If you control your ball carrier with pointer controls rather than nunchuck then the ball goes in the general vicinity of where you were aiming in PES '08. This was fixed in '09 however as it goes where your pointer is aimed now.
Also, the defense controls on '08 allow you to call plays as to how your defense handles, mark the ball carrier or potential ball carrier, and then you just drag your players near the ball carrier and tell them to slide tackle or steal the ball. In '09 you can directly control defenders with the Nunchuck and tell them to press/slide tackle... Still, I see what they are trying to get at in '08. Footie defense is about sooo much more than just having 1 player try to attack the ball.
I'm unsure about what control you think was lost besides the ability to control an individual attacker on defense and shooting in '08? All of this was fixed in '09. There is far more control of the entire team, than any other footie game ever. I'm sorry but I think the main reason why many didn't bother is because they already owned PES '09 on PS2, PS3, or 360 or are Fifa players.
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