The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoNESlemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1399arrow-down115
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minus-squareaccideath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·26 days agoI know too many people for whom „a Nintendo“ means a Nintendo DS. Perhaps a generational thing.
minus-squareAItoothbrush@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoSame for me and most people i know a nintendo is a ds(and the ds and 3ds are kinda the same for most of them)
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoThere are undoubtedly people out there who still use “Nintendo” to describe literally any videogame system ever made.
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoIt absolutely is. As a kid, everyone’s parents (boomers) called NES cartridges “tapes”. Considering their generation had a lot of experience with 8-track, cassette, and VHS/Betamax, it kind of makes sense. I guess every generation has this.
I know too many people for whom „a Nintendo“ means a Nintendo DS. Perhaps a generational thing.
Same for me and most people i know a nintendo is a ds(and the ds and 3ds are kinda the same for most of them)
There are undoubtedly people out there who still use “Nintendo” to describe literally any videogame system ever made.
It absolutely is.
As a kid, everyone’s parents (boomers) called NES cartridges “tapes”. Considering their generation had a lot of experience with 8-track, cassette, and VHS/Betamax, it kind of makes sense. I guess every generation has this.