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SuperNova on 03 September 2016
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JEMC said:
SuperNova said:

Good looking and ergonomic is not the same thing. :P

They can't really help the placement of the right circle pad though, as that is part of the actual rumor and I assume you use the L&R buttons just like you usually would. The bottom ones would likely go unused in singleplayer mode and you'd just use the top ones (Wich don't look that diffrent from the 3DS ones).

The shoulder L & R buttons on the 3DS are on the top framework, not the bottom panel. They would be a pain to use in that position unless they are triggers, which they aren't.

Also, that mockup assumes that left and right detachable controllers will be symmetrical and used with the internal side pointing to the TV like a NES controller, henche the reason of the right analog being under the buttons. But that's based on an assumption, not from any actual rumor.

Emily Rogers, as well as the Lets Play Video Games Rumors place the right analog below the Buttons. As to the validity of those rumors, they might be doubtful, but they definitively exist.

You don't really see the sides of the device in this mockup. Recent rumors (on wich this mockup seems to be based) state that the device will be 15-16mm thick. That is plenty of space for L/R buttons.  I assumed that what we are seeing is the bottom part of the Button, rather than the side one. If you have a 3DS/XL turn it around and you will see what I mean.

If you're indeed supposed to press the part on the bottom panel, that would maybe be slightly uncomfortable, but far from impossibe. I agree that it's not a good solution though.