Katamari Creator Critical of Revolution

[wraggster]

Gamasutra has an article on Keita Takahashi's reaction to the Revolution controller. From the article: "Takahashi commented of the Revolution, which has drawn widespread praise for its underlying concepts from other Eastern and Western designers: 'I'm not really interested in it. I don't think a controller should have that much influence on the enjoyment of games.' He continued: 'I see what [Nintendo is] trying to do, but they're putting such emphasis on the controller; 'Woah, this controller lets you do this!' and I'm thinking - are you messing with us?'

[GaMeR_2000]

That guy is a TOTAL IDIOT! If no one ever tried to change/make the controlls better gaming as we know it would not be here today. If its the D-Pad on the NES, the shoulder buttons on the SNES or the Dual Shock and analog stick on the N64. The Revolution controller RULES SO HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hevyduty]

Sorry, but this guy's a PS2 developer and I don't care what he thinks. Just like I didn't give a rats ass what that guy from Rare (owned lock, stock, and barrel by Microsoft) said a few months ago.

Besides, wasn't Takahashi going to go leave gaming to design children's playgrounds or something. I say let him go. I like Katamari, but c'mon. It's one game with two retread sequels. It's not like he has a 20-year track record for developing on multiple platforms. Peter Molyneux is overrated, but he blows this one-trick chump away.