I tried playing a Gameboy recently but didn't do very well trying to use the left-handed directional controller. Why don't they have the controller in the middle and buttons on BOTH sides so that people can do it either way? The Atari way of left hand button, right hand directional controller makes so much more sense - why IS it the other way on systems these days? I e-mailed Nintendo asking them this but got no reply. Does anyone have any insight into this?
Why is the directional control on the LEFT side???
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Most people are RIGHT handed! Why is the directional control on the LEFT side? I attempted to play Ms Pac Man on the Gameboy Advance recently but gave up, frustrated, due to the difficulty using the left-side directional controls. I'll likely never buy a GBA until they address this glaring user-interface problem.
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I tried playing a Gameboy recently but didn't do very well trying to use the left-handed directional controller. Why don't they have the controller in the middle and buttons on BOTH sides so that people can do it either way? The Atari way of left hand button, right hand directional controller makes so much more sense - why IS it the other way on systems these days? I e-mailed Nintendo asking them this but got no reply. Does anyone have any insight into this?
Most people are RIGHT handed! Why is the directional control on the LEFT side? I attempted to play Ms Pac Man on the Gameboy Advance recently but gave up, frustrated, due to the difficulty using the left-side directional controls. I'll likely never buy a GBA until they address this glaring user-interface problem.