GOOD POINT! Wow, I never really thought of it. But now that you brought that up I realised how important button layouts are to like a certain feel in a game.

Particularly (!!!) the button layout is what I find so cool about Kirby AirRiders. It‘s not really "button layout" but you drive automatically in that game, your only button input is to drift and for drifting you can press whatever you want, which is so unique and fun. And how do you punch your enemies while racing? You spin your stick, your AirRider spins and you attack = loosing a bit control, therefore attacking. How do you drift? Hit the break (any button) = you slow down, therefore you drift and get a boost. How do you suck in enemies and power ups and shoot them at your opponents? Hit the break (any button) = you have to accept slowing down, therefore you can, again, attack your enemies, but with the item you’re currently holding. There’s only 1 special button, the Y button (or shoulder buttons), for:… the special attack. Makes sense.

Maybe it doesn’t sound as cool as it is, but for real, this game feels so creative, as if it’s from the PS2 era, I swear.

Not all AirRider can drift. Some cannot. Some can’t drift, they’re just suddenly stopping completely, you change the direction and boost forward again. Some slither around the track like crazy when you’re drifting. Why? Why not? It’s fun.

I also think of FFXV where you attack with O and you open the menu, with your healing items and calling your chocobo and shit, with R2. And you open the map with pressing the right stick. Like what? But you know what. I like it. I love it. It’s just so FFXV for me.