Sega, Xbox, Steam - and functionally speaking, even Sony all default to a face button scheme with the action/enter/accept button on the bottom, and cancel/back on the right. Nintendo’s control scheme is really the primary thing that throws a wrench in retro handheld setups. It’s also just a bad layout. X on top? What is that nonsense?

  • veee@lemmy.caEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    If you consider that the more comfortable position to place your thumbs on the right side of a controller are at the edges (e.g. on a SNES controller it’s dpad-left and A) it makes sense that the A button should be on the right (i.e. the first button from the perspective of your right hand).

    • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      31·
      10 hours ago

      Faulty premise, I do not consider the right side to be more comfortable. If it were up to me, A would be bottom, and B would be left, because in a lot of games B tends to be attack and A either jump or some dodge roll. That setup makes it convenient to place the thumb over both buttons simultaneously.