Popular online gaming publication IGN has confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Wii will feature a mode for left-handed gamers. At the very beginning of the game you’ll be able to choose whether to you wish to play left-handed or right-handed.
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Great, that’s good news for me :D They said before that there wasn’t any but now they confirm there is :S
Sweet. So badly turning that on for an extra hard mode once I’ve played through a few times.
Looks like those who are left handed will be able to play as Link as he originally was in the older titles. :)
Yeah, but sadly I think Link in-game will remain right-handed :(
I’m right-handed, but would totally be fine with playing left-handed if it meant playing as left-handed Link in-game. I’d prefer it actually. It doesn’t feel odd switching the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to me.
Link should always be a lefty, like his creator!
Wait, what? So whether you play left handed or right handed, in the game Link will always be right handed? That doesn’t make sense. His motion animations should match those of whoever’s playing.
var leftHandMode : boolean = true;
function LeftHandMode ()
{
if (leftHandedmode){
charactermesh.transform.scale(-1,1,1);
}
}
You’re good to go now!
I don’t think you even need a function for the check. Just set the mesh to it’s value -X upon start up and it should be good.
It makes plenty of sense. The game adjusts so that you holding the Wii remote in your left hand does not make Link’s arm always point to the far left as it would if the controller were that far over in right-handed mode. Nunchuck-related moves would also be fixed to accommodate for the change in controller position.
I really don’t see the big deal about him being left-handed… if he were right handed until this game and they suddenly made him left-handed, no one would give two shits.
But if we’re going to be really anal about it, then I’d like to point out that Link was 1/4 right-handed in the first game, perfectly ambidextrous in Zelda II, and was again 1/4 right-handed in A Link to the Past. Link’s always been a flip-flopper, so I don’t see how this game is ruining some sort of “left-handed heritage.”
1/4 right-handed??????
Dang it! Wanted to be first. :( This’ll be a great way to replay the game.
really? playing it left handed wont change the game for me, and im left handed, but i play right handed. granted i will replay no doubt about it.
F*** YES!
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I almost wish I was left handed just so I could fight like Link is supposed to. Almost.
I personally don’t mind which hand Link holds his sword in. As long as the gameplay is smooth then I have no complaints.
OH YEAH!!
YES! this is brilliant! I’m left handed and LINK IS LEFT HANDED (which is important to me) so it’s important for him to stay left handed. I do wish I got the GC version of TP for the left handedness of it, but I’m glad we’re given a choice on SS, similar to PH and ST, although I hope the hearts and menu screens don’t reverse like they do in PH and ST.
But Link won’t reflect that, will he? :(
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Hey sickr, I’m surprised you haven’t posted an article about the 3DS stereo mic headset yet.
Wow, I totally did not expect this.
Thank heavens! :D
YES!!!!!!! YEHAW!!!!!! Some of the best news that I heard today!!! I’m a lefty as well!!
Doesn’t matter, I’m ambidextrous.
So left-handed mode would be considered canon in a similar way the GameCube version of Twilight Princess was canon?
Yes!!!
Sounds like a cool feature! But it would feel a bit odd holding the nunchuk in my right hand, I’m so used to having the analog stick be controlled with my left thumb…
But I’ll still try it out, nonetheless!
Link is ambidextrous
I’ll be playing this left-handed since I’m ambidextrous! Left-handed Link is the only Link for me :)
The whole lefty-righty Link debate is kind of silly, though being a left handed person, this is great news for me.
One handed swords were maneuvered with the left hand, so the shield colud be worn by the stronger arm (right) to withstand impacts, Miyamoto has already said he liked the medieval vibe when the The Legend of Zelda, so this is why Link were left hended: To match the way it was in the medieval Europe. he just got right handed on later games to match the vast majority of right handed gamers who played on the wii, this is, things were done this way for convenience.
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