I'll make up the head.
According to the estimation of the game sales website VGChartz, the sales of NS consoles have recently crossed the 100 million mark, surpassing the Wii to become the sixth best-selling game hardware device in history.
But we're still some way from PS2 and DS with more than 150 million horror sales
The alternation of the old and new consoles is like reincarnation, witnessing the gradual evolution of the game content, but also leaving behind the old equipment that is no longer suitable for the times. What awaits them next is likely to be two very different fates: being sent to the scrap yard as "e-waste", or becoming a precious collection of niche nostalgic players.
Recently, Reddit user PraxLaps gave a third answer - let Nintendo's two generations of consoles (NS and NGC) be combined.
After receiving an old NGC purchased online, PrauxLaps took it apart, removed all the parts from it, repainted the casing and assembled it again. In order to integrate with the NS, he also redesigned the internal structure of the machine, and the 3D printed components reorganized the internal functional partitions.
Eventually, the resurgent NGC became a multifunctional NS docking station. Several slots in the original NS base were moved to the rear of the NGC, and four USB expansion ports were added, and decorative LED lights were added. The handle jack on the front of the NGC has also been retained, and the built-in NGC handle adapter allows it to be used directly when plugged in.
I don't know why, netizens seem to like to transform NGC into the base of NS. As early as 2018, there were YouTube bloggers who issued video tutorials to teach players to diyy retrofit.
But the biggest difference in PrauxLaps's transformation is that he claims that this retrofit machine can retain all the functions of NGC and NC.
A makeover of Rated-e Mods, a 2018 Tubing blogger, but only a base adapted to an NGC handle
As we can see in the figure, the original NGC reading area has been rudely split in two by the NS slot, which obviously does not work properly. In order to implement the functionality of NGC and run NGC games, PrauxLaps tried two methods.
The first method is simple and crude, that is, directly flash the NS machine, by running the simulator to use the reproduction NGC. The second is to use a streaming application with a Switch port to cast the emulator running on the PC onto the NS for operation, but there is still a risk of being blocked.
The reason why PrauxLaps is so obsessed with re-running NGC games is because of a netizen question. In the end, he tried every means to get the combined machine to run the NGC game again. But there is no doubt that this "normal" way is too far-fetched, and it has only barely won the recognition of netizens.
"Bet 50% NGC can't work properly"
It's just that this shape is A NGC console, even if the NGC controller is plugged in and the NGC game is running, it is still difficult to say that it is still an NGC. Even if Theseus had not crossed the river by boat but was playing with this machine, he would not deny that this was the essence of the NS, but the world's famous philosophers would be one less.
But if you let go of his obsession with running NGC games, this "Arizona Iced Green Tea" Internet celebrity color docking station is still quite beautiful. Although every time a new pedestal is born, one NGC is damaged.
2019 netizen Littlewolf128 revamped version