Very detailed Wii U review - The Verge

[Conegamer]

ebw said:

Conegamer said:
I saw this and really liked the review; actually. Though some of his criticisms seem unfounded (how is the Gamepad's use unclear? Haven't heard anyone else say it feels cheap!), but the actual text was sound.

Well, I found this part discussing the location of the A button painfully ignorant:

"On Xbox, PlayStation, and most other recent consoles, the most commonly-used button (both in games and for advancing and selecting in menus) is on the bottom of the diamond. On the Wii U, it's the A button, and it sits on the right side — in dozens of hours of playing I never got used to that, and never stopped pressing B when I was trying to press A.  [...] If you've ever played video games before, on any console, the Wii U's going to be frustrating to use for a while."

Sure on any console... except SNES, DS, 3DS, Wii Classic Controller, or every console in Japan (if the right side is all we're counting, then throw in NES, GB, GBA, etc.)   From the comments, it seems this paragraph used to be much worse in the original version, and obviously he neglected to fix the last sentence.

I really expected higher standards from the Verge.

Yes exactly; anyone who's played a Nintendo console before (or even the Classic Controller) should know what to expect with the button placement. It's a non-issue.