It could be because the “direct market” gained sales dominance toward the end of the ‘70s, leading to less comic distribution on the newsstand, and comic shops were the domain of boys.

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Japan has a pretty terrible track record with translating anime to live action, so I wouldn’t expect much to begin with.

It takes place in the same era, and shares some of the same contemporary factions, so there’s gonna be some similarities on the surface.

I was in the audience for that 2001 Nintendo press conference.

Reveal Twist: We’re living in it right now.

Also maybe start having kids again?

“Because foreigners with anime icons would swoop.”

Anime moms? Wow, that’s a rare category, given the default “tragic childhood” shonen trope.

Nintendo pissed-off Sony, then pissed-off Philips, and then pissed-off Sony again. The two companies that co-developed and held the patents to the CD-ROM tech.

Didn’t this also happen with Little Big Planet?

The creative arts in Japan generally avoid using actual brands in their works. The law is a bit different over there. If you read manga or watch anime, you’d see parody company names like Somy or Tentendo in the background, and almost never the real brands themselves.

I really don’t like the NSMB look. I’d rather see it with sprites drawn like the SMB3/SMW era art.

Remember the ‘90s when we had video game magazines? When there was an editor whose job it was to make sure stupid shit didn’t get to the presses?

Two Dots.

I thought I was set, having Miitomo and all that, until I saw your post.

Today I learned they still sell Zima in Japan.

I guss my Switch “launch date” is April 28.

Then maybe the community should do something about the trolls.

I’m old and out of touch with YouTube culture, and stories like this make me glad.