Anyone else think they should have added a second analog slider?

I understand that Nintendo wants the focus to stay on the touch screen, but I think it would have added a whole new dimension to the 3DS.

With the beefed up graphics, its pretty much a given than we'll see more FPS especially, but then we'll be forced to used the stylus, or stretch our thumb to reach the touch pad......

Your opinions?

I don't think handheld gaming is meant to have the intense action of a FPS. It's suppose to have a seperate feeling than a console. That being said, I don't think the 3DS needs a second stick. Also just because it's relavent, the NGP is going a different route when it comes to handhelds. It's the same they took the PSP and one of the main reasons it failed was because the console still did it better because it had the second stick. Of course I think that the NGP is going to be as successful as the PSP but I think the idea of having a portable home console experience is better than actually having it.

A second analogy slider is not needed because the touchscreen can be used for camera control.

FPS games should stay on PC.

Consoles, and especially hand held ones should be used to play those kinds of games that are best suited for consoles, platformers, puzzle games, adventure games and so on.

IMO, there's just no need for two analog sticks or pads.

A second analogy slider is not needed because the touchscreen can be used for camera control.

dzimm

I think if they had a 2nd it would just be for people that are Left Handed so they can write with there left hand and use the analog slidepad with there right hand.

I think if they had a 2nd it would just be for people that are Left Handed so they can write with there left hand and use the analog slidepad with there right hand.

Nintendo_Ownes7

A second analogy slider is not needed because the touchscreen can be used for camera control.

dzimm

I know we all make typos but I got a real funny vision of an analogy slider =)

No they should not add another one.

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I think if they had a 2nd it would just be for people that are Left Handed so they can write with there left hand and use the analog slidepad with there right hand.

BrunoBRS

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I think if they had a 2nd it would just be for people that are Left Handed so they can write with there left hand and use the analog slidepad with there right hand.

CyberKlown28

It definatley needs one no doubt, nintendo just forgot. NGP is gonna be sooo bossss.

Shame the lack of good battery lasting tough.Rod90

O.K., look, we all know that the 3DS battery lasts around 4 hours with all the settings maxed and around 8+ hours if you disable 3D and turn down the brightness. We get it. So how about we stop bringing it up in every... single... thread... :roll:

If they could fit it on the system, then sure, it couldn't hurt.

[QUOTE="Rod90"]Shame the lack of good battery lasting tough.dzimm

O.K., look, we all know that the 3DS battery lasts around 4 hours with all the settings maxed and around 8+ hours if you disable 3D and turn down the brightness. We get it. So how about we stop bringing it up in every... single... thread... :roll:

If they could fit it on the system, then sure, it couldn't hurt.

Nubukon

People keep on bringing it up because they think it will be too much work tinkering with the system's settings to make it last longer even though its pretty simple. Or they keep bringing it up because they dont understand why it cant last long, as if Nintendo dilibertly did this so that people would have to buy the 3DS lite whenever it came around. That might be part of it, but Im sure the rest has to do with them not trying to make the 3DS too big or heavy or expensive (like some people were predicting that it was going to cost more than $300 and complaining about it, so really, people should be glad)

Yes I think they shoul've added one

after seeing some random dude dissect the 3DS I would certainly agree that Nintendo should have added a second analog. The bottom right corner doesn't have much other than the mainboard of tehs system. an extra slider would have fit.

That might be part of it, but I'm sure the rest has to do with them not trying to make the 3DS too big or heavy or expensive (like some people were predicting that it was going to cost more than $300 and complaining about it, so really, people should be glad)

Gamingclone

Technology is not getting cheaper as it becomes more sophisticated and advanced, and people should not be surprised if Nintendo releases the successor of the 3DS that costs more. The fact that the cost of handhelds are approaching the cost of home consoles tells how handhelds are becoming like home consoles, and I predict one day the lines will be blurred in a way that the differences between the two is portability and energy use.

If the 3DS is "expensive," then do not buy it at its current price. People are not forced to buy it at $250.

Yes, there's no excuse for one not to be there.

Nintendo really had a chance to take a leap forward and instead that stayed for the status quo

This means that the handheld is still unable to play certain genre's well and it'll be just like the DS where the only action games that are done well are top down RPG/adventure games and 2D platformers.

One control method was fine last gen but it's crippling to users now

Nowhere to put it Sepewrath

So you think that the 3DS shouldn't have two control options on the left side either?

Either a directional or buttons on a side and that's it?

The touch screen effectively becomes the other one. So I don't think it's necessary.

Nintendo really had a chance to take a leap forward and instead that stayed for the status quoJaysonguy

Yeah, they're really maintaining the "status quo" by releasing the first consumer product ever to feature glasses free 3D on a system with unprecedented social networking features (Spot Pass and Street Pass), among other innovations.

"Status quo"? Seriously? :roll:

Handheld fps = win As Craig Harris noted on ign last e3, the slider is like an iceberg, small on top, giant under water. The device does so much with so little room, no space left for it...for right now at least. Maybe if they ever release a 3nd version, a 2nd analog may be possible then :)CyberKlown28

That cannot happen because then all the early adopters of the 3DS wouldn't be able to play the latest games that use a second slider.

I agree 100% with the TC, it was a moronic move by Nintendo not to include two sliders, it was the main complaint about the PSP. As for everyone saying touch screen means no need - there's no comparison for ease of use and functionality, and if every game used the touch screen for camera control then there would be no point in a second screen at all, you may as well take it out and make it a 3D game boy WITH dual analog.