Little Deviants Helps Validate NGP's Rear Touchpad
January 27, 2011 10:00 AM | Eric Caoili
Amid all the console ports Sony showed off at its NGP (Next Generation Portable) reveal event last night, the company showed off at least one first-party original IP for the PSP successor last night: Little Deviants, a cute and colorful title that takes advantage of the system's rear touchpad,
Though I can't really think of too many compelling possibilities for the touchpad yet, Little Deviants uses the feature in a unique way, allowing players to push up and manipulate the landscape by pressing and moving their fingers against the back of the handheld.
As you can see in the demonstration above, deforming the landscape helps move the "deviant" ball creatures around the cartoonish sage. Tapping the rear touchpad will also make the deviants close to the area your touching hop.
Developers, please create more strange games like this around this odd feature!
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The pinch to pachinko is a nice idea. Although the ground deformation could easily be done with the touchscreen instead of the backpad.
Not to say that's a bad thing, it might be a good way to retrofit existing touchscreen controls without covering up the display.
Blaine | January 27, 2011 5:25 PM