanboy war, they can play tug of war with a damn teddy bear and quarral over the shredded remains, but still this Zelda has me excited.

keeko_ca: This a good time to be a Nintendo fan! In a couple months, we'll be enjoying some of the most immersive games to ever hit the planet. This new Zelda announcement makes me shiver in anticipation! Which feels awesome, since I admittedly have become less excited waiting the past two years for this title.

Darian Loneheart: RELEASE THE GOD DAMN CUBE VERSION YOU BASTARDS

Inferno101487: I still think they shoulda released the cube version last year -_- it is kinda pointless to launch it alongside the Wii... it's like saying, "U can play Legend of Zelda now on your Gamcube, but u will have to buy a Wii and a totally separate game to use these unique features." I think I see Linked's point now.

Dooz: Gay, gay, gay, gay.

Darian Loneheart: I agree that they should have released the cube version. They should have released the it when it was fucking finished. But no, now those of us who aren't planning to get a Wii at launch have to wait for it launch so we can enjoy a fucking GameCube game on the GameCube that we already own. I am getting so fucking fed up with this whole god damn industry! We have Sony and their bullshit, MS and their fucking "consumables" and legions of rabid fanboys (i.e., this website), and now Nintendo is even boning us all right in the fucking jaw. This is the line between "business" and "big business" and it's fucking driving me nuts.

Darian Loneheart: It's bullshit that we have to wait for a finished game because they have to finish the fucking port; and that's what it is, too: a fucking port. (I still can't edit my own comments. Are there any plans to get this site working any time soon?)

linked to the past: Sounds like someone is upset :p. I can wait. It'll be released eventually, and I'm too busy to give it enough time anyway. Still, I hope the Wii version looks better than the GC version. Not that graphics are everything, but it'd be pretty bad if the system was twice as powerful and still used the same visuals.

Inferno101487: *Hides behind a rock and shivers, from Darian*

im unstoppable: this site fuckin sucks now

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