Line #50 Quotes/Nintendo


1	!!Console Taglines
2
3	->"Now you're playing with power!"
4	-->-- Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem and Platform/GameBoy
5
6	->"Now you're playing with power! SUPER power."
7	-->-- First tagline for the Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem
8
9	->"Play it loud!"
10	-->-- Second tagline for the SNES and Game Boy, as well as Platform/VirtualBoy
11
12	->"Get N or get out!"
13	-->-- Platform/Nintendo64
14
15	->"Get into it."
16	-->-- Platform/GameBoyColor
17
18	->"Life Advanced"
19	-->-- Platform/GameBoyAdvance
20
21	->"Life's a game."
22	-->-- Platform/NintendoGameCube
23
24	->"Who are you?"
25	-->-- Shared tagline for the Platform/GameCube and Game Boy Advance
26
27	->"[[DoubleEntendre Touching is good.]]"
28	-->-- Platform/NintendoDS
29
30	->"[[{{Pun}} Wii]] would like to play."
31	-->-- Platform/{{Wii}}
32
33	->"Take a look inside."
34	-->-- Platform/Nintendo3DS
35
36	->"How U will play next."
37	-->-- Platform/WiiU
38
39	->"Nintendo Switch is my way to play."
40	-->-- Platform/NintendoSwitch
41
42	!!Other Official Quotes
43
44	->"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad."
45	-->-- Source unknown, but commonly attributed to Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto
46
47	->''"My name is Reggie. I'm about kicking ass, I'm about taking names, and we're about making games."''
48	-->-- '''Reggie Fils-Aimé''', then-Executive VP of Sales and Marketing of Nintendo of America, [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2004
49
50	->''"My body is ready!"''
51	-->-- Reggie Fils-Aime during the ''VideoGame/WiiFit'' demonstration at E3 2007
52
53	->"...''Directly'' to you."
54	-->-- The opening catchphrase for ''WebVideo/NintendoDirect'' presentations, used from 2011 to 2016
55
56	-> "Please understand."
57	-->-- Creator/SatoruIwata and other Nintendo executives apologizing for product delays and issues
58
59	-> "Press start to play!"
60	-->-- Mario, ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''
61
62	-> "WE ARE NINTENDO! ULTIMATE TV GAME SYSTEM!"
63	-->--[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0DlcxyY5M The first line of an infamously ''weird'' Australian commercial for the Nintendo Entertainment System]]
64
65	!!Nintendo Fan Works
66
67	->Just sit back and relax, my friend. Today's lesson won't take too long,\
68	[[{{Edutainment}} and to make it more interesting]], it takes the form of this nerdy song.\
69	[[OlderThanTheyThink The year is 1889, before the accolades and awards...]]\
70	[[HumbleBeginnings Nintendo got its start from making hanafuda cards!]]\
71	For a century, they grew and planned to discover just what sells,\
72	making vacuums and Ultra Hand and love testers and LoveHotels.\
73	But they soon zeroed in on games like the Platform/GameAndWatch and Platform/{{Color TV\|Game}}...\
74	[[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames In '81]], they made VideoGame/DonkeyKong, and the rest is history!
75
76	->This is [[TitleDrop the history of Nintendo]]!\
77	[[OlderThanTheNES Spanning the years]], hanafuda to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]...\
78	Straight from UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, with [[Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto a guy named Miyamoto]],\
79	This is the history of Creator/{{Nintendo}}!
80
81	->[[MediaNotes/The8BitEraOfConsoleVideoGames 1985]]: [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Future stars like]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] and [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]], and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros portly plumbers]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI hit]] [[VideoGame/{{Metroid1}} the]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 scene]]!\
82	'89: All our mothers took our Platform/{{Game Boy}}s to play VideoGame/{{Tetris}} on that tiny screen.\
83	[[MediaNotes/The16bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames '91]]: VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem taught us]] [[VideoGameFlight we could fly]] [[PowerUpMount while riding dinosaurs!]]\
84	'94: Platform/VirtualBoy [[SensoryAbuse had us seeing red]], returning systems to their stores...\
85	[[MediaNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames '96]]: [[Platform/{{Nintendo64}} Let's-a go]] [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 with Mario]] [[VideoGame3DLeap to new horizons...]]\
86	'98: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémania]] [[GottaCatchThemAll caught our]] [[Platform/GameBoyColor hearts]] [[CashCowFranchise and dollars too...]]\
87	[[MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2001]]: The [[Platform/GameBoyAdvance GBA]] and [[Platform/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] [[MediaNotes/ConsoleWars lost some]] [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness marketshare]] [[MultiPlatform that day]]...\
88	[[KillerApp but we still loved to play]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros. Melee...!]]
89
90	->So goes the history of Creator/{{Nintendo}}!\
91	From [[VideoGame/WarioWare Ana to Kat]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pikachu]] to [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Lucario]]...\
92	[[AwesomeMusic/VideoGames A fierce crescendo]] peppered with strange innuendo,\
93	[[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin This is the history of Nintendo.]]
94
95	->[[MediaNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2004]], [[Platform/NintendoDS the DS]], 2006, the [[Platform/NintendoWii Wii]].\
96	[[MediaNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2011,]] [[Platform/Nintendo3DS the 3DS,]] [[ShapedLikeItself a DS in 3D.]]\
97	2012, the Platform/WiiU, [[TimeMarchesOn out by this year's end]],\
98	And so my friend, well now you know the history of Nintend...o.
99
100	->[[ListSong Ahem...]]\
101	[[CardGames Hanafuda]], Ultra Hand,\
102	''VideoGame/{{Sheriff}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}[[DigitalPinballTables 's Pinball Land]]'',\
103	''VideoGame/WildGunman'', ''VideoGame/{{Superman\|64}}''[[TheProblemWithLicensedGames (?)]],\
104	''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand Mario Land]]'', ''VideoGame/JamWithTheBand'',\
105	''[[VideoGame/MegaMan1 Mega Man 1]]'' [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic through]] ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'',\
106	''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKong94 DK '94]]'' and ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'',\
107	''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' and ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'',\
108	''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', ''VideoGame/DuckTales'', ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'',\
109	''VideoGame/DragonQuest'', ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest Diddy's Quest]]'', ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest Simon's Quest]]'', ''VideoGame/GargoylesQuest'',\
110	''[[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Master Quest]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest Mystic Quest]]'', ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'', ''VideoGame/FestersQuest'',\
111	Yamauchi, [[Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto Miyamoto]],\
112	[[Creator/SatoruIwata Iwata]], [[Creator/MasahiroSakurai Sakurai]], [[Creator/YoshioSakamoto Sakamoto]],\
113	[[Creator/TakashiTezuka Tezuka]], Totaka, [[Creator/ShigesatoItoi Itoi]],\
114	Arakawa, [[Creator/KojiKondo Kondo]], [[Creator/GunpeiYokoi Yokoi]],\
115	''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'',\
116	''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'',\
117	''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'',\
118	''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon Blue]]'' and ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'',\
119	''VideoGame/LittleKingsStory'', ''[[VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn Epic Yarn]]'', ''VideoGame/{{Actraiser}}'',\
120	''VideoGame/{{Terranigma}}'', ''VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia'', ''VideoGame/SoulBlazer'',\
121	''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'',\
122	''VideoGame/CoolSpot'', ''[[MerchandiseDriven MC Kids]]'', [[MerchandiseDriven and]] ''[[MerchandiseDriven Yo! Noid]]'',\
123	''VideoGame/MegaManX'', ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The Thousand-Year Door]]'',\
124	''VideoGame/PunchOut'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'',\
125	''VideoGame/FZero'', ''VideoGame/HeyYouPikachu'',\
126	''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' and ''[[VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals Lufia 2]]'',\
127	''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI Zelda 1]]'',\
128	''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins Golden Coins]]'', ''VideoGame/{{GoldenEye\|1997}}'', ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'',\
129	''[[VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings Mother]]'', ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound\|1994}}'', ''VideoGame/Mother3'',\
130	''[[ShamelessSelfPromoter Brawl in the Family!]]''
131
132	->This is the history of Creator/{{Nintendo}}!\
133	From [[Magazine/NintendoPower Nester]] to [[VideoGame/{{MOTHER}} Ness]], Waluigi to [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario]]...\
134	Soon to be taught in schools all over UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}},\
135	To solve [[UrbanLegendOfZelda the mysteries of Nintendo]]...\
136	This was the history of Creator/{{Nintendo}}!
137
138	->[[note]] 2013: ''VideoGame/Mother3'' [[NoExportForYou comes to America?]] [[TimeMarchesOn Make it happen, Nintendo!!]][[/note]]
139	-->-- WebComic/BrawlInTheFamily, ''[[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2012/04/11/400-the-history-of-nintendo/ The History of Nintendo]]''

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