When I first read the tease for the article, I thought it be all touchscreen, which would suck. Trying to play any non-casual game on a touch screen typically sucks.
So the combination of the old analog sticks and buttons are welcome.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell