Gaming LTTP: Kid Icarus: Uprising

[JulietStMoon]

Answer: Nintendo have an amazing tendency to make rather gimped decisions. Also that I'm not particularly convinced precision is particularly important considering you are using a relatively small touchscreen. You need a level of competent accuracy but I'm unconvinced you need utmost precision.

Have I mentioned aiming with the face buttons is fucking horrible? And aiming with the stylus is horribly uncomfortable? The $1 I spent on my thumb stylus has transformed KI from being a meh game which hurts my hands to a very fun game where my hands feel perfectly fine.

Since you're constantly having to make split-second turns and the entire control scheme is based on a "globe-spinning" type method to see enemies on all directions, I really do think that the precision provided by the touchscreen is a must. That said, I think this can apply for any shooter (after playing Kid Icarus and Metroid Prime Hunters, almost every other console shooter feels so inaccurate to me while aiming with a control stick), but it ESPECIALLY applies for a shooter like this one, which combines the split-second decisions required by Super Smash Bros. with the OTS shooter style of a game like Gears of War. But that's just my opinion. Regardless, CPP aiming should've been an option, so we agree there.

And yes, that thumb stylus is a must for this game. I wish that Nintendo would make an "upgraded" version of their original thumb strap to be like the DX thumb stylus, but with the special strap to keep it attached to your DS/3DS (and of course slightly more compact, so pocket-carrying is easier). Right now, I just keep mine on the carabiner clip along with my keys.

 

[Deleted_171835]

Yet there's an option to aim with with the fucking face buttons...

Maybe Sakurai felt that if you didn't want to take the time to master the regular control-scheme, you should be punished by aiming with the face buttons.

 

[gamefan5]

Meh... mastered the controls unless han one hour. I keep playing loads of hours and my hands never hurts. XD Large hands FTW!

 

[The Milkman]

Ive been playing online and trying to develop a style of "Guerrilla Warfare" similar to a Scout stratagy in TF2. I essentially put as much mods into speed and melee as possible (usually scoring a nice elemental mod along the way) and then running around striking at people who arent paying attention usually with a quick melee dash and then a follow up combo, if it doesnt kill them, it weakens them enough to be finished off by a teammate, I get out of there and to the next guy as fast as I can using things like walls and corridors as cover. Been working quite well for me especially with my Raptors and Bears, since both do good melee damage. Pair it up with Aries or Super Armor to keep oppents who see you from slowing you down, Warp in case you need to get out of there quickly (some guy with an upperdash saw me, never going head to head melee with an arm user again) and Super Speed (I like to use it as getaway since if someones buddy comes around the corner I can just bash right through them.)

 

[Jiehfeng]

And...

+1 For the content. Online matches, music player (listen to in game music), idol toss, treasure hunt, ar games, weapon forging and buying etc.

There's a lot of content