Nintendo has announced that it has updated the URL for its Japanese website, meaning those who wish to pay a visit will need to hit an additional key on their physical/virutal keyboard (the horror!).
All jokes aside, the firm states that the change is down to "server environment improvements", though as pointed out by NintendoSoup, the change also brings the URL more in line with Nintendo's other official pages in North America and Southeast Asia.
So what does the change actually look like? Well, hold onto your butts; Nintendo has the answer...
Yes, the URL has simply changed from 'nintendo.co.jp' to 'nintendo.com/jp'. Hardly the most inconvenient change imaginable, we're sure you'll agree. Nintendo also states that users can still use the old URL and this will simply redirect for the foreseeable future.
So keep your tinfoil hats to the side, folks, this change probably doesn't indicate any major announcements or updates for the time being. This is as mundane as it gets.
Do you visit the Nintendo Japan website often? Let us know your thoughts on the URL change with a comment down below.
[source twitter.com, via nintendosoup.com]
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I hope that the n64-era game sites are still online.
Just casually confirmed the Nintendo Slash
@nukatha Luckily seems to be the case since this page (https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nmqj/game/chara/page02.html) still works for example!
@Hoshiko Nintendo Slash U!
So they've added an 'M'.
Which is letter number 3 in 'com'.
Hmmm.
What could M3 possibly signify?
It's a actually two additional key presses. There is an 'm' and a '/' to enter.
Edit: Rightly corrected that it's only one additional key press and not two!
Finally, Nintendo is trying to not be an insular company.
Now I just expect that NoA start to tell people that there is no "NoJ", but NCL instead. Even Reggie said NCL, but we still see people calling "NoJ", lol.
@gcunit Surely it means Metroid: Other M trilogy collection (including two brand new Other M games!) is just over the horizon
@Reiditandweep I daren't even speak of such dreams for fear the light of day causes them to decay before they can grow.
Inflation everywhere these days.
New wave race confirmed 😆
This is definitely the final key needed to confirm the possible rumor that the Switch 2 will be revealed soon within the next 3 years
If I had to guess, they probably just wanted it all under one domain, so in order to keep Japanese websites separate, they use a slash to say "this is part of the domain". It could also just be a formality idk
@Rambler you're right!
Slow news day huh? xD
@gcunit finally, a proper sequel to E3! i always knew reggie had it in him
I expect we'll be getting a similar one in other places. They're probably just making it so they can market a singular "Nintendo.com" and have a redirect take folk to the appropriate "/country", easier, without any browser security panicking about a redirect to a different domain.
"A / press is a / press, you can't say it's only half" - TJ Henry Yoshi
@epicgamner eventually, we'll get W3 and 33 (read it as three three)
@HammerGalladeBro god willing
The dot com era is back, baby
Could be a little off-topic.
Guess I should read more up on, but always wondered how online communication could be conflict between regions with different languages. Mainly with ‘gateways’ (perhaps not the right term) such as domain and email addresses.
I’m guessing English may be the ‘universal’ or even required language / alphabet when comes to (?)
Next gen starts here
Wouldn’t that be two extra key presses?
Ahh I like the country specific domains. What are they gonna do with the European domains? Will Nintendo.co.uk become Nintendo.com/uk? Likewise nintendo.com/fr /de etc
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