The original Famicom with square button controllers was recalled in late 1983, due to hardware glitches that would occasionally cause the system to freeze up.
By the end of 1984, Nintendo switched the controller's A/B buttons to circular plastic buttons, as the original rubber square buttons would occasionally get stuck.
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