Re:Nintendo Switch 2 account bans continue: warning after bu...
by kotaKat on Thursday July 17, 2025 @05:17PM
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"Big N" is an older term from Nintendo. Think the giant rotating "N" from the Nintendo 64 logo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb-h4oLctQc
Re:Nintendo Switch 2 account bans continue: warning after bu...
by opello on Friday July 18, 2025 @12:58AM
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I was trying to recall just how early "Big N" was a nickname for Nintendo, thinking it must have predated the Nintendo 64, but it took a bit of digging to find anything concrete:
https://archive.org/details/run-magazine-87/page/n17/mode/1u...
My naive first thought was "Captain N: The Game Master" but that wasn't quite "Big N." But it was fun to visit a bunch of old Nintendo-related articles.
Re:Nintendo Switch 2 account bans continue: warning after bu...
by giancarlostoro on Thursday July 17, 2025 @04:41PM
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It's funny to me because I've never heard anyone refer to Nintendo as "Big N" there's a handful of other things referred to as Big N, Nintendo is not one of them.
Re:Nintendo Switch 2 account bans continue: warning after bu...
by nope96 on Thursday July 17, 2025 @05:18PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_N
"Nickname for Nintendo"
I remember it being frequently used as far back as the 80s by Electronic Gaming Monthly
Re:Nintendo Switch 2 account bans continue: warning after bu...
by opello on Friday July 18, 2025 @01:00AM
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I replied in another thread [1] but this was the earliest thing I could find in online resources, but maybe your recollection would lead to something earlier:
https://archive.org/details/run-magazine-87/page/n17/mode/1u...
Big N, really?