The Stylus...What Was Nintendo Thinking Exactly? - Page 2

Not only is it on the back, but it's on the left-side of the back. Meaning us right-handers have to reach all the way across the back of the DS, making it very difficult to quickly take out the stylus without losing focus of the 3D. (and also my hand gets in front of the camera when attempting to take out the stylus, which messes up the game if I'm playing a game that uses the 3D camera)

Very stupid design choice.

I find it easier to get to on the back as I can more easily slide it out there than have to move my entire right hand out of the way to pull it out

quote Kalas spirit

My only worry is that it is actually plastic with a metallic coating. I don't know if it is, but my PDA's stylus was that way and the coating wore off after a while.

The 3DS stylus is solid metal, you can tell by its weight and how cold it is.
I'm not entirely sure what metal it is, though (it is slightly magnetic, so it probably has some iron in it; but its not magnetic enough to be steel).

quote TwilightPrince

Not only is it on the back, but it's on the left-side of the back. Meaning us right-handers have to reach all the way across the back of the DS, making it very difficult to quickly take out the stylus without losing focus of the 3D. (and also my hand gets in front of the camera when attempting to take out the stylus, which messes up the game if I'm playing a game that uses the 3D camera)

I advise you hold your stylus at all times whilst playing (it's really quite easy once you get used to it).
The easiest way to hold it 'passively' (i.e. when you are not using it and simply wish to hold it whilst you use the buttons) is clutched in your bottom three fingers, with your index finger free to use the shoulder button, and your thumb free to use the others.
Like so:

You can then simply flip the stylus up into a suitable grip when you wish to use it.

quote DreamCrafter

My Stylus has become my chew toy, plastic tastes nice :3

Mine too. :3

I don't have a 3DS (yet) but it seems that since I've always played with my original Nintendo DS, this placement will be more comfortable for me.

And yeah, it helps out left-handed people too! =D

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Holding it disrupts gameplay, but sliding it in and out constantly is fine? Not my cup of tea, but whatever.

For most of the games I play, you either used the face buttons with a few touch screen interactions that my thumb normally takes care of, (Pokemon, Street Fighter) or I'm using the stylus almost all the time, (Ghost Trick, Rhythm Heaven). In the first case, I don't use the stylus at all, and in the second case I have it out the entire time. Very few games require heavy use of both, like Okaimden, but with those I also have it out the entire time, even on my Lite, as plopping it in and out is annoying and wears out the stylus faster.

And if we really want to get into nitpicking, which is all this thread is, having a gaping hole in the right side of the device when you are using the stylus was incredibly annoying while trying to play, as the groove kept rubbing into my hand and causing actual physical discomfort (Gasp! How awful!). I also tended to click the stylus in and out of the holder for no real reason, wearing the plastic dot that keeps the thing in place faster. Nintendo saved me a lot of trouble, they did!

Taking the stylus in and out again isn't a problem for me. I can quiote comfortably hold it in my Hand, annd even then I just hold it in my mouth.

You could put a little string around/through it and slip it over your wrist.