Tyree_Cooper | 770 Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 NES has matching grey parts. SNES has matching grey parts. GameCube has matching parts whatever colour you buy. Wii has matching parts whatever colour you buy. Master System has matching black parts. Mega Drive has matching black parts. Saturn has matching parts whatever colour you buy. Dreamcast has matching white parts. PlayStation has matching grey parts. PS one has matching white parts. PS2 has matching parts whatever colour you buy. PS3 has matching parts whatever colour you buy. N64 has charcoal black base console with grey base controller. Why? Did they even consider a grey console? Did it look bad and they changed to black early in development? Ultra 64 mockups and protos are already black with grey controllers, so it was not a last minute decision. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,892 Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 I don't know, but probably so they could sell all those different coloured controllers at launch! Grey has ALWAYS been the most boring N64 controller colour, and I almost never use the grey one it's definitely relegated to player 3 or player 4... They usually have bad sticks too, because they are usually the most well worn from people who had it the longest using em up. So yeah, I would guess it's so they could sell all the delicious looking coloured controllers separately (including, of course, black to match the system). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree_Cooper | 770 Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 They could have included a black controller, and sold all the colours separately just the same. The grey one was also part of the colours sold separately (at least early on), so there's still something off about the logic and strategy, if there was one at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,236 Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 (edited) I think they wanted to match the accent colors. Optys right be boring enough to make you want to buy a cool colored one I bet. Edited July 3, 2021 by drxandy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nes Freak | 584 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 they ran out of black and used grey. lol jk. i think its was just a choice in the design. they had black controllers that they could have put with the console. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,708 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) Maybe they had different people in charge of console design and controller design. I know for North America, they put some guy in charge of localizing the NES/SNES console design for the North American market. I don’t know if he had any design responsibilities over the controllers though.. The N64 controller design (well, color scheme at least) is in keeping with the Super Famicom controller colors. I personally think this was a good choice as it is familiar to former Nintendo owners, it kind of capitalizes on Nintendo’s brand equity. But the console feels fresh. The black color is intriguing, you know that it is something different and new at first glance. I’m totally speculating here, but this is what I think if I had to take a guess Edited July 9, 2021 by phart010 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree_Cooper | 770 Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 (edited) Yeah maybe it was done to keep a link to the past () while doing a brand new colour to indicate "next gen". After looking at the console for a while, the grey cartridge flaps and the grey controller ports do go well when you have a controller next to the console, also with the controller cable being black. It sort of flows well between both colours. Edited July 8, 2021 by Tyree_Cooper 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,708 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Familiar Nintendo controller 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree_Cooper | 770 Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 i didn't know, secret revealed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,726 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 On 7/2/2021 at 11:27 PM, OptOut said: I almost never use the grey one it's definitely relegated to player 3 or player 4... There’s no way that many people want to play N64 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,204 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 what is a "colour"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,204 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree_Cooper | 770 Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 you need to standardise your coloured jewellery chap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,746 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Maybe the designer was batting for the other team? I mean with all the fine color coordination and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,091 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 On 7/8/2021 at 7:41 PM, Link said: There’s no way that many people want to play N64 I don't know how old you are, but you should have seen the console gaming scene in the late nineties; for multiplayer gaming, N64 was king... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,726 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 33 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: I don't know how old you are, but you should have seen the console gaming scene in the late nineties; for multiplayer gaming, N64 was king... be quiet and let @OptOut be the one to get trolled for a change 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,091 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Link said: be quiet and let @OptOut be the one to get trolled for a change Optout inexplicably loves the n64 in spite of the fact that it only has 4 good games, so he's geting trolled pretty much every time he opens his mouth around here..... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,892 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,091 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Just now, OptOut said: I love how that smiley is called "eyeroll" but it looks more like it should be called "vehemently disgusted with what this person just wrote" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,204 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Dr. Morbis said: I don't know how old you are, but you should have seen the console gaming scene in the late nineties; for multiplayer gaming, N64 was king... ...for little brothers everywhere of any age. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree_Cooper | 770 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 at least the n64 doesn't require the lungs of pavarotti to make a game load 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,708 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Here goes your matching black controller. Unfortunately it got cancelled. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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