According to an interview over at IGN, current Zelda Director Eiji Aonuma was unsure about implementing Wii MotionPlus into the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – to the point where it was dropped from the game for two months of development. It took a little motivation from Katsuya Eguchi, a developer working on Wii Sports Resort, to convince Aonuma it was a feature worth having.
“Mr. Eguchi came to me and said, ‘Look at all these things you can do with Motion Plus, why wouldn’t you use this in a Zelda game? It would be strange not to!’” Said Aonuma.
Being that I’ve never been entirely convinced with the benefits of Wii MotionPlus – Red Steel 2 is just about the only game I’ve enjoyed using the feature – I’m keen to see if Skyward Sword has the potential to sway my opinion. According to Aonuma, the extra time Skyward Sword has had in development has been used to refine the Wii MotionPlus features.
“This last year we’ve been testing those ideas, flushing them out, and integrating them into the game, bringing the whole package together,” he claimed. “Tying all those elements together has been a big part of what we’ve done in the last year.”
Tali
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:10 PMHope it comes bundled with b/c I don’t have motion plus!
Dissection
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:26 PMYou can get wiimotes with it built in now and with the free shipping, ozgameshop are good value for them.
Ben J
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 4:17 PMI hope so too, because I don’t want to pay $60 or so for a new wiimote on top of the game!
Hieronimus
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:22 PMRedsteel 2 happens to be the ONLY Motionplus enabled game I own. And it was great! I’m really looking forward to Skyward Sword =)
MrBS
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:23 PMI think its easy to say motion plus has got to be one of the worst hardware roll outs of all time. Got mine with motion sports that I played once and a spare for all those games coming out and…. zippo.
NegativeZero
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:27 PM“It took a little motivation from Katsuya Eguchi, a developer working on Wii Sports Resort, to convince Aonuma it was a feature worth having.”
Something like “Dude! Imagine how much extra profits we can make fobbing off this attachment to all the people who haven’t bothered upgrading!” I guess?
"Jimu" Jimudore Logan
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:36 PMI liked Sports resort, for a while
"Jimu" Jimudore Logan
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:37 PMWas there any other games other than Sports Resort and Red Steel 2 that used motion plus???
Mark Serrels
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:38 PMV. good question…
Red Steel 2 was awesome though. I really loved it.
Dissection
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:39 PMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_that_support_Wii_MotionPlus
Lists all the games and whether it was optional or required.
Gladice
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:36 PMThe only motion plus game I enjoyed was Tiger Woods. That game was great. Red Steel 2 was ok, but I never understood why it took 15 minutes for the main character to open a door. Wii Sports Resort was fun until my controllers started going out of sync 5 seconds into every sword fight. Hopefully Zelda doesn’t have that problem.
Lone Wolf
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:44 PMI think the main reason the wii motion plus didn’t sell was it was a hardcore gaming app on a casual console.
The casual side of the wii wasl already leaving the more in-depth games in the dust by sheer force of numbers when the wii motion plus was released.
I got it for Red Stell 2, which I loved, even if the final boss was weaksauce.
The precision the wiimote became capable of was astonishing and it really amplified the enjoyment.
However, the broad spectrum of wii customers weren’t interested in a shooter, no matter how good it was. Monster Hunter suffered a similar fate.
Uilt
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 4:29 PMAs long as I can sit on the couch and play Zelda without waggle, I’ll be happy.
Don’t mean to start an argument – that’s just how I prefer games. Waggle killed Mario Galaxy for me… which is a shame because otherwise it played really well! Personally, I’m hoping that any Motion Plus functionality still allows me to keep my hands relatively still (as opposed to pointing at the screen or waving my arms around).
MrTaco
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 4:56 PMI loved Red Steel 2, but I also thought it was fantastic in Wii Sports Resort. I have only ever played Wii Sports when friends came around and demanded to play it, but WSR actually had me playing it on my own and sinking a whole lot of time into it. You could just feel the difference, particularly in the games that had Wii Sports counterparts.
It’s just shame that basically nothing has supported it since. Other than that Fling Smash game, which we’re apparently not getting.
jimib
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 10:31 PMI never got the motion plus adaptor and now you cant get them seperately. So I’ll have to get a brand new controller to play Zelda…
Pylgrim
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 12:42 AMEveryone: Remember that the Wii U will still use the Wiimote Plus (in addition to the new controller,) so don’t write it off yet.
wicho
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 6:21 AMAgree. There are many years to enjoy Wiimote Plus controller + Wii U games :) !