I hate to say it, but Starfox Wii U sounds like the next Lair

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KylieDog said:

Of course they are, Nintendo have proven themselves to be stubborn multiple times, often to the detriment of its userbase.  'Technically impossibe' excuse is technically bullshit.

You missed the point. The Circle Pad Pro was intoduced when development of Kid Icarus was nearly finished, even Sakurai himself didn't know about it until the Monster Hunter 3G reveal. Wii U Pro Controller, Wiimote, Nunchucks, etc. are all established control methods that been used in most other big Wii U titles, as has been mentioned by other several others in this thread.

It's certainly possible that this title will only allow for one control scheme, but looking at Kid Icarus not patching in new controls post-release is really poor grounds to make that assumption. Hence...not equivalent.