I wouldn't go as far as calling the NA SNES ugly but I would have vastly preferred the SFC look back then (I didn't know what the PAL version looked like until seeing pictures on the internet).
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Do people really think the American SNES is ugly?
- Thread starter Lant_War
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I think it's fine. I like the Euro/JP one more, though. The JP version was just very well designed throughout, even the box's art.
I wanna put some Duplos on that system.
I wanna put some Duplos on that system.
Look, I love my American SNES but I ain't gonna deny that thing is butt-ugly. I remember thinking as a kid how ugly the SNES looked compared to the Sega Genesis (Model 2).
Should've kept the Super Famicom design.
Should've kept the Super Famicom design.
The American SNES looks ugly especially when it starts turning urine colored. Super Famicom is the best design for that system.
I want to know what kind of costs were associated with having completely different console designs for different countries. How could it have made sense to produce a completely different SNES based on region? Or producing the NES alongside the Famicom?
Can you imagine if we still had that today? Where the PlayStation or the Xbox looked completely different in shape, size, and in some cases even function, in different markets? This must have been so expensive.
Can you imagine if we still had that today? Where the PlayStation or the Xbox looked completely different in shape, size, and in some cases even function, in different markets? This must have been so expensive.
Yeah it's pretty terrible. The controllers too. Those dull button colors are no match for the multicolored euro version.
I remember magazine ads for the PAL SNES with the US design circa late 1991 (the first PAL territory in which it launched was the UK & Ireland in April '92). I wonder how late in the day Nintendo decided to change course?
The american snes is hideous, its over designed and messy, the ugly purple details don't do it any favors, it looks like a cheap bootleg console, i actually thought it was a bootleg console the first time i saw it when a friend brought one home from the states.
I love it. It has that classic NoA character. NES control deck was peak NoA, but this is a close second. Forget the dumpster fire redesigns.
To me the fugliest console is the Xbox 360 and 360 slim, I even prefer the fatty OG to the first two iterations of the 360. The E was a massive improvement, unfortunately I never got around to buying one.
To me the fugliest console is the Xbox 360 and 360 slim, I even prefer the fatty OG to the first two iterations of the 360. The E was a massive improvement, unfortunately I never got around to buying one.
Speaking purely of the console body itself, I prefer the JP/EU model slightly. Rounded edges are more appealing than sharp edges to me in general.
However, taking the controllers into account as well pushes the NA version of the console into the winners circle and it's not close lol. Those convex/concave, deep violet/lilac buttons are sexy, futuristic, interesting, sophisticated, cool, unique. There's never been anything like it. The RED-BLUE-YELLOW-GREEN of the other model is the thing that looks like a little kids toy. Cliche. Uninspired. Garish.
They both have their charms at the end of the day. Honestly, 99% of people are just gonna like the version they grew up with better. I find the overall tone of the NA-version haters in these topics to be pretty cringey most of the time. "The first time I saw the NA SNES I wanted to GOUGE MY EYES OUT and SET MYSELF ON FIRE!!! ahhals;kdfja;slkfj;lj" <--- seriously this is what a lot of you sound like it's downright embarrassing.
However, taking the controllers into account as well pushes the NA version of the console into the winners circle and it's not close lol. Those convex/concave, deep violet/lilac buttons are sexy, futuristic, interesting, sophisticated, cool, unique. There's never been anything like it. The RED-BLUE-YELLOW-GREEN of the other model is the thing that looks like a little kids toy. Cliche. Uninspired. Garish.
They both have their charms at the end of the day. Honestly, 99% of people are just gonna like the version they grew up with better. I find the overall tone of the NA-version haters in these topics to be pretty cringey most of the time. "The first time I saw the NA SNES I wanted to GOUGE MY EYES OUT and SET MYSELF ON FIRE!!! ahhals;kdfja;slkfj;lj" <--- seriously this is what a lot of you sound like it's downright embarrassing.
the colors are amazing, but the system itself is just awful
those switches and eject "button" are the worst
those switches and eject "button" are the worst
I've never understood the DISGUST for the American SNES. If you like the other designs, fine. But do you really think it's that bad? Really?
When it's Americans saying it, it reeks of "I'm a true gamer who likes Japanese consoles!" to me.
When it's Americans saying it, it reeks of "I'm a true gamer who likes Japanese consoles!" to me.
European SNES /Japanese Super Famicom is so pretty.
It is the hardware version of Kirby's angry twin.
It is the hardware version of Kirby's angry twin.
As somebody that grew up with the American SNES, i was jealous as hell from the start that we didn't get the color scheme and design of the Super Famicom, and I still am.
This was always my thought. How the hell did that get out of prototype stage?
There's no logic to it either. Blocky shapes with no real order or function on the top, frilly skirt on the bottom. And purple and lilac as the colours? It's a console not a potpourri dispenser.
