{"id":37610,"date":"2018-08-03T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/random_nintendo_finally_confirms_the_correct_pronunciation_for_nes"},"modified":"2018-08-03T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T14:35:00","slug":"random-nintendo-finally-confirms-the-correct-pronunciation-for-nes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/03\/random-nintendo-finally-confirms-the-correct-pronunciation-for-nes\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Nintendo Finally Confirms The Correct Pronunciation For &#8216;NES&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/random_nintendo_finally_confirms_the_correct_pronunciation_for_nes\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/random_nintendo_finally_confirms_the_correct_pronunciation_for_nes\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"nes.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/random_nintendo_finally_confirms_the_correct_pronunciation_for_nes\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/random_nintendo_finally_confirms_the_correct_pronunciation_for_nes\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"nes.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>One debate that has been present for decades now across social media, on Nintendo Life&#8217;s very own comment sections, and even in &#8211; <em>you know<\/em> &#8211; real life communication, is the correct pronunciation of &#8216;NES&#8217;. Yes, the NES, or Nintendo Entertainment System, is home to the beginnings of so many classic Nintendo franchises like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/super_mario_bros\">Super Mario<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/legend_of_zelda\">The Legend of Zelda<\/a><\/strong>, but nobody has ever been able to agree on how you actually say the thing&#8217;s name. Until now.<\/p>\n<p>Options in the past\u00a0have included the likes of &#8216;Nez&#8217;, &#8216;Ness&#8217;, and &#8216;Enn Eee Ess&#8217;, and no matter how much you believe it to be one way or another, there will always be someone nearby who will claim otherwise. The answer to this age-old conundrum comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/warioware_gold\"><strong>WarioWare Gold<\/strong><\/a> of all places, the latest entry to the mischievous Mario villain&#8217;s series on Nintendo 3DS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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 \u201cNES\u201d is pronounced \u201cNess\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vg5JjXgJgy\">pic.twitter.com\/Vg5JjXgJgy<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Kyle McLain (@FarmboyinJapan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FarmboyinJapan\/status\/1025315977754365952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As you can see, according to Nintendo &#8211; via the Japanese version of the game&#8217;s museum area &#8211; the true pronunciation is &#8216;Ness&#8217;. The Japanese characters on screen suggest that it should have a soft &#8216;s&#8217; sound, as opposed to a harsher &#8216;z&#8217; sound, and the idea of saying each individual letter is nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Will this finally end all of the squabbling? Probably not, but at least we finally have an answer to fall back on should we need to win any arguments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One debate that has been present for decades now across social media, on Nintendo Life&#8217;s very own comment sections, and even in &#8211; you know &#8211; real life communication, is the correct pronunciation of &#8216;NES&#8217;. 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