Skyward Sword is Staying on the Wii

[Bacon Boy]

Those of you worrying that Nintendo's going to move Skyward Sword over to Project Caf? can set your fears aside - Nintendo confirmed to its investors that the upcoming Zelda title is indeed going to be the Wii's headline title this year. Moreover, they tell us to expect other titles for the original Nintendo DS and Wii as the year progresses in order to keep their momentum going.

With respect to the "Nintendo DS" series and "Wii," Nintendo will continue to target those who do not have the systems and make them spread more widely with new games like "The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword" for "Wii" which utilizes the capability of the remote controller "Wii Remote Plus," and also with Nintendo's long-selling evergreen titles.

While I'm personally not surprised by the news reconfirmation of what we already knew, the confirmation of Project Caf? does leave me wondering - is Nintendo already thinking about how to develop Zelda for the new console?

Will future Zelda titles continue to use the Wii Motion Plus for improved combat, or will they make use of the touch screen controller for game streaming functions, or perhaps in a similar capacity to Ocarina of Time 3D, where the second screen doubles as a menu selection tool? Personally I was hoping Nintendo would make Wii Motion Plus the standard for Zelda, and I think it'd be a big step back to make use of a more "traditional" controller for a future console title. Keep those kinds of Zelda games on the 3DS line and let Wii Motion Plus run its course in the console department.

We'll have to play Skyward Sword for ourselves before we can really decide which way is better. Look for our firsthand opinions after this year's E3, where I'll be experiencing Skyward Sword, Ocarina of Time 3D, and the new Project Caf? for myself.

source: http://www.zeldainformer.com/2011/04/skyward-sword-is-still-on-wii-what-about-project-cafe.html#more

 

[JasonBurrows]

My only query in regards to LoZ: SS is that I'd like to, at the very least, have an "announced" but not confirmed release date just to have a date to look forward to regardless of whether it's true or not...

 

[Bacon Boy]

My only query in regards to LoZ: SS is that I'd like to, at the very least, have an "announced" but not confirmed release date just to have a date to look forward to regardless of whether it's true or not...

It's kind of announced. Sometime in June/July.

 

[Tyeforce]

I don't know why people ever thought that it might be ported to Project Caf? in the first place. Yes, it happened to Twilight Princess, but that was one instance, and it only happened because the Wii was about to be released, and its power wasn't that big of a jump from the GameCube and the new motion controls worked well for Zelda. In contrast, now we have a new console that will be much more powerful than Wii is, and it will be backwards compatible with Wii controls, and possibly even have some sort of new motion controls of its own. Oh, and it's not coming out until mid 2012 at the earliest. There's absolutely no reason for Nintendo to push Skyward Sword to Project Caf?. It's nearly complete, built from the ground up for Wii and Wii Motion Plus, and that's where it's staying.

 

[Psychonaut]

i think motion plus/motion control for zelda doesn't need to be included in every game, from now on..

i think that having it work right in a few titles, and moving on to new innovations is what needs to happen.

but eh.

 

[[Nook]]

I don't care, as long as you have a choice to use motion controls or not.

If you've played OoT or MM, then I'm pretty sure you're used to those controls.