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Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii

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Re: Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii

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Post by anal_reactor »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #63
latexr wrote: post #23

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Fun video games never went away. Look for games by indie developers instead of AAA titles.

It's actually a golden age for fun video games, because we are swimming in new beautiful, engaging, original titles every year. Some things really take you by surprise as well. I never saw Inscryption, Disco Eliseum or Hades coming, and I think nobody did. And even oldish games still have great value. I still play LoL or Isaac, and they are as good as they were on day 1. Plus, you get the Switch then the Deck refresh…

I disagree. Sure, there are fun games, but they're so hard to find among all the crap

Re: Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii

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Post by ssl-3 »

segasaturn wrote: post #34
whalesalad wrote: post #7

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Nintendo has been doing this ... forever? The switch is ancient tech, and was outdated the moment it was released.

Actually Nintendo consoles used to be powerhouses until recently. The NES, SNES, N64 and GameCube were all considered state-of-the-art in terms of performance. It wasn't until the Wii when they began cutting down on performance in favor of fun features like they had been doing in the handheld space.

Recently?

My dude, the GameCube was released nearly 23 years ago.

There is a wider time delta betwixt the GameCube's release and today than there is between the NES and the GameCube.

Re: Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii

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Post by Mogzol »

Neywiny wrote: post #100
ivanbakel wrote: post #88

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The discussion in the forum points out that the Kawaii doesn't come with any wireless capabilities (they're all trimmed off the board), so unless the console is docked, you seemingly can't control it at all. Perhaps you could come up with a separate controller connector that mates with the plugs on the console without the rest of the dock.

That's fair. So then yeah I guess the dock is needed. Considering it didn't look that big, if I bought one of these I'd probably want it integrated instead.

The point of this project is more about squeezing the Wii into the smallest possible footprint rather than making it convenient to use. If you wanted something similar with ports integrated though, check out the GC Nano (which despite looking like a Gamecube has Wii internals), or Short Stack.

GC Nano: https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/gc-nano-the-wo...

Short Stack: https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/short-stack-th...

Re: Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii

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Post by klik99 »

pessimizer wrote: post #109
anthk wrote: post #92

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Not even close. That would be the Play Station or the Play Station 2.

Don't forget the Dreamcast. It got hacked on more than it got played.

It was def the dreamcast - the first model didn't require any hardware, just a burned CD-ROM. It's demise and Segas departure from consoles is blamed on the amount of piracy. A real shame, because it had some great games

Re: Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii

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Post by randac »

latexr wrote: post #48
haunter wrote: post #25

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There are many fun AAA titles, more than one can play

The conversation’s context is fun games without needing the latest hardware.

Look at anything from publisher New Blood Interactive on Steam for a starting point. Mostly retro style FPS from differing eras, but there are a few other game types. Plus you'll struggle to find any that don't have thousands of user ratings in either very positive or overwhelmingly positive brackets.

Gloomwood (first person stealth) and Fallen Aces are a couple of gems still in early access.

Re: Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii

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Post by ThrowawayTestr »

anthk wrote: post #92
ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #47

The Wii has got be the most hacked (literally!) console ever.

Not even close. That would be the Play Station or the Play Station 2.

Are there a lot of mods that literally hack up the mobo? I haven't seen many portable ps2s.
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