I hear this a lot . I also thought the controls were annoying and I loathed them . It almost made me not beat the game , but since I had beaten every other Zelda game I pushed through . Even back then I thought it was worth it due to how awesome the game was overall . But now , after replaying it with the Wiimote rather than using the adapter , I noticed that the controls were far more accurate and everything just seemed to work so well . I think part of it was also not being familiar with how the game expects you to make the motions , but oh my god , I absolutely fell in love with the controls after I got the hang of them . I always say the same thing to everyone , I know it ' s a bit too much to ask , but if you ' re a huge Zelda fun who hated Skyward Sword over the controls , try playing it a second time and maybe use the wiimote plus in case that does in fact make a difference and see if you get a better grasp of the controls . It made a huge difference for me and completely changed my impression of the game .