I agree that this is good news.
Remember back when the Wii launched and just about every game just had to get some kind of motion control thingy tacked on to it?
Developers needed a few years until they realized: Hey! Just because I am using a sword I dont have to implement Motion Controls for it!
Same here:
Some games fit the Gamepad very well, eg. Mario Maker, Nintendoland, ZombiU, Wind Waker HD due to the downtimes during sailing that can be used for Inventoy management, Darksiders 2 for similar reasons, etc...
Others... not so much. Im not gonna start listing all of them here, but I am pretty sure everyone knows about a few prime offenders!
So, just like they realized that Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last Story dont need Motion Controls for Sword fighting they finaly realized that the Gamepad does not fit every game.
The simple Fact that they are saying that, out loud, for everyone to hear, is what is even more astonishing!
They bet BIG on that thing, being able to openly say: "Yep, we fucked up, we got it!" is much harder than most people think, even more so when you are a giant, old, proud company that is known for incredible Innovations.
tldr: This is a good thing, they are admitting the mistakes made!
The new guy.
Sorry for possible mistakes, not a native speaker!
