Hacker News with Generative AI: Nintendo

An Ode to the Game Boy Advance (brainbaking.com)
In March 2001, Nintendo introduced an advanced portable model to the gaming market with the release of the Game Boy Advance (GBA, codenamed Advanced Game Boy or AGB). Equipped with a modernized 32-bit ARM CPU running at twice the speed of the Game Boy Color (GBC), this small device was more than capable of playing SNES-like games—still at the price of only two AA batteries.
Nintendo reinvents digital games as swappable, lendable Virtual Game Cards (polygon.com)
In a surprise announcement during Thursday’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed a major change to the way digital game purchases will be handled.
Ship of Harkinian (wikipedia.org)
Ship of Harkinian is an unofficial open source port of the 1998 Nintendo 64 video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch.
Let's Make a Space Shooter with Nintendo Family Basic – Leaded Solder (leadedsolder.com)
I picked up a complete Nintendo Family BASIC package for my freshly composite-modded Famicom. Let’s see if I can remember enough BASIC to take advantage of this package and build a horizontally-scrolling space shooter game. Oh, and fix the cartridge first, of course.
Let's Make a Space Shooter with Nintendo Family Basic (leadedsolder.com)
I picked up a complete Nintendo Family BASIC package for my freshly composite-modded Famicom. Let’s see if I can remember enough BASIC to take advantage of this package and build a horizontally-scrolling space shooter game. Oh, and fix the cartridge first, of course.
NES86 – IBM PC Emulator for the NES (github.com/decrazyo)
NES86 is an IBM PC emulator for the NES.
Nintendo Obtains New Anti-Palworld Patent and Seeks Even More (gamerant.com)
Costa Rican supermarket wins trademark battle against Nintendo (ticotimes.net)
A small Costa Rican supermarket has emerged victorious from a legal battle against the renowned video game giant, Nintendo.
An E-Reader Mystery (mattgreer.dev)
I've been working on a Minesweeper game for the Nintendo E-Reader. I recently added the ability to scroll the playfield around, to allow for larger games.
After shutting down popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (androidauthority.com)
After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal
After shutting down several emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (androidauthority.com)
After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal
After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation legal (androidauthority.com)
The top IP lawyer at Nintendo agreed that emulators are technically legal at a panel for intellectual property rights.
Nintendo Switch 2 first look (nintendo.com)
Nintendo Switch 2 (nintendo.com)
Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video] (youtube.com)
The Nintendo Switch EShop Is a Bigger Slop Factory Than (kotaku.com)
If you’ve recently loaded up the Nintendo Switch’s eShop to buy something or search for a specific game, you’ve likely noticed that the digital store is filled with a lot of garbage that was likely made quickly and is only there to cash in on a trend or holiday.
Finding and exploiting hidden features of Animal Crossing's NES emulator (2018) (jamchamb.net)
While looking for ways to activate the developer menus left over in Animal Crossing, including the NES emulator game selection menu, I found an interesting feature that exists in the original game that was always active, but never used by Nintendo. In addition to the NES/Famicom games that can be obtained in-game, it was possible to load new NES games from the memory card.
Exploring Commercial Products for the NES Expansion Port (tedium.co)
Hey all, Ernie here with a mea culpa. This one was a little late in getting out of the can because I was feeling a bit under the weather. But it’s good to go now. Read on to learn a bunch about a hidden expansion port.
Nintendo Wants Reddit to Expose R/SwitchPirates Users in 'Pirate Shop' Lawsuit (torrentfreak.com)
As part of an ongoing piracy lawsuit, Nintendo has filed a motion to subpoena Reddit, Discord, and other online platforms for information related to the alleged operator of several pirate shops.
Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with Switch (videogameschronicle.com)
Nintendo has confirmed that the successor to the Nintendo Switch will be backward compatible with the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo Switch successor will have backwards compatibility (twitter.com)
Cramming Solitaire onto a Nintendo E-Reader card (mattgreer.dev)
I recently finished making Solitaire for the Nintendo E-Reader. I managed to fit it onto a single card, and it's a pretty full featured version of the game. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I figured I'd talk a bit about how I made it in what turned out to be a long blog post :)
Cramming Solitaire onto a Nintendo E-Reader card (mattgreer.dev)
I recently finished making Solitaire for the Nintendo E-Reader. I managed to fit it onto a single card, and it's a pretty full featured version of the game. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I figured I'd talk a bit about how I made it in what turned out to be a long blog post :)
Looking into the Nintendo Alarmo (blogspot.com)
While everyone was waiting on news for the successor of the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo released the Alarmo. A small plastic alarm clock that can wake you up with sounds from your favorite Nintendo games. While I was hesitant to buy one at first, I eventually decided to get one and look deeper into how it works.
Looking into the Nintendo Alarmo (blogspot.com)
While everyone was waiting on news for the successor of the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo released the Alarmo. A small plastic alarm clock that can wake you up with sounds from your favorite Nintendo games. While I was hesitant to buy one at first, I eventually decided to get one and look deeper into how it works.
It's a Palworld After All a Lawyer Explains Nintendo vs. Palworld [video] (youtube.com)
Why Nintendo Chose DMP's PICA200 GPU for the 3DS (digit.in)
So, we have got ourselves a winner… the Nintendo 3DS will be the first handheld gaming platform to provide a full stereoscopic 3D gaming experience without any need of those pesky 3D glasses.
Nintendo Museum seems to emulate games on a PC (twitter.com)
Nintendo's new clock tracks your movement in bed (arstechnica.com)
On Wednesday, Nintendo announced Sound Clock Alarmo, a $99 bedside smart clock that uses motion sensors to detect when users move during sleep to keep track of sleep patterns.
Nintendo announces alarm clock hardware Alarmo (polygon.com)
Nintendo has a new piece of game hardware coming in 2024. It’s not the Switch 2, it’s the Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, a new motion-sensing alarm clock that will rouse you from sleep with the sounds of video games like Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and more.