It's the Off-Topic Internet Sightseeing Tour!

[Nester the Lark]

Turns out that Super Mario Cereal is an actual thing, at least in North America.

EDIT: Apparently, it's US only.

Obligatory Nintendo Cereal mention:

[nocturnal YL]

If those give coins or a heart, that means they're at the same level as the generic amiibo not specific to Super Mario Odyssey.

I wonder what do they count as in other games.

[Nester the Lark]

It'll be a real missed opportunity if it doesn't add Super Mario Cereal as an edible item in Breath of the Wild.

[Nester the Lark]

I forgot about this, but RPG Limit Break is doing a Fire Emblem speedrun marathon today.

[nocturnal YL]

Not really a fan of speedruns (both RTA and TAS) of Fire Emblem. You either end up not recruiting or outright killing your units, or you put in additional requirements to get them all and use up much more time in the process.


Found this nice little documentary on the history of Nintendo World Championships. It covers:
Nintendo World Championships 1990
Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991
Super Nintendo Campus Challenge 1992
Powerfest 94
NES Remix 2
Nintendo World Championships 2015
Nintendo World Championships 2017

I didn't even know some of those competitions exsited.

[nocturnal YL]

I was about to create a new thread, only to realise I didn't actually have much to add.

After so many years of wondering why, I stumbled upon a listing of Nintendo hardware codes and what do they stand for:
ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_codenames.html

This Simplified Chinese blog post from two days ago also listed a few that's not covered in the above page:
cowlevel.net/article/1933364

To summarize in a list (in case of link rot):

Hardware	Code	Meaning
Family Computer	HVC	Home Video Computer
Family Computer Disk System	FMC	Possibly Family Computer
Super Famicom	SHVC	Super Home Video Computer
PlayStation (unreleased prototype)	SFX	Internal codename for the Super Famicom
Nintendo Entertainment System	NES	Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System	SNS	Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo 64	NUS	Nintendo Ultra 64
Nintendo 64DD	NUD	Nintendo Ultra Disk
Nintendo GameCube	DOL	Dolphin
Wii	RVL	Revolution
Wii U	WUP	Wii U Project
Nintendo Switch	HAC	Unknown, some believe it means Handheld And Console
Game Boy	DMG	Dot Matrix Game
Game Boy Pocket / Game Boy Light	MGB	Mini Game Boy
Game Boy Color	CGB	Color Game Boy
Game Boy Advance	AGB	Advanced Game Boy
Game Boy Advance SP	AGS	Advanced Game Boy Special
Nintendo DS	NTR	Nitrogen / Nitro
Game Boy Micro	OXY	Oxygen
Nintendo DS Lite	USG	Usugata
Nintendo DSi	TWL	Twilight
Nintendo DSi XL	UTL	Ultra Twilight
Nintendo 3DS	CTR	Citrus
Nintendo 3DS XL	SPR	Unknown
Nintendo 2DS	FTR	Unknown
New Nintendo 3DS	KTR	Project Kontrolle
New Nintendo 3DS XL	RED	Project Infrared
New Nintendo 2DS XL	JAN	Unknown
Virtual Boy	VUE	Virtual Utopia Experience

[Nester the Lark]

Happy holidays from Nintendo.

[Evie ❤✿]

Funny video on how Mario Kart Wii can help you with maths. They start with basic maths but go on to explain how it can help with a lot more complex stuff.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4rrOYng0rs

[nocturnal YL]

Apparently, New Zealand does not exist.

[Nester the Lark]

Here's video of the SNK 40th anniversary panel from Pax earlier this month. It includes staff from SNK, as well as Frank Cifaldi. I thought it was pretty interesting.

[Nester the Lark]

So, there's some guy on YouTube reviewing the Top 25 NES games. You might find it interesting.

[Evie ❤✿]

Nintendo music robotically played on piano and drums



(I saw this done before with a voice and it sounded like a haunted piano)

[Nester the Lark]

Who needs a Switch when you could have a Wii U coat?

[nocturnal YL]

I actually want to have a portable Wii U. This design is actually very brilliant, without having to modify the Wii U.

This guy has made a lot of videos on how to play the Wii U outside, but I think this is the first time such a setup supports both screens.

[Nester the Lark]

It seems Nintendo of America's twitter is fraternizing with the Xbox twitter to take a jab at PlayStation's lack of cross play. Click through to see the thread.