Nintendo has transformed into a global company over the years and is always looking to extend its audience reach. With this in mind, the Nintendo of America Twitter account has today announced the company will now also be delivering news on this platform in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.
Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser - who is known to speak Spanish - wished both accounts a warm welcome to the popular social media website:
Welcome, @NintendoBrasil ! Nintendistas, here we go with all the news!
Welcome, @NintendoLatam , here we go with all the news for the region!
Considering there are more than 111 million Switch out in the wild, we're sure this will be appreciated by many Nintendo fans around the globe. Will you be following these new accounts? Do you already follow Nintendo on social media? Leave a comment below.
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Great for those that don't speak English very well and would prefer it in their native language.
@Arkay Yes, especially for children.
I'm surprised they didn't have a Spanish speaking account before.
The things I know from Portuguese Brazilian language are bom dia (good morning), boa tarde (good afternoon), boa noite (good night), sim (yes), nao (no), Oba! (Wow!).
I learnt from a daily light novel from newspaper long time ago. 😅
Bueno, ya es hora
Up until more recent years, Nintendo had really neglected the Brazilian fanbase. Glad to see they've been putting more resources into those regions.
Hopefully this means we actually see actual, big-name, recognizably Nintendo games properly localized to Portuguese - although they did already start with Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo Olympics and Mario Party Superstars.
I'm happy to see Latin American Nintendo fans will finally have dedicated posts! I hope this means there will soon be full on divisions and headquarters for Nintendo Latin America in the near future!
Removed - unconstructive
@Anti-Matter that's pretty good! Here we use a tilde on top of the letter "a" on não for a kinda nasal sound!
Obligatory "Brasil numero uno campeao do mundo!"
Note: I am not Brazilian, just referring a classic meme.
Glad to see Brazil gets to join in on the minefield that is Nintendo Twitter lol
People you realize that there is already an nintendo twitter account in Spanish right? The difference this account is catered to Latin American audiences instead of Spain ones, which already has an account in Spanish.
@Tourtus
As @siestasagrada said, yes, there was an Spanish account before.
Actually, more than one.
@NintendoES for Spain and @MxNintendo for Mexico.
The new one is for the other Spanish Latin American countries (Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Chile etc.)
Que beleza! Very happy with this news. We hope this is a step towards more localized games for Latin America. Although I have been playing games in English since my childhood, RPGs would be much easier to play in my mother tong. Also there is this warming feeling of experience things you love in the language you grew up with.
Greetings from São Paulo, Brasil!
@Patchanka And before anyone asks... There is also already a Nintendo Portugal Twitter account.
@Patchanka @MxNintendo is has never been an official account though.
Also, to further clarify things, @NintendoES is managed by NoE, while @NintendoLatam is very likely going to be managed by NoA.
@AlternateRT
OK, I stand corrected, MxNintendo is not official. I looked and didn't notice that.
Bowser showcasing his multi-linguistics... guess that means the Mario Bros. can't sneak any Italian Mafia code by him most likely.
... Wun can only hope.
Senpai is finally noticing me cries in brazilian language
It's interesting to note that Doug Bowser used the fan term "Nintendista", something that the (very new) Nintendo official channels and events in Brazil have been doing recently, which is super lovely. It basically means something akin to "Nintendeer" or "Nintendo-head": it's how we call a Nintendo fan over here (PlayStation fans are referred as "Sonysta", for instance).
@dux Brazilian here! I think you're Brazilian as well. Just wanted to comment that's not how I understand the term "nintendista". To me, that's more than just a fan, that's like a Nintendo supremacist. Someone who thinks Nintendo is better than every other game company.
@dux And Xbox as Microsoftistas, right?
@Agent_P I'll be honest, never heard anyone refer to them specifically, so I couldn't tell. What you came up with is basically impossible to pronounce haha
@DanskCarvalho I wouldn't define the word in those strong terms, but definitely as a super fan or someone who prefers Nintendo over the competition. But that might be a regional difference. Anyway, it's s Brazilian fan term being regularly used in official capacities, and that is very impressive by itself.
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