10 Things Only Hardcore Nintendo Fans Will Understand

By Bryan Langley /

4. You Can Pinpoint Specific Details About Nintendo's Past

Be it the different leadership styles of Yamauchi versus Iwata or the entire production history of Miyamoto, you€™re buffed up on your Nintendo history and love discussing its present and future.

Advertisement

You can pinpoint the exact differences between The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time across the Nintendo 64 and 3DS, reel off lists of releases and their impact(s) upon regional markets, and you€™re able to specifically state the year Nintendo started - plus its many business practices from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, before settling on the absurd gaming success it€™s known for today.

You probably own a copy of Hyrule Historia and had a subscription to at least one Nintendo magazine as a child or teenager, and your eyes light up every time Reggie Fils-Aime gives an interview or presentation. Our collective body, is most definitely ready.

Advertisement