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C @cap_xt 1 day ago Water buffalos are so chill that they often let birds ride on their backs, essentially running a free taxi service while munching on grass. 1.7K 6 replies Reply @raycraft001 1 day ago The real Emio was the water buffalos we met along the way 844 Reply @justin_colorblindtx 1 day ago Water buffalo have been domesticated for over 5,000 years and are often called the "living tractor of the East" because they are essential for plowing rice fields in many Asian countries. The more you know! 46 Reply ... @Ocarin_ 1 day ago Emio is great but what if there were more water buffalos???? 722 Reply @Mboi1836 1 day ago You know I liked the ending, but maybe the water buffalo was the friends we made along the way 1.4K Reply 8 replies @MarioNintendero 1 day ago Being a visual novel, I was totally caught off guard by the section where you ride a water buffalo to escape from Emio. Also, it was amazing that the Switch consistently maintained 60 fps during the chase. Congratulations, Nintendo. 146 Reply

@shoeboxcarnival 21 hours ago Fun fact: the music for this trailer was made using the vocal calls of water buffalos 巧 470 4 Reply 7 replies @Kale13000 19 hours ago Did you know that Terry is actually part water buffalo? It makes sense once you realize. The resemblance is uncanny 260 Reply @raihanvarghese8553 18 hours ago We can see water in the first few seconds of this trailer. Buffalos are going to be in the next one. 149 Reply @ColaAnimates 17 hours ago Man I love how this is Nintendos first video game with a water buffalo as a protagonist!!! 149 Reply @maestrogeicho 20 hours ago The Water Buffalo Pacer test is a multistage aerobic water buffalo test that progressively gets more water buffalo as it continues. The 20 meter water buffalo test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The water buffalo speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal *boop*. A single water buffalo should be completed each time you hear this sound *ding*. Remember to run in a straight line, and run as long as water buffalo. The second time you fail to complete a water buffalo before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word water buffalo. On your mark, get ready, water buffalo. B

r/NintendoSwitch2.2 days ago MacksNotCool MOD big mack Top 1% Poster Attention everyone: We're gonna pull a funny. We need YOUR help. othor (i am stupid) Ok so I've seen at least two people try to do a hate brigade on Nintendo's YouTube channel for "waiting too long to reveal the system." That idea is dumb, mean, against Reddit's guidelines, and it is blissfully unaware of how ineffective that would be. Do NOT do that EVER. BUT. That gave me an idea. Let's do the opposite. You see, these recent leaks are probably not very damaging to any group at Nintendo because they are generally received as positive. That is except for maybe the marketing department. This is because it is too late for Nintendo to make sure they have new information that none of the leaks have for the reveal trailer at this last minute. So, let's pull a funny and give Nintendo free marketing at the same time. Here's the plan: 1. Go to Nintendo's YouTube Channel's latest video. (also make sure you're subscribed). The link to their channel is listed below. 2. Like their latest video and watch the video all the way through (Bonus points if you watch it at 0.25x speed; This is to increase YouTube engagement which will put it into more people's recommended. Yes, slowing down the video increases watch time). Do not watch it multiple times or use multiple accounts, that may get the videos flagged as bots. 3. Here's the funny: Comment something relating to Water Buffalos. Do not comment more than once on a video. Try not to directly copy a comment that already exists. This is so that this wont get flagged as bots. Also, please be positive, and not cynical or mean. THIS IS NOT A HATE EVENT. You can also use the water buffalo"" emoji. Do not explain what you are doing/what this is. Do NOT mention the subreddit and especially do NOT mention any leaks. This isn't an advertisement, this is a funny gag. 4. Now, click the option to sort the YouTube comments by new. Like any and all comments you can find that also have to do with water buffalos. Do NOT like anything that is hateful. Feel free to like comments that you like but have nothing to do with our little event as well. Feel free to refresh the page to view new comments. 5. Prank is completed until Nintendo uploads again. We keep repeating this until the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal event. That is the last video we will do this on and then we will stop. Got it? Optionally you can get some friends in on this to help, but do not use multiple of your own accounts to do this. This idea is instead kind (it's free promotion & an algorithmic push for Nintendo's YouTube channel), technically within the confines of Reddit's Terms of Service, and is entirely aware that this will not get a reveal out sooner. This is, however, still dumb, but that's why it's funny. It also potentially makes up for any marketing damage we've may have done by being a vessel for leaks. Here is a link to Nintendo's main YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NintendoAmerica Thank you! edit: HOLY CRAP GUYS IT'S WORKING THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

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Water Buffalo Nintendo Switch 2 Comments refers to the brigading of the comment sections of Nintendo of America's YouTube videos with jokes about water buffalos. The comments are part of a prank or trolling campaign by the Nintendo Switch 2 subreddit, /r/NintendoSwitch2, which was inspired by a post from Redditor u/PeepsRebellion in which they compared the supposed size of a Nintendo Switch 2 console to a water buffalo. This inspired a running joke on the subreddit associating water buffalos with the Switch 2. The water buffalo post was made in mid-December 2024 and the comment brigading began in January 2025.

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On December 18th, 2024, Redditor u/PeepsRebellion posted a meme to the subreddit /r/NintendoSwitch2^[1] titled "Switch 2 Size compared to a Water Buffalo" comparing a water buffalo to the alleged size of the Nintendo Switch 2 video game console, garnering over 1,100 upvotes in a month.

r/NintendoSwitch2 .23 days ago PeepsRebellion buffalo Switch 2 Size compared to a Water Buffalo meme/funny

The post by u/PeepsRebellion inspired further memes associating water buffalos with the Switch 2 on the subreddit. For example, on December 18th, 2024, Redditor u/BertelTheTurtel made a post to /r/NintendoSwitch2^[2] titled "LEAKED: The C button lets you choose which water buffalo you want as your new Switch 2 avatar," garnering over 990 upvotes in a month.

On December 20th, Redditor u/RougeNapper posted an image to the subreddit^[3] compiling a variety of posts made to the subreddit about water buffalos, titled, "This sub has officially gone insane," garnering over 1,600 upvotes in three weeks.

On January 3rd, 2025, Redditor u/Illustrious-Main2301 posted a meme to /r/NintendoSwitch2^[4] parodying the Nintendo Has Forgotten About Mario video with a joke about water buffalos, garnering over 300 upvotes in a week.

Nintendo Has FORGOTTEN About water buffalos... Nin10doland 10K views 13 hours ago 8:08

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Nintendo of America Comments Prank

On January 8th, 2025, Redditor u/MacksNotCool, a moderator for /r/NintendoSwitch2,^[5] made a post to the subreddit titled "Attention everyone: We're gonna pull a funny. We need YOUR help." The post encourages users of the subreddit to brigade the comment sections of videos uploaded by the Nintendo of America YouTube channel with jokes about water buffalos until the official reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2.

They also make it clear that the event is not meant to be hateful, encouraging participants to also like the video and watch it fully. The Reddit post gained over 2,900 upvotes in two days.

Over the following days, the comment sections of the most recent Nintendo of America YouTube videos became filled with comments about water buffalos, including videos for Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip, Emio – The Smiling Man and Blade Chimera (examples of comment sections seen below).

Online Reactions

On January 8th, 2025, a post was made to the subreddit /r/OutOfTheLoop^[6] asking about the comments, with the top-voted answer from Redditor u/The_One_True_Ewok stating:

Answer: To expound on comment from u/JMFV763 , someone compared the size of the leaked Switch 2 details to a Water buffalo as a meme about content creators taking any tiny detail about the new Switch and “reporting” on it into oblivion. Better link with context here: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch2/s/rX8aW9tRP1^[8]

On January 9th, GamesRadar^[7] published an editorial on the prank titled "Why have Nintendo trailers been flooded with water buffalo memes? Thank these Switch 2 leak enthusiasts, who I fear are losing it at this point."

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^[1] Reddit – NintendoSwitch2

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^[3] Reddit – NintendoSwitch2

^[4] Reddit – NintendoSwitch2

^[5] Reddit – NintendoSwitch2

^[6] Reddit – OutOfTheLoop

^[7] GamesRadar – Nintendo gets buried in water buffalo

^[8] Reddit – r/NintendoSwitch2

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