The message from gamers is clear; when we are on the go we do not want to try and navigate Liberty City using a horrible on screen joypad and wait for missions to load — we want our gaming fix fast and we want it now.
The blocky, digitised characters that made MK's name work well on the small screen, and the angular d - pad captures the nostalgic essence of bashing away on an inappropriate 16 - bit joypad.