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Which design do you like more?

>> No.7279293

>>7279289
Left looks more aestheticly pleasing. Right has better hardware.

>> No.7279301

>>7279293
The SNES hardware is different too? I tought that was just the NES.

>> No.7279303

>>7279293
What makes you say that? Are you comparing the PAL version? Or the Japanese?

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>>7279289
Wait ill put these on before I even think of picking right with any credibility

>> No.7279313

>>7279293
They're the same hardware dumbass.

>> No.7279331

Obviously left looks better
NoA wanted the American NES to aesthetically match with their VCRs and sound systems and remain inconspicuous which means hard lines and little color. The NES design even intentionally hides the cartridge so normies wouldn't realize it was a game console at first glance. The SNES continued a lot of this aesthetic forward and it looks like shit compared to the futuristic look of the super famicom.

>> No.7279381

Left looks better but also a lot more generic overall. Right looks just right for the era and thus ends up being a much more iconic design. This is why the SNES ended up being the main influence design-wise for Nintendo's consoles up to this day.

>> No.7279383

>>7279293
what did he mean by this?

>> No.7279390

Left looks better, but the NTSC cars are way better looking.

>> No.7279393

>>7279390
The art on the labels and boxes are better on the japanese versions through.

>> No.7279397

left by a mile.

>> No.7279405

>>7279393
No end labels, though.

>> No.7279408

>>7279405
True. I Don't think it's a problem, i guess in japan they figured people would keep the boxes.

>> No.7279412

>>7279289
left is a soulless piece of hardware. Right is a toy for kids to have fun and play games with.

>> No.7279416
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7279416

Super Famicom and PAL SNES are the same in case some of you didn't know.

>> No.7279419

Why did Americans get rid of the coloured buttons? Isn't purple a bit boring?

>> No.7279425

>>7279419
Probably trying to keep a consistent color scheme. The purple goes pretty well with the gray.

>> No.7279429

>>7279289
Super Famicom is a million leagues better. But the original Famicom compared to the mutt version looks like dog shit.

>> No.7279446

>>7279429
The famicom is rf only and has permanently attached controllers. It's mindblowingly bad design

>> No.7279468

>>7279289
Left

But I like the cool grey they used on the NA shell

The purple was just unnecessary

>> No.7279469

>>7279429
The NES was too big for no reason. AV Famicom is an ideal blend between the two.

>> No.7279501

>>7279446
But at least it was a top loader.

>> No.7279510

>>7279289
The Super Famicom without a second thought. The U.S. SNES looks like a cake pan.

>> No.7279549

>>7279289
right's plastic is cheap looking but the shaping is more interesting to me? Left is just a rounded box.

>> No.7279556

>>7279289
American. The Super Famicom looks like a sad robot clown and that shade of gray is hideous.

>> No.7279573

>>7279331
>the futuristic look of the super famicom.
People say this but I just don't see it. The Super Famicom matches with the aesthetics of the Commodore 64 and Apple II making it look older than the SNES which is more in line with the IBMs of the early 90s.

>> No.7279605

>>7279289
Super Famicom/PAL SNES

The American version looks too soulless.

>> No.7279606

>>7279556
>The Super Famicom looks like a sad robot clown
lol

>> No.7279621
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7279621

They're both worse than what we could have gotten.

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>>7279573
Yeah, I guess I mean more retrofuturistic, even for its time. Reminds me of Alien.

>> No.7279692

>>7279293
based retarded fucktard

>> No.7279704

>>7279289
The original - the USA version is ugly as fuck. Anyone that thinks differently is generally an American.

>> No.7279785

>>7279293
fpbp

>> No.7279796

>>7279621
Has any clone console manufacturer used these designs for NES and SNES? They really should.

>> No.7279797

The Super Famicom looks better, but I had a SNES as a kid and I didn't care about what it looked like. I cared about what the games looked like.

>> No.7279813
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>>7279289
they both turn yellow.

>> No.7279830

>>7279813
Yes and it's weird how not consistent there is. I have 5 Super Nintendos, including the one i had as a kid and 3 Super Famicoms. Not a single one has turned yellow. But i see them at flea markets all the time.

>> No.7279834

>>7279830
I've seen some where the top half yellows but the bottom half doesn't, some where the controller ports yellow, others where it doesn't. Seems like the manufacturing for these was really inconsistent.

>> No.7280730

>>7279621
This looks way too final for them to have redesigned both machines so dramatically. What gives?

>> No.7280925

>>7279621
The prototype plan to use fast cpu.

>> No.7281474

>>7279796
A clone has made made using every design ever made

>> No.7281603

>>7279621
>SNES pad
>ABCD
This is new information to me. Wonder why they went with X and Y.

>> No.7281881

>>7279830
It's smokers.

>> No.7282989

Left:Sex
Right:UGLY

>> No.7283042

Super Famicom looks better, but the cartridges don't have end labels.

>> No.7283049

>>7281881
Its the fire retardent chemicals used in the plastic. They changed the formulation so later batches aren't as affected. It's why the systems will yellow in pieces and later revisions tend to not yellow at all.

>> No.7283053

>>7280925
Is that true? They were going for Genesis style horsepower at first?

>> No.7283058

>>7279289
The left looks better brand new, but the right looks better when they become yellow, which they inevitably do.

>> No.7283116

Both look like shit, Famicom, Gamecube and original 3DS are the only aesthetic consoles Nintendo's ever done. Sega and Sony mog the shit out of them aesthetics-wise.

>> No.7283304

>>7279289
>Which design do you like more?
SFC/Euro SNES in spades. Literally the only thing NatAm SNESes have going for them is the concave/convex controller buttons that you can tell between by touch.

>> No.7283370

>>7279834
Isn't it to do with how much sunlight hits it?

>> No.7283713

I prefer the smoother look of the left, but the purple on NA machines looks better than the candy-colored buttons the JP machines used.

>> No.7283773

>>7283116
The N64 was both aethetic and durable as shit.

>> No.7284825
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Lucky bitches, I didn't even get the original, I got pic related on the left. This revision came out 1997ish as a throwback for poorfags.

>> No.7284835

>>7279289
I prefer the right

>> No.7285996

>>7279289
Super Famicom. I heavily associate the one to the right with nostalgiatard soibeards.

>> No.7286112

>>7284835
Nazi.

>> No.7286142

>>7279289
the one on the left looks like a rice cooker. the one on the right looks like a fax machine. If i had to choose probably the left one

>> No.7286153

>>7284835
Bigot.

>> No.7286163

>>7285996
>nostalgiatard soibeards.
those memes are not retro

>> No.7286169

>>7286163
they aren't even "retro"

>> No.7286317

>>7283049
I got my SNES at launch and its not yeller.

>> No.7287707

>>7279289
I remember being really excited reading about the Super Famicom in EGM before it came out. That design sticks in my mind as a good memory.

>> No.7287726

>>7279419
They were trying to make it not come off as a childish toy and apparently colors == toy. Also why they squared it off.

>> No.7287731

>>7279289
Left every day. It actually looks good and well designed while right looks like a knockoff or some bargain bin tat.

>> No.7287767

>>7279289
Left
>Smooth, minimalistic, looks like a high end electronic device, hint of tasteful colors at the top, buttons are simple and functional, modernistic

Right
>Hard, blocky, looks like a hardware server or tow truck, color scheme is good but used poorly, buttons are not intuitive and harder to use, eject button in particular is a strange lever, looks outdated by modern convention

>> No.7287772

>>7279289
Left. Sleeker and looks more modern, doesn't have the gay looking preschool Fischer Price colors for the buttons on it. Controller is a different story, but console itself the SuFami is nicer looking.

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>>7279393
agreed

>>7279405
also agreed

I like the NA SNES console but prefer the SFC carts. The artwork on SFC carts/boxes is so fucking good.

>>7279419
In that time period, the aesthetic was all about lavender, teal, fuchsia, other muted colors, and often against dark grey or light grey cases. Here's an example, an SGI workstation from 1991. You can see similar examples in 3rd party sega controllers, in tracksuits, in sneakers, and elsewhere.

>> No.7288010

>>7281603
Probably because B, C, and D all rhyme. Imagine trying to clearly describe lengthy combos or unlock passwords on such a setup. A, B, X, and Y are all non-rhyming letters. Much better system.