I'm not quite sure what the intention was for, but that last line was rather passive aggressive.
Anyway, how can we even know for sure when we haven't even played the game? We are purely basing on quotes and trailers right now. I have to admit, from your explanation it would be understandable as to why rails aren't a good thing along with merely button mashing. The creator said that he also wanted to keep the gameplay's complexity though.
It did come across that way. It was meant to be more of a straight shot, we know we are being selfish, but in our situation, its not really something wrong to be.
Well, we do know there will be no button mashing. You fill your move deck with moves, and then hold down the attack button and the cpu decides which one to use and creates a combo for you.