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The story
A post on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that Hideo Kojima approached Nintendo about funding and technical cooperation on motion-capture and face-mapping technology for a new cross-media IP — supposedly met with Nintendo replying “What’s motion capture?” — became a hot topic on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board. Even though Nintendo has no actual stake in the matter, the fact that its name got dragged into the post sparked debate in the thread over “why Nintendo always gets brought up.” Discussion also spread to the origin of “Pony,” a derogatory nickname used overseas for PlayStation loyalists.
Pony: “
Kojima’s pitch to Nintendo: ‘Are you interested in my new cross-media IP? I’ll need financial backing, plus technical support for motion capture and face-mapping.’
Nintendo: ‘What’s motion capture?’
Source: x.com / original post here
What people said
Nintendo has literally zero stake in this whole thing, right?
They probably blame Nintendo for their own life not working out too.
I mean, in that baffling interview, it was Kojima himself who brought up Nintendo's name where it wasn't even needed…
Seriously, that guy never says anything but unnecessary stuff.
They'll turn literally anything into a stick to beat Nintendo with.
Though apparently they can't actually land a hit this time.
why are the people who end up hating Nintendo always a little unhinged?
And it's not just a Japan thing either, seems universal.
Or is it the other way around — they're unhinged, so they end up hating Nintendo?
Sane people just don't end up hating Nintendo in the first place.
Nintendo's locked into its own hardware, so it never steps into the same ring — makes it an easy target to poke.
Picking a fight with other makers would just get awkward for them.
Is it some kind of meme?
That's because this is one of those affiliate blogs that loves playing with sock puppets and never bothers explaining anything.
Re: #52
Thanks.
Guess overseas fans pull the same boomerang self-own moves too, huh.
Re: #52
So PlayStation loyalists get seen and treated the same way overseas too, huh.
Re: #54
Sounds like something they'd do.
Actually, they will do it.
Overseas "Goki" are no different from Alt accounts — if they're the real deal, they'll definitely pull it.
They're not gonna spin this into "he was a traitor from the start," are they?
Even the world's biggest religion splits into denominations over how to interpret the Bible, yet every single PlayStation believer somehow shares the exact same mindset. Impressive.
More ideologically unified than an actual religion.
No joke, they end up acting the same way regardless of country or race…
That's because Kojima brought up Nintendo even though it had nothing to do with it.
I mean, even America's GOTY awards originally came about partly as a way to evaluate "non-Nintendo games."
"How does it compare to Nintendo?" has basically always been a yardstick.
Whether they're fans or haters, in the West especially, Nintendo gets dragged into everything.
Ah, I see.
Guess you got lucky getting such a cute nickname, Pony.
That's the image, thanks.
"I love video games!"
Background and key points of this discussion
On overseas forums and social media, “Pony” is used as a derogatory term to mock PlayStation loyalists, much like “Goki” (roach) is used in Japan — without knowing this context, the exchange at the center of this story is hard to make sense of. It started from a post claiming Hideo Kojima approached Nintendo for funding and motion-capture technology support for a new cross-media IP, built around a joke that framed Nintendo’s reply as curt and clueless. In the thread, opinions split over why Nintendo — which has nothing to do with the matter — got dragged into it, with some offering the analysis that Nintendo, being tied to its own hardware, makes an easy target since it rarely pushes back, while others saw it as simply an extension of long-standing rivalry. Note that the original post was made on X (formerly Twitter), and the material behind this article does not confirm whether a Community Note has verified its accuracy.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch Hardware/Industry (Geha) board thread “[Sad News] Pony Stages a Puppet Show to Troll Nintendo, Ends Up Humiliating Himself.”
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