I find it curious that I’ve never seen a video of someone controlling their DS/3DS touchscreen with just a finger.
I’ve used touchscreens on mobile devices even before the DS was out, and I almost never use the stylus, just my fingernail.
Recently I’ve been on a binge of trying out DS shooters that control the aiming via touchscreen, and just using my thumb I can hold the handheld like a normal console controller, with aiming similar to having a right thumbstick. Can’t imagine fiddling with a stylus to aim, ew.
And no I don’t have long fingernails, just completely normal human ones. I’m also not worried about damaging the screen - if anything, fingernails are softer than hard plastic.
Am I really the only one?
Made a poll in the comments, please vote by upvoting, I’m curious.
One thing I’d love is a magnetic solution for the stylus. I play on a 3DS XL attached to the Monster Hunter 3DS grip. The downside of this grip is that it blocks access to the stylus. I wish there was an easy way to have a magnetic stlyus that could attach to a grip so it’s easily plug and play.
Since the 3DS shop closure, I’m revisiting the 3DS and playing games in my spare time and finding that I need that stlyus for the input precision compared to my finger. It gets a bit annoying when I’m on the go and trying to get a quick game in, to the point where I may have to fabricate my own solution.