@GoroFTWxCopperclop  
There was an accessory port in the front of the unit which allowed you to hook up accessories. While the most obvious additions were the lightgun and the keyboard, there were also a variety of controllers that went there.

@GoroFTWxCopperclop  
Yo.

not sure if someone postet this already, cuz too lazy to read, but the japanese nes controllers are hardwired to the console

@Beau Skunky  
Probably because re-branding and changing aspects on a console in the late 90’s and early 2000’s was probably a lot more expensive that when the NES and SNES came out.

@Beau Skunky  
Well, purple and lavender are hardly edgy colors either, so it’s a total mystery as to why they went with the two-tone buttons. I do like the fact that the top buttons were concave while the bottom were convex, BTW. I’m not looking at the thing while I play - I’d rather tell by feel.

@YukoAsho  
Yeah, in fact the 4 colored controller buttons are actually matched to the Japanese Super Famicom logo. (Said logo was changed for the USA release) I guess they changed it for the USA release to make the console seem more “edgier,” less “kiddy,” and more “electronic.”  
Though, they brought back the colored buttons for the N64 & GameCube controllers.

@Beau Skunky  
Well, AFAIK, the only differences between the SNES Mini US and Super Famicom Jr./SNES Mini PAL is the cartridge port (which was rounded out in Japan/PAL but boxy in the US) and the color of the reset button and power switch. Nowhere near as pronounced as the difference between the AV Famicom and the NES Top Loader.
 

 
And before anyone mentions it, the colored buttons thing was always a difference between US and EU/JP, not just with the Mini/Jr.

@YukoAsho  
They also had a Super NES2, as well (a cheaper redesigned SNES from 1997) but sense it came out near the end of the SNES’s lifespan, it’s quite rare.

@SeraphimDawn  
The controller she’s holding doesn’t look right. More likely it’s a Hudson Joycard. Lot closer to that appearance than that of the Dendy, and also fit into the accessory port (which, on a side note, seems to be the same type of connection as the Dendy controller port).
 

 
 
@Deserter  
Oh, there’s no doubt they’re VERY similar, though there are some very important differences. One, regrettably, is the A/V multi-out, which didn’t feature in the NES top loader. The other is that the NES top loader has a raised and rounded throat, presumably to stabilize the larger western carts. The NES top loader also lacks the Famicom accessory port, which is on the right side of the Famicom AV.
 

 

@YukoAsho  
It didn’t look like the top loader NES, it is the NES top loader, but with the Family Computer brand.

@YukoAsho  
I think those were Dendy.  
 
A Taiwanese copy made for the Russian market during the 90s.

@Deserter  
Actually, Nintendo DID release an updated Famicom with detachable controllers. It was called the Famicom AV, and featured the Nintendo Multi-Out port for AV cables and a look similar to the NES top loader.

@Deserter  
@Red-Supernova  
Heh, I’m not the only one to notice that.  
Also, the second controller lacked start & select buttons, (this is why those buttons won’t work for Player 2 for NES games in America) but had a microphone instead that a few games used.

@Deserter  
Speaking of the Genesis.  
I loved it’s arcade feel. Though, I mostly played Nintendo games back during those days, I welcomed consoles from all.
 
This game…  
 
I spent hours playing it with my brother in the past.

@SeraphimDawn  
Lucky bastard, I been hunting for one for a while now, yet I still haven’t found anything.

@Deserter  
I had a first model Sega Genesis too….

@SeraphimDawn  
Welcome to the club. The only Genesis I have that didn’t broke or got stolen was a bootleg Model 3.

@Deserter  
Sadly, as a child being a child, I broke it…. f***!

@SeraphimDawn  
It was, Nintendo never released the Famicom outside of Japan, nor an updated model like the NES-101.

@Deserter  
I had a Famicom with detachable controllers back in my childhood. It was likely a bootleg clone, but I don’t if Nintendo had made a later version of their Famicom.

@Deserter  
Scratch that, the Famicom has no turbo buttons, those are labels.

@SeraphimDawn  
No, the Dendy has black and white controllers with red full size turbo buttons. The one on the pic is red and has small black turbo buttons, like the Famicom.

@Red-Supernova
 
Probably a knock off, called the Dendy

@Red-Supernova  
Probably.

@Deserter  
I wonder if the artist forgot that Famicom controllers are supposed to be built into the console?