UltimateIke
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Nintendo has been doing it the same way since at least 1983. A on right, B on left.
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Nintendo has been doing it the same way since at least 1983. A on right, B on left.
opposite to what??... to the xbox?
you are aware that nintendo has been doing that since the NES days, right?.
CambriaRising
Member
I still think the placement of those sticks looks uncomfortable.
Yeah that's what I don't get.
It's like they are doing it just to show people "Hey, it's classic!"
If that confuses you, I don't believe you should call yourself a gamer anymore.
welll, again, nintendo was first, so technically, xbox, sega and psx were opposite to nintendo.
and the reason is probably patents or something like that.
MatthewB92
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Not really. Both the n64 and gamecube controller have the A on the right and B on the left.
Unsure what Sony messed up considering they don't use letters, and in Japan they use Circle the same way they used the A on old Nintendo controllers, pick up PS1 FF or MGS and they both used Circle and X the exact same way as A and B.
Western audiences however prefer it the other way around which is why games here use them that way these days.
Agreed. They're ugly as hell, too.
It makes sense if you prefer the Circle/A buttons as confirm.
Oh good, I always enjoy arbitrary, uncomfortable ridges.
I don't even think that design's conceptually admissable, anyway. Don't console makers always patent the d-pad/analog stick/button curvature design of their first-party controllers? Third parties don't put square buttons and satellite-dish d-pads on their controllers because they think they're better, they do it because they're forced to.
I don't even think that design's conceptually admissable, anyway. Don't console makers always patent the d-pad/analog stick/button curvature design of their first-party controllers? Third parties don't put square buttons and satellite-dish d-pads on their controllers because they think they're better, they do it because they're forced to.
Man-is-Obsolete
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The idea is cool but it looks like a SNES controller was bolted onto the Pro controller. It's novel though and will stoke the flames of nostalgia for people.
PetriP-TNT
Member
I was thinking that no way those controllers looked the ones I had seen... Brilliant idea sticking a mini-snes controller to a pro-pad
jetsetfluken
Member
That SNES design wouldn't work well. The control pad and buttons are too close together and would be uncomfortable. Your thumbs would have to "reach over" or not reach at all.
Ideally there would be an NA SNES Classic Controller. EU and JP have their own, but it's the different color scheme with no good old concave X/Y buttons that the NA controller had.
Ideally there would be an NA SNES Classic Controller. EU and JP have their own, but it's the different color scheme with no good old concave X/Y buttons that the NA controller had.
Silphonica
Banned
I understand the concept of the controller, I just don't think it will work, personally.
For 18 years the main action buttons have been directly opposite the main directional function.
For 18 years the main action buttons have been directly opposite the main directional function.
They are a bad photoshop. I'm still bitter about this.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38471302&postcount=746
So how did everyone cope with that not being the case on the Dual Shock?
Silphonica
Banned
It's a personal thing. That's what I meant by "personally", sorry I didn't mean in general terms for everyone.
jetsetfluken
Member
The D-pad is opposite the action buttons on the DualShock, unless you're talking about the left analog stick. Still, it's a different ergonomic design from this mock-up or even the official Wii U Pro.
Oni Link 666
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There's no need to be sorry about creating new threads. You're supposed to do that! You should be sorry if you bump an old thread to dump news in or bury news in a megathread where only a few people will see it. Let's get out of this thread recycling mindset, please. There's no need for that and it's counterproductive to the purpose of this forum.
The Hermit
Member
yes holy shit!
GayForMaster
Banned
So lol. Does it have a mic jack or not?
Ninja Scooter
Member
looks ugly, like an SNES/SFAMI controller is growing out of it like some sort of tumor.
Ninja Scooter
Member
I think it goes back to the NES days, when it was meant to be B=back and A=advance, but that could be an urban legend.
thanks for this. You know, first thread and all :]
It's not at all the same. The ergonomics are different, the button depression is stiffer, and you can't lay it down flat on a table.
dragonflys545
Member
Ugly as hell
If you're asking for a perfect, modernized replica of a two decade-old controller, then yeah, that is asking too much.
ipukespiders
Member
I just want a wireless this:
Too much to ask, perhaps?
Scissors.
I think he meant opposite to the... alphabet.