I'll accept that they're still learning how to use the hardware effectively and maybe that is the reason I feel that the use of the touchpad and mic seem gimmicky in some games. I think games that embrace the gameplay style of the DS like warioware, nintendogs etc are good games, but when they try to adapt existing console/portable gameplay to use the features of the DS "because they can" it's just silly and out of place.
Lunar does this with the blowing in the mic, Castlevania does it to a much less annoying extent by using the touch screen to seal bosses and a few other things, while it may not "ruin" the game, it definitely feels gimmicky.
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