“Things that make people say, ‘what’s that? Is this any good? Are we really making this?’ are the ones that, if they succeed, will become enormous.” To me, Game Boy, Nintendogs, and Tomodachi Life exemplify this line of thinking.
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Here’s a great summary of this week’s Wild Gunman ‘74 news, plus a rundown of previous notable YouTube sightings. Only thing it’s missing is a mention of Florent Gorge, who previously published some research in an out of print book (History Of Nintendo Vol. 1) and in an unlabeled YouTube video.
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Just wanted to let everyone know - I'm alive, and Seal of Solitomb is kicking!
More info in Steam link downthread, but TLDR: #gamedev hard but game progressing nicely 🚀, we're now a team of three 3️⃣, targeting end-of-year for "some form of release" 📆, enjoy new screenshots and demon pictures! 👺
Nintendo, if you can do a Virtual Boy replica you can also release a version of this that works by sliding a Switch into it and the joycon as the gun.
This is incredible
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Recent addition to the collection: Nintendo Annual Reports for 2003, 2004 and 2005
Interesting documents, with behind the scenes pictures and (in the 2005 copy) the announcement of project Revolution (that would become the Wii)
The latest @gbstudio.dev update brings 8x8 sprite tiles. Easily the greatest QoL improvement since the robot vacuum cleaner and edible underwear. Here’s a breakdown of what it means in my new article for @gbstudiocentral.com #GameBoy #GBStudio
Japón, un paso por delante en el declive en el capitalismo tardío @elsaltodiario.com www.elsaltodiario.com/analisis/jap...
I've been saying this for a while:
Bullying CORPORATIONS is good and works.
Bullying a regular person who bought in - even for a moment - to the LARGEST, MOST AGGRESSIVE MARKETING PUSH IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND is probably going overboard.
It sucks. It is likely to suck for some time yet to come.
(la Recarga Activa quería decir 🤦)
¡Que va! ¡El honor es mío! Os escucho cada mañana con el Reload
¿Estás en el discord de GB Studio? La comunidad es súper maja y siempre con ganas de ayudar. Y para lo que sea mándame un DM por allí y hablamos. discord.gg/bxerKnc
Por aquí uno de los desarrolladores de GB Studio y fan de Anait. Me ofrezco para ayudar en lo que sea :)
It's been over a year since the last major update but I hope it's been worth the wait!
GB Studio 4.2.0 includes over 180 changes, improvements, new features, and bug fixes, making it the biggest release so far.
Available today at: chrismaltby.itch.io/gb-studio
If 3D Hopper fans care they should be with me asking for Sound Fantasy to be on Nintendo Classics
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i've sort of always vaguely considered myself a retro game person, and the bits i've dipped into the retro game world online over the years have been my biggest & most visceral experience of "the moment you believe you are escaping ideology is the moment you are living within ideology" i've ever had
I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
So after several years of investigation, it seems there really is no source of funding for Game Boy homebrew, except for the recently established you-know-who.
I don't really see much room for competitors. So my advice would be to not look for funding from a third party, do it yourself.
Next up in our music game series: a big profile of Sound Fantasy and Electroplankton creator Toshio Iwai, based on a three-hour call with @radishgames.com.
Also in the main story: archival photos showing the packaging for Iwai’s canceled Super Famicom game Sound Fantasy.
I have some hope for a Game & Watch - Nintendo Classics now. Not because the museum (they have presence but that’s expected) but because how they have been showing them almost daily in the Nintendo Today app.
(Although an argument could be that showing them in the app is how much they care)
Oh! I missed this info back then. I remember the Virtual Boy demo at the museum as non interactive, so I always assumed it was just a video like the Labo VR one with Mario Tennis.
A quote from Shigeru Miyamoto: It was the kind of toy to get you excited and make you think, “This is what we can do now!” I imagined it as something that people who were on the lookout for new entertainment or who could afford to spend a bit of money could buy and enjoy even if the price was a little expensive. But the world treated it like a successor to the Game Boy system.
Interesting Iwata Asks from around the Nintendo 3DS launched. Miyamoto, Iwata and Itoi talk about the failure (or not) of the Virtual Boy.
The comments about it being an expensive toy and not a gaming platform seem appropriate given the recent news.
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Ah, of course! I misunderstood. They can adjust the rendering to the size of the screen to work with the devices.
I don’t think they’ll be putting nfc chips or anything that the console can read to identify it in the cardboard (or even the plastic) device. Maybe some magnets or something clever that might do the trick but not sure about that tbh.
An image of Labo VR cardboard headset
An image of the Virtual Boy for Switch cardboard model
I guess we’ll see. But from the images they look quite similar.
Will the Labo VR work with it? 🤔
Even if the cardboard is very cheap requiring the device felt off. Isn’t as much the need that the device will be useless if you don’t pay for NSO (still a nice on the shelf) but most of those games are perfectly fine without the 3D effect so I want to play them on the tv or sofa comfortably!
If you read one thing today, make sure it’s this truly excellent piece from @asharangappa.bsky.social
That Venn diagram is everything.
asharangappa.substack.com/p/making-sen...
piracy is a morally correct choice in a world where prices increase in inverse relativity to job prospects. you deserve access to culture no matter what side of the poverty line you're on. buy a used video game console and jailbreak it, learn to torrent, install soulseek. art is for everyone
