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    Nintendo announces price increases across the board, set to come into effect from September in western regions

    Welp, apparently I completely missed that bulletin. My bad. I still think my point regarding the price delta stands, but it's a little off-topic now with that context. Thanks for clarifying.
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    Nintendo announces price increases across the board, set to come into effect from September in western regions

    Lots of people here are talking about how the price hike in the US will hurt sales, but I'd also like to chime in and say that the *lack* of a price hike for the Switch 1 probably won't help with moving Switch 2s. I've got coworkers in their early 40s with kids ranging from ages 5 to 9. They...
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    Star Fox 64 remake for the Switch 2 announced in surprise Nintendo Direct

    Somewhat off-topic, but the fact that SF Zero didn't get a mention during the "thank you for supporting the series" recap was extremely funny to me.
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    Hardware Considerations for powering a Wii with PoE++

    Citation for the above, which describes Extrems' own work, in case anyone comes looking for it in the future. Thanks for letting me know. There's always something to catch up on with this system. :)
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    Hardware Considerations for powering a Wii with PoE++

    Interesting, thanks for the heads-up. Are those peak draw numbers? My original math was based on the information that I could find about the OEM PSU, but I'd be curious to know how overbuilt those are. I found this guide for identifying board revisions and took a peek at my system. It's an...
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    Hardware Considerations for powering a Wii with PoE++

    I guess I should have clarified: This wouldn't be at my work desk. I have a USW Pro 24 PoE at home that would be providing the upstream power. For what it's worth, my current PoE usage is trivial. I've got a Ubiquiti Nano HD WAP and a Raspberry Pi 3b+ running off of a splitter. Doing some...
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    Hardware Considerations for powering a Wii with PoE++

    I was having some conversations with a coworker this afternoon about how we're each trying to get as many things in our lives onto PoE as possible. That got me onto a line of thinking: with the Wii rated for around (3.7A * 12V =) 44.4 watts of power, its maximum draw falls well within the...
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    Looking for a way to stop hard drive in enclosure from going to sleep - USB Loader GX

    Unfortunately this is probably a property of either your enclosure's controller or the HDD's internal firmware. Spinning metal generally wants to sleep so that the physical components don't wear out as fast. There are software solutions for Windows/Linux/Macs that act as workarounds, but nothing...
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    Cloudflare checks happening too frequently

    The end results of both products are roughly the same, but the integration process is wildly different. Setting up Cloudflare's protection is as simple as toggling a series of switches on your domain's admin console. It's about as idiot-proof as it gets and all of the technical work is handled...
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    Homebrew app WiiFin, a Jellyfin client for the Wii, has been released.

    Developer Fabien MILLET has built a Jellyfin client for the Wii using devkitPro, GRRLIB, and MPlayer CE. The project, including source, is available here: https://github.com/fabienmillet/WiiFin https://wiifin.zipna.me/ A precompiled DOL and installer WAD are available on the releases page...
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    Pokemon Champions gets new overview trailer, launches April 8th

    In addition to the things that you listed, it also gets access to Weather Ball (base 50 normal type, but becomes base 100 *fire* type under sun) and synthesis for no-sleep 66% heals that would otherwise be 50%. More importantly though, it gets all of these things regardless of and without...
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    Pokemon Champions gets new overview trailer, launches April 8th

    I've made a game out of seeing if I can beat that guy to a Pokemon-related news thread. I'm losing. Badly. I think most of your critiques are fair, regardless of whether I agree with them or not. To this specific point though, I would stress that having this tacked onto an existing game (LZA or...
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    Give-away A controller for your thoughts - win a free controller!

    Hey! Super stoked that you're doing this! I tend to lurk, but thank you for keeping the community engaged! An upcoming game you're looking forward to: Sort of a weird pick here, but Pokemon Champions. I love Pokemon VGC from a spectator perspective, but I haven't really played it myself for...
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    Hacking Xbox One Exploit Revealed at RE//verse 2026

    For a whole 2 minutes, this was the craziest thing to come out of Orlando. Said streak was only broken when a typical Floridian left the city limits.
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    Switch releases of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen confirmed to contain event-exclusive ticket items

    I would take a slightly more optimistic angle wrt the telemetry: It could be used to enable profile icon and platinum point challenges. That being said, doing that and protecting against cheating are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and it doesn't feel great to not have a privacy toggle of...
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