Altendo: A Nintendo Timeline

Sorry, I'm putting it on hold for now. I have another chapter ready that I'm not too confident with, but I may put that out at some point.
I've been really busy and haven't been able to update you guys about this :'(
Just update it, we would see how unfold don't belittle yourself
 
December 14th, 1993

“I don’t give a flying fuck about anything else, this console better have goddamned CD support,” said Howard Lincoln, chairman of Nintendo of America. “Sony’s already going to beat us to market; we have to compete with them.”

“You don’t have to tell me twice,” said Howard Phillips, marketing lead on Project Reality. “Minoru has to listen to those other fucking japs though.”

Phillips and Lincoln were two members of the Project Reality development team, which the media had dubbed The Knights of the Round Table. As they enjoyed their sushi, the Japanese businessman sitting a table over from them gave Phillips a skeptical look.

"Minoru said it’s a one-man one-vote system on this, right?” asked Lincoln. “So, all we have to do is flip one person. Clark is on board.”

“Right, right, but who the fuck can we flip? This is getting ridiculous. I mean, Shigeru has a stick up his ass on the issue, and Takeda is old school. Minoru is gonna vote with them.”

“Let’s talk to Tanimoto. I know we’ve had trouble with CD software in the past, but if we are going to compete with storage and with cost, we got to use these discs.”

Lincoln held up a blank compact disc. It could store six Super NES games on it alone. Nintendo needed to utilize this technology. But, he reckoned that all good things would come to an end. Two and a half months after Minoru Arakawa said he wanted the American team to help with Project Reality, the stiff Japanese would not budge.

Meanwhile, Phillips had his own agenda. He wasn’t content with overseeing marketing here. He wanted a larger role, and he wanted to shape how the games were designed. There was a hunger consuming him, encroaching on his reality. Somehow, he knew he was destined to turn this into the greatest video game console of all time.

“I got to go, Howard.”

“See ya, Howard”
 
“You don’t have to tell me twice,” said Howard Phillips, marketing lead on Project Reality. “Minoru has to listen to those other fucking japs though.”
Woah... seems this one is a big power struggle, Mr Phillips language was impresive.

Good luck fellas
 
“I don’t give a flying fuck about anything else, this console better have goddamned CD support,” said Howard Lincoln, chairman of Nintendo of America. “Sony’s already going to beat us to market; we have to compete with them.”

“You don’t have to tell me twice,” said Howard Phillips, marketing lead on Project Reality. “Minoru has to listen to those other fucking japs though.”
Uh... ...I don't wanna say this rubs me the wrong way... ...but...
 
Uh... ...I don't wanna say this rubs me the wrong way... ...but...
They were both known for being brash in their language and choice of words. And Phillips grew up in the 60s and 70s where he would have been exposed to Boomers reviving calling the Japanese 'japs' as a form of resentment to their surpassing technological capacity. In no way does this represent me or my views.
 
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Well that was an interesting update.:) Oh and whats the big deal about the slang "Jap" it sounds like it's just a sorting of the the word Japanese to me?:confused:
 
Oh and whats the big deal about the slang "Jap" it sounds like it's just a sorting of the the word Japanese to me?:confused:

In some languages, mainly those of the Anglosphere, Jap is seen more as a derogatory term, akin to the usage of Nip, mainly due to its usage during World War 2 where it was used for that exact purpose. Prior to the war, it was, as you said, an abbreviation of "Japanese," but many words can get colored by the advent of war.

In the context Suzon is using it, which he explained in the post above yours, it largely makes sense even if it may be inappropriate for modern ears.
 
In some languages, mainly those of the Anglosphere, Jap is seen more as a derogatory term, akin to the usage of Nip, mainly due to its usage during World War 2 where it was used for that exact purpose. Prior to the war, it was, as you said, an abbreviation of "Japanese," but many words can get colored by the advent of war.

In the context Suzon is using it, which he explained in the post above yours, it largely makes sense even if it may be inappropriate for modern ears.

Oh okay did not know that, the more you learn right? :)
 
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