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[Deadpool_X]

Everyone i knew growing up in Indiana, South Carolina, and Florida called it the N.E.S. We called the Super Nintendo the "Super". For example, "Is that game on Genesis or Super?"

 

[Zen_Arcade]

N.E.S. or Nintendo.

I didnt even know people pronounced it otherwise until the internet.

 

[SpideySenses]

N.E.S. and Sness/Super Nintendo. I have no consistency.

 

[Delicious Waffles]

N.E.S. or Nintendo.

 

[RealityCheque]

"Nez". Followed by "Snez"

 

[LastCupOfSorrow]

The Super

and

N.E.S

 

[Kyzer]

People saying nez, totally despicable.

It's Ness, of course.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

I said all three letters.

N.E.S

 

[NESpowerhouse]

NES

 

[DownGrader]

Any ass.

 

[Three]

Ness
&
Super Nintendo Chalmers

Spoiler

snez

 

[Possumowner]

Nes or Nez...sometimes my sweetheart

 

[entremet]

Any ass.

What accent is this lol

 

[Zee-Row]

I call it the original Nintendo.

 

[Bebop]

Ness
And Super Ness or Super Nintendo.

 

[Spieler Eins]

N.E.S.
Super Nintendo

 

[kromeo]

I remember this thread a few months back. Conclusion seemed to be The US mostly called it the N.E.S, UK the nez and the rest of Europe varied between the two

 

[garbagejuicer]

N.E.S.
Super Nintendo

Agreed.

I had never heard ness/sness until Giant Bomb podcasts.

 

[cclittle]

Regular Nintendo

 

[Goldenroad]

Nintendo

And with SNES it continued and we called it Super Nintendo

You grew up right.

 

[Princess Viola]

N.E.S or Nintendo

Similarly, Super N.E.S or Super Nintendo

(Although I wasn't even born when either system came out)

 

[toastyToast]

Nintendo

And with SNES it continued and we called it Super Nintendo

This right here

I've never heard anyone actually say NES in my life

 

[Momentary]

N.E.S and Super N.E.S and N64

 

[EGOMON]

9tendo

 

[Abilidebob]

Nintendinho

 

[javac]

N.E.S and S.N.E.S or sometimes the Super Nintendo.

 

[jmdajr]

I say

Original Nintendo

 

[gnexus]

N.E.S.

 

[Prisoner KSC2-303]

"Nez". Followed by "Snez"

This.

All the cool kids shunned unnecessary syllables.

 

[superNESjoe]

When I was a kid my family and all my friends all just called it Nintendo. As I got older we either called it Original Nintendo or N.E.S. Never heard someone say NESS in person.

 

[Khaz]

Ness
and
Super Nintendo, for no reason at all.

 

[valkillmore]

EnEee Ess

 

[ViewtifulJC]

people who say "nes" and "snez" should have their tongues taking away from them

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Nez, then Snez.

As did pretty much everyone in the UK. Only ever heard N E S from Americans.

people who say "nes" and "snez" should have their tongues taking away from them

What about people who say "nez" and "snes"??????

 

[Gaspard]

N.E.S. and Super Nintendo

 

[Accoun]

Nes (or Ness, whatever). N. E. S. just sounds awkward to me and just calling it "Nintendo" makes me think of people that have no idea about gaming (like parents/grandparents giving me shit for "wasting my time on the Nintendo").

 

[NervousXtian]

People who say it phonetically are horrible people not to be trusted... that or young and not around when they came out.

Nobody called it the NEZ or SNEZ back in the day.

you say all the letters.

 

[Prisoner KSC2-303]

Did US gamers say "Nintendo 64" rather than N64 too?

 

[d00d3n]

In Sweden, the widespread term was "Nintendo 8-bit" as far as I remember. It is weird though ... Sounds like it could have been introduced after super nintendo, but I remember it being used before that.

 

[Rellik]

Oh no. Not this again.

It's Nez and Snez!!!

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

People who say it phonetically are horrible people not to be trusted... that are young.

Nobody called it the NEZ or SNEZ back in the day.

you say all the letters.

I've already lost interest while you're spelling out ESS EN EE ESS like you're on Knightmare or something

 

[NervousXtian]

Did US gamers say "Nintendo 64" rather than N64 too?

N64 pretty much always.

 

[DTJAAAAM]

N.E.S..

 

[Kneefoil]

I wasn't around in the NES' heyday, but nowadays I say Nes, N.E.S., and 8-bit Nintendo. Usually it's the N.E.S. though.

That being said, Super Nintendo is pretty much always Snes. Sometimes Super Nintendo, but 95% of the time it's just Snes and never S.N.E.S.

 

[jwhit28]

Ness
S Ness

 

[Iva Demilcol]

THIS

 

[NightShift]

NES and SNES/Super Nintendo. Saying 'ness' and 'sness' doesn't roll off the tongue right for me.

 

[RoadHazard]

"Ness". That, or "Nintendo", is what everyone I know here in Sweden calls it. Nobody ever spells the letters out. The SNES is "Sness" or "Super Nintendo" (usually the latter).

 

[Teuoxton]

N.E.S.
Snes
N64

I would usually say Super N.E.S. when talking with friends. Snes was mainly with my brothers or close friends i.e. the ones I talked the most with about consoles.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

I was born in 1991, so by the time I had an NES, I also had an N64.

In my American New England culture, it was either N-E-S or Ness. Super Nintendo was only, always, and exclusively the Sness.

It's funny, because by the time I was playing games, kids didn't call anything a "Nintendo" anymore. Only parents. The name didn't stick to kids, even kids who grew up playing with it, just their parents. I had a lot of friends with older siblings (which is where we always got old consoles and games from) who all called it the N-E-S and the Ness, but their moms and dads called it "Nintendo".