Definitions

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  • noun music, video games An aggressive genre of modern rock music influenced by chiptunes and video game music.

Etymologies

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Nintendo +‎ -core, with reference to the simplistic sound effects of early video game consoles; coined by the post-hardcore group Horse the Band.

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  • An excerpt from this "Nintendocore" band's highly entertaining mySpace profile: "We don't have parents and we are from the future.

    Pestiside.hu 2008

  • An excerpt from this "Nintendocore" band's highly entertaining mySpace profile: "We don't have parents and we are from the future.

    Pestiside.hu 2008

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