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Strategyking92 on 05 January 2010
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.



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jack100 on 05 January 2010
Words Of Wisdom said:
It's 5 seconds of memorization and then 2-6 hours of diverse gameplay to memorize a new button scheme.

Anyone who has problems with Nintendo/Sony controllers is just plain lazy and a poor gamer.


you shouldn't say that, I'm assuming that most people don't even look down on the controller when playing games, it's mostly a pain in QTE and when someone is telling you to hit a specific button, like in a combo in fighting games.

Also I haven't touched an NES controller in AGES, I know how it looks like, but I can't remember if the order is AB or BA, and I'm guessing you won't remember either, but that doesn't make us poor gamers.



The Ghost of RubangB on 05 January 2010
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.



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fazz on 06 January 2010
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... >_>



jack100 on 06 January 2010
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*