I've been fairly patient on this issue but on reading it for the 4th time from different games journalists, I've had it.

This is plain dumb, basically on reading multiple Wii U impressions, hardware, software, tweets, previews etc there have been a small chunk of games journalists vehemently complaining about Wii U and it's shockingly backward decision in button labelling. You see, on Wii U the A button is in the bottom right of the button layout and B is on the bottom left.

1up said in their Epic Mickey 2 review

"Though I played through the entire quest on the 360, I did get a chance to try out the Wii U version of the game, and I'm sad to say that it's a shoddy port filled some completely incomprehensible design choices. The first problem that you'll immediately notice upon picking up your GamePad is that the jump button has been inexplicably switched from B to A. Not only is this in direct contrast to the 360/PS3 versions, but it also goes against everything we've been taught as gamers for the past 25 years. This problem is indicative of the entire control scheme's rigidity -- you can't remap buttons, and you're forced to use the GamePad"

Amazing that a games journalist seemingly cannot cope with moving his thumb 0.5 centimetres to the right, it really goes against everything we've been taught as gamers for the past 25 years . And it goes against everything "the Xbox has taught us since the beggining of the gaming industry." I shit you not, this has been the main argument of the other games journalists previews when talking about this major "issue."

Okay, okay, let's forgot that the other system, the Playstation uses fucking symbols on their controller? Then lets credit the Xbox with defining controller design since the begginning of gaming in 2001.

Then let's forget that everyone has been cribbing from Nintendo's designs forever and is still using their ideas. They used the basic diamond button layout with the SNES, you know that console two generations before the Xbox 1? Hello games journalists, are you like a decade younger than the rest of us? When did you start gaming or do you just have really bad memories?

Now let's go back and look at the SNES button layout.

Seems that A is in the bottom right. B bottom left etc.

Now the Wii CC

Okay that's the same.

Okay, same.

Same.

Yep, same.

Okay now I'm seeing a pattern.

Really what is the problem here? For a start they are staying consistent with their own designs over multiple platforms, secondly their layout pre-dates the Xbox layout - which MS copied anyway. Finally, it's a completely retarded issue, button labelling, 1 button swap. A games journalist can't handle that? It's really such an issue? Of all the things in the world to complain about this is the most minute and pointless bit of whining I have ever seen. Sure maybe I expect to see someone on an forum to complain about it, but usually it's because of a games mapping, not overall controller design. I don't expect to see multiple game journalists to be so opinionated on the issue and so woefully wrong on their gaming history too.

And really, since when did we expect all games to have the exact same control scheme? It annoyed me in the past when I read ardent Halo fan-journalists complaining when a FPS did not have the default Halo design as if that was all that is allowed these days and it's some kind of criminal act to deviate from it? The hell?

Move on. Complain about the U's right stick being above the buttons instead - that argument at least has some kind of valid rationale behind it.