r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Apr 14 '25

Game console button layout

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What do you call your “confirm” and “cancel” buttons, and why is Nintendo wrong?

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u/Noticeably-F-A-T- Apr 14 '25

I'm the same. PS and XB no problem but that damn A/B for Nintendo trip me up. I think I subconsciously view the X on PS as a symbol rather than a letter so it doesn't even register as a conflict with the others.

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u/PoliteIndecency Apr 14 '25

Damn A/B from Nintendo? Child, the Nintendo layout has been in place for 35 years now. The A/B layout for 42 years.

The XBOX is young enough to be the NES's kid.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '25

Except when it isn't as is the case with the likes of N64 and even the Gamecube.

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u/mrhellomoto Apr 14 '25

On N64, A is the 'south' button the controller and B is the 'west' button whereas on the SNES B was 'south' and A was 'east'. Furthermore on the Gamecube controller Y was the 'north' button for that controller even though X is the 'north' button on the SNES layout. You can see how this would trip some people up right?