Board 8 > so why is it called the D pad anyway

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_stingers_
09/13/20 3:55:32 PM
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doesnt look much like a D to me

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Leonhart4
09/13/20 3:56:03 PM
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Grimlyn
09/13/20 4:00:25 PM
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Directional

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Heroic Bigpun
09/13/20 4:03:14 PM
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Its 4 lower case ds

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Xeybozn
09/13/20 4:03:50 PM
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Back when gaming was still new, directional input was originally handled using vertical sticks. These were nicknamed "dick-sticks" due to their shape, and then later shortened to "D-sticks". When Nintendo invented the D-pad, they kept the letter "D" because they didn't know enough English to understand why it was there in the first place and assumed it was somehow derived from the functionality.
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_stingers_
09/13/20 4:05:03 PM
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Xeybozn posted...
Back when gaming was still new, directional input was originally handled using vertical sticks. These were nicknamed "dick-sticks" due to their shape, and then later shortened to "D-sticks". When Nintendo invented the D-pad, they kept the letter "D" because they didn't know enough English to understand why it was there in the first place and assumed it was somehow derived from the functionality.
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Steiner
09/13/20 4:29:01 PM
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Xeybozn posted...
Back when gaming was still new, directional input was originally handled using vertical sticks. These were nicknamed "dick-sticks" due to their shape, and then later shortened to "D-sticks". When Nintendo invented the D-pad, they kept the letter "D" because they didn't know enough English to understand why it was there in the first place and assumed it was somehow derived from the functionality.

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Leonhart4
09/13/20 4:29:49 PM
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MawiIe
09/13/20 4:35:38 PM
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Xeybozn posted...
Back when gaming was still new, directional input was originally handled using vertical sticks. These were nicknamed "dick-sticks" due to their shape, and then later shortened to "D-sticks". When Nintendo invented the D-pad, they kept the letter "D" because they didn't know enough English to understand why it was there in the first place and assumed it was somehow derived from the functionality.

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bryans7
09/13/20 4:37:04 PM
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Xeybozn posted...
Back when gaming was still new, directional input was originally handled using vertical sticks. These were nicknamed "dick-sticks" due to their shape, and then later shortened to "D-sticks". When Nintendo invented the D-pad, they kept the letter "D" because they didn't know enough English to understand why it was there in the first place and assumed it was somehow derived from the functionality.

This is canon now

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