It's the Off-Topic Internet Sightseeing Tour!

[Nester the Lark]

Here is the Splatoon 3 concert that was intended to be at Nintendo Live.

[Nester the Lark]

Artist Akira Toriyama has passed away.

[nocturnal YL]

I don't have much to say, but this is very sudden. Bad to hear about it.

[Nester the Lark]

Yeah, I can't claim to be a fan of any of the Dragon Ball series', and I haven't played a Dragon Quest game since the NES, although I was a fan of Chrono Trigger on the SNES.

But I recognize how extremely influential he was. He had an iconic style that was instantly recognizable, and that's something I appreciate.

[nocturnal YL]

Bob-omb Battlefield fan movie:

[Nester the Lark]

A community of Super Mario Maker players has been attempting to beat every unfinished level in the original Super Mario Maker before the servers go offline on April 8. As of now, there is only one level left. It's called "Trimming the Herbs."

You can read about it in this Nintendo Life article, but there are numerous articles and YouTube videos about it. You can also find people streaming their attempts on Twitch.

Here's a good discussion of it by well-known Mario player Grand Poo Bear:

[Nester the Lark]

↑ Update: So, the creator of Trimming the Herbs has admitted that the stage was actually a TAS. Anticlimactic, but there it is.

It's interesting, because even in the video I posted above, Grand Poo Bear claims it couldn't have been a TAS because the means for that didn't exists on Wii U at the time.

But anyway, that means Super Mario Maker has officially been collectively 100% cleared.

[Nester the Lark]

↑ Another update: Despite Trimming the Herbs being confirmed a TAS, some players still believe it is possible to clear it RTA, and continue to grind it before the servers go offline.

Here is the closest anyone has gotten so far, which pretty much proves that it should be possible to clear the stage legitimately.

[nocturnal YL]

The herbs are trimmed.

[nocturnal YL]

henryst made a documentary on the final sprint on clearing everything in Super Mario Maker:

[Boo Destroyer]

Wow, this forum.

[Da Robot]

Unofficial fan made pixel art eBook of Metroid is free for the next 24 hours (probably much less than 24 admittedly).

www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/04/unofficial-metroid-pixel-art-ebook-is-currently-free-but-be-quick

retrogamebooks.com/products/pixel-art-metroid-ebook

[jigglysama]

Whoa! These boards are still alive? Sure takes me back when I used to post every now and then many years ago...

[Nester the Lark]

Good to see you again!

A surprising number of old members have popped in just recently. No idea why, but it's been nice.

[Nester the Lark]

Here is what is thought to be the first American TV commercial for a Nintendo product.

From the YouTube description:

This is a newly restored commercial for the Mego "Time-Out" Toss-Up toy... which you might know better as the Game & Watch: Ball handheld! Nintendo originally released the Game & Watch in the US through the Mego toy company. We believe this advertisement, produced by DuRona Productions, is the first ever American commercial for a Nintendo product.

The Video Game History Foundation helped recover this 16mm film, which was acquired by historian Chris Kohler. The film had significantly degraded, but our film vendor, Movette Film Transfer, was able to digitally restore most of the color.