Why is The North American SNES Ugly???? - Super Nintendo History - THGM
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"Do people just eat meals sitting on their couch in the states?" Yes.
I had the NES and SNES and Genesis (Mega Drive) growing up in the USA, and I never knew anyone who would put things on top of game systems that could spill. We had like...the floor or tables to set things on as kids. Heck even coffee tables and side tables, and I grew up poor so it's not like only well off people have freaking tables. The guy who designed the North American SNES is trippin' on some mean crack.
When the American SNES came out I thought it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen!! I even drew pictures of it in school dreaming of having one in my room!
Yes, Americans do sit at their couches and eat.
“Even the cartridges were bastardized.” But we have end labels.
I prefer the look of the north American one. I also remember when the first few units hit the stores they had multi colored buttons which were soon swapped out for the purple. We did get the SNES version 2 which had a more rounded off smoothed out look.
As an owner of both a North American and Japanese model, I will say that the North American model had a far superior power switch and eject function. The aesthetics are debatable, but they actually made some real improvements in the redesign.
i actually Balance my consoles on my drinks
I may have grown up with the North American SNES but I think the Japanese and PAL ones have a nicer design. I like it's colors compared to the North American one. The buttons remind me of those candies "Smarties" but the Japanese and PAL ones look like Skittles.
I would have personally smacked the shit out of any of my friends if they tried to balance one of their drinks on my Super Nintendo.
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I could never use my SNES as a table. That's what tables are for.
I don't have a problem with the shape as much as I have with the color scheme. Purple just didn't appeal to me. They did it again with the Gamecube Indigo design!
I just found your channel and I was actually wondering why on earth did the US got such a boxy design in comparison with the sleek, modern and colorful looking SNES in Europe/Japan! You just earned yourself one more subscriber! Hat's off to a job well done, Sir!
I really love the concave X and Y buttons on the American controllers.
I just remembered that one of my siblings spilled a soda on the Nintendo 64 in a way that didn't damage the circuitry, but now the power switch and reset button always stick. Maybe the 64 needed a flatter design!
I honestly kinda like the north american design a bit better, but it very much could just be that it was the design I grew up with. As far as the controllers go, I definitely prefer the north american ones. The concave shape on the X and Y buttons just feels more comfortable to me overall.
I never had a problem with the NA SNES design. It didn't blow me away, but then again, no console design has. The original design doesn't look right to me, but that's probably because I had the NA version. If I would have grown up in Europe I might see the NA version online and think it's weird.
Nintendo of Japan: Let's make a console that looks sleek, futuristic but simple and easy to understand how to use.