5th Gen L=A Removed Like/Dislike

[vaporeon7]

It's not that big of a deal for me. I never used that function anyway. So I don't care much at all.

 

[Tsundera]

I didn't even realise there was such a feature. In hindsight, though, I would have probably used it a lot if I knew about it; it would have come in handy so much :<

 

[Arma]

I used the L=A option quite often, it was really handy in cases you'd need your right hand for something else. It is quite irritating to see it's gone.

 

[BigIce17]

Aw, yeah I didnt like the fact that they removed this either. ;(

 

[lamby101]

i never used it so i didnt even know it was gone :/

Me too, to be honest until I came into this thread I didn't even know it existed lol

 

[Volroc]

i never really started to utilize it til AFTER my L button started to mess up on me,& now that my L button doesnt work at all i really dont mind but if i ever do get to replace my ds i will miss that option :(

 

[EJ]

Never noticed it D:

I multi-task too but I just use my right hand for the DS.

 

[Sammuthegreat]

I never used it myself, but now I think about it I realise it could be quite useful for one-handed multitask-playing.

The more important question is, though: WHY ON EARTH HAVE WE ONLY GOT ONE HOTKEY?! There's 4 face buttons, two shoulders and the Select/Start buttons. Clearly A and B are in use, but why do we need X to open the menu? It was far better in HG/SS as a purely touch-screen menu. And why can we not use Y, L, R AND Select to register 4 items instead of one? It's annoyed me since I can remember that you can only register one item. Imagine if we could have the Bicycle, the Map, the Super Rod AND the Vs-Seeker all just a single button press away...

Not that this is the only UI inadequacy in Pokemon games. For example, why can't we choose to Fly to a city straight from the Map screen? Instead we have to press B, go to our Pokemon list, select our Flyer, then click Fly, then find the city all over again... Urghh.

Sorry for getting off-topic. I did answer the question at the top though...

 

[bwburke94]

I never used L as A, but I don't like that they removed Start as X.

 

[Air Pichu]

I used it a lot on my old DS whenmy A button was broken and usable. Even now, after I have a DSi, I still miss it.

 

[skyluigi2]

Knew about it, never used it for more than 2 minutes. Just thought it was pointless.

-Totodile42

 

[Oblivion Wing]

It was a function?? Meh...

 

[Iceshadow3317]

Lol,I didn't even know there was one like that I rarely used the L anyways.

 

[.-Notched]

I really don't care about that option..

 

[Steven]

Well, I only used that option on my GBA SP, mainly because I generally sit my DS down on a table and play like that. I don't usually hold it, so it's easier to press A than L for A.

So I don't care.

 

[Ho-Oh]

I don't really care tbh. I think it was more annoying when I accidentally pressed L for something. Though I think it's only handy when you need to do fast things in Pokemon games...and that's not very often. XD (I swear something comes to mind but I can't remember it).

 

[Giraffe]

I remember using it in previous games, but to be honest, I forgot about checking if it was in Black/White.

 

[King Gumball]

I don't care :/ I never really used that option anyway, so it doesn't bother me.

 

[Bluerang1]

Seeing as my L and R buttons are busted, the removal doesn't bother me much. But they didn't have to remove it.

 

[RYOUKI]

There was that feature? J/K, of course i know there was such a thing. I didn't really use it so I really don't care that it's gone. I actually see no point in that. o_O