So my Motion Plus Adapter arrived today and I played Skyward Sword a bit. It definitely departs a bit from classic Zelda gameplay and feel. Especially the stamina gauge doesn't allow fast-paced battles and you have to strategize more. But I guess that it does make sense since I found myself flailing the Wiimote around to kill enemies and that probably would get old and annoying quickly. I love the fact that you use the nunchuk for the shield, lol!
Winkio was totally right with the Loftwing controls. But once I figured out that the problem I kept having is because I didn't know that "rolling" the Wiimote also affects the Loftwing, it went smoothly. Basically when you roll/spin the Wiimote sideways, the Loftwing does the same. After that it's no problem, even flying up.
Even though it feels a bit weird as a Zelda game, pulling out the sword using the Wiimote was epic. I probably won't be able to play much over the next 2 weeks so I'll leave things at that for now.