Request: 2.0 Character Creation option, Left Handed.

**Issachar** · 01-17-2013 11:22 AM

Left, right, it doesn't matter. If you want a leftie, play Zelda. It's a virtually useless suggestion as a whole, because not only is is extremely minor in detail, the work needed to make it happen is far from small.

**Zehira** · 01-17-2013 11:22 AM

My both hands are skilled for different reasons since I speak sign language. lol o.o

My left hand is mostly good for writing while my right hand is good for many different things. Weird, isn't it? hehe

Still, I don't care.

**Alhanelem** · 01-17-2013 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by ShinigamiKayla

we complain because everything in this world is made for right handed people -.-...

It's a simple fact that more people are right handed than left. That doesn't make one group of people better or worse than another, you just can't change that fact.

Therefore, it's not worth complaining about, because in the end, it doesn't matter which hand you use, or which hand your character uses. It's a fair bit work for something that's purely cosmetic.

Intrestingly, though in most cases I am right handed, on the keyboard my left hand is dominant- I tend to reach over to the right side of the keyboard with my left hand rather than keeping every finger where it "should" be all the time.

Note: I'm not against the idea, I just don't consider it important enough to divert any development resources.

It wouldn't matter to me if characters in the game were all left handed. I just don't see why the handiness of your character must mimic the handiness of your actual self. I honestly like my avatar to be as different from me as possible.

**Yrusama** · 01-17-2013 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by Rokien

I think it would be cool if you can just put the weapon on one hand or the other, they would just have to flip the battle animations.

A nice idea, though I wonder how much extra data would be needed for additional animations. I suppose if it's limited to battle animations it'd be OK.

I do prefer the idea of choosing left or right at character creation, though. Real people don't get to choose, so just having the option at all is a one-up on real life. By the way, Kain Highwind is a lefty

Edit: If you deviate from your chosen laterality and put the weapon in the other hand (left in my case) you should get a small accuracy reduction... too complicated? Probably.

**KaiTBF** · 01-17-2013 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by AshTS

Since most of the righties don't care and they think that an option would take up too much space or be a waste of resources, fine.

Make everyone left handed in game then. Simple. Then all these hater right-handed folk can also know the glory of the Southpaw.

I probably wouldn't notice. I didn't even know Link was a lefty until just now. Wonder if anyone's done a study on lefty's to see if, and if so why, they're so quick to identify and feel bothered by which hand someone uses. Maybe if they put a right handed child in an environment consisting entirely of lefty's for a few years it would produce a similar effect.

Back to the topic though. Don't care either way. If the animation team has the time might as well toss it in.

**AttacKat** · 01-17-2013 11:55 AM

I can do w/o left handed, but instead I can go for dual welding ...

jc

**Jacien** · 01-17-2013 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Kowen

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

Nah, it'd be easier to mirror the entire world.

#NintendoLogic

Originally Posted by Issachar

Left, right, it doesn't matter. If you want a leftie, play Zelda.

All new Links are now right handed. Even OoT Link in 3DS (Master Quest).

**Alhanelem** · 01-17-2013 12:56 PM

I do prefer the idea of choosing left or right at character creation

As i mentioned earlier, if implemented I'd rather people not be forced to pick a handiness, and instead simply be able to put their weapon in either hand slot instead.

**Gramul** · 01-17-2013 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by Jacien

Nah, it'd be easier to mirror the entire world.

#NintendoLogic

Actually it was. It's easy to think that simply mirroring the character would be a simple option, but when you start to interact with the world and other characters, you run into tons of distracting issues.

Then again, TP didn't even need to be mirrored in the first place. The hand in which you used the Wii remote made no difference. But whatever~

**Alhanelem** · 01-17-2013 01:10 PM

The hand in which you used the Wii remote made no difference. But whatever~

It's true, but the whole idea was that you were supposed be mimicing the actions the on screen character would take. Something that wasn't really fully realized until MotionPlus came out. They mirrored the game so that the hand people typically had the wii remote (sword) in matched the hand that the character on screen held it in. It's not that it was necessary for control purposes, it just made it feel more natural for the majority.

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