Nintendo Sure Picked The Wrong Time To Show Off The 'Nintendo Switch Sports' Bowling Game

One can imagine the conversation between members of Nintendo's social media team when deciding to post a tweet showing off the features of the bowling game in the company's upcoming Nintendo Switch Sports. It probably went something like this:

Person 1: "It seems 'bowling' is trending on Twitter, let's hop on that."
Person 2: "Perfect, I have just the thing."

🎳 You’ll need to skilfully avoid the obstacles to score big in these bowling challenges in #NintendoSwitchSports! pic.twitter.com/zlUpL9Y8dA

— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) April 5, 2022

Of course, the reason "bowling" was trending on Twitter this Tuesday was a viral, highly NSFW iteration of the bowling alley screen when you get a strike meme, one that scarred seemingly all who came across it. By innocuously showing off the kooky features of Nintendo Switch Sports bowling, Nintendo of Europe either had no idea what it was doing — or it knew exactly what it was doing.

Whatever the case may be, Nintendo certainly earned itself a lot of attention, as the tweet gained thousands of quote-tweets from people aghast at their post along with a reply that Nintendo had to hide because of bowling-related rule 34.

Nintendo of America for the love of all that's holy do not post this today https://t.co/ZzNIE7czWt

— Big Account McGee (@AboutNintendo) April 5, 2022

this is the absolute worst time for nintendo to post anything about bowling https://t.co/sl8cH4uAmT

— Corn͏ 🌟 (@cornskiii) April 5, 2022

the social media manager knows what they're doing https://t.co/ykChqRyIaG

— Anng3ls (@Anng3ls) April 6, 2022

DO NOT LOOK AT THE HIDDEN REPLIES. https://t.co/uKg2ApmHvN

— The Quarter Guy | #VioRhyseAlberia (@TheQuarterGuy) April 6, 2022

Though Nintendo may have inadvertently put itself at the center of a mass internet traumatization, they have at the very least made thousands aware that they’ll need to skilfully avoid the obstacles to score big in these bowling challenges in Nintendo Switch Sports.