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Do people really think the American SNES is ugly?
- Thread starter Lant_War
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I'm probably biased being from the UK, but I've always loved the European design and was jealous of my SNES-owning friends as a kid (we were a Mega Drive household). I've always felt the US redesign was coming from the same school of thought that gives us those "edgy gamer" angular PC mice and keyboards etc nowadays, which I've never really related to... so yeah, not for me. Maybe I'd feel differently if I'd grown up with it though?
Yes it's ugly. As a European I bought one because of the horrible things Nintendo did to its PAL games in order to run them in 50hz, but aesthetically it's an ugly console when compared to the PAL Super Nintendo and the Super Famicom.
It is just not that good-looking.
The european one is a way better looking console.
Also, they rounded joypads are better with the rounded console. They seem disjointed from the squared US console.
The european one is a way better looking console.
Also, they rounded joypads are better with the rounded console. They seem disjointed from the squared US console.
I definitely prefer the American design with the hard angles over the rounded Japanese/PAL one. The purple isn't great though, and the controller is definitely worse.
Blows my mind that this is ever debated, it's almost like yank extreme patriotism takes over and they can't bring themselves to admit it.
I don't think either is particularly great honestly. It's hard to not prefer the American one a bit just because I grew up with it, but looking at them side by side today I don't look at either and think "that's a great looking console"
There's just something a US Super NES with uh ... Super Mario World inserted into its uh ... slot that's so damn ... uh ... sexy though.
Like the US SNES isn't a conventionally "sleek" piece of hardware but there's just something about this:
That screams "the mother of all Christmas presents", lol.
Like the US SNES isn't a conventionally "sleek" piece of hardware but there's just something about this:
That screams "the mother of all Christmas presents", lol.
It's not ugly, but the Super Famicom / PAL SNES is just better looking. Nintendo should have kept the design for all regions.
Its the same as metric vs imperial. Or celsius vs farenheit.
At least they have an excuse with the ugly box because its only a design, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
But yeah the american box is ugly as sin. Always loved the use of red, yellow, blue and red on the japanese and european ones. When i was young i always used those 4 colours to draw letters and stuff in my drawings.
There's just something a US Super NES with uh ... Super Mario World inserted into its uh ... slot that's so damn ... uh ... sexy though.
Like the US SNES isn't a conventionally "sleek" piece of hardware but there's just something about this:
That screams "the mother of all Christmas presents", lol.
take that ugly thing out of its misery
I do have a nostalgia for it just because I've seen it for almost as long I've seen the proper version, I knew friends in school who had a US model so I've seen them up close, played them etc. But compared to SFC it's clearly the ugly sibling to me.
I'm not even sure what they were going for, often one might think designs are changed for the US market because the original might be perceived as too 'kiddy' but they went for that macho lavendar instead? I mean I like lavendar, but I don't see their reasoning behind going with the boxy Quentin Crisp scarf look.
You know what the real crime is though - that the US and European boxes are the inferior horizontal. The long SFC boxes were so cute and sexy.
I'm not even sure what they were going for, often one might think designs are changed for the US market because the original might be perceived as too 'kiddy' but they went for that macho lavendar instead? I mean I like lavendar, but I don't see their reasoning behind going with the boxy Quentin Crisp scarf look.
You know what the real crime is though - that the US and European boxes are the inferior horizontal. The long SFC boxes were so cute and sexy.
Much prefer the form of the EU version, but I like the purple better than then primary colours.
I think it's a case of "The grass is always greener on the other side". I'm European, and I think the US SNES looks much cooler. The cartridges as well.
I think the Euro one looks better, but when looking at the US one I wondered if it would look better in black
Looks a bit generic, but think it's an improvement (and resembles the dark Era theme?)
Looks a bit generic, but think it's an improvement (and resembles the dark Era theme?)
BUT hey, looks is not everything. PAL SNES was 50Hz, I'd pick the US just for 60Hz even if its casing was a trashcan. Running games at full speed > looks.
Honestly I vastly prefer the European/Japanese look. The American console doesn't look straight-up bad in my eyes, it's passable but the controller, dear god... I really dislike the shade of X and Y and the concave buttons are just no in my opinion.
Looking at both on the shelf, neither of them are beauties: they're just serviceable.
The carts, both kinds, look great.
As for the buttons, I prefer the look of the NA SNES but the feel of the SFC.
The console buttons well, I like the SFC power n reset buttons better as they feel solid vs the instability of the NA SNES ones. Any way you play is good.
The carts, both kinds, look great.
As for the buttons, I prefer the look of the NA SNES but the feel of the SFC.
The console buttons well, I like the SFC power n reset buttons better as they feel solid vs the instability of the NA SNES ones. Any way you play is good.
I prefer the NES over the Famicom but the US SNES is down there with the OG DS as an inherently ugly design.
PC Engine didn't fare much better in its transition to the TurboGrafx-16. Mega Drive got off lightly in that era of madness, although Genesis is still an uglier version of it
PC Engine didn't fare much better in its transition to the TurboGrafx-16. Mega Drive got off lightly in that era of madness, although Genesis is still an uglier version of it
Link to the Past helps to demonstrate with the big "Y" and "A" in the menu boxes. Making the mental connection to the colors on the controller is difficult for US players because the colors don't actually match. Thoughtless.
Quoting myself just to fuel the fire a bit more: I am sure that people that like the design of the US SNES also think that Genesis is a better name than MegaDrive *shudders
If I ignore nostalgia I like the blocky American console more and the concave buttons more.
However I prefer the 4 colored European controller color scheme.
However I prefer the 4 colored European controller color scheme.