Hinobi

****Hinobi****
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**Hinobi Technology** is a company that creates high tech video game products, such as gaming consoles, VR gears, gaming bands, etc. It is the headquarters of top secret operators known as **Glitch Techs**.

## Description

Hinobi sends out its operators when problems regarding their video game consoles occur. For example, a glitch could have escaped into the real world. These operators, also known as Glitch Techs', will defeat and capture the glitch. After that, witnesses will be mindwiped and destroyed surroundings reverted back to their former state.

When not on a mission, Glitch Techs work in Hinobi Stores, fixing ordinary issues that customers have with the company's products.

## History

Decades before the start of the series, Hinobi developed its first home computer (the Hinobi Hive) as well as its accompanying programming language (B++). By this time, the company's mascot was a honeybee that would come to be named Nobi. The Hinobi Hive was the precursor to all of the company's video game systems that followed.

Emilio Nieves was a developer for Hinobi who created the first ever video games: *Ping*, *Unicorp*, and *Beebuzz*. Later, he would become a white hat hacker and be arrested for it, leaving the company.

## List of Video games

* Chomp Kitty
* Bravestone series
* Castlestein
* Flunky Quest
* Smashozaurs
* Nobi Gross Out
* Ping

## Workers

* Phil Altiere
* Barbara/Inspector 7
* High Five
* Miko
* Zahra
* Haneesh Jyoshi
* Bergy
* Nix
* Mitch Williams
* Emma Deveraux
* Other unnamed Glitch Techs
* Simi (transferred over to the Dabney branch)
* Ridley (formerly)

## Trivia

* The company's memory removing tech is similar to the Neuralyzer from Men In Black to prevent its customers knowing the glitches existence, yet Miko Kubota is immune to its effects.
	+ It is unknown if the mind wiping devices can actually cause physical harm or the person's identity to be erased if it is overuse too much on the same person.
	+ It is implied that Phil was a victim of the same technology, the reasons for being currently unknown. In "BITT Prime", a video that Phill can't remember making says: "If you don't remember making this video, you got memory wiped.".
	+ Mitch overuses mind wiping people for the fun of it and getting what he wants.
* Hinobi appears to be based somewhat on real-life video game and tech companies such as Nintendo, Atari, Microsoft, Apple, Sony, and more. In addition to video games, Hinobi has developed computers and programming language.
* Hinobi's name may be based on the Japanese word *shinobi*, commonly referring to a ninja or the art of ninjitsu, which also means "doing something secretly" and stems from *shinobu* ("to conceal oneself"). This likely refers to role of Glitch Techs needing to cover up the existence of Glitches, and potential corruption within the company.
* Hinobi has two mascots:
	+ An anthropomorphized letter H, used in training simulations for Glitch Techs.
	+ Nobi the Hinobi Honeybee, a known public mascot and one implied to be older than the H.
		- Nobi's use and the Hinobi's association with bees (an obvious pun on the company's name) is also seen in B++ programming code and its first personal computer, the Hinobi Hive.
		- Phil Altiere is creeped out by Nobi.
		- Nobi's name, in addition to being derived from the company's name, may be based on one or all of the following:
			* The Japanese word *nobi* (伸び), meaning "to grow, spread, develop, or elongate"., possibly referring to its extensive and monopolistic presence in the technology, gaming, entertainment, and clothing markets.
			* The Japanese word *nobi* (野火), referring to a controlled fire used to clear fields and brush to avoid uncontrollable burning, possibly referring to the role of Glitch Techs in controlling Glitches. It can also refer to wildfires directly.
			* The Korean word *nobi* (노비), meaning "slave".
		- Similar to popular video game mascots with strong ties to their creator company's image and identity (such as Mario for Nintendo and Sonic the Hedgehog for Sega), Nobi is used in product and event marketing that takes advantage of public perception, popularity, and nostalgia, and has received an eponymous video game in *Nobi Kart Race* (itself based on the *Mario Kart* series).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mobs and Minions (see this video)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ping
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 **Announcer**: "And guess who's out there, pumpin up this crowd, they know him, they grew up with him, Nobi, the Hinobi Honeybee!" (Age of Hinobi)
4. ↑ Tutorial Mode
5. ↑ **Phil Altiere**: "Man, that thing creeps me out." (Age of Hinobi)
6. ↑ Settling the Score