BASE10, The DSi and Lefties Left Out - Chicago video game | Examiner.com - 2 views
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There is a percentage of people in the world who hold that DS stylus a bit differently than the rest of you gamers out there and despite the attention of much of the gaming development industry, when we get ignored it isn’t difficult to avoid taking notice
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Designers of games need to consider the audience. Here is an example of a game that excludes left handed players. The DSi is a small hand held device with two screens. This game is played by holding the device open as you would a book. The problem is that numbers are moving from the left page to the right page and players are expected to use a stylus to interact with the right page. Left handed players block the view of the game and cannot play.