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Skyward Sword did arguably change the gameplay quite a bit by going direct motion mode, it's just that it wasn't implemented very well and ended up actually being a detriment compared to the swordplay you could do in Twilight Princess once you had all the hidden skills, because you started with every possible sword move and more were never added so all that happened was that enemies got more health and punished you more when the controls didn't work properly, rather than being intrinsically more challenging. And you barely ever used items in combat.
It was still a risk though! It just didn't pay off in any satisfactory fashion.