Stop calling it "Nintendo".This is the final warning.
Nintendo is a pretty weird word when you think about it
>>736490320people my age call my steam deck a "switch"I just laugh and say yeah kinda and don't bother saying anything because I don't really care what people call things
>>736490441my millennial friend calls his son's switch a gameboy
What the hell does Nintendo even mean?
>>736490398all words are weird when you think about them
>creates a Nintendo using this in courtEasiest branding of my life.
>>736490503Nin = humanTen = heavenDo = pathSomething like "humanity's heavenly path" or some shit I don't really know Japanese
>>736490638That sounds pretty gay ngl
>>736490638Fucking ningens.
>>736490503some gambling reference because they used to make playing cards
>>736490593"door" isn't.
it's a nintendo
>>736490398well yeah because it's 任天堂
>>736490852>任天堂I don't know what that means.
I used to work at a mom and pop retro shop, and every boomer in existence calls controllers 'paddles', that specific Atari 2600 rotary controller. If they are 50+ year old, they use paddle nearly exclusively, maybe sometimes remote.
>>736490320>Mario thanks me
>>736490785Repeat it 20+ times and it will
>>736491007It has the akuma simbol so it cant be good
Isn't it strange that japanese companies have the gall to sell their products to americans after losing WW2?
>>736490320>Nintendo Power Nintendo sold electricity? Chat is this real?
>>736491451Japan has been a one party vassal state since then.
>>736490638So it was a fucking sect all along
>>736491575How does Nintendo feel about this? Are they trying to fix the situation?
>>736491720They're relatively apolitical but the government is protective of them because it sees them as a major source of soft power. Mario is one of the first things you see when you get off the plane in Tokyo and that's very intentional.
If Nintendo is an adjective, why is it capitalized like a proper noun?
>>736490320My first console was an Entertainment System. ES for short
Is trademark decay even a real thing any more? If velcro is still trademarked nothing else is going to fall into the void.
>>736491865why did you capitalise "if" like a proper noun?
>>736491804And is the USA fine with this? As a vassal state they should make sure not to get too uppity or bother americans too much with their video games or what have you.
>>736492057It's only a problem when people try to step on toes. Velcro is a niche with very little value in brand on the consumer side so it doesn't really matter what we call it.
>>736492057It isn't, mainly because lawyers are so aggressive.
>>736490320
>>736491451Not really.
>>736492828I think it is. It shows america is weak and decadent.
>>736492286Why wouldn't it be?Us wanted japan to showcase the benefits of capitalism. Having a product displayed prominently is part of capitalism.
>>736492881America is the one that rebuilt japan so they can show the world the wonfets2of capitalism. Japan participating in trade is what the us wanted.
>>736493143>let's give our enemies the means to become an economic powerhouse....this wont backfireHow's china doing these days?
>>736490320>Please stop calling us Nintendo>Sincerely, Nintendohuh?
>>736493143It was for their own good. Well, no actually, but it did benefit them eventually.
>>736493289Honestly the real worst thing Nixon did.
>>736490320OkayNintendo
>>736493459At least we got to buy a whole pack of socks for 2 dollars back during the 1990s. Dumping manufacturing onto China made goods so fucking cheap for a while, it was sweet as
>>736493735Kek
