It was a big enough deal that Nintendo put out advertisements in 1990 [0], asking people to not use "a Nintendo" to refer generically to other video game system

It was a big enough deal that Nintendo put out advertisements in 1990 [0], asking people to not use "a Nintendo" to refer generically to other video game systems, specifically out of fear of genericization. [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/5m9grz/theres_no_such_thing_as_a_nintendo_1990_poster/ https://old.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/5m9grz/theres_no_...