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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (8 children)

How did such a large number of people decide on calling it “regular Nintendo” before having internet?

Also, I hate when people call it “Ness”

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m guessing once the snes came out and the ‘regular’ just made sense to mean ‘not-super’

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sub Nintendo.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Dom Nintendo 🥺👉👈

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

"You will accept Dommy Mommy Nintendo's strap on as you buy the 6 year old game that is STILL full price." whip💥

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I worked in an Electronic Boutique (now GameStop) years and years and years ago.
I still think about the kid that came in and asked for a sness.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

"Sness" is way less unacceptable than "ness" to me, for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've heard it pronounced "ess-ness" and "snezz" and "sness"

All are equally terrible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

"Snezz" is fine.

Source: Called it "Snezz".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Same ppl call their weedwhacker a “strimmer”

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

It only really became NES once the SNES came out.

Before that it was just Nintendo.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I still just call it "Nintendo".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Also, I hate when people call it “Ness”

Do you hate it when they write it?

To my ears it would be the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't think I've ever heard someone refer to it as "ness". I think I'd be confused -- what does the Loch Ness Monster have to do with gaming? -- until they clarified.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Anybody remember Nester?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

How about NESticle

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I’m guessing once the snes came out and the ‘regular’ just made sense to mean ‘not-super’