A creative and talentedRedditor IMOKRUOKshowed off a NES shell they customized to work as a Nintendo Switch dock. In their post was a detailed breakdown of the process behind building it, as well as a short clip of them using the dock in question:
NES Switch dock (build pics in comments)fromr/NintendoSwitch
you may check out some of the screenshots IMOKRUOK posted onImgur, showing a step by step progression of the dock being built:
The creativity behind this is incredible, as well as the actual craftsmanship. According to the poster, the shell is from an actual NES while the internal parts are laser printed.
Another recently shared project by Twitter userTyDillawhen they morphed their original Nintendo Switch into aGameboy Colorinspired Nintendo Switch. AndMisfitToysStoreon Etsy created a line of cute littleNintendo Switch game storage cases thatdouble as keychains. Another Reddit user,Swervito, decided to bless up with a custom designedThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt-inspiredSwitch Lite.
In a recentinterview, CEO of Saber Interactive Matthew Karch stated that’s there’s still a lot of potential in the system and that fans may be surprised about what other titles are on the way. Earlier during this month’sSegaNamastream, Sega’s Toshihiro Nagoshi shared some insightful comments on Animal Crossing, Nintendo Switch record sales during Covid-19 lockdown.
In a recent report fromNikkei Asian Review, Nintendo stated that they would beincreasing Switch productionto meet the high demands in response to the growing demand from newly homebound gamers. Nintendo has “asked multiple suppliers and contract assemblers to prepare for additional production,” a necessary move due to thecoronavirus pandemic. Case in point, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has sold 3 million copies in Japan alone, which greatly contributed to the high demand for the console.
In other news, following recent reports ofNintendo accounts getting hacked, Nintendo announced that they wouldno longer allowfor consumers to login through their Nintendo Network ID. According to an official statement: “As one action in our ongoing investigation, we are discontinuing the ability to use a Nintendo Network ID to sign in to a Nintendo Account. All other options to sign in to a Nintendo Account remain available.” The statement went on to “reassure users that there is currently no evidence pointing toward a breach of Nintendo’s databases, servers or services.”
