There's no shame in turning off motion controls in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

You’re so excited to play The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and you just sat down with the Switch in your hand (or the machine nicely docked to its hub, Joy-Con in your hand, philistine ) and you reach the first dungeon. “Here you go”, you think, licking your lips and leaning forward in your seat. “Confused me, baby.”

What if Kingdom Tears had permanent death? Then what?

But then – when you start to master the unique new Ultrahand mechanic and start grafting items together and propping up makeshift bridges in the Stone Temple – you realize with horror that Link is moving with…you. Your trembling hands tremble as you direct a shirtless twink to pick up slates, and your unsure body buzzing as you decide where to plant your creation is reflected in the game as the camera vibrates and Swing, trying to keep up with you.

This is not very good. With a little practice, you can make things smoother—more confident and assertive with your movements—but there will still be some awkwardness and tremors. Even in the (ultra)hands of the most experienced Link.

Well, there’s no shame in opening the Tears of Kingdoms pause menu (by tapping the “+” button on the Switch panel), switching to the Options menu, entering settings and selecting “Use motion controls to aim”. A few things could be affected as a result – you’ll no longer be able to point your definitely-not-Switch tablet at something with gyroscope aiming, you won’t be able to aim your bow without a thumbstick, you won’t just Shaking your console is all it takes to shove the item you’re manipulating with the Ultrahand, but it will give you more precise control (at least, I think so).

Traditionally, using the right stick is about getting the game to do what you actually want it to do — rather than accidentally throwing something important off the island because you jerked your head to see what your dog was munching on — it’s important to It’s important to me. It’s also an accessibility issue: some players who can use sticks and pads can’t use motion controls. vice versa.

So I’m glad Nintendo included an option to disable these mechanics in the game. Just know that I see no shame in disabling them if you want more predictable and knowable control over what happens in the game you’re playing. Some purists might scream ‘this isn’t how Nintendo wants you to play! It’s designed for motion control! But these bedwetting adult children don’t reflect a wider audience.

Play however you want. make yourself comfortable. Because you’ll probably be playing Tears of Kingdoms for a long, long time.

You can read our Tears of Kingdoms review at the link, check out our Tears of Kingdoms walkthrough here, and find out what you missed in the series here.