I'm an old timer when it comes to home video games (Odyssey 100, Fairchild Channel F, ColecoVision, etc.), and part of what made me stop was the crappy controllers that Nintendo foisted on America along with the excellent graphics of their original console. Small and flimsy, not well suited for the hands of an Amrican man. This controller continues in the small, flimsy, non tactile (likely solenoid) tradition.
Give me a full size joystick that rests on a surface any day.