Topic: Anyone Else Having Trouble Doing Horizonatal Slices In Skyward Sword?

I am exactly 26 hours and 12 minutes into the game, and I am still having trouble doing horizontal slices, half the time they get translated as diagonal slices. Everything else works with only minor hitches, but this is becoming really frustrating against those enemies that require horizontal slices. Anyone else have the same issue, and came up with a solution. I've recalibrated several times, and have changed the batteries and still have this problem.

At first I thought it was just me that sucked, but then I came across this youtube video that it was made and that 88 people liked it made me think that maybe some other Nintendo Life users have come across the same issue, and that it may be a design fault or we're doing something wrong. Like I said everything else works mostly fine, and I like the controls, but half the time my horizontal slices get detected as diagonal.

A tiny bit of trouble, but it can help to do larger swings. When you need to string together moves do those tiny swings, but when you need precision try doing larger strikes, or go ahead and do a spin, those count as horizontal strikes.

You have to swing it like it's an actual sword.
If that doesnt work Calibrate and re-centre it.

You should probably put a warning on that video you found.

I don't. Control has been seamless for me. Then again, I have actual, honest training in swordsmanship, so precision was pretty important to me anyway.

I chalk this up to people just being lazy and not respecting the control interface. And remember, you need to be sitting a certain distance away from the TV. The Wii was made for the family room. Not the bedroom.

I don't care where, I will plug my Wii in, in any room.

@Scissors The playing Skyward Sword drunk thread already exists.

I used to have this problem with Okami all the time, horizontal slices were the bane of my existence for quite a while. I found that when I moved farther away from the sensor bar, though, they registered just fine. try moving back a couple feet and see if it helps?

Thanks for the help guys, I'll try larger swings and sitting farther back from the sensor bar.

I found that motion controls were very imprecise when using low voltage rechargeable batteries. When I plugged in a decent set of no rechargers, things were very very different.

I use rechargable Rayovacs. I know Energizer and Duracell are better brands, but their batteries are too expensive. With Rayovac, you get more for your money.

What are the best kind of rechargeable batteries to use? Nickel-metal hydride (NiMH), or Lithium-ion?

Okay I set my sensor bar farther back, and things have gotten mostly better with only some minor hitches now. Funny you mention Okami because I went through the entire game being frustrated at the controls, wish I had known what I was doing wrong then. Meanwhile my friend played the same copy of the game on his Wii and raved about the controls.

Never, not once did I have a problem doing a horizontal slice. It's the easiest of all the sword techniques.

@Scissors: i always had a problem with horizontal slices in Okami and i had no idea why for the longest time... i was always frustrated as hell, and the Z trick never worked for me at all. crossing off demons' names from those lists was a nightmare, lol, but i finally had an epiphany during the second battle with you-know-who, where there's that big sequence of slashes along with Susano... i remember i was sitting close to the TV and it drove me up a wall that i would constantly eff up this one horizontal slash, so i got pissed and stood up, went to a spot behind my chair, and slashed away with huge motions... and it worked! a little bit of experimenting at that point made me come to the conclusion that i was sitting too close to the TV in general :3

Not for me. The only problem I had was with jabbing in one of the final fights (Don't know if you've finished so won't spoil it for you) but otherwise I found the controls perfect. Horizontal and vertical slices were probably the easiest things to do actually.

Fantastic video.