Author Topic: Suprised no one is flipping out about this yet ... (Read 31241 times)

RickPowers · « **on:** September 14, 2006, 08:40:37 AM »

IGN is reporting that Link is officially right-handed now, probably to make the swordplay more intuitive. I expect people to start tossing out expletives and phrases like "travesty" any moment now ...

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2006, 08:42:15 AM »

Yeah, yeah. Blasphemy and whatnot. Honestly, after all this disappointment, it's just one more thing that's just kinda there.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2006, 08:47:49 AM »

Different Link, different hand, I suppose.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #3 on:** September 14, 2006, 08:49:39 AM »

didn't Link change which hand he used based on which direction he was from Death Mountain... facing right-screen he was right handed, facing left-screen he was left handed?

Smoke39 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 14, 2006, 08:51:50 AM »

As long as he's still pretty I don't really care which hand he uses. :b

ThePerm · « **Reply #5 on:** September 14, 2006, 08:52:01 AM »

maybe there is an option? you can name your horse now.

Strell · « **Reply #6 on:** September 14, 2006, 08:52:31 AM »

Oh man.

Prediction: GC version has left handed Link. True followers will not get the Wii version.

Terranigma Freak · « **Reply #7 on:** September 14, 2006, 08:52:44 AM »

As long as he doesn't say excuuuuuuuse me princess, then I'm fine. I actually didn't know Link was left handed untila few years ago, despite playing through every single Zelda ever made.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #8 on:** September 14, 2006, 08:53:12 AM »

What about the Cube version? There is no need for silly wand waving in that version after all.

I don't care because the reason makes sense, as opposed to normally where little details are excluded or changed due to the people involved not giving a crap or boardroom execs changing something for marketing purposes.

Ideally though you should be able to pick your hand. A left-handed person probably would prefer to swing a sword left handed.

mantidor · « **Reply #9 on:** September 14, 2006, 08:55:18 AM »

But I made a thread about it!

I don't care honestly since Im sure this will happen only for the wii version. Lets hope Nintendo considers giving a choice for lefthanded people in the game.

Smoke39 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 14, 2006, 08:55:19 AM »

I actually wouldn't be bothered waving my right hand to control his left. It's all relative motion. Swing left, he swings left. But whatever.

AnyoneEB · « **Reply #11 on:** September 14, 2006, 10:40:07 AM »

Yeah, it would be a real pain if I, as a lefty, had to play Zelda right-handed. Possibly enough to make me get the GCN version, but I would have to see.

Galford · « **Reply #12 on:** September 14, 2006, 10:56:19 AM »

I am left handed. I'll have to see how this plays. Another reason to by the GC version I guess.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #13 on:** September 14, 2006, 11:07:49 AM »

So noone thought that there's perhaps an OPTION to switch hands? Because you know there will be...

KDR_11k · « **Reply #14 on:** September 14, 2006, 11:14:06 AM »

I'll do it like I do in UT and play center-handed.

Dozy Boy · « **Reply #15 on:** September 14, 2006, 11:23:33 AM »

Perhaps this is a different Link than in the previous generations of games. He dies and is replaced years later, right? Like Wind Waker referencing Ocarina of Time from so long ago.

jasonditz · « **Reply #16 on:** September 14, 2006, 11:38:08 AM »

Yeah, it seems like the "choose your hand" option is a no-brainer.

RickPowers · « **Reply #17 on:** September 14, 2006, 01:05:40 PM »

No-brainer? Really?

Have you seen any pictures or video of ANYONE playing a Wii game left-handed? In fact, has there ever been a left-handed controller (save for the goofy one-handed PS1 controller)?

Giving someone the option of playing left or right handed would nearly DOUBLE the amount of QA time it would take to test the game, since you now need to go through everything twice, once in each configuration. Why? Because you have the potential of one small change cascading through all the code, and causing a bug that just doesn't happen playing right-handed. I can't see anyone spending the time and money to both implement and test such a feature, since we've all been conditioned to play games right-handed anyway.

Of course, the one exception to this is the Wii-Sports games, or other small mini-games, where the code is simpler, and the gameplay naturally lends itself to "handedness".

blackfootsteps · « **Reply #18 on:** September 14, 2006, 01:18:28 PM »

And the persecution of left handers continues.

There better be an option, even accepting what you've said Rick I think there may be. Some DS games flipped the screen entirely depending on handed-ness. Surely that's a good sign?

Slightly off topic but do you other leftys plan to hold the Wiimote in your left or right hand? I'm so used to using an analog stick with my left that it may be weird to switch it now.

zakkiel · « **Reply #19 on:** September 14, 2006, 01:34:25 PM »

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Originally posted by: RickPowers
No-brainer? Really?

Have you seen any pictures or video of ANYONE playing a Wii game left-handed? In fact, has there ever been a left-handed controller (save for the goofy one-handed PS1 controller)?

Giving someone the option of playing left or right handed would nearly DOUBLE the amount of QA time it would take to test the game, since you now need to go through everything twice, once in each configuration. Why? Because you have the potential of one small change cascading through all the code, and causing a bug that just doesn't happen playing right-handed. I can't see anyone spending the time and money to both implement and test such a feature, since we've all been conditioned to play games right-handed anyway.

Of course, the one exception to this is the Wii-Sports games, or other small mini-games, where the code is simpler, and the gameplay naturally lends itself to "handedness".

With respect, this is complete nonsense. You don't have to recode anything to let someone play left-handed for most purposes, Wii sports being an exception. Think about it.

RickPowers · « **Reply #20 on:** September 14, 2006, 01:37:59 PM »

You're probably thinking it would be a simple matter of flipping the X axis or something, but it just wouldn't work that way.

AnyoneEB · « **Reply #21 on:** September 14, 2006, 01:38:10 PM »

For Wiimote and nunchuk... I don't know. I agree with you that I am used to having the analog stick in my left hand (always seemed to me that would require more precision anyway), but if the Wiimote movements are important, I would expect holding that in my left hand would feel more natural.

I guess it comes down to: I'll figure it out once I actually try it.

blackfootsteps · « **Reply #22 on:** September 14, 2006, 01:43:15 PM »

Yeah thats how I was thinking, whichever has the need for more precision. Either way it'll be fun to learn a whole new way of playing and probably improve my dual -analog skills on the side!

RickPowers · « **Reply #23 on:** September 14, 2006, 01:44:21 PM »

From IGN ...

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There's a slight difference between the Link found in the Wii and GameCube versions of Twilight Princess. Have you been able to spot it?

The answer is in how Link holds his sword. Responding to questions at a Q&A session in Tokyo today, producer Shigeru Miyamoto stated that Link was initially supposed to be left-handed in the Wii version of Twilight Princess, like he is in the GameCube version. However, noting that more users will swing the controller with the right hand, Nintendo made Link hold the sword in his right hand just for the Wii version.

So there you have it. Link is right handed on Wii and left handed on GameCube.

Well, I'm fully expecting the Zelda fans to freak right the hell out now.

Strell · « **Reply #24 on:** September 14, 2006, 01:45:25 PM »

So I was correct.

GC Zelda will be the "purist" version.

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