you could potentially control the claw with mouse gestures if you wanted. but it would be a more extreme scenario where you have excessive input for a game with very simple mechanics. you see how mouse gestures aren't as ideal as a d-pad or even an analog stick, right? if you can't see the advantage of using a d-pad for a game with no analog mechanics, you're an idiot. using an analog stick does not give you any more control over the game, yet it takes away the precision the d-pad gives you. it's a simple concept.
Oh yes, I'm the idiot.
Dude, I think you just slipped into vintage dfyb mode and decided to take a position - however untenable - simply because in the end tally it would make the PS3 look good and the 360 look bad. No need to start getting red in the face just because it's, in this case, bullshit. The whole mouse thing is just silly and pointless, when you yourself said aspects of the game are indeed tooled for the analog stick. I guess you'd argue the game was not only "built for the d-pad", but built so the player switches control methods throughout the game? That's an odd choice Grin made.
yeah, you're the idiot--it's like i'm arguing with a fucking 12 year old who can't just think logically. if d-pad really wasn't the better option, this wouldn't even be an issue. the only reason you're having to defend using an analog stick in a 2D remake like a fucking tool is because you got it on 360.
an odd choice grin made, you say? it's a fucking remake of an NES game --
a game that was designed for the d-pad. the only reason the analog stick is useful in the top down portion is because of the inherent qualities of the analog stick in that you have full 360 range. but the same advantages DO NOT carry over for the main singleplayer portion, the challenge rooms, or the multiplayer--the large majority of the game relies exclusively on digital mechanics that are designed around and work best with a digital interface like a d-pad.
analog is fine for this game, because the only directions you ever have to hit are cardinal points.
if the only directions you need to hit are cardinal points, how is d-pad not the better option? the d-pad
is cardinal points
.