Thread: Request: 2.0 Character Creation option, Left Handed.

Originally Posted by Kowen

For almost everything they could probably just mirror the regular animations.

Actually that's what Nintendo did when Twilight princess was brought out on the wii because link is really left handed except in the original because he's ambidextrous and of the legend that you must always keep your shield facing death mountain. Reason they flipped it for the wii was because most of the earth's population (which this is what nintendo said if I need to i'll find some quotation on it) was right handed.

Yeah all they would do is mirror it probably would take up a lot more memory and coding spacing though because everyone would have to have it.

Originally Posted by Hyrist

I'm definatly for lefties in the game. If they can work it out, it should be here. It feels odd that everyone is right handed.



I protest! The meaning of life is OBVIOUSLY to marry a shoopuf! Your answer is clearly wrong.

ROFLMAO and here i was thinking you would say 42

I am going to purposely bump this thread. Just because I was about to make my own.

Being a lefty, I'd really like a lefty option. I don't know what it is exactly...it must be a lefty thing. Righty's never seem to mind when a character is a lefty (ex: Link...one of my friends didn't even notice that he is a lefty for a while).

But every lefty I know is extremely aware of what hand people are more comfortable with. Myself included. When I was younger one of the things that strongly connected me with Link was the fact that he was the only lefty character (and at the time the only lefty person) I knew. And it felt great. (Later I found out a couple people in my family were left handed, but forced to go right handed. D: ) Playing as a right handed character really hurts my brain for some reason. (Though, Lancers/Dragoons in XIV hold their weapon lefty-style. ;p)


So. Yeah. Lefty option please! OR let us use either hand when equipping a weapon..for instance...no off hand. Just have two slots. Left hand and right hand. Let us put the weapon in either one. And put the shield, etc. in the other.

Originally Posted by Kowen

For almost everything they could probably just mirror the regular animations.

Depending on how they set up the FK/IK structure, that may mean they would have to mirror the entire character, possibly including all of the equipment, mounts, crafting tables, and the effects for spells and moves, basically doubling all the assets for characters.
It might just be better to make whole new animations for left handed characters if it where to be implemented.

But to be totally honest, I don't think it's worth messing with. I don't have a problem with any handed character, playing as Link never bothered me, and it would be a nice touch sure, but the effort might be disproportionate to the appreciation.