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    love this game but wonder if there's a way to play w/out the stylus, my hand cramps up somethin fierce. the tutorials always mention the stylus but in the Options screen there's an icon of what looks like a dpad/button choice- but it's greyed/locked out for me. is this an unlockable (seems dumb to me) or maybe the prev. Owner locked it out somehow? I don't have the manual.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joshnickerson View Post
    Yeah. The manual does not mention in text any button control option or lack thereof. It's only shown grayed out in a screenshot, no explanation why it's even there.
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    It's an unlockable option.

    To unlock the Control Pad Launcher, you must get at least a silver medal in every quest.

    +Control Pad/L&R
    Rotate the launcher

    A Button
    Launch a marble

    B Button
    Switch between multiple launchers
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    An optional control method has to be unlocked?

    That's rather... lame.

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    It would be even funnier if you had to unlock "colorblind mode".

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    Quote Originally Posted by joshnickerson View Post
    An optional control method has to be unlocked?

    That's rather... lame.
    Yeah, I thought so too, until Frankie above described it. Seems stylus control is ideal.


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    Quote Originally Posted by RJ View Post
    I thought the vast wealth of gaming knowledge here would help me rather than Google. Someday you'll ask someone "how are you today?" & they'll say "GOOGLE IT!!!"
    Gee, sorry, didn't mean to offend you, dude. I just figured using a search engine would've gotten you a quicker answer rather than waiting for someone to read your post and reply. :/

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