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Not all controllers that that scheme. Like Playstation controllers have an X, square, O, and A. Wii motes have only the A and B button. Gamecube/classic controllers have A,B,y,x, and z as well as the C stick.
My theory why they made it this way, was because A and B are usually always the attack buttons/selection buttons. Since they are used first, they are A and B. The y and x buttons are more used for jumping or for secondary combos. Hence, the are later down in the alphabet. Or, at least in the case of the Xbox, they wanted an X button to be one of the primary buttons.
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You know, this question is a wonderful one. I asked my husband, who is a video game history buff. He said that maybe they picked X and Y to reference the planes of a 2D world. X being horizontal, Y being vertical. Then, I forgot that you have the D pad, which is the directional pad. Then you have the C stick, which controls the camera. Then you have the L and R buttons, but those are left and right.
by trinityofwitches on May 18th, 2008
And for playstations it is Triangle, not A. *smacks her own head*
by trinityofwitches on May 18th, 2008