Twilight Princess HD came out at the beginning of March, introducing a whole new generation of fans to the ‘dark’ Zelda game, and restoring the black sheep of the Zelda series’ reputation among older fans. In a new interview with Famitsu, translated by Nintendo Everything, series director Eiji Aonuma and assistant director Tomomi Sano spoke about the changes in the game—including the deliberate decision to exclude Wii Remote motion controls, and the future connectivity to Zelda Wii U.

The End Of The Waggle, Twilight Princess HD And Zelda Wii U

In the interview, which is worth reading in full, the Twilight Princess HD development team has a big reveal for us: They were originally developing Wii Remote–based “waggle” controls for Twilight Princess HD. These were only scrapped midway in development. Instead, the team decided to focus on the Wii U GamePad and Wii U Pro (a good decision overall), sensing that the ability to see the map on the GamePad and switch items dynamically was a vast improvement over the old way. Besides, the Wii U GamePad does have gyroscopes, and the game features bow-aiming with the GamePad’s gyroscope, so it’s not like motion controls are completely gone.

Still, the decision is telling—and is more evidence that Zelda Wii U won’t have major motion controls. Nintendo has moved away from motion controls in general, as has the entire industry (sorry, Kinect). The decision to initially develop motion controls for Twilight Princess HD and then scrap them halfway along really shows that Nintendo understands that the waggle isn’t the killer feature it was ten years ago.

The interview also touches on the Wolf Link Amiibo, which comes packaged with the physical version of the game and unlocks a Wolf Link–only dungeon. The Amiibo will also link up somehow with Zelda Wii U and we don’t really know what that means yet. But Aonuma gave us a tease:

It’s not the save data itself, but “Part of the data saved in the Wolf Link amiibo can be brought over and used in the new title too.” For some people, when they play the new title, they might feel the urge to play Twilight Princess HD one more time.

That’s vague, but pretty juicy, as far as Zelda Wii U news goes. Sounds like the games will be linked in some way, where moving the Amiibo back and forth between both titles could have some benefits. But we won’t really know until November or so. But remember, at least for now, the Wolf Link Amiibo is only available as part of the Twilight Princess HD physical release. So pick one up now if you want one.