Wondering exactly how you should pronounce NES which is short for the Nintendo Entertainment System? Well, Nintendo has provided the answer in the recently released WarioWare Gold on the Nintendo 3DS. The correct pronunciation according to Nintendo is that NES is pronounced “Ness”. There you go!
In the museum section of the Japanese version of Wario Ware Gold, you can unlock some slides showcasing the Famicom. Also included is a picture of the NES. Within the description, Nintendo themselves says that “NES” is pronounced “Ness”. pic.twitter.com/Vg5JjXgJgy
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I’m a rogue. I’m still going to say “N-E-S” and “Super Mario BROS” and call Marill “Pikablu”
Marills are much more akin to the Pepelogoo species than Pikachu’s.
Sorry, you can’t rewrite my childhood.
I think we r so used to it in many ways, It doesn’t really matter
NES
Nintendo entertainment system
N-E-S
Whatever
I didn’t like the sound of SNES though when it was released and I just referred to it as Super Nintendo
Super N-E-S for me..
as Peter says: “OH MY GOD, WHO… THE HELL… CARES?!”
Im a rebel and I call it N-E-S and Ness, same goes for S-N-E-S and instead of calling it the Snezz I call it Super N-E-S.
En-eee-ess!!!
Who cares ? It’s all about N64 mini this year. Bring it on !
Jet force gemini
Goldeneye
Banjoo
Ocarina
Mario
Nintendo LONG controller cable this time please. N64 going under my tv, that’s for sure.
I really hope they can get Rare on board for the N64 classic. Rare made that system for me, the library would be pretty lacking without them.
JFG is all that matters in all honesty. It was the unexpected gem of my childhood.
Dam I always used to call it ness but then I grew up and started saying N-E-S for Nintendo entertainment system. I was correct as a child all along saying ness lol
Okay! *nods head*
technically they are correct. There are no “.” after the letters in NES…so it can’t be pronounced N-E-S. With that said i have always called that system “regular nintendo” and SNES “super nintendo”
If it doesn’t have ‘.’, then how do you pronounce “AMC Theatres”? “Am-kuh”? “Ah-mik”?
How about “NFL”? Is it “Un-foll”? What about “NBA”? Is it “Un-Bah”?
I always called it as “Ness” so… #TeamNess
I’ve always said it as ness because that’s how I read it in Smash 64’s character bios Didn’t know it stood for something until later but I’m sure I would’ve still said ness even if I knew.
Thinking about it now this is exactly how I’ve pronounced Nintendo’s consoles over the years:
Nez
Super Nintendo
En sixty four
Game cube
Wee
“Cough”
Switch
TBD!
There was a debate? I call it ness among nerds, and N E S when it may be easier to understand. I do it subconciously though.
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We’ve always called it Ness (where I live).
Always been the letters for me, NES, SNES, N64, then when GameCube came around and everything changed.
Always N-E-S
Both are correct in my mind
I thought this was pretty clear from the Nintendo Power days when they had the character Nester. I think Ness sounds weird in sentences though. We always just called it Nintendo and SNES was Super Nintendo.
I wonder how much of a regional thing it was. I literally never heard it called ness until well after the super nes days.
it was the Nintendo… later the NES and then the Super NES
NNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I HATE WHEN PEOPLE SAY “NESS”! It annoys the CRAP out of me (though I know that’s probably how Ness from Earthbound got his name). But not nearly as bad as when people call the SNES “Sness”. Man that sounds retarded! It’s SO hard for me to watch YouTube videos where people pronounce them these ways without saying something about it.
Please, official sources often contradict each other. According to Pokemon Battle Revolution, “Arceus” is pronounced “Arse-ee-us” yet in the PokeDex 3D, it’s pronounced “Ar-kee-us”. And don’t get me started on how they pronounce “Caeda” in Fire Emblem Warriors.
They are not saying “Ness” over “N-E-S” they are saying “Ness” over “Nez” and “Nees”. Apparently, people use those.
It’s weird to me that I definitely say “N-E-S” for the NES, but for the SNES I’ll say “Sness”
Always called it Nez and Snez, and still will ;)
In Spanish speakin countries we’ve been calling it like that forever xD
In Italy Nintendo and Super Nintendo. Very Rarely NES and Super NES.
This may be the facts, but it’s also a fact that Nintendo also referred the NES, as N.E.S in the not so distant past. I’ve said N.E.S, and Super N.E.S all my life. It’s a acronym, it makes sense. Maybe it’s a U.S.A thing.
Since a kid it has always been NES, Calling it NESS just has always seem weird to me. oh well..