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Twilight Princess Mirrored on Wii

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ambidexterous-little-elf dept.

conigs writes "As some of you may or may not know, Link will appear right-handed in the Wii version of Twilight Princess (as opposed to the left-handed Link seen since Ocarina of Time). In order to accomplish this, Nintendo has mirrored the entire game. This includes maps, since they were apparently designed with a left-handed Link in mind." Kotaku says that this will even be true in the GameCube version of Princess, to avoid confusion.

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  1. Oh kaaaay... by Megane · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since some people really will want to play left-handed (I'm a lefty only when writing and eating, so not me), why not just make it a configurable option?

    But mirroring the whole freaking game? Someone couldn't have thought of just flipping the character model a year or two ago when they still had time to do it? Then people could even play the game a second time with their off hand.

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  2. RTFA Zonk by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Zonk says:
    Kotaku says that this will even be true in the GameCube version of Princess, to avoid confusion.

    The article says:
    in the Wii version of the game, Link would be right-handed, although he's traditionally an elfin south paw... a character trait retained on the GameCube version of the game.

    I say:
    Zonk, learn to read and stop smoking the crack.
  3. More serious design problem here by DarthParadox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is masking a more serious design problem. A game designed for use with the Wiimote should have a setting that allows the game to be played either left- or right-handed, so as to not exclude anyone. Presumably the player's actions match up to the avatar's (in this case, Link's). Therefore, it should be possible to make Link either left- or right-handed, within the game.

    The fact that this isn't possible is troubling for the prospect of lefties being able to play this game the same way righties can.

  4. Re:Technology news that matters? by frankthechicken · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they have mirrored the entire game, then why not give an option to be either left or right handed? Surely that would be an ideal solution?