Watch tons of people trying to play Pokemon Red on Twitch through chat commands
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 8 Comments
So this is kind of a crazy thing. Twitch users – thousands upon thousands, might I add – are attempting to play through Pokemon Red by entering commands on chat.
It’s almost been four days. How long will it take to complete?
Thanks to Carlos D for the tip.
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Nintendo once patented an illumination system
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random, Wii | 8 Comments
Way back in August 2010, Nintendo filed a patent for an illumination system, which would seem to work with Wii in some fashion. The item was just published for viewing in the US database today.
Here’s an interesting abstract included with the filing:
An illumination system includes an information processing device capable of communicating with a server via a network and an illumination device capable of receiving a signal from the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception portion and a lighting control portion. The reception portion receives instruction data from the server, and the instruction data indicates an instruction to cause the illumination device to emit light in accordance with a television broadcast image and/or audio. The lighting control portion outputs a control signal to the illumination device, and the control signal controls lighting by the illumination device based on the received instruction data. The illumination device sheds visible light in accordance with the control signal.
For what it’s worth, the original patent contained drawings in which the Wii is shown. It doesn’t seem like it’d be too tough to bring the tech over to Wii U, though whether Nintendo still has interest in the idea is unknown.
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Nintendo Direct parody video: Benny game announcement
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 10 Comments
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Video: “Hunger Strikes – Bravely Default in Real Life”
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Random, Videos | 1 Comment
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Video: “The Dark Alley — Bravely Default in Real Life”
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 2 Comments
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Japan: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft release joint parental controls flyer
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 3 Comments
Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have teamed up for… a parental controls flyer, interestingly enough. The ad above was spotted in a video game store in Sapporo, Japan just recently.
As one would expect, the flyer intends to explain the use of parental controls and increase the awareness of game ratings between consumers. It will be distributed in stores across Japan over the next few weeks.
Nintendo of Canada’s Facebook tease – latest update
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 5 Comments
Nintendo of Canada posted another “box” tease on Facebook earlier today, which seems to hint at this being Donkey Kong related (not too surprising!). You can check out the short clip in full here, and last night’s tease here.
Nintendo of Canada teasing something in the form of… a box
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 9 Comments
Not quite sure what this is about, though I can’t imagine it ending up as something too important. In any case, we’ll be hearing more about what this box is within the next few days. You can check out the video in full here.
Pikachu statue is all sorts of creepy
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images, Random | 4 Comments
Well, this is one of the creepiest things I’ve seen… certainly when it comes to Pikachu! You have to wonder where the inspiration for this kind of thing comes from!
