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Originally Posted by bigjohn550
I haven't really payed much attention to this one. What is the deal with the touchscreen?
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It does seem to have come out of nowhere even with the usual coverage done by the magazines and websites. Basically it acts as another way to interact with the games you have. Pretty much almost every game out is tailored to be used by the touch screen. There are 3 ways of using the screen. The stylus pen, a thumb pad that's attached to the wrist band, and your fingers. It's prefered that you don't use them though, that's why you're given 2 pens and the one thumb pad.
A good example of the uses for the touch screen would be controlling Samus in Metroid Prime Hunters. With the thumb pad attached, you basically control, your aim and where you are facing while the dpad controls going back and forth, and strafing. It's the equivalent to using a mouse and a keyboard on a PC game. Believe me it works brilliantly. After a few practice rounds you'll be a pro.
Another method of controlling the characters, is using the touch screen with the thumb pad as if it was the analog controller on any controller. This one is a bit awkward and so far I believe only Mario DS uses this to move around the character, because you have to keep reseting your thumb to the middle of the screen to begin walking again. It's not terrible and it plays smoothly once you get it down pat.
With games like Feel the Magic and WarioWare:Touched! You use the touch screen and the mic to interact with the minigames. From dragging things around, pulling, pushing stuff, tossing them somewhere else, cutting stuff, drawing, colouring, every little aspect of what you can do with the touch screen, is intertwined with each game. Sometimes you'll have to yell at the screen, high and low, and as crazy as you'll look doing it, it's fun. You'll be blowing as well, and all this because of the mic.
Then to top it off, it also offers Wireless connectivity up to 30 feet away, with certain games. Also used to chat with others, that have a DS. Practically anyone can get in a chatroom and begin chatting with the keyboard or scribbling messages to each other. Fun stuff. Some games you'll need 2 cartridges others just one to host a game session. At the moment you can have deathmatches in Metroid and minigames in Mario DS. Also backwards compatible with the Advance games, and the backlit screen is much better since the SP is front lit. The colour is much more richer. I gotta say I love this little thing so far.
Hope that's not too much to read, but well worth it if you're interested! And there's so much more info you'll have to check out ign.com for more details that I just couldn't possibly fit in. Enjoy!