Devastlian
Smash Lord
Well, the button placement is to emulate the SNES controller but with more buttons to cover the ones needed in N64 games and to have more buttons than the GCN controller for classically controlled Wii games (such as this one). Actually, if anything is added to the SSB formula (which is a possibility) the Classic Controller having more buttons could boost its chances...they could still let people use the GCN control and have these new moves replace duplicate buttons or be button combinations.The only thing I don't like about the classic controller is the buton placement. Everything have been moved 1 space counter-clockwise which means adapting to classic from GC will be a hassle.
To get back on the quoted topic...There's a chance that they could have multiple control schemes or customizeable control schemes for the Classic Controller. Like have B be normal attacks and Y be special attacks then maybe pick a button for jump, shield, and grab and then the rest would be duplicates/new moves. Heck, with the Classic Controller all these settings could be saved to your Wii Remote so you wouldn't have to reinput them if you use it on another system. ****...I'm starting to really wish they didn't tie themselves down with all those GCN controller hints >.<.