Face Buttons and Fighting Games' Controls
Hello! Ninteno Life posted this picture on Youtube and it sparked a couple of old pet peeves I have. Let’s just get right through this. As the picture shows, the big three game companies use an X as a face button, all of which are in a different position. I think Sony gets a pass on this topic because all their buttons are just symbols where as Microsoft and Nintendo use letters, though I do see why “O” should be open and “X” should be close or cancel but “X” has been “accept” for so long. Well, for us in the West anyway. I’m sure you’re aware but Xbox and Nintendo use the same four letters. The Nintendo 64’s controller has a lot of buttons, lots of letters. A, B, four C’s, there’s a Z in there. The Sega Dreamcast has, the now Xbox traditional buttons, A, B, X and Y. The Super Nintendo controller used A, B, X and Y but didn’t go back to that scheme until the Wii’s “classic controller” but they’re in the opposite spots as Xbox’s. It’s kind of annoying when yo