Hidden button labels!

Written By Kerry Wall

I did something I’ve wanted to do for a while and bought a set of Super Famicom-inspired buttons for one of my SNES controllers. I think I first saw the original Japanese Super Famicom logo in the SNES version of SimCity; I had no idea what it was referring to.

The now-familiar green, blue, yellow, and red buttons look sharp in the controller, but what really interests me is the fact that these North American shells, which have the model number SNS-005, include the original Super Famicom colour scheme as part of the interior labelling. I also learned (from experience) that the tiny notches on the SNES buttons make them incompatible with the NES and Game Boy.

The interior of the front right side of a Super Nintendo Entertainment System controller. The purple and lavender buttons are present, but guides on the shell itself also explain where the Super Famicom's red, yellow, green, and blue buttons would go

Yeah, it’s pretty gross in there.

Kerry Wall
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