13th January 2004, 4:30 PM
In defense of the author of the e-mail to IGN, he didn't say that Nintendo invented the joystick and d-pad. He said "Nintendo is know for their innovative controllers", and he's correct in that Nintendo first introduced the d-pad into home video game consoles, and reintroduced the joystick (in a smaller form to be manipulated by the thumb instead of the entire hand) with the N64 controller.