14 DAY TRIAL // Michel Ancel, the man behind the upcoming Rayman Legends puzzle platformer, isn't happy with Nintendo's decision to stick a resistive touchscreen onto the Wii U GamePad.
The device requires either a stylus or heavier presses, as opposed to current smartphones or tablets, which use capacitive technology.
Nintendo impressed quite a few fans with the GamePad controller, as it includes, besides regular joysticks and buttons, a special touchscreen that can be used to display menu interfaces or even the actual game, allowing people to use the TV for something else.
The actual touchscreen tech, however, is resistive, just like in the Nintendo 3DS, which doesn't really thrill Rayman Legends dev Michel Ancel, as it requires a stylus or very hard presses.
"To me, it's not very natural to play with the stylus. I think most of the kids now are more comfortable with tablets, they use their fingers," he told Shacknews.
Ancel and his team were forced by the tech to implement different types of touchscreen controls in Legends, as opposed to the things they were hoping to achieve.