Twitter

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**Twitter** has become a new primary social media location for some of the ZNG, due to the discontinuation of Miiverse. Benefits include being able to perform tasks such as posting Switch screenshots and short Switch gameplay videos directly to the service from the Nintendo Switch album. Both Twitter and Facebook are compatible with the built-in screenshot upload feature on the Switch, but Twitter has emerged as a more popular option among the ZNG.

It unfortunately lacks some of the ease of use and slick integration with both Wii U and 3DS that Miiverse had, but is one of the new official social media services supported by Nintendo, so it will likely be frequented by the ZNG for quite some time.

The Charcho Chain and ZNG Twitter General Discussion Board are both private group chats (group DMs) on Twitter, serving as a successor of sorts to the 200+ 100-comment posts that made up the chat thread on Miiverse in the case of the Charcho Chain and as a supplementary means of communication for the ZNG.

## The Great Twitter Top-Games-per-Console Posting Occurrence

In January 2018, there was a flurry of posting on Twitter in which many ZNG members shared a list of their number-one favorite games for every console they have owned. The trend started outside the ZNG; nonetheless, many ZNGers took part.

*"I'll join the fav game for every system:

GB: Super mario land

GBA: aLttP

N64: SM64

Wii: Mario Galaxy

Wii U: Twilight Princess

Switch: SMO*

*[Ports don’t count!]*

*says who?! Okay fine. :-P

Wii U: yoshi's woolly world

3DS: Super mario 3D Land or A link between worlds

GBA: ???"*

 —Britt [1]

*"Sure, I’ll join in. Ports don’t count!

NES: Zelda II

SNES: Final Fantasy VI

N64: Majora’s Mask

GCN: Wind Waker

Wii: Xenoblade

Wii U: Xenoblade X

Switch: Breath of the Wild

GB: Donkey Kong ‘94 (never played the original LA; LADX is technically a GBC game)

GBC: Oracle of Ages

GBA: Golden Sun: The Lost Age

DS: The World Ends With You

3DS: ...Please don’t make me choose.

PS1: Final Fantasy IX

PS2: Final Fantasy X

PS3: Ni No Kuni

PS4: I still have a lot to play on this system...but for now, The Last Guardian"*

 —Nintendoer [2]

*"I guess I'll give this a go; these are my favorite games on every console I've played.*

*NES - The Legend of Zelda

SNES - EarthBound

Nintendo 64 - Majora's Mask

GameCube - Metroid Prime

Wii - Skyward Sword

Wii U - Breath of the Wild

Gameboy/Gameboy Color - Link's Awakening

Gameboy Advance - Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Nintendo DS - Super Mario 64 DS

Nintendo 3DS - A Link Between Worlds

PC - Portal 2

PS3 - Shadow of the Colossus

iOS - Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies"*

 —Matthew [3]

*"My turn:*

*NES: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (tough choice; I love both of the first two Zeldas!)

SNES: Super Mario World (I get the feeling Mario RPG will dethrone this one.)

N64: Majora's Mask (Paper Mario 2nd place)

GameCube: The Wind Waker

Wii: Skyward Sword

Wii U: Don't have one.

Switch: Does Breath of the Wild count? It's the only game on the Switch I've played, but it was originally a Wii U game.

Gameboy: N/A

Gameboy Color: Pokemon Yellow Version

Gameboy Advance: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

DS: Tie among Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Spirit Tracks, and Pokemon Platinum.

DSi: N/A

3DS: A Link Between Worlds"*

 —Elzonire [4]

*"NES: The Legend of Zelda

SNES: A Link to the Past

N64: Banjo Kazooie

GameCube: Paper Mario TTYD

Wii: Twilight Princess

Wii U: Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

Switch: Mario Odyssey

Gameboy: Donkey Kong

Gameboy Color: Pokémon Silver

GBA: Harvest Moon FoMT

DS: Animal Crossing

3DS: A Link Between Worlds

PC: Undertale*

*Ugh, making this list was hard, because there are so many good games out there. I’m sure the list would change if I were to just remake it tomorrow. :p"*

 —Jayse [5]

*"SNES: Super Metroid

GB: Links Awakening

N64: OoT

PS1: MGS

GBA: Metroid Zero Mission

GC: Resident Evil

PSP: MGS Peace Walker

PS2: Silent Hill 2

Wii: Smash Bros Brawl

DS: Chrono Trigger

PS3: TLoU

Vita: P4G

3DS: ALBW

PS4: Bloodborne

Switch: Mario Odyssey"*

 —David [6]

*"Oh so this is what we’re doing now?

NES Super Mario Bros 3

SNES a Link to the Past

N64 Majora’s Mask

GCN Metroid Prime 2 Echoes

Wii Super Smash Bros Brawl

Wii U Super Mario Maker

Switch Breath of the Wild

GB Pokémon Red

GBC Oracle of Ages

GBA Metroid Zero Mission

DS Phantom Hourglass

3DS a Link Between Worlds"*

 —Brandon [7]

## The Clothing-Related Puns Thread

Following an April 22, 2018 post by Noelle about a fancy-pants clothing store, Christian quipped about a store only selling pants, igniting an pun-off among a couple of other ZNGers, namely Brandon, Aaron, and Ray a couple days later, on April 24.

*"So I went to a fancy pants clothing store and they had a plush made of pure sheep wool for 72$ and my little brother had the hardest time accepting that is was 72 dollars and not cents so he yelled 'WHAT A RIP OFF'"*

 —Noelle [8]

*"What kind of store sells only pants? Weird."*

 —Christian [9]

*"Being a 'smarty-pants,' are you? 😬😜"*

 —Ray [10]

*"And while I might be a little late to the party...you’re being a 'sassy-pants!'"*

 —Brandon [11]

*"Sorry folks, I should've known you wouldn't let my quip 'fly.'"*

 —Christian [12]

*"We really need to button this up."*

 —Brandon [13]

*"There's no need to cut off the joke now, just because the humor isn't... tailored to you."*

 —Aaron [14]

*"I’m in 'stitches' over here!"*

 —Brandon [15]

*"I’m 'panting' with laughter!"*

 —Ray [16]

*"At least we’re not being tight collared about this."*

 —Brandon [17]

*"Guys, zip it already!"*

 —Christian [18]

*"So soon? You must be... pulling my leg."*

 —Aaron [19]

*"I just think this may be a waist of our time, is all."*

 —Christian [20]

*"You’re saying we need to 'clothes' this punderful garment based battle down? It 'seams' to me that a challenge is afoot."*

 —Brandon [21]

*"Brandon, I'm pleating with you."*

 —Christian [22]

*"You better roll up your sleeves because I’ve got all night."*

 —Brandon [23]

*"We need the long and short of this explained, don’t we?"*

 —Ray [24]

*"Hey, careful of who you respond to when you reply, you guys split the thread! We're gonna require some patchwork now to mend this back together."*

 —Christian [25]

*"Also why’d you reply to mine when our dear Vir [Aaron] was the one who commented after me? 😅"*

 —Ray [26]

*"Because we're supposed to reply one after the other, I thought. Stop splitting the thread even more!"*

 —Christian [27]

*"That’s the point! Hehehe"*

 —Ray [28]

### Alternate paths

(following "You better roll up your sleeves...")

*"We won't be shoed any time soon!"*

 —Aaron [29]

(following "Because we're supposed to reply one after the..."}

*"I guess you could say the pants of this thread are... unraveling."*

 —Aaron [30]

*"The thread is becoming 'ripped' apart."*

 —Ray [31]

(following "Hey, be careful who you respond to...")

*"You're right. Remorse riddles my sole."*

 —Aaron [32]

*"I dunno, it was getting rather stuffed around here. (Obviously, I kid. All are welcome to join in this.)"*

 —Brandon [33]

*"Hey @Isthisattaken [Aaron], don't skirt around the theme now, we're talking legwear only."*

 —Christian [34]

*"Pants only tbh"*

 —Ray [35]

*"With such an imposing restriction, I feel like I'm in... cuffs."*

 —Aaron [36]

*"Really? Overall, I've been finding it pretty easy."*

 —Christian [37]

*"That's not a pun..."*

 —Aaron [38]

*"'Overall'"*

 —Brandon [39]

*"I forgot those existed, whoops."*

 —Aaron [40]

*"A'ight, a'ight, I'm right outta puns now. Maybe later I'll scour the Internet for more and pocket any I like. Peace."*

 —Christian [41]

*"Puns are in my jeans. I’ll be waiting."*

 —Brandon [42]

*"Ugh, I bet you've been looking to use that one since we started, huh?"*

 —Christian [43]

*"Like your 'pocket' one…"*

 —Ray [44]

*"Brandon's just prepared some puns, that's all. No need to make him the... butt of the joke."*

 —Aaron [45]

*"Even though we may have only been able to 'breech' the surface, I think I have also run out of puns. This pun exchange was exhausting, but also strangely exhilarating… ha"*

 —Ray [46]

*"I promised myself to bust out the butt once I ran out of ideas."*

 —Aaron [47]

*"So, it was in your rear lineup of pun defense?"*

 —Brandon [48]

*"Oh, absolutely. I say though, it was a well-rounded pun."*

 —Aaron [49]

*"[Image of the Google website with 'pant puns so i sound cool' entered into the search field]"*

 —Noelle [50]

*"Me too."*

 —Aaron [51]

(following "I dunno it was getting rather stuffed...")

*"Yes, all may... fabricate puns."*

 —Aaron [52]

(following "Ugh, I bet you've been looking to use that one...")

*"Maybe..."*

 —Brandon [53]

(following "I promised myself to bust out...")

*"I meant 'bust out the butt one'. 'Bust out the butt' sounds odd."*

 —Aaron [54]