In the "Waltz of the Boos" theme from Super Mario Galaxy, the pizzicato arpeggio in the beginning and throughout the song spells out "DEADEAD DEADEAD". Whether the usage of the sequence "DEAD" for a ghostly theme is deliberate or merely a fitting coincidence is unknown.
The Switch 1 needed heavy hitters because Nintendo needed to jumpstart its fanbase from the Wii U flopping like a soggy biscuit. The Switch 2 could play said heavy-hitters Day 1, so it was able to have a more experimental Year 1.
The Beast Is Back Tour involved a large truck containing twelve Nintendo 64 systems (each featuring a copy of Donkey Kong 64), a person in a Donkey Kong costume, various pieces of merchandise that attendants could win.
Just discovered that the most popular upload of "It's-a-Me, Mario!" has been auto-dubbed by YouTube's AI into "English". The only way to hear the original sound bite is by changing the settings to "Romanian Original"
If you’re wondering where do all the „X ported to Y” retro gaming and computing projects are coming from recently, it’s all AI slop. AI bros are gonna make gameboys unaffordable too.
On Friday I got 36 spam calls with an identical A.I. voicemail about health insurance. But I just discovered that one of them didn't play the auto-voicemail, and I shit you not, I got to hear several men in a call center having a spirited discussion about Toy Story 3.