I could have sworn I've seen in-game screenshots of that game on Dolphin. I wonder how they were able to take those screenshots, seeing as Motion+ doesn't seem to be working all that well. Maybe it was from that Motion+ branch....?
https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Skyward_Sword#Wii_MotionPlus
Yeah, the wiki mentions that it's possible to use a normal Wii remote or the unofficial branch, but it's far from perfect and has many issues.
No, you're right, the game does work. It works for me with my old Wiimote, and it's beautiful, but I have to have the little Wiimote+ attachment at the end of the Wiimote to get the game to work, as I don't have a RVL-CNT-01 version of the wiimote. Otherwise, if you're just using an old Wiimote without the plus, then it won't start.






