I wonder if one reason modern 2D games have embraced blocky aesthetics so strongly, instead of emulating the art of vintage games which tried to imply more depth and detail with their limitations, is because the modern audience is unwilling to forgive inaccurate hitboxes.
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THE WIZARDâS MANSâď¸
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I mourn this game not releasing⌠Iâd take this any day over the glut of umihara kawase sequels that decided what the original was missing was just⌠big boobs 
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when you die in Canabalt and it says âyou turned into a fine mistâ which I used to misread as âyou ran into a mine fistâ and I imagined those things that fell out of the sky were big fists that were also explosive mines
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Thinking about how in Japan the Konami Code is called the âKonami Commandâ, and how much better that rolls off the tongue.
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Nintendo never made a device called the âFamicomâ.
They made one called the Family Computer.
And they made one called the Super Famicom.
And Sharp made a device called the Twin Famicom.
But Nintendo has never used the name âFamicomâ themselves to refer to their first home console in any form. Always âFamily Computerâ.
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this is all true (tho you might be able to find some offhand reference to âfamicomâ in something official somewhere, wouldnât rule it out), but i would also direct you to the design of the Family Computer Disk System (and its abbreviation)
youâd naturally assume the abbreviation is FCDS, no? Family Computer Disk System. but itâs FDS.
looking at the device, youâll see the mild (itâs more than kerning, imo) space between âfamilyâ and âcomputerâ from the original deviceâs branding has been effectively removed, making it look like Familycomputer Disk System.
itâs subtle, but thereâs definitely more of a space here:
i guess to me this is sort of a tacit acknowledgement of the nickname
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the Disk System was released in Feb '86 and the stickers you posted earlier seem to date from then
iâd imagine you could get even more specific if you look it up in a Japanese trademark office (or similar) given theyâd registered the term by the point these logos were printed (interestingly the R doesnât appear on either of the Famicom Grand Prix covers)
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Yeah this is a really weird hill everyone calls it the Famicom and Pokemon.
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Seems less like a hill anybody is standing on, and more like a misinformed assumption.
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everybody can be wrong tho
especially on the Internetâs premier discussion site for video games
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i wish i were playing ninja gaiden 2 vanilla⌠iâve never played it but i can just tell iâd probably be obsessed with it
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