IPod Touch Battery Heat

I just recently bought a new iPod Touch from Sam's Club (Without a warranty...), and everything seems to be functioning properly...Except that the battery seems to give off lots of heat, much more in comparison to my old 5th Generation iPod Video.
So far it hasn't affected use or functionality in any way, but is it supposed to give off heat from the battery? It's not burning hot, I can press it to my lips without flinching, but it is still quite hot, more then warm anyways.
Any advice would be great. And yes, I know it would have probably been wise to get a warranty, but past that, any advice?

I mean I didn't pay an extra $30, so yes, extended warranty is probably what I chose not to get. They were not very specific on the "extended" part as I was checking out.
Is it possible that this is just caused by a heavy amount of battery use for what I am doing? The game I was playing was Dungeon Hunter from Gameloft, which has quite a lot in it, like 250 MB in size I think it was. Is it possible that that much detail is just too much to safely be used on an iTouch? So far, playing music hardly causes any warming, and videos just make it warm, not actually hot. If it's an issue with the type of game used, I would just prefer to delete the game...especially if it will just do the same thing on a new iPod. However if any app...game or not...is going to cause this with this particular iTouch, I will definitely want a replacement.
Your help so far is much appreciated.
As a side note, it is a couple hours to the nearest Apple retail store, and while I appreciate the suggestion of going there (Not saying I won't) long drives for iPod repair is something I would only want to do if completely necessary.
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Are you getting a over-temperature warming message?
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
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Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
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- Restore from backup. See:
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