13th January 2004, 5:55 PM
Quote: 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.
I'm not sure, but I think Nintendo might have invented the crosspad... and it obviously didn't invent the joystick but it was the first one to put a mini one on on a system as far as I know.