• Bezier@suppo.fi
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      28 days ago

      I guess people are assuming it runs whatever third party emulator. It was at least how I first imagined it.

      If that’s the case, it’s in my opinion very embarrassing: attempting to profit from stuff made by the community they act extremely hostile towards.

      If not, I guess it’s just mildly embarrassing that they have a poorly concealed windows machine taking away from the immersion.

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        28 days ago

        I read through the article, only speculation but since the sound is without a doubt the USB being disconnected then it’s pretty obvious an Windows machine running a rom.

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        28 days ago

        It’s a weird assumption. Like I said, emulation for backward compatibility is common. Do they always just wait for some random strangers to implement an emulator for them?

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          28 days ago

          It’s a weird assumption. Like I said, emulation for backward compatibility is common.

          Nintendo has some serious emulation experts for building products, but this setup rigged by some museum staff could be anything.

          Do they always just wait for some random strangers to implement an emulator for them?

          Waiting? There is zero chance availability is an issue. There are many ready to go snes emulators for windows out there.

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          28 days ago

          They have literally had their own emulators for so long. At least since the SNES Classic released. It is called Canoe

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        28 days ago

        And? I too really hate people using my toothbrush but have no problem using it myself. Is that embarrassing?

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            28 days ago

            Is the implication that they won’t be able to write an in-house emulator? So did they wait for someone to port an SNES emulator to Switch before they can put those old games on their online service?

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              28 days ago

              the “implication?” they’ve literally already sold consoles that have downloaded roms on them.

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              28 days ago

              files they’ve downloaded off the internet. its much easier for them and they only need to do a quick frontend to make it look official.

              ezpz.

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                  28 days ago

                  in the past they have. i should have specified. i have no idea what they’re doing in their museums. but considering their history, I wouldn’t discount it.

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                    28 days ago

                    You are right. Sorry for being so snarky. The modding community for the SNES Classic mostly preferred Nintendo’s own emulator, Canoe. I just assumed Nintendo would continue to use it

                    All we can do is speculate for now. They will never see another dime from me personally. I just don’t see why we are persecuting them for emulation of all things. Be mad they are fucking over other emulator developers, but a company emulating their own games isn’t anything new