Tag: Motion Controls

Over at GoNintendo, they’ve provided a link to several game reviewers complaining about Skyward Sword’s controls (inside of an otherwise glowing review of the game_ along with a rebuttal to said reviews. The links for both articles can be found below. Basically, the three reviewers in the second link complain that the Wii Motion Plus feature isn’t as great as it’s made out to be. The first reviewer notes that while the controls work most of the time, there are…

GameTrailers brings us another episode of their podcast, Invisible Walls, where they share their thoughts on the newest videogames. Among them was The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and it appears these guys have not been enjoying the game. They discuss how the game feels too old, the areas feel too empty, and while some things look stunning with the new graphics, others look old. They also think that Nintendo should step up their game to the level of their…

Here it is everyone. A video showing a few new seconds of the game we haven’t seen before. The people over at IGN had their hands on The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for over nine hours and made this spectacular video with news that all of us have been waiting for! Did you feel left out when everyone thought Skyward Sword had completely forgotten about left handed people? Well fear no more! Left handed and right handed people will…

If you’ve been tracking Skyward Sword, you may remember the appearance that Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime made on the Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon. During this brief session, we got a chance to see Jimmy duke it out with the mini-boss of the very first dungeon, Stalfos. Stalfos appears as a giant skeleton – as always – and wields two giant swords to attack and defend with. To much of my own surprise, Jimmy Fallon was able…

Discussion about all of the Zelda games, new and old, are always circulating around the forums and many users are creating unique topics and offering their opinions in discussion all over the place. This time we’ve had some great discussion about Twilight Princess, one of the newer games in the Zelda series. Our featured thread for this week is Does Twilight Princess Deserve to be Called a Disappointment? We’ve had a lot of opinions on the game so far, so…

With our forums ever increasing in activity, we have a lot of new topics with great discussion every day! A lot of that discussion centers around the upcoming Zelda release, Skwyard Sword! Everybody likes to hear about Skyward Sword, so why not participate in our featured thread for this week? Register on our forums today and participate in the discussion in Did They Go a Little Too Far? This topic revolves around the motion controls in Skyward Sword, and whether…

In a recent interview with Pocket Lint, Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto talks about the motion control industry and Nintendo’s philosophy moving forward. Many critics of Nintendo and journalist alike have labeled the Playstation Move or the Xbox Kinect as the next step forward in motion control. As if to say that gamers got introduced with the Nintendo Wii, but are now graduating to the more high-tech HD experiences on the other consoles. Here is a tidbit from what Miyamoto had…