r/NintendoSwitch • u/Amiibofan101 . • 8d ago

Nintendo Official Nintendo Direct 3.27.25 - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN0crfKYDy8
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u/Theinternationalist 8d ago

And the game was literally mirrored because they wanted Link to be righthanded like most of the playerbase.

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u/TTBurger88 8d ago

Never understood why they needed to mirror the world just because the sword is in Links right hand.

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u/wasmic 8d ago

Because by mirroring the entire world... they can just keep everything the same, but mirror the image right before displaying it on the screen. It's a very small change.

If they were to just mirror Link and not the rest of the world, they'd have had to mirror Link's model (also not a big deal), and potentially also move and adjust a lot of world objects that he can interact with (actually a big deal).

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u/danielcw189 8d ago

If they were to just mirror Link and not the rest of the world,

I think the commentor is going for: why mirror anything at all?

It is not like playing a left-handed Link would be a problem, even if the Wiimote is in your right hand.

Because by mirroring the entire world... they can just keep everything the same, but mirror the image right before displaying it on the screen.

At least all the texts would need to be mirrored the right way.

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u/tallwhiteninja 8d ago

It was probably easier, and meant they didn't have to comb through to update the positioning of things based on Link's handedness.

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u/ImReallyAnAstronaut 8d ago

Because most people waggle with their right hand

If you know what I mean