Hardware the 3DS analog sticks suck a lot.

[Ravenius]

I noticed this when playing Zelda OoT. During a boss fight, I'd have to pause the game and reposition my thumb on the analog stick to make it not slide off.
On top of this, after walking around a bit, my thumb gets really sore. It hurst my finger to an extent that I don't find playing enjoyable anymore.
I asked my friend who also has a 3DS and Zelda. She said "Yeah, definitely", almost before I finished the sentence.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Edit: The title of the thread is plural by accident, but I suppose I can't change it anymore.

 

[KuRensan]

Yes ^^ especially playing the last boss, it's a bit annoying but I kinda got used to it ^^ and complaining about it won't make it work better

 

[Deleted member 473940]

Its not that bad o.o
Thumb could hurt using any analog stick?

I am fine with it and it feels pretty comfortable. Much better then the PSP one at least..

 

[Zekrom_cool]

The analog stick is not bad. I think you need to get more used to it.

 

[RPG Hacker]

Yup. It sure does hurt my thumb after some time and my thumb also got off it quite a few times already. However, I guess for handhelds it's still the best you can get. Much better than having a shitty stick like the PSP's.

Actually... maybe there is a better solution. If they just removed the stick alltogether and replaced it by a touchsensitive field or something like that. I suppose that would just make it more expensive, though.

 

[NES SNES V.B. N64 G.C. Wii WiiU]

It took a while to get used to after the more comfortable DualShock 3 Analog Sticks (from the PS3 for all the newcomers), but once you're used to it's fine.

 

[jpxdude]

Nintendo invented 'Nintendo Thumb'

Saying that, I find the stick very comfortable to use, 2nd only to a dual-shock analogue stick.

 

[KuRensan]

replaced it by a touchsensitive field or something like that.

The problem is that some people have bigger thumbs so it could get very glitchy or the field has to be a lot bigger than a normal slide pad

EDIT: or it must be a ring shaped field

 

[Ravenius]

I suppose, since I've never tried PSP, that the 3DS's analog stick is consider good as a handheld one. I pretty much compared it to my PS2's controller, since that's the only analog I've ever really used.

It didn't seem that bad now that I played again, so I suppose this only happens in boss fights etc where you have to run in circles a lot. I still do have to reposition my thumb every once in a while when running a long straight path.

 

[naved.islam14]

I think its much better than the PSP one (At first I thought it was a speaker!).

 

[Snailface]

Analog Stick > Circle Pad > PSP nub

Nintendo couldn't have a clamshell system design with an analog stick so the Circle Pad was the best compromise.
I've had my thumb slide off the pad too, but its not too bad. They could have used a stickier, ribbed rubber I guess. (gross)

 

[AndroidDem0man]

I noticed this when playing Zelda OoT. During a boss fight, I'd have to pause the game and reposition my thumb on the analog stick to make it not slide off.
On top of this, after walking around a bit, my thumb gets really sore. It hurst my finger to an extent that I don't find playing enjoyable anymore.
I asked my friend who also has a 3DS and Zelda. She said "Yeah, definitely", almost before I finished the sentence.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Edit: The title of the thread is plural by accident, but I suppose I can't change it anymore.

Doesnt happen to me actually. I have no problem with that circle pad actually. Because i'm saying in my head, Hey its better then a stupid d-pad.
i'm playing the same game, oot at the moment and i am right now only up to the water temple. got biggorons sword and all that and so far in all that my thumb hasnt been hurting one bit.

 

[chris888222]

I don't find anything wrong with the analog seriously.

No slips or whatever

 

[machomuu]

You think that's bad? Try playing it on the N64 by holding it the proper way on the original painful analog stick (still love my N64, though).

 

[Bent]

I like the circle pad, but it did need to have grips/ridges put into the rubber. During certain parts I do find my thumb sliding off. But I don't have any discomfort or anything.

 

[Assax]

Same happens to me too man.
They should've made the "hole" deeper so the thumb wouldnt be able to slide over it.
I'm looking for some kind of solution like using rubber or whatever so my thumb stops sliding around its really annoying the reposition it every few minutes.

 

[Black ace]

It happened to me and I did have to pause it to reposition but after a few hours of gameplay,I got used to it and don't have problems with it anymore.

 

[Master Mo]

I`m totally fine with the circle-pad of the 3DS. I didn`t expect it but it has a good grip and I can move for a long time without repositioning my thumb on it. I really like that the trough is quite deep.

But strangely I have this problem with my PS3 controller (DS3), because they don`t have any kind of trough. Still it is manageable... I got used to it a bit.

 

[Ben_j]

it does suck yes... And I think I saw that the Wii U controler sticks will be like that too. Bummer

 

[KingVamp]

it does suck yes... And I think I saw that the Wii U controler sticks will be like that too. Bummer

Even you don't like it, the Wii U ones are not quite the same.



To what I remember, since I got use to playing DOA, I had no problems.