Major Data Leak on the Internet Exposes Detailed Information for Several of Nintendo’s Past Consoles

Peter_Brosdahl · May 5, 2020

Nintendo has had its share of problems over the last few months. It has had ongoing supply shortages of the Nintendo Switch to U.S. retailers. That in turn led to price gouging for the sought-after consoles. Its newest version, the Nintendo Switch Lite, had a bit of a rocky start due to Joy-Con issues. Now, three of Nintendo’s other past popular consoles have experienced woes of their own.

Beginning last week, detailed information regarding Nintendo’s Wii, N64, and GameCube consoles appeared on the internet. Kotaku has...

DrezKill · May 5, 2020

Some info from the Nintendo leak: https://www.destructoid.com/nintend...s-weren-t-simple-and-comfortable-589816.phtml
"As part of that Nintendo leak, an internal powerpoint was found that spells out the reasons they went for friend codes. Apparently they thought signing up for screen names would be too confusing for the audience, and they would be frustrated if they didn't get the ones they want."

LeRoy_Blanchard · May 6, 2020

I hate, HATE, Nintendo's Online service. Worst one out of all of them IMHO.

Major Data Leak on the Internet Exposes Detailed Information for Several of Nintendo’s Past Consoles

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