The evolution of Nintendo’s game controllers, 1985-2006
Long term Nintendo fans will know the sometimes weird and wonderful shapes that the controllers have taken over the years, starting from a clunky’n'chunky rectangular number in 1985.
Skip forward to 1996, and the thing had become a spaceship-shaped oddity, before settling down to the fantastically simple Wii controller we all know and love.
Check out the amusing illustration below from geekstir but sensitive type, be warned !
There’s some naughty words in there (cover your eyes!).
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