The 3DS Dpad

I've been thinking about the 3DS and i wonder if the Dpad is better than the one in the DSLite. This really worries me; more since i didn't like the wonky, loose cheap feel the DSLite Dpad has. My DS Lite is one of the first models and i can't really stand the cheap felling of it, more the looseness it has.

I really liked the one in the first DS a lot more.It will be strange, cheap and unconfortable playing Super Street Fighter IV or Dead or Alive with a DSLite Dpad. I hope that's not the case and it turns out to be a lot better and feel more secure. Any info?

From what I see is the same or even smaller, since the 3DS is smaller than the older models and also it has to share space with the circle analog.

From what I see is the same or even smaller, since the 3DS is smaller than the older models and also it has to share space with the circle analog.

DealRogers

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From what I see is the same or even smaller, since the 3DS is smaller than the older models and also it has to share space with the circle analog.

soulreaper-4

The DSi and XL both have much better feeling d-pads and buttons. I'll asume they'll carry those over to the 3DS.

I think it will be fine. My concern with it is the placing of it. The analog and the d-pad should switch places because I think it is too low and might be awkward with my hand. Guess I won't find out until it comes out though...

Most games will use the analog stick, hence the reason its on top. And soul just go check the gamespot hands on for SSFIV and DoA from the Nintendo event; they specifically make mention of how the Dpad feels. Sepewrath

I was watching this video last night and there (at about 4:47) it is said that the D-pad works really well and that it's better than the D-pad of the DS Lite.

I hope it doesn't make that clicky sound the DSi does. It's kinda annoying when your playing in a quiet place.

I went to that 3DS UK tour that Nintendo put on. I only used the d-pad for a two round SSF4 match and it seemed pretty good. Slightly low (naturally given you're gonna use the circle pad thing for most games) but it was comfortable and I had no problems using it at all.

I think it will be fine. My concern with it is the placing of it. The analog and the d-pad should switch places because I think it is too low and might be awkward with my hand. Guess I won't find out until it comes out though...

Ultrabeatdown55

DSi's improved it and the 3DS will be equal or better than that version of the d-pad ^^'CyberKlown28

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I think it will be fine. My concern with it is the placing of it. The analog and the d-pad should switch places because I think it is too low and might be awkward with my hand. Guess I won't find out until it comes out though...

TotodilePwnsYou

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I think it will be fine. My concern with it is the placing of it. The analog and the d-pad should switch places because I think it is too low and might be awkward with my hand. Guess I won't find out until it comes out though...

gohanmaster11

Like the other guy said, I just think that the D-Pad is too low. Obviously I'd have to test run the 3DS myself to determine that, but from what I can tell, it'll be cumbersome. The thing is with regular analog/d-pad on regular controllers is that it's more diagonal from it, not straight below it. It just seems like it would cramp your hand too easily. But we'll see.

I went to that 3DS UK tour that Nintendo put on. I only used the d-pad for a two round SSF4 match and it seemed pretty good. Slightly low (naturally given you're gonna use the circle pad thing for most games) but it was comfortable and I had no problems using it at all.

midisurfmind

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I think it will be fine. My concern with it is the placing of it. The analog and the d-pad should switch places because I think it is too low and might be awkward with my hand. Guess I won't find out until it comes out though...

TotodilePwnsYou

I also tried the D-pad for street fighter 4 at the event. It worked fine but i quickly went back to the stick for the next round lol.As for placement it is fine, remember the dreamcast? pretty much the same. i have a feeling most games will use the D-pad as back up buttons, seems better than the lite's quite poor d-pad.

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I went to that 3DS UK tour that Nintendo put on. I only used the d-pad for a two round SSF4 match and it seemed pretty good. Slightly low (naturally given you're gonna use the circle pad thing for most games) but it was comfortable and I had no problems using it at all.

osan0

The sweet spot wasn't a particular problem for me, I probably should have tried looking at it from various angles a bit more to check but it didn't occur to me at the time. I was able to hold it at a natural feeling angle though, and I rarely lost the 3D effect, even when using the motion periscope mode on Steel Diver.

As for the dpad/circlepad thing, for games like Street Fighter, I personally think the d-pad is much more suitable than the circle pad based on what I played, but then again for all I know many people might play Street Fighter quite comfortably with thumbsticks...for me though it has to be the d-pad, and as I say, it worked pretty well, and it wasn't troublesome to play despite being lower than usual.