directional pad
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directional pads
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The game demands dexterity as the player uses every shoulder button alongside the directional pad, and every button has multiple uses depending on the mode Link is in, whether it’s fuse or Ultra Hand.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023
The design layout includes on the face a loud built-in speaker, large touchpad, directional pad, four action buttons, a pair of interchangeable thumbsticks and a PS, mute, create and option button.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 26, 2022
The researchers placed their three-fingered robotic hand on a Nintendo controller, with each finger laid on a different button or the directional pad.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 23, 2021
Controlling the R1 is pretty straightforward, with an onscreen vertical slider and a virtual directional pad for sending the drone forward and backwards and for rotating it left or right.
From The Verge ● Feb. 13, 2018
The left-hand control is still a standard directional pad, but the right-hand now sports a trackball where it previously had an up-and-down dial.
From Time Magazine Archive
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