Hideki Kamiyathe author of Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, had his say on the lack of D-Pad on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, making it clear that does not appreciate the choice made by Nintendo on its consoles.
“For some reason, in this age of diversity, the producer himself is stubbornly refused to offer the option of a Joy-Con with D-pad since the launch of Switch 1,” Kamiya said in an interview published by the Japanese magazine 4Gamer.
“This choice doesn’t suit my playing style, as I usually play lying down, so I have no choice but to use the Joy Con when I play”, which prevents him from using a D-Pad.
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Hideki Kamiya, perhaps also due to his connection with arcade traditions, evidently needs one digital directional cross to play, although this is becoming progressively superfluous with the current gaming offer, and the lack of this on Nintendo Switch 2 is felt.
A solution could be represented by the use of the official Pro Controller, but this apparently It doesn’t fit the “style” chosen by Kamiya, who prefers to use the Joy-Con to lie back and relax.
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Kamiya apparently made the Nintendo Switch 2 his “standard hardware” to play on, due in part to its reliance on Tetris 99, however this lack of the D-pad remained an important element.
To improve the situation, the director resorted to a third party solutionpurchasing a “mini grip with D-pad” from Cyber Gadget and also adapting it to Switch 2, but it is clear that the configuration chosen by Nintendo, with the four buttons arranged in a cross instead of a real digital cross, was not appreciated by Kamiya, and perhaps not even by other users, in fact.
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