5th December 2005, 3:06 PM
Why did you have to look at the controller? It's a standard ABXY layout. If they say press X, just press X. It can only be in one place.
But no matter, the thing is, getting used to the controller is something you do on the GCN too, when you first play it. Just because they are different shapes doesn't mean you will automatically know which button is the "Y" button. The game would have to actually show the Y button's shape on-screen, not just the letter "Y", for you to get that. About two GCN games that I own actually do that. One of them actually doesn't even tell you what letter to push, and that does mess me up because it's Soul Calibur 2, and it is annoying having to remember that just because it SAYS press B doesn't mean you actually press B.
I think you are making a mountain out of default. I'm not sure why you think all buttons need to have a different shape. That doesn't really help anyway since you still need to learn where "Y" is and so on.
And don't give some silly response like "Well Y is the button that feels like a kidney facing down, retard!" because you still need to LEARN that. You may now what it FEELS like without even looking, but unless you can actually feel the shape of the indented Y, you STILL need to look and see that that's the Y button up there.
But no matter, the thing is, getting used to the controller is something you do on the GCN too, when you first play it. Just because they are different shapes doesn't mean you will automatically know which button is the "Y" button. The game would have to actually show the Y button's shape on-screen, not just the letter "Y", for you to get that. About two GCN games that I own actually do that. One of them actually doesn't even tell you what letter to push, and that does mess me up because it's Soul Calibur 2, and it is annoying having to remember that just because it SAYS press B doesn't mean you actually press B.
I think you are making a mountain out of default. I'm not sure why you think all buttons need to have a different shape. That doesn't really help anyway since you still need to learn where "Y" is and so on.
And don't give some silly response like "Well Y is the button that feels like a kidney facing down, retard!" because you still need to LEARN that. You may now what it FEELS like without even looking, but unless you can actually feel the shape of the indented Y, you STILL need to look and see that that's the Y button up there.
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