I was pretty sure Mikami was the one who re-engineered RE4 from being the same tired RE games we all knew and grew bored of, to the seminal genre defining game it became. If it weren't for him, over the shoulder wouldn't have happened. Heck, Gears of War would be FPS. Well, I guess it's not that big a difference, but he did good, not bad.
Oh, and he wasn't fired, he quit (sort of) out of anger at the executives stabbing his reputation and Nintendo in the back.
And I suppose a you can have a personal preference of Sixaxis Vs GC controller; that's your ergonomic opinion. Unless you want rumble. Then an N64 control with a rumble pack currently shits over Sixaxis.







