In case you’re not aware, Hideki Kamiya (on your left, above) is a legendary game designer who has worked on projects as a director like Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe and Bayonetta. He also runs an outspoken Twitter account where he will block you on a moment’s notice.
Just this week he took to that very account to air his Festivus grievances with the Switch UI: a long-discussed thorn in the side of many Switch owners. His rant, as translated by NintendoSoup, is as follows: “The Nintendo Switch’s Home Menu is a piece of crap, all of the shitty gigantic game icons are lined up in a row, but the rest of the games are tossed into a trash can called ‘All Games’… I wonder have they (the people that made the menu) ever played the Nintendo fan boys’ Switch?”
Even the biggest Switch fan can admit that what he says at least has a kernel of truth. The Switch UI is a contentious issue alongside of Joy-Con Drift, and I’d actually take it a step further and say that the eShop menu is even worse. For the past year or so Nintendo has dumped 30-40 games at once each week on the storefront and diamonds in the rough are nearly impossible to find.
Who knows if it’ll ever be fixed, but I miss that classic Nintendo menu charm that the Wii, Wii U and 3DS had. At least give us a poppin’ eShop tune to dance to!
Hideki Kamiya [Twitter via NintendoSoup]
Source: Destructoid Famed Platinum producer Hideki Kamiya hates the Switch UI, and you know what? He has a point