I don't know a better way to put this in the short topic title but basically i want to know if i can use the circle pad in lieu of the D-Pad while playing DS games on the 3DS, I know it wont be fully analog control but i prefer the position of the circle pad over  the lower D-pad.

I've been told it works great in Okamiden.

I'm curious about this too. It's pretty much the only way I'll pick up Okamiden. Fuck using the + pad for that.

Yea, it works well, Mario 64 DS works great too.

" I'm curious about this too. It's pretty much the only way I'll pick up Okamiden. Fuck using the + pad for that. "

" I've been told it works great in Okamiden. "  

" Yea, it works well, Mario 64 DS works great too. "  

" Yea, it works well, Mario 64 DS works great too. "

Yep, works great.

" According to my friend, don't do it on pokemon on the bike, you overshoot constantly. "

" @MEATBALL:  I dunno if it is because Mario 64 ds is designed for d-pad or not, but it still takes a little while getting used to it. I think it's a improvement though. "

3D games meant for analog control like Super Mario 64 adds a much better control option over the d-pad. While it's not true analog control (still need to hold down b to run), it still offers a better feeling of full range motion over the d-pad and that is a pretty good improvement. However games like pokemon and other grid based stuff suffer from the circle pad and I seem to over shoot everything all the time.

Works great in Okamiden.  Not perfect, obviously, because they've only developed the game with 8-way movement with the D-Pad in mind.  But it's still a more natural fit.