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yes!!! im not a lefty but i hate seeing people left out. its unfair that so many games dont have lefty options. its segregation
They don't have to make two diffrent games just make two diffrent sprites. They didn't have to remake Wii Sports Resort for theleft handies!
Aonuma: It's interesting because people say "all you have to do is switch it." But in reality, it's really hard. You have to change all the models -- you have to make two of everything. So really you're making two complete games, one left-handed version and one right-handed version. We just can't do that. For Twilight Princess, what we did was just create a mirror -- we flipped everything. And if that worked I guess we could do it that way, but again having to create two games is not something we want to do. We just hope that people will play it right-handed. QUOTE]
...We just hope that people will play it right-handed...Isn't that basically the puritanic view of getting all the schoolchildren to write with thier right hands because being a lefty was evil...?
I really don't think that changing the character after 20 years is worth it. I have one wii game that uses the wiimote/nunchuk control scheme, and the controls are just so hard to use since the joystick is on the other side now. I'm basically back to playing SSBB and GCN games so I can use the GC controller.
But yeah, I'd love a game where I could use the wiimote as a sword.
I understand that there's more to inverting Link (to the CORRECT handedness, might I add) than just flicking a switch, but I don't see what requires an extra game for it. After all, it would just need a second mirrored model of Link (easy) and redone animations (not as easy). Besides, the screens of him shooting the bow show he's doing THAT lefty.
I don't really understand the argument about making enemy fights to match with a certain sword stance. I used to fence, and I was the only lefty in our club. It's really hard for a righty to fight a lefty - since 90% of people are right handed, righties don't really practice against lefties, so it's different. However, even as a lefty, it's tough to attach or defend if both people have the swords on the same side. That's life. I don't think that an enemy's hitbox needs to be changed at all - lefties have to be clever enough to reach it somehow. So all you really need is to mirror Link and his anims.
Sure that'd make the game a little tougher - fine: add three enemies to each dungeon and release it as a 'master quest' version. I'd be cool with that. Probably a lot of people who'd end up buying both then, if Nintendo's just thinking about the money.
I've always hated the Wii TP: I specifically got the GC version because that was the true, canonical lefty Link. And now I feel that the Wii has killed The Legend of Zelda. I'd love if I could swing my left hand around and get Link to swing his sword, but now he's a righty and it seems like that's how it's going to be from now on. So now we lefties have which video game heroes left? Umm....
Please Nintendo, EVERY swordsman in EVERY game is right handed. Can we have one? And why then can't it be the one who's been left handed since the beginning?
"We just hope that people will play it right-handed."
What a bold statement. Usually I'm pretty conservative in my views, but this calls for extreme reaction.
This game is based on motion, no scrap that - PRECISION motion.
My entire life, I've been using my left-hand for all precision tasks - and Aonuma wants me, to learn a life skill (right-handedness), just to play his game? That is completely ridiculous and inconsiderate!
People seem to be under the impression that it's like a 9 to 1 ratio in favor of righthanders - when it's clearly not. That's just a myth. I'm sure it would be more realistically 7 to 3 or something similar - so by saying this Aonuma is potentially alienating 30% of his market.
When it comes down to it - this is discrimination. It shouldn't be allowed. I almost feel we should petition about this.
EDIT: No, we MUST petition about this. Anyone rehearsed in organising petitions?