From Soranews24: “A throwback solution to a modern problem with the Nintendo system.
While there’s a lot to like about the Switch, Nintendo’s flagship hardware does have one serious shortcoming in its design. There’s no traditional D-pad, so when using your left thumb to control your character’s movement you’re stuck working with either an analog thumbstick or four separate face buttons in a diamond pattern. With no center position, the face buttons are practically useless for this purpose, and while the thumbstick works fine for 3-D platformers and first-person shooters, it doesn’t really allow for the sort of quick opposite direction input shifts you need for the full enjoyment of a fighting game, beat ‘em up, or scrolling shooter.”
