So I got this graphic sent to me by the PR firm for Nintendo. They never do squat with me except to send me press releases. This one is for Father’s day and it is really sweet. The thing that cheesed me off was the copy attached.
“For dads today, especially the millennials, Nintendo was a big part of their childhood. These “NintenDads” have fond memories of playing Nintendo games like Super Mario Bros. (that celebrated its 30th anniversary last fall) and the original NES, Super NES and Game Boy systems.”
Can you guess what bugs me about this?
“Especially Millennials” !!!
Really, what about Generation X or Generation Y who were of prime age to get the first NES games and systems? I got mine at 10 years old and played every day after school and into the night. I’m 42 now I loved every minute of game play. My very first NES has serial number 000001 (true story). I played it so much that it broke and I got a second one. I still have it and all of my old games. I had the power glove, I watched The Wizard like it was a documentary. I’d mow lawns to save up for so many games.
Millennials?
It is the Gen X and Gen Y dads who most remember playing Nintendo every day and have a fondness for it. No matter what other game system that has come out since they are still loyal to Nintendo. They can still do the Konami code in their muscle memory and remember having to blow into the cartridges of their games to make them work. Or saving up their lawn mowing money to get the Game Boy so that he and his friend could play games, linked by the cord, in a car all the way to Florida. Buying stockpiles of AA batteries so we could keep playing?
Millennials?
Damn It! I feel like an old man yelling for the damn kids to get off my lawn! Yes there are so many other things to worry about in this world then something silly like this. Maybe I should just look at the image and see that it is of a dad who loves Nintendo and who is glad that his kids love it, too. That is something to enjoy this Father’s Day. Playing Splatoon with my kids and introducing them to classics like The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Brothers.
Millennials?