Zelda: OOT Comparison

[Vipershark]

this game is really great and everything but am I the only one who -doesn't- like the old pause/equipment/status screen being relegated to the touch screen?

I don't like how the game requires you to take your hand off the buttons or slide pad in order to tap the touch screen.

I realize that there are less buttons on the 3DS, but perhaps the D-pad could have been used as a pause putton?
It's unused for anything else (as far as I can see ) so it's not too far fetched to set D-pad Up to pause/menu/, etc.

That aside, the game is great so far and in addition to a normal playthrough, I'm also doing a 3 heart, zero death (and i suppose i'll throw in short magic bar as well) playthrough.