In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto said the motion controls used in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be "evolved." He added that some people had problems with the controls, which could lead the a revision of the mechanic.

Miyamoto admitted that some players didn't have fun using motion controls or stopped playing Skyward Sword (Tom McShea of GameSpot was notable for giving the game a 7.5 score out of 10, citing the flaky motion controls). "So we're in the phase where we're looking back at what's worked very well and what has been missing and how we can evolve it further," Miyamoto said.

When Entertainment Weekly put forward the idea of using the GamePad's screen to play a song by matching a pattern, which sounded similar to playing the ocarina in the Ocarina of Time, Miyamoto approved. He even said he might take the idea.

Miyamoto also spoke of the HD facelift shown in The Legend of Zelda tech demo during E3 2011, saying the HD capability made the game have a high-quality feel.

"But one thing that's interesting is we're seeing how the way tastes are broadening in video games and you have some people who prefer more casual experiences, and you have some people who prefer sort of those in-depth experiences. But really what we continue to ask ourselves as we have over the year is, "What is the most important element of Zelda if we were try to make a Zelda game that a lot of people can play?" So we have a number of different experiments going on, and [when] we decide that we've found the right one of those to really help bring Zelda to a very big audience, then we'll be happy to announce it," Miyamoto added.

On the Pikmin 3 announcement for Wii U, Miyamoto said he has been working on the title for two years and it's releasing for Wii U because of the more powerful hardware. Previous games didn't show Pikmin when zooming out, which he said is essential because it's a real-time strategy game. The HD system allows the individual Pikmin to be detailed, even when zoomed out.

The second screen on the GamePad was also described as the first screen people should use when entering the living room.