controller buttons "naming"

[The Ghost of RubangB]

Strategyking92 said:

jefforange89 said:
360 controller throws me off since A/B are reverse what they are on the GCN controller.

IMO, the X,Y buttons should be Y & Z instead. It's just kind of weird that AB goes from the begining, but XY doesn't go to the end of the alphabet.

Knowing how crazy Nintendo really is, they probably have some wacky philosophy behind it all, like A and B for blood types, and then X and Y for chromosomes.  They probably did years of market research before naming the buttons.