A Decade Later, Nintendo tries to catch up.

A week after a Japanese tweeter noticed a suspicious-looking "Nintendo Network" logo on the box art for a game that anyone would be brave to tweet about, Nintendo confirms the existence (or future existence) of The Nintendo Network.

Those with a keen insight to the passage of time will note that a similar service has been offered by both of Nintendo's primary rivals for the better part of ten years, yet the legendary company sees fit to tout features like "Personal Accounts" and "Community Features" as things that make Nintendo's upcoming Wii U console worth purchasing. There are already plans for the network to interface with the already released 3DS handheld as well, allowing for wondrous volumes of downloadable content.

Obviously, Nintendo is pretty confident that the Network will at least turn enough of a profit to make up for any ill-will incurred any time someone sees an RSS icon.


Because, it's like... yeah. Awkward. This was there already, and, like, you took it, Nintendo. I mean, I guess you kinda put an "n" in there, which, it's like, yeah... that's you guys, that's your thing, your letter, but... couldn't you have at least gone with green or something?

[via Kotaku and Joystiq]