Nintendocore
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Nintendocore
- /nɪnˈtɛndəʊˌkɔː(ɹ)/ UK
- /nɪnˈtɛndoʊˌkɔɹ/ US
Where it comes from
From Nintendo (“Japanese multinational video game company”) + -core (suffix denoting a music genre, especially one influenced by hardcore music), with reference to the simplistic sound effects of early video game consoles. The word was coined by the American musician Nathan Winneke, the frontman of the metalcore band Horse the Band, as a joke; the band posted the word on the Internet and also printed it on a label on the compact disc of their first demo I Am a Small Wooden Statue on a Patch of Crabgrass Next to a Dried Up Riverbed (2001).
noun
- An aggressive genre of modern rock music influenced by chiptunes (“music that samples or emulates the audio capabilities of older sound chips”) and video game music. Did you ever wonder what it would be like to mix the theme song from the original Mario Bros. games with chugging guitars and the vocal stylings of someone who wasn't hugged enough as a child? You're not alone. In fact, there's an entire genre of music devoted to this sound – it's called nintendocor
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noun aggressive genre of modern rock music influenced by chiptunes and video game music
| Español | Nintendocore |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 닌텐도코어 nintendoko'eo |
| 日本語 | ニンテンドーコア nintendōkoa |
| Português | Nintendocore |
| Français | Nintendocore, nintendo rock, video rock |
| Deutsch | Nintendocore |
| Italiano | Nintendocore |
| Русский | Нинтендокор Nintendokor, Нинтендо-рок Nintendo-rok, нёрдкор njórdkor, видео-рок video-rok |
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title = {Nintendocore},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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