Hardware Its so confusing!

[Junylim]

The power button is where usually start and select button is!
One time, I tried to pause a game and i ended up turning it off!!
Why did they put the power button there?

 

[Slyakin]

The start and select buttons are under the touch screen. They also have a different shape and texture to them.

I don't see how you can mix those up.

 

[Oceanborn712]

Well I can understand it. When using my friend's 3DS I kept slamming the Stylus into the right side of the device and kept banging it against the 3DS a few times looking for the hole because I was used to sticking the Stylus there.

 

[Presto99]

It will probably take some adjusting for me...

I don't think they could have put the power button on the left side, like the DSi/XL. If they did, I imagine it would be more annoying, with the +pad and stuff. Plus it might have been hard to fit in on the left side anyways.

 

[jamesaa]

I've on occasion gone to pause the game only to nearly hit the power button.

But i thought it came up with a power off screen which gave you the option to fully power off the system or just enter sleep mode?

EDIT: Just tested it, that screen does appear... but it still closes your game