Ugh! Why do developers have to integrate the touchscreen for EVERYTHING in DS games?

[weirdichi]

Isn't it easier to control the stupid plane in Starfox with the D-pad instead of using a freakin stylus to direct the plane at the same time having to use the same hand to press a button to shoot? Sure it's innovative and it uses the touchscreen, but I don't need it! Just give me a freakin game that I can play without jumping through hoops just to move the damn ship!

Yeah, it's a weak rant, but I was just so frustrated that I quit that game. Bah!

 

[her209]

Mario Kart uses the D pad.

 

[mugs]

Never been a fan of Starfox myself, but I don't particularly like DS game that attempt to use the touchscreen to control a 3D game like an analog stick. There are good uses for the touchscreen and bad uses.

 

[Wuffsunie]

Because it's there. That's why.

 

[dartworth]

Hmm...

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Wuffsunie
Because it's there. That's why.

The answer to so many of life's questions...

Edit:

Jerry: What's the matter?
George: My mother caught me.
Jerry: Caught you? Doing what?
George: You know. [All three give him blank stares] I was alone...
Elaine: You mean..?!
George: Uh-huh.
Kramer: [laughing] She caught you?
Jerry': Where?
George: I stopped by the house to drop the car off, and I went inside for a few minutes. Nobody was there. They're supposed to be working. My mother had a Glamour magazine; I started leafing through it?
Jerry: Glamour?
[Jerry, Kramer, and Elaine laugh]
George: So, one thing led to another?
Jerry: So, what did she do?
George: First she screams, "George, what are you doing?! My God!" And it looked like she was gonna faint - she started clutching the wall, trying to hang onto it.
Kramer: Man!
George: I didn't know whether to try and keep her from falling, or zip up.
Jerry: What did you do?
George: I zipped up!
Elaine: So, she fell?
George: Yeah. Well, I couldn't run over there the way I was!
Jerry: No, I guess not.
George: So, she fell, and then she started screaming, "My back! My back!" So, I picked her up and took her to the hospital.
Elaine: How is she?
George: She's in traction.
Elaine: Ok, I'm sorry.
George: It's not funny, Elaine.
Elaine: I know. I'm sorry. I'm serious.
George: Her back went out. She's gotta be there for a couple of days. All she said on the way over in the car was, "Why, George, why?!".. I said, "Because it's there!"