@BionicDodo well there was this guy called "Multi Game System" on FB among other platforms who teased a portable of his own design with a clicky NGPC thumbstick and six action buttons a couple of years ago, but he has since scrapped that idea apparently, he only builds miniature Gamecube and arcade cabinets these days.
@The_Nintendo_Pedant good on you for being open minded and not a bigot, but I gotta say it's pretty weird of your mom to be looking for trans and black people to be bringing home to her little kid.
@Carck With all due respect, the amount of NES sold Sweden was as many as both Master System and NES in Spain, with Spain having a population five times as big.
Nintendo Game & Watch sold much more in Sweden than in Germany even (according to Swedish distributor Bergsala, Scandinavia was the biggest G&W market after Japan), meaning those devices are still very common here on flea markets and such places.
@Polvasti Exactly, it's wild to think that Sweden was a bastion of Nintendo games even during the G&W period, and that the relationship with Nintendo and the local distribution company Bergsala was so close that Sweden almost received an official release of the Famicom there, but in the last minute Nintendo changed their mind and redesigned the console for the North American launch, but still granted Bergsala the first launch of the NES in Europe, meaning Sweden was the first European country to receive the NES.
Everyone in Sweden had an NES back then, but from what I gather it was not as dominant elsewhere in Europe.
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Same functionality as the Memcard Pro?
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Ageism is a very peculiar problem in Japan when historically people were hired for life in exchange for loyal devotion, maybe that is changing?
Re: Interview: "We Can't Say Anything About It Being A Video Game Console" - Meet The Sales Genius Who Helped Launch The NES
Very interesting! Really answered some of the questions I've had for years.
Re: 'Don't Die Mr. Robot!' Gets Demade For The Neo Geo Pocket Color
@BionicDodo well there was this guy called "Multi Game System" on FB among other platforms who teased a portable of his own design with a clicky NGPC thumbstick and six action buttons a couple of years ago, but he has since scrapped that idea apparently, he only builds miniature Gamecube and arcade cabinets these days.
Re: Random: No, Ridge Racer's Reiko Nagase Isn't Based On The Man Who Created Her
@The_Nintendo_Pedant good on you for being open minded and not a bigot, but I gotta say it's pretty weird of your mom to be looking for trans and black people to be bringing home to her little kid.
Re: Random: "That's Wild" - The Fact That Two French Devs Didn't Play Nintendo As Kids Appears To Have Upset Some People
@Carck With all due respect, the amount of NES sold Sweden was as many as both Master System and NES in Spain, with Spain having a population five times as big.
Nintendo Game & Watch sold much more in Sweden than in Germany even (according to Swedish distributor Bergsala, Scandinavia was the biggest G&W market after Japan), meaning those devices are still very common here on flea markets and such places.
Re: Random: "That's Wild" - The Fact That Two French Devs Didn't Play Nintendo As Kids Appears To Have Upset Some People
@Polvasti Exactly, it's wild to think that Sweden was a bastion of Nintendo games even during the G&W period, and that the relationship with Nintendo and the local distribution company Bergsala was so close that Sweden almost received an official release of the Famicom there, but in the last minute Nintendo changed their mind and redesigned the console for the North American launch, but still granted Bergsala the first launch of the NES in Europe, meaning Sweden was the first European country to receive the NES.
Everyone in Sweden had an NES back then, but from what I gather it was not as dominant elsewhere in Europe.