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Post by Boo Destroyer on Mar 19, 2005 20:22:47 GMT -5
I'm talking about Wario Ware: Mega Microgame$ and Mega Party Games.
Now tell me, is it the first media besides the Internet to use the word "fanboy"? When I first saw it in 9-Volt's bio in MPG, I nearly laughed so hard.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Mar 20, 2005 10:08:49 GMT -5
It's possibly the first time I've seen it used in a game. It's definitely the first time Nintendo has used the word - and to describe a Nintendo collector as a fanboy as well! Honestly.
But Nintendo does love its fanboys. We're the crusaders in their worldwide army. We make sure not one person forgets their glory days of the NES and SNES, and we consistently turn against those developers who turn their backs on Nintendo altogether.
Also note that girls can be fanboys. Don't be offended, it's just the way the language has developed!
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Post by missingno.is back? on Mar 20, 2005 13:55:18 GMT -5
Wow, I gotta check that... pity my Wario Ware game somehow got erased and I'm at the beginning! (I beat it too!)
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Post by kirbychu on Mar 21, 2005 14:42:56 GMT -5
Well, it's the first time I've heard of it being used in a game, but I have heard it outside of the internet before.
In an episode of Invader Zim, for example...
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Post by missingno.is back? on Mar 21, 2005 22:13:17 GMT -5
Uhhh... I use it off internet all the time to anger fanboys.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Mar 22, 2005 3:56:41 GMT -5
Definitely not the first time it's been used off-the-net.
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Post by Boo Destroyer on Mar 22, 2005 17:15:23 GMT -5
Has it also been used on TV or in books?
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Post by Ace_ETP on Mar 22, 2005 18:41:01 GMT -5
There is a character in the TV show Freakazoid! named The Fanboy, and it is also the name of a comic book by a MAD magazine artist. And the word has also been an important part of several movies and magazine articles.
But it's most likely the first time that the word has been in a video-game, probably because it's a self-reference. It would be like if in the next Star Wars movie, Obi-Wan became angry at Anakin for digitally including himself in his favorite childhood films.
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Post by Smashchu on Apr 4, 2005 21:38:26 GMT -5
I agree Fry. On company I'll put on the spot is Square-Enix. They just leave Nintendo after FF4 and just come crawling back for 2 games. It angers me but still, I like there games.
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Post by Hiker of Games on Apr 6, 2005 9:22:40 GMT -5
^ What? But it's most likely the first time that the word has been in a video-game, probably because it's a self-reference. It would be like if in the next Star Wars movie, Obi-Wan became angry at Anakin for digitally including himself in his favorite childhood films. And not for, say, betraying the jedis and such? I don't mind fanboy so much. There are more derogatory things to use like 'gaming whore' or what have you. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 6, 2005 13:38:17 GMT -5
I agree with Masamune..... What?
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Post by Ace_ETP on Apr 6, 2005 15:00:08 GMT -5
I meant to say that the word "Fanboy" hasn't appeared much in the media because it's only known to fanboys themselves, not because they might be offended by its use. I certainly don't mind being called a fanboy. A guy with a Boba Fett headshot for an avatar is pretty much asking for it. ;D
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Post by Yamato.EXE V2 on Mar 8, 2006 18:09:44 GMT -5
The most offensive word is Nintendophile.
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Post by Smashchu on Mar 27, 2006 21:58:35 GMT -5
Also note that girls can be fanboys. Don't be offended, it's just the way the language has developed! The apropriate term is Fanperson. |
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