Skyward Sword is Motion Control Perfection

Kinect is enjoying a lot of buzz for its motion and voice interface, but the greatest example of motion control this generation belongs to Skyward Sword on Nintendo's under-powered Wii.

Swing that sword.

[pat_11_5]

I'm a big fan of Skyward Sword's sword swinging WiiMote action, I've actually been pretty surprises by how accurate it is.

[sarshelyam]

I would agree. Considering how give/take the Wii has been with software offerings being great, or simply crappy, Skyward Sword is a great example of how it works...

...but using items that require precision aiming, thus requiring re-centering your aim every 5 minutes or so, that is certainly a bullet-point to the techs pitfalls.

[TheGrimReaper]

"...but using items that require precision aiming, thus requiring re-centering your aim every 5 minutes or so, that is certainly a bullet-point to the techs pitfalls."

Just what I've thought when I read "Motion Control Perfection" :)

[sarshelyam]

Look, when it works...it works really well. Then when it wants to be finicky, it's a shining example of why the implementation is anything but perfect. Stating it as such "perfection" is simply false!

[Venoxn4g]

it's really a motion game done right, some devs should learn from it

[Rainstorm81]

I hoping Sorcery can follow in its footsteps and be another core motion game done right

[rexbolt]

i found the move to be ealy bad and akweed feeling

[multipayer]

Shame that after they finally utilized wii motion perfectly, Nintendo decides "lets go with a touchpad controller nextgen"... They can easily squeeze a sequal or something out of this, I guess I'll go back and collect heart pieces for the next 10 years. Assuming it doesn't take longer for a game like this to ever be made again...

[Machioto]

I thought the same,after Sony demonstrated ps move I felt that wand base motion could become just as natural as the joy pad.

[dark-hollow]

wii u still support wiimotes you know...

[sarshelyam]

It's hardly perfection. If it were, I wouldn't have to re-center every 5 minutes after using a key item that requires precision aiming.

[LettingGo]

SHHHHHHH!!!

These people haven't played it yet!

[LettingGo]

And yet...Deadmund's Quest gets nothing?!?

B...

S...

[sarshelyam]

Seriously. If it weren't for the "guided adventure" stigma that holds it from scoring well, Deadmund's Quest would certainly be looked at as the boon of the motion control required subsection of games.

[wingman32x]

I'm 25 hours into my playthrough, and while I agree that SS sports some of the most accurate motion controls yet, perfect isn't the word I would use. There are some re-centering issues. They haven't occured too regularly, but it happens occasionally.

Aside from that issue, the controls are brilliant. Everything feels so natural, and the new gameplay aspects are amazing.

[sarshelyam]

That's the problem though. I've heard people say it isn't regular, and I've heard other says it's far too regular (I'm in this subset having to re-center every 5-10 minutes or so with heavy use of an item that requires precision aiming).

EDIT:
I've also read different reports that it works better with a regular Wii Remote and the Motion Plus add-on, than the Wii Remote with Motion Plus built in. I haven't tried the regular option yet, but I find it odd that so many variables could exist.

[pat_11_5]

I haven't run into many recentreing issues at all.

[xhedleyx]

I haven't really run into any issues, occasionally the reticle gets wonky when using secondary weapons but it rarely happens.

[Lord_Sloth]

So...Nobody's noticed that he's not actually doing your swings but is just swinging in the same direction and that he can't keep up with you?

Not hatin on the title or anything. Just sayin.

[closnyc]

i play on dolphin and i have absolutely zero issues with the motion controls, they are so accurate i bust a nut everytime i finish something in the game.