But you'll need a Circle Pad Pro...

Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed that his Kid Icarus: Uprising will indeed utilise the Circle Pad Pro extension - but only insofar that it makes for more comfortable play for left-handed gamers.

As the default scheme, Kid Icarus: Uprising is controlled using the touch-screen to aim and rotate the camera, and the circle pad to control Pit's movements. With the addition of the Circle Pad Pro, players can flip this control method over to use the stylus with their left hand.

However, the game will not be offering a special dual-analogue control scheme for owners of the Circle Pad Pro. Sakurai-san explained the development process to ONM.

"The way we are using the Circle Pad Pro in the game is to provide support for left-handed gamers. We've made it possible to use the right Circle Pad in place of the left one. I didn't know the specs of the Circle Pad Pro, or what it looked like, until Monster Hunter 3G was announced, so we weren't able to do anything big with it in the time we had. Even if we had known about it from the start, I don't know whether we would have used both Circle Pads in that way. This would end up being just the same as controls on other platforms and I think the quick aiming possible with the touch panel suits the game best."

Kid Icarus: Uprising is currently pencilled in for a March release.