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When it comes to games made for the Nintendo DS, the question of control comes down to one question: To touch screen or not to touch screen? Some games embrace the combination of the stylus with the touch screen, sometimes at the cost of flexibility and fun. Others eschew the DS's second screen altogether, focusing instead on the traditional control methods of the buttons and the D pad.
While EA Sports' upcoming FIFA 23 will have multiple control schemes available to players, as we found out during a recent hands-on session with the game, the focus seems to be on the touch-screen controls that will bring your favorite FIFA stars to life on the small screen. In FIFA 23 for the DS, you use the D pad for moving your players up or down the pitch and the stylus/touch screen for practically everything else.
This includes passes, tricks, and shots. To pass the ball to a teammate, you tap the screen in the direction you wish to pass the ball. Unlike the console versions of Street 3, the DS version of the game is aligned north and south. Thus, your team always moves up on offense and down on defense. To get an air pass going, you hold down the left shoulder button and then tap as normal. To get a nice chained set of air passes, you can simply time your taps by tapping just before the next player you pass to receives the ball.
Choose a player and set out for footy fame in FIFA 23's Street Challenge mode. To shoot the ball, you swipe upward with your stylus on the touch screen. As with passes, you have a degree of control over the direction of your shot; one key tactic to scoring goals is to move in one direction to get the goalkeeper committed, then firing the ball in the opposite corner for a quick goal buy FUT 23 coins. It doesn't work all the time, but it feels good when it works.
Tricks have always been a staple of the FIFA 23 series, and that's no less true here with FIFA 23.