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Altruino on 14 June 2014
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JWeinCom said:
curl-6 said:

http://time.com/2850146/shigeru-miyamoto-nintendo-interview/

...seriously?

Aiming with the Gamepad gyro while steering with the control stick, and holding the pad up to look at both screens at once? Sounds awkward as fuck.

I actually sat down and tried it with my Gamepad and it was both uncomfortable on the hands and annoying on the eyes. (Don't know about you, but my eyes only have one focal depth, can't look at a screen half a meter away and one two meters away simultaneously)

It seems like Miyamoto is so obsessed with trying to find "novel" ways to use the Gamepad that actual convenience and good design has been forgotten. Look at his Project Giant Robot for example, it shows the same painful awkwardness in the name of being "unique".

At this point it sounds like the whole game will be a Gamepad tech demo, like a Starfox-themed Nintendoland.

I never thought I'd say this, but Miyamoto has become more of a liability than an asset to Nintendo.

Time for him to retire.


So based on impressions in Time Magazine of a game you haven't played that is in very early production stages you have determined not only that the game will be terrible, but that Shigeru Miyamoto no longer has anything to contribute to the company and needs to retire.  Wow.

At the risk of a ban, there is no way I can think of to describe this post than pure idiocy.  A prime example of the ridiculous overreaction that characterizes the internet. 


You shouldn't be at risk, for what you, along with the sorrofully minority of responses here, say clearly shows how paranoid not only OP but a good portion of users on this thread really are.

"I read an article on controls so I know by hand how bad it is! BELIEVE ME!!!11!1" is all I'm getting from this thread wholeheartedly.

I wouldn't pass judgment on a control scheme that hasn't been thoroughly demonstrated, or in this case, tried out except for a small number of individuals, which in this case: http://kotaku.com/we-played-shigeru-miyamotos-new-star-fox-game-1588712327 contradicts OP's blatant paranoia.

What happened to actually playing a game or seeing someone clearly demonstrating the controls through a video before deciding whether or not they were trash? Apparently those days are gone, as proven by the dozens of commenters too cowardly to admit they are pretty much incapable of giving a game or mechanic (which may I remind you was unveiled less than a week ago) a chance and would rather dismiss it, despite being part of 2 things they've been clamoring for in spades for years:

1) A new Star Fox title.

2) Ways that make the Gamepad worth using.

And if the OP even bothers to reply to me (which given my recent call outs to other threads, I doubt), don't bother with a reply akin to "B-but I read this article, so I know it sucks,"especially if you try to hide it behind a thesis-long response.

No.

You don't know if it sucks.

I don't know if it sucks, either.

Most of us here don't, anyway.

Your "experiment" was based on assumption.

An assumption based on a prototype.

A prototype that not only you have NO prior experience with, but one that is FAR from completion.

I would say I hope you learn something from my response, but given the most of the lashing replies I've gotten here from users like you, I predictably doubt it.