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by Joker_vD 19 days ago
I'm left-handed and I prefer ZX for AB and arrows for the D-pad. Which is actually the mirror of how the real Gameboy Advance was laid out.

...Why is the D-pad always on the left on all of the controllers/handhelds anyhow, and the buttons on the right? After all, they're aimed mainly at the right-handed people, right?

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The story I heard was that early arcade games had the joystick on the right, and switched to the left to make it a bit harder so they'd make more money.

Another reason I prefer wasd is I mainly use laptops, they always have tiny arrow keys.