controller buttons "naming"

[jack100]

fazz said:

KylieDog said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:

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.

 

I guess it didn't pay off since they now have 1, 2, A, B, C and Z.

Actually, it's related to mathematics. X and Y are the most commonly used letters in math, algebra, etc. That's why they began their use in the SNES.

I hope nobody asks about L and R... >_>

seriouisly, I was gonna guess that about X and Y, but I thought it would be too nerdy to say, but if it's true, then it's not so nerdy. *thumbs up*