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Chris Downing of Downing’s Basement has been building custom handheld consoles for over a decade now, and his latest creation made use of a 3D printer. Called the 5th GeN64, this sleek handheld N64 portable’s case consists of seven 3D-printed parts as well as all of the clear buttons.
Digital Dreams released a video showing their Zelda Breath of the Wild remaster running on an NVIDIA RTX 4090 graphics card in 8K resolution with ray-tracing. It’s safe to say that this game probably won’t even look this good on the Nintendo Switch 2, which is rumored to be on released in 2025.
It’s official, Disney Interactive Studios is releasing Epic Mickey Rebrushed on Nintendo Switch later this year. This is actually a remake of the action-adventure platform video game that was first released on Wii back in 2010 and will let players to use their own solutions for getting through the levels.
The world’s smallest Game Boy has nothing to do with the original handheld, as it’s powered by a Raspberry Pi RP2040 board. YouTuber Elliot Coll managed to find this gem on AliExpress for just over $80 USD, and it even included the Game Boy branding, complete with functional A, B, Start, Select, as well as D-pad buttons.
Running Mac OS on the Nintendo DS is possible, but there are quite a few steps to get it running. Aside from the game console, you’ll also need an SD card and then Mini vMac DS, a Macintosh Plus emulator based on Richard F. Bannister’s Macintosh port of vMac.
Yes, it’s possible to play Nintendo Switch games with an NES Power Pad, but the experience is not ideal. Why? You need to remap all of the Joy-Con buttons to the floor mat, and that requires the Titan One USB adapter and Retro USB’s NES adapter.
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Before Palworld, there was this stunning open-world Pokemon game concept for the Nintendo Switch created by artist and gamer George K. back in 2022. The idea came to him after playing Pokémon Legends: Arceus and liking the direction that Nintendo / Game Freak chose for the title.
Nintendo Live 2024 Tokyo was supposed to include a performance by The Legend of Zelda Orchestra, but the company had to cancel the event over safety fears. So, they pre-recorded the event and shared the full 29-minute concert online.
