6/1/2023 0 Comments Zelda skyward sword wii romThe right analog stick takes care of that now. Originally, the player had to swipe their Wii remote in the corresponding direction. One of the biggest features of Skyward Sword, both the original and this version, is an eight-way slash system that lets Link attack enemies from different angles. You can still see the remnants of that design philosophy in the game’s move to Switch, but after playing with both the motion-controlled Joy-Cons and the Pro Controller, it’s shocking how well Skyward Sword holds up - and how superfluous the motion controls feel, when they were the thing that defined the game back in 2011.īack to that right analog stick. For its original 2011 release, the Zelda game was billed as having been built from the ground up for the Wii, using a special upgraded version of the console’s motion-controlled remote as the basis for its combat, exploration, and just about everything else. That’s my biggest takeaway after playing 20 hours of the Nintendo Switch remaster of The Legend of Zelda : Skyward Sword. It’s impressive how versatile a single analog stick can be.
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