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    Former Capcom employee defends Nintendo's Game-Key Cards, says it protects the industry

    I've always wondered: has anyone ever tried if you can do "download update from another console" to install a GKC game? If you can, then honestly these are fine from a preservation standpoint as you don't need working servers to get the game. But I don't know if you can. Could anyone test? I...
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    New ad network 2025 - provide feedback here

    Hm, if there was a subscription tier that was e.g. "$X per year and you get a cool fan-designed t-shirt sent to you once per year" I'd be up for that as well. Supports the site financially, gets me something cool, and by wearing it we'd be subtly advertising the site to people around us as well...
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    New ad network 2025 - provide feedback here

    Honestly, some variant of that is not a bad idea: "we need [amount] donations to keep ads off the site until [date]" would go pretty hard. 🤔
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    New ad network 2025 - provide feedback here

    To be fair, small communities take practically no money to keep running. I maintain a couple dozen and it's literally some cents per month. That said - I 100% agree with some of the above posts suggesting that transparency will help. If I know my small contribution will have a serious impact...
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    New ad network 2025 - provide feedback here

    Just writing in to mention that the fact ads are on the website at all is the reason I've never become a patron, despite being a continuous user of the site for nearly 20 years. I have my browser set to not store cookies, and usually don't bother logging in unless I'm going to reply to something...
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    'Patapon' creator reveal 'Ratatan', an action rhythm roguelite

    It's hardly a "reveal" when they did a kickstarter for the project half a year ago...
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    PocketPair reports and details the alleged infringed patents from The Pokemon Co. lawsuit

    You're confusing copyright and patents here somewhat. "The entire composition" would be an "original work", which is protected by copyright. Patents, instead, protect "novel solutions to problems". So for a patent to be granted, you need to describe a problem that exists, and a "novel" solution...
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    PocketPair reports and details the alleged infringed patents from The Pokemon Co. lawsuit

    This video (by an actual lawyer) explains it pretty well, I think: The summary is that most likely Nintendo sees Palworld as Sony's attack on their Pokemon franchise, and patent law is the best option available to them to strike back in response to that. It also explains why Nintendo almost...
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    Linux overtakes MacOS as the 2nd most used OS for gaming thanks to the Steam Deck

    So... we're not counting Android as Linux, then? 'cause last I checked, Android phones were more or less the most popular consumer gaming platform on the planet. And Android is Linux-based. 🤔
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    Diablo Immortal reportedly won't launch in Belgium and the Netherlands due to lootbox restrictions

    Ninjala isn't available in the Netherlands and Belgium for the same reason. 🤷
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    Twitch source code, passwords, SDKs, and more made publically available in major leak

    Yes, you can. They require an authenticator application, but it is not required to run that on a phone. There are desktop authenticator implementations; they are generic and all compatible with each other.
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    Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake announced for PS5, will be timed console exclusive

    So... what about the remake coming to Switch next month? Is that a different game..?
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    ROM Hack RELEASE Animal Crossing Pattern Tool + database - new version now live

    This was fixed last night ^_^ Working on it! We'll support both savegame editing (savegame export/import capability required) and paint-by-numbers style (for manually copying, if you don't want to use any type of hacking at all).
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    ROM Hack How To Upload Custom Pattern Designs on ACNH WITHOUT Nintendo Online!

    Update: Thanks to two helpful individuals, I now have access to some decrypted saves, and I've already succesfully reversed most of the storage format. The ability to inject/extract patterns to/from ACNH savegames through the tool is coming soon! Will only support decrypted format at first...
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    ROM Hack RELEASE Animal Crossing Pattern Tool + database - new version now live

    This exact feature is under development! But we're first adding support for the new ACNH-style pattern format to the tool.
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