Mario DS controls
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If you're using the Touch Screen, you should put it on touch mode, It's definetely the easiest way to use the screen as well as the buttons.
And if you keep going to one corner of the screen, that happens to all of us... just keep playing and you start getting better at picking your hand up and putting it down again in the middle.
If you just want to use Standard Mode - I reccommend using the D-Pad.
And if you keep going to one corner of the screen, that happens to all of us... just keep playing and you start getting better at picking your hand up and putting it down again in the middle.
If you just want to use Standard Mode - I reccommend using the D-Pad.
StrikerObi
Member
jooey said:
Jonnyboy117 did the whole game in dual-mode using the stylus to control Mario with his right hand and d-pad button mappings. I have no clue how.
I'm using touch mode personally. Movement with my left, action with my right.
bobbyconover
Member
D-Pad here, with occasional (rare, really) use of the stylus for super precise movement.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
StrikerObi said:
That's how I play too, I find it far more precise. Seriously, if you're finding the controls awkward and haven't tried it, give it a go.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
I use the D-Pad to control Mario 
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crisdecuba
Member
Stylus control for me. After 10 stars it feels almost perfect. After 20, you're set.
My little brother has used the d-pad all the way through and he has 142 stars - so I guess each person will find the style that suits them best.
~Cris
My little brother has used the d-pad all the way through and he has 142 stars - so I guess each person will find the style that suits them best.
~Cris
iced lightning
Member
touchscreen, left thumb with the thumbstrap is definitely the most efficient way to play the game.
Chibbi Brady
Member
I'm a d-pad man myself. I'm up to 40 stars and have had no problems with the controls, I find the improved camera does help quite a bit though.
Of the other two, I found the stylus and d-pad combination to be pretty good. Can certainly see how people could find it the best method, not too found of the thumbstrap though. I just find it a bit uncomfortable.
Of the other two, I found the stylus and d-pad combination to be pretty good. Can certainly see how people could find it the best method, not too found of the thumbstrap though. I just find it a bit uncomfortable.
heavy liquid
Member
I've been using the d-pad. No problem here, even with precise situations.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Try it with the stylus in dual mode. I swear to god it couldn't be more precise with an analogue stick.
You guys who can play this game with the d-pad amaze me.
You guys who can play this game with the d-pad amaze me.
Touch mode + thumb nub is the way to go. It takes a while to learn, but eventually it works OK. Never quite as good as an analog, though.
As for your thumb going to the edge of the screen, that's going to happen in any mode. You have to re-center your thumb back on the screen. Kind of annoying, but eventually you can get used to it.
As for your thumb going to the edge of the screen, that's going to happen in any mode. You have to re-center your thumb back on the screen. Kind of annoying, but eventually you can get used to it.
StrikerObi
Member
fallout said:
If you're using Standard Mode with the thumb strap you really should be using Touch mode.
I started out using the dpad, but found it annoying to have to hold down the Y button constantly. I swtiched to touch mode with the thumb strap, and although I found it hopelessly sloppy and akward at first, after a few levels it became like second nature, the key is to lift your thumb to stop, without tactile feedback returning to the center point is near impossible.
A note to thise who think it would be better if the "cirlce" was fixed in place rather than follwing your thumb: Have you actually though through what the result would be?
A note to thise who think it would be better if the "cirlce" was fixed in place rather than follwing your thumb: Have you actually though through what the result would be?
I don't like the controls at all. None of the configurations really feel comfortable.
But what has been bothering me almost as much is the fact that when I make mistakes (which can be attributed to the sloppy control scheme probably about 50% of the time), the game is less forgiving than the Nintendo 64 version. In the Nintendo 64 version, if you got hit by an enemy, the game didn't take the control away from you except for a very insignficant fraction of a second. But in the DS version, I've been hit by a Goomba and then hit repeatedly after that until I died because the damn thing wouldn't let me regain control of Mario quickly enough!
Another thing: in this version, when you run into the purple poisonous fog, your health doesn't just gradually erode. Instead, Mario stops occassionally stops as if he's been hit by a normal enemy. And as such, you momentarily lose control over Mario. Also, if you jump out of the gas and then back into it quickly, the game will automatically hurt you (and again, you temporarily lose control over Mario) when re-entering the gas. It doesn't make any sense. If anything, it should reward you for TRYING to stay out of the gas, and it did just that in the Nintendo 64 version.
It's little shit like that over and over that makes me hate the adventure mode.
But what has been bothering me almost as much is the fact that when I make mistakes (which can be attributed to the sloppy control scheme probably about 50% of the time), the game is less forgiving than the Nintendo 64 version. In the Nintendo 64 version, if you got hit by an enemy, the game didn't take the control away from you except for a very insignficant fraction of a second. But in the DS version, I've been hit by a Goomba and then hit repeatedly after that until I died because the damn thing wouldn't let me regain control of Mario quickly enough!
Another thing: in this version, when you run into the purple poisonous fog, your health doesn't just gradually erode. Instead, Mario stops occassionally stops as if he's been hit by a normal enemy. And as such, you momentarily lose control over Mario. Also, if you jump out of the gas and then back into it quickly, the game will automatically hurt you (and again, you temporarily lose control over Mario) when re-entering the gas. It doesn't make any sense. If anything, it should reward you for TRYING to stay out of the gas, and it did just that in the Nintendo 64 version.
It's little shit like that over and over that makes me hate the adventure mode.
seismologist
Banned
I suggest using your thumb (no strap). Controls = touch mode.
The strap is probably better but I wanted to learn to play without it so I dont become too dependent on it.
I'm still amazed by how much control I have over Mario. It's definitely harder than analog. It's more rewarding too when you pull off a killer move.
The strap is probably better but I wanted to learn to play without it so I dont become too dependent on it.
I'm still amazed by how much control I have over Mario. It's definitely harder than analog. It's more rewarding too when you pull off a killer move.
I'm still kind of dissapointed with the touch mode. Maybe it's just because the analog circle moves with your finger, but the thing is just so imprecise, and for a platformer, especially SM64, control is paramount.
The thing that probably annoys me most though, is that performing the run-one-direction-then-180-the-other-way jump is almost impossible to pull off with any consistency, and I used that pretty much constantly through SM64 =/
The thing that probably annoys me most though, is that performing the run-one-direction-then-180-the-other-way jump is almost impossible to pull off with any consistency, and I used that pretty much constantly through SM64 =/
Andy787 said:
Maybe it's because you are using your finger? I use the Stylus in touch mode... Specifically, I use this stylus:
I find it a lot easier to use than the included one.
With it, I can do pretty much anything I could do w/ an analog pad. Literally the first time I tried using touch mode + Stylus, I cleared stage 2 w/ 128 coins in something like 4-5 mins.
Nah, I'm using the thumb strap, but still. This is probably the first time I've ever really hoped for a third party to step up with some better control devices. If they could make something that could fit around the whole thumb, or even something like the thumb strap but with a bigger pad and much better strap, I'd definitely buy it. Having to constantly fidget with the strap to keep it on and have it feel right is a huge hinderance to control, imo.
BobbyRobby
Member
64 stars in, using the D-Pad, and the touch screen only when sneaking up on Piranha Plants. It was a little rocky at first, but now its fine.
Jonnyboy117
Member
Bowser said:
I held the stylus in my right hand and used it to control Mario, much like people are doing with the thumbpad in Touch Mode...but I find that the stylus is more comfortable. It has less friction, and if you really need to, you can look down at the touch screen and orient the stylus more easily than with your thumb covering most of the screen. The only moves hard to do with this configuration are U-turn jumps, which aren't really necessary at any point, and wall kicks, which are very rarely used. In Dual Mode, the character actions are mapped to both the D-pad and the face buttons. I used the D-pad with my left thumb: up jumps, right punches/licks, down crouches, and left re-centers the camera. You still have full camera control on the touch screen too, down in the bottom-right corner where the icons are usually out of the way. One of the best things about this setup is that you don't have to use the shoulder buttons at all, so you can lay the DS down flat on a table or other surface and just use your thumb or any other finger on the D-pad. This position makes it much more comfortable to hold the stylus for long periods of time, since it's basically just like writing on paper.
I'm right-handed, but this method works for lefties too...just use the face buttons instead of the D-pad.
I've got over 90 stars now using this technique. (Haven't played it much since writing my review.)