Hacker News with Generative AI: Nintendo

Switch 2's new "Game-Key Cards" are the worst of digital and physical (sethmlarson.dev)
So the Switch 2 got announced in a Nintendo Direct yesterday. The event itself was essentially an unending series of incredible new information about the Switch 2 console and games. Here are my mixed thoughts, especially about things that weren't included in the live stream.

Gaming, Hardware, Criticism, Nintendo

6 points by SethMLarson 10 hours ago | 1 comments

What is "MicroSD Express," and why is it mandatory for the Nintendo Switch 2? (arstechnica.com)
The microSD Express standard has existed for a long time, but it hasn't seen wide adoption in a mass-market consumer device. Enter Nintendo's new Switch 2.

Gaming, Technology, Hardware, Nintendo, Storage

3 points by kwiktrip 12 hours ago | 0 comments

Nintendo Switch 2: Everything Announced (ign.com)
The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct has finally arrived and Nintendo revealed a TON of new details about the Switch 2 hardware and the games that will be launching alongside it and in the future.

Gaming, Hardware, Nintendo, New Releases, Video Games

3 points by terrycody 23 hours ago | 1 comments

The Nintendo Switch 2 arrives on June 5th for $449.99 (theverge.com)
After a reveal that was light on details, Nintendo has finally announced key information about the Switch 2: most notably, when it will launch.

Gaming Consoles, Nintendo, Release Dates, Pricing

7 points by pdyc 1 day ago | 5 comments

Nintendo unveils Switch 2 ahead of June 5 launch (arstechnica.com)
In a highly anticipated Nintendo Direct presentation this morning, the company revealed new information about the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware and software ahead of a newly announced June 5, 2025, release date.

Gaming Consoles, Nintendo, Hardware, Release Dates

120 points by moelf 1 day ago | 167 comments

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.

Gaming, Retro Gaming, Nintendo, Video Games, Hardware

78 points by Brajeshwar 4 days ago | 40 comments

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.

Gaming, Nintendo, Digital Games, Virtual Goods

6 points by ksec 7 days ago | 2 comments

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.

Video Games, Open Source, Emulation, Nintendo

4 points by tosh 7 days ago | 1 comments

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.

Retro Gaming, Programming, Nintendo, BASIC, Game Development

5 points by rbanffy 9 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Retro Gaming, Programming, Nintendo, Game Development

9 points by zdw 23 days ago | 0 comments

NES86 – IBM PC Emulator for the NES (github.com/decrazyo)
NES86 is an IBM PC emulator for the NES.

Emulation, Retro Gaming, Nintendo, Software, Programming

129 points by Tiberium 45 days ago | 27 comments

Nintendo Obtains New Anti-Palworld Patent and Seeks Even More (gamerant.com)

Gaming, Patents, Nintendo

70 points by jarsin 47 days ago | 86 comments

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.

Legal Disputes, Business, Trademarks, Costa Rica, Nintendo

302 points by type0 60 days ago | 110 comments

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.

Gaming, Retro Gaming, Nintendo, Software Development

27 points by msephton 63 days ago | 1 comments

After shutting down popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (androidauthority.com)
After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal

Gaming, Nintendo, Legal, Emulation

17 points by pabs3 76 days ago | 1 comments

After shutting down several emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (androidauthority.com)
After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal

Gaming, Law, Nintendo, Emulation

9 points by botanical 77 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Emulation, Law, Gaming, Nintendo, Intellectual Property

15 points by pseudolus 77 days ago | 0 comments

Nintendo Switch 2 first look (nintendo.com)

Gaming, Nintendo, Hardware

17 points by fridek 78 days ago | 2 comments

Nintendo Switch 2 (nintendo.com)

Gaming Consoles, Nintendo, Hardware

179 points by bpierre 78 days ago | 1 comments

Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video] (youtube.com)

Gaming, Nintendo, Hardware

781 points by HelloUsername 78 days ago | 975 comments

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.

Gaming, Nintendo, E-commerce, Criticism

5 points by PaulHoule 96 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Video Games, Animal Crossing, Retro Gaming, Nintendo

145 points by networked 96 days ago | 5 comments

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.

Retro Gaming, Hardware, Nintendo, NES

46 points by chiffre01 112 days ago | 22 comments

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.

Nintendo, Piracy, Lawsuits, Gaming, Online Platforms

37 points by gslin 124 days ago | 3 comments

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.

Gaming, Nintendo, Backward Compatibility

361 points by ashitlerferad 148 days ago | 217 comments

Nintendo Switch successor will have backwards compatibility (twitter.com)

Gaming, Nintendo, Hardware, Backwards Compatibility

11 points by zdw 149 days ago | 7 comments

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 :)

Retro Gaming, Nintendo, Programming, Solitaire, Game Development

122 points by thunderbong 153 days ago | 2 comments

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 :)

Retro Gaming, Nintendo, Programming, Game Development, Software

127 points by retro_guy 154 days ago | 43 comments

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.

Gaming, Nintendo, Reviews, Gadgets

108 points by zdw 155 days ago | 18 comments

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.

Gaming, Nintendo, Technology, Reviews

7 points by todsacerdoti 156 days ago | 5 comments