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    The Nintendo DS is a handheld featuring two screens, one of which is a resistive touchscreen. Four different models are available: the original DS, the DS Lite, the DSi, the DSi XL.

    Do you like the touch controls on the DS?

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    #1  Edited By lolicanseeyou
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    #2  Edited By lolicanseeyou

    I think that they should go back to making stuff like the GBA

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    #3  Edited By Endogene

    Ouendan

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    #4  Edited By fini_fly
    @lolicanseeyou: In terms of the hardware? Games? Because not all of the games use touch based controls, and many that do, offer non-touch alternatives.
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    #5  Edited By Willy105

    Although being able to only touch one part of the screen at a time makes it terribly outdated, it's fantastic. The games made possible by that screen are fantastic, and one of the best reasons theDS has such a good reputation for games.

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    #6  Edited By Cwaff

    Touch screen controls are fine where appropriate but I hate when they are just there for the sake of it. I'm not a fan of the microphone as a form of controlling at all.

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    #7  Edited By AgentJ
    @Endogene said:
    " Ouendan "
    This. Also: Ninja Gaiden.
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    #8  Edited By lolicanseeyou

    no one else hate it?

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    #9  Edited By Icemael

    It doesn't bother me too much and I think some games, like The World Ends With You, do really cool stuff with it. However, whenever a DS game gives me the option to use regular button control, I go with that.

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    #10  Edited By lolicanseeyou
    @Icemael said:
    " It doesn't bother me too much and I think some games, like The World Ends With You, do really cool stuff with it. However, whenever a DS game gives me the option to use regular button control, I go with that. "
    yup, i definitely prefer normal button control
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    #11  Edited By eroticfishcake

    It really depends on the game but overall I think it's great fun if it's done right.

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    #12  Edited By lolicanseeyou

    I was gunna type out a petition, but this has revealed that too many people like it how it is.

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    #13  Edited By Camurai

    Personally, the touch controls are what turned me off of the DS. Not because they are bad but because only in a few games I have played do they work well. The pokemon games are great since they don't make the gameplay hinge on if you are good with a touchscreen, but it still serves a good purpose. I also loved The World Ends With You's touchscreen combat.  
     
    This is coming from someone who hasn't done a lot of handheld gaming since the GBA so chances are I have no idea what I'm talking about.

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    #14  Edited By FCKSNAP

    I don't like games that make me use both buttons and touch screen at the same time, I had to set Metroid Prime Hunters to buttons-only. I could barely tolerate The World Ends With You since it had that automated partner control.

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    #15  Edited By Icemael
    @lolicanseeyou said:
    " I was gunna type out a petition, but this has revealed that too many people like it how it is. "
    The DS sells millions and millions and millions and millions. Nintendo literally couldn't care less about an anti-touch control petition. In fact, it'd probably just get lost in the huge piles of money they've made on the DS.
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    #16  Edited By Meowayne

    How can you not like what they did with the DS?

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    #17  Edited By Animasta

    didn't you just make a topic about the wii?
     
    is the reason you don't like it is because it's hard to emulate? come on now

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    #18  Edited By c1337us

    I think it's fine where utilised properly.

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    #19  Edited By AgentJ
    @Laketown said:
    " didn't you just make a topic about the wii?  is the reason you don't like it is because it's hard to emulate? come on now "
    Lol, I didn't even think about that but it really makes sense. No wonder Nintendo hardware sells so much better :P
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    #20  Edited By FluxWaveZ

    The Worlds Ends With You is awesome.  Elite Beat Agents is awesome.  Rhythm Heaven is awesome.  Sure, there are many games that poorly implement the touch screen functions of the NIntendo DS, but when they're used well, they're used well.

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    #21  Edited By ShaunassNZ

    I say they should have gone the road like the iPhone but had button on either sides of the screen.

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    #22  Edited By Binman88

    I like them for games meant to be played almost exclusively with them (Elite Beat Agents, Rhythm Paradise etc.) but not when games implement them at random points in game just for the sake of it (like drawing the sign things in Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow).

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    #23  Edited By lolicanseeyou
    @Binman88 said:
    " I like them for games meant to be played almost exclusively with them (Elite Beat Agents, Rhythm Paradise etc.) but not when games implement them at random points in game just for the sake of it (like drawing the sign things in Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow). "
    yes i agree, but having to use it often is just too much
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    #24  Edited By Willy105
    @lolicanseeyou said:
    " no one else hate it? "
    Why would we hate it? There's nothing worth complaining about it considering it's 2004 tech.
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    #25  Edited By FakePlasticTree

    It is great when it works (I couldn't imagine playing Picross 3D without it). The problem I have with Nintendo's platforms is the sheer amount of shovelware that is churned out month after month (I'm looking at you Ubisoft). 

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    #26  Edited By AgentJ
    @lolicanseeyou said:
    " @Binman88 said:
    " I like them for games meant to be played almost exclusively with them (Elite Beat Agents, Rhythm Paradise etc.) but not when games implement them at random points in game just for the sake of it (like drawing the sign things in Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow). "
    yes i agree, but having to use it often is just too much "
    So why do you have such a problem with the touch screen? 
    @FakePlasticTree said:
    " It is great when it works (I couldn't imagine playing Picross 3D without it). The problem I have with Nintendo's platforms is the sheer amount of shovelware that is churned out month after month (I'm looking at you Ubisoft).  "

    Luckily no one is forcing you to buy all the shovelware for the consoles you own. I know I thank karma every day that I don't have to buy Buzz Trivia or Hannah Montana or Rogue Warrior

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