pokoko on 16 January 2016
| zorg1000 said: U do realize NES was a gimmick controller, right? Look up the Coleco Vision, Intellivision, Atari 5200 controller, that's what a standard controller looked like pre-NES. NES also had the Zapper & R.O.B., gimmick controllers are part of Nintendo's roots. |
The D-pad wasn't a gimmick, it was an innovation. They didn't even want to use it at first, they wanted a traditional joystick, but found the D-pad to be a superior option.
R.O.B. was a gimmick but it was barely a factor (thought I do remember wondering "WHERE THE HELL IS MY ROBOT" when I got my NES). The light-gun was also a gimmick, and more of a factor, but it became less of a factor as time went on.
The big difference is that the NES did not depend on a gimmick the way the Wii U and Wii depended on gimmicks.
