Zelda Mirrored

Jason1 · 09-20-2006, 10:57 PM

That didnt REALLY clear anything up. Is there a seperate mirror mode in the Wii version only, or both versions? Or when he says "mirror mode" is he simply referring to the Wii version being a mirror of the gamecube version. It really only presents more questions.

Teuthida · 09-20-2006, 11:09 PM

I'll try to clear it up.

GameCube version is the standard Zelda game...how it was originally put together.

Link is left handed. Most people are right handed. Rather than switch Link's model around (because I'm assuming it would cause too many problems with cut scene continuity and how he interacts with environment and enemies) to make him right handed for the gesture movements they reversed the entire game.

So there is no "mirror mode." Just that the GameCube and Wii versions will be mirrored versions of each other. Left is right and right is left.

Dyne · 09-20-2006, 11:41 PM

I just can't make any sense out of this. You know japanophiles complained for years about manga because mirroring it in the process of translation lost the artist's intent? This is the same ****ing thing.

It just pisses me off.

DarkMaster · 09-20-2006, 11:49 PM

GCN Zelda = Confirmed Best Version

Lefties kick ass.

Ginkasa · 09-21-2006, 12:09 AM

So... Maybe I'll just wait for the GCN version... I mean, I didn't really care that the GCN version was delayed, because I was going to get the Wii version as well... I didn't really care about the different controls..

But, now that we know that the Wii version has actually been switched from what it was originally designed as, I think I'm going to play the intended version first.. Even if that means waiting a few weeks...

The Wii can wait...

/me shrugs and walks away

manasecret · 09-21-2006, 12:46 AM

The Wii version is now ruined for me. I can imagine it now. I'll be entering a new sweeping landscape for the first time, and the whole time instead of being awestruck by the beauty, I'll be trying to imagine it all backwards. And then I'll go crosseyed.

And no one likes to be crosseyed.

Mmm hmm... sarcasm.

Jason1 · 09-22-2006, 08:27 PM

Hm, well...I mean I guess its possible that the Wii version might not be quite right because of this. I mean, imagine going through and playing OOT mirrored. Im betting it would be confusing as hell.

Then again, if that version was the only version we knew, and the version that we had been playing since 1998, wouldnt it have worked out just the same?