From simple square to a giant box with a screen in the middle, Nintendo's controllers have never been consistent.
Whiles its rivals have focused on tweaking one main idea, each Nintendo console iteration had a radically different controller, each iconic in its own way.
If that change is hard to visualize, stare at this gif for a while.
Credit: GadgetLove
This mesmerizing bit was created by Gadget Love, which also created an interactive version if you want to take the whole thing frame-by-frame (as well as equally hypnotic GIFs for the PlayStation controller and Xbox controller).
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