only thing I've read and dislike is the bird flying is handled like in Wii Sports Resort

I'm into the sword combat and aiming with the bow and stuff like that using motion controls because those actions required the increased fidelity of motion controls. If anything, flying with motion controls is a lot more limiting. Flying the plane in Pilotwings is better than in WSR...better is relative here.
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so unnecessary