r/gaming • u/Thunder_Health • 3h ago

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u/StopCriminal 3h ago

Nintendo putting B there is just insane

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u/Burger_Soup 3h ago

Insane? It's been that way for decades and long before Xbox existed.

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u/StopCriminal 1h ago

Going B to A left to right is just plainly wrong

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u/Chezzymann 1h ago

not in japan

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u/Yaarmehearty 1h ago

It doesn’t make it right, it was always infuriating as somebody that was there when it started.

At least Sega didn’t have its buttons backwards.

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u/Burger_Soup 1h ago

Infuriating how?? Since I was a child it never bothered me one second and didn't know it was an "issue" until this post lol.

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u/Yaarmehearty 57m ago

Because when a game says press A you think on the left, not the right. It’s fine until you get a button prompt, then it’s infuriating.

It would be easier if non US regions the snes just went with button colours, but it stuck with the backwards letters.

Sega, NEC and the micro computers all had buttons noted left to right, but Nintendo was the only one doing it backwards.

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u/BenjyMLewis 3h ago

Nintendo invented it. PlayStation in Japan copied the Nintendo layout. PlayStation USA swapped X and O for no reason. Xbox then copied PlayStation US. Nintendo had it their way the whole time and never changed anything. They don't deserve being called insane lol.

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u/blueberrypierat 3h ago

Nintendo may have been first, but they’ve always been wrong.

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u/Burger_Soup 1h ago

You don't need to like Nintendo but you can't deny their importance and influence in the gaming industry.

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u/Get_your_grape_juice 3h ago

Nah. Nintendo is right.

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u/Borderpaytrol 3h ago

Just like the SNES

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u/ICEpear8472 3h ago

And the NES and its Japanese equivalent the Famicom. Nintendo sticked to the B-A layout since 1983 probably longer than most in this thread have been alive.