My point was not "Which plays better" it was that Nintendo's version of the D-pad was picked up because it was far superior to other offerings. The tech was in no way copied from either not because it looks different but because it was different. Especially in the case of the Intellivision. Nintendo used thier D-pad stricktly as a means for movement. Intellivison was using it for all inputs which made their entire controller essentially a D-pad. This was not at all practical for video games hence the reason why it failed miserbly. I think you're giving Intellsvision too much credit. They didn't save anything, they didn't start or introduce the d-pad in a way that caught on and they sure has hell didn't have many easy to play fun games that used said d-pad.
Intellevision Fails.
