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Nintendo Seeks To Trademark Ice Cube Lyrics

This is automatically today's weirdest story, I don't care what else happens today.

CNN is reporting that Nintendo has filed a request with the Patent and Trademark office to protect the phrase "It's on like Donkey Kong."

This also happens to be the first line in the Ice Cube track, "Now I Gotta Wet 'Cha." The request seems pretty well-timed to be used in ads supporting the upcoming release of Donkey Kong Country Returns, and at this point I'll only be satisfied if the song is used in the ads or if Cube appears in the advertising for the game. Anything less is a missed opportunity on the grandest scale!
  
  
While I'm making demands, Call of Duty: Black Ops players are now encouraged to force the following exchange whenever shooting another player. 

"You won, G!"

"Won what?"

"The wet T-shirt contest, motherfucker!"

*BLAT BLAT BLAT BLAT*

Please act accordingly (and feel free to occasionally shout "don't go to court in Torrance" while playing any Phoenix Wright game).
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Edited By RinseWashRepeat

Is Ice Cube threatening to 'wet' me?
 
Consider me confused...

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Where does the Drift King fit in to all of this?

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@RinseWashRepeat: 
I believe Mr Cube is referring to wetting of your body due the blood after shooting you.
 
Hence why the young gentleman at the beginning of the record 'won the wet t-shirt competition'.
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Yay yay!

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They're better be ghettobird inbound lines in the multiplayer.

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That song starts with him pelting a guy with water balloons, Ice Cube is all about the childrens.

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@MegaMetaTurtle:  Is participation in this competition mandatory? Because I'm not 'feeling' this 'shit'.
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Oh man, my love for Ice Cube is probably only matched by Gerstmann.

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@RinseWashRepeat: 
 
Well, judging by the mans enthusiasm over having won said competition, I believe he did not know he was a participant. Thus, anyone could be a competitor.
 
That being said, being a 'mutha f*cka' in a profession requiring a blue uniform seems to improve your chances of 'winning'.
 
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this is so silly

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is there a clean version of this song for them use use in the comemrcial? cause that'd kick ass...
hell it'd kick even more ass if they just said fuck it and used the dirty version, lol

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This could be the most interesting thing i have heard out of Nintendo for a while. 
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yesss

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This made my day!

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It's on like a dispute between what constitutes the rights of the original content creator, and what kind of artistic liberties can taken with said content by a third party.

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This article was so deep, it put my ass to sleep. 
 
Also, I don't hesitate to call Jeff the top gun.

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@MegaMetaTurtle said:
" @RinseWashRepeat:  I believe Mr Cube is referring to wetting of your body due the blood after shooting you.  Hence why the young gentleman at the beginning of the record 'won the wet t-shirt competition'. "
Ironic seeing as 'cube has bitch tits and would totally win that comp.
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I am pretty sure the phrase existed before that song. Also it is so fair use now. So Nintendo has no problem with Ice Cube. They own Donkey Kong too.

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So will Ice Cube have to pay Nintendo royalties every time someone plays that song?

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You wanted that fast buck, now I gotta light that ass up.

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@ch13696: I'm sure you're popular at parties.
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Doesn't Ice Cube have anything to say about this?

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is it weird that I'm wearing a shirt that has this phrase on it while I read this article?

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@Jeff: 

"Please act accordingly (and feel free to occasionally shout "don't go to court in Torrance" while playing any  Phoenix Wright game)."

 Well, I know what I'm doing tonight.

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Ice Cube needs to be in more games.

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@ch13696: 
 
you're only saying that because you know nothing about rap and where it comes from. it started out as something real from people who came from the shit. but nowadays its grown into some mainstream bullshit.
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They'll have to edit the fuck out of it, but I can see Donkey Kong groovin' to that beat.

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Yo, Cube... That mother fucker right there...

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From the CNN article: 
 
"Nintendo claims that the catchphrase 'is an old, popular Nintendo phrase that has a number of possible interpretations depending on how it's used.'" 
 
Has anyone ever seen Nintendo use this phrase? 

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@AllanIceman said:
" now I know where that line comes from. Thanks Jeff! "
Good, i'm not the only one who didn't know.
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Fuck Mario
 
Ice Cube vs Donkey Kong: Wet t-shirt mayhem

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OMG this song ROCKS! I love Icecubs songs or atleast this one please show more! that would be awesome to put this song in Donkey Kong but to inappropriate
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At this point in Ice Cube's career I would be disappointed if he wasn't in any promotion for Donkey Kong Country Returns. 
 
"Today I didn't even have to use my A.K."

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this is why i subscribed

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now This is humor right there. Nintendo execs need a knock around their heads for this.
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Jeff writes the best articles.

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I GOTTA SAY IT WAS A GOOD DAY

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It's on like Jeff Gerst-mon.  What rhymes with Donkey Kong Jr. Math?

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This could be huge for Nintendo's street cred...
...
or not.

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Nintendo and Ice Cube in the same article is something I didn't expect so good day so far.

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LOL, Nintendo and Ice Cube, crazy combo

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@ch13696:  u must be listening to that horrible mainstream rap. u should go back to 80s and 90s rap where it was about real shit instead of grills and ice on your neck and u should listen to underground rap.
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Now Nintendo should incorporate songs such as "Fuck Tha Police", Get Off My Dick and Tell Yo' Bitch to Come Here", "Jackin' for Beats", "Doing Dumb Shit", "No Vasoline" "We had to Tear this Motherfucker up", "Cave Bitch",and "Fuck Dying". 
 
It is still hard to know that he was formerly in N.W.A after watching his "movies" and "TV shows" if you can call them that.

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Hmm.  I've never heard this track before, but I actually kind of like it.  The only rap I've really liked so far is from Abdominal particularly with DJ Format but I could get into something like this...maybe.

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News headline: Donkey Kong shoots! Makes Wet T-shirts" I'ts On"

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Wii remotes up yo ass is bad for yo health.

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As far as stories go you can do different but you'll never in your life do better.

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Yay yaaay!!!