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Super NES controller

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Super NES controller

The Super NES controller added X and Y buttons and L and R shoulder buttons to the NES layout, in a rounded shape. Those shoulder buttons became standard on nearly every controller after it.

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First released
1990
Made by
Nintendo
Generation
4
Type
Controller

Overview

The Super NES controller added X and Y buttons and L and R shoulder buttons to the NES layout, in a rounded shape. Those shoulder buttons became standard on nearly every controller after it.

The North American version has purple and lavender buttons with concave X and Y; Japan and Europe have four coloured buttons.

Details

Manufacturer
Nintendo
Model numbers
SNS-005 (North America), SHVC-005 (Japan)
Released
1990
Connection
Wired
Type
Controller

Works with

More from Nintendo

Sources

The overview is adapted from Wikipedia and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.

Checked October 2026.

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