Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Megas View Post
Reversed jump and attack button? I recall people talking about some NES games having reversed jump and attack buttons, but I wasn't realy sure what they meant. Do you mean that they're different from most games jump and attack?

I never noticed if there was a standard, or majority used scheme.
There is, and it might just have to do with habit, but I think it has to do with biology.

A lot of gamers (not all) hold their right thumb over both the B and A (1 and 2 on SMS) buttons and need to rock their thumb joint in order to press one or both of the buttons.

With the "standard" fire function on B and jump on A, you'll be holding A for long periods to make high jumps, but pressing B rapidly to fire a weapon. Reverse those controls, and my thumb at least feels really fatigued.

So basically holding A while rapidly tapping B seems a lot physically easier than holding B and tapping A.