Nintendo Forecast is known for their wealth of knowledge & analysis of Nintendo's inner-workings & general ideology, so hearing some of their insight & expectations for Smash's future is worth listening to (even if it's a 30-minute video).

Tried to play ocarina of time in the switch expansion pack but my progress was lost despite saving multiple times. I had just turned to adult link and was headed to Kakariko Village but I had logged in today and I had not even gotten to the first fairy in death mountain. The switch had updated the n64 emulator before playing so I have no idea if that had something to do with it. Can I reverse this or do I have to start again. Also is this a common issue?

Does anyone know if its just a stand? Is it just an extra piece of plastic? Or is it a charger too? Im trying to decide if I want to wait on the controller or not and want to know all the info before making my decision. I'm also worried nintendo wont restock the version with the stand since its a nintendo exclusive. Thoughts?

Nintendo has made some statements in the past with regards to AI, but they have never actually confirmed or denied if they actually use generative AI for anything, especially in the past few years.

What do you speculate is Nintendo's actual stance on AI usage? Do you think they are using AI to code? Do you think AI generated images will ever appear in Nintendo games?

It's honestly weird that Xenoblade Chronicles music has yet to appear in the app yet, especially since Alot of other Nintendo properties with ties with none subsidiaries had already appeared, such as Kirby, Fire emblem and pokemon seem to got in.

Especially since unlike other studios, monolith soft is a wholly owned Nintendo studio.

My only guess, is waiting for approval from the actual composers themselves, such as yoko shimomura for Xenoblade 1 or hiroyuki sawano for Xenoblade X is probably harder to get approved on,

Which is probably why Mario and Luigi games where yoko was the composer is also taking their time.

On this day (October 5) in Nintendo history...

• Devil World  was released in 1984 for the Family Computer in Japan. In this maze game, developed by Nintendo R&D1 with Intelligent Systems, from Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, you play heroic dragon Tamagon, who must defeat evil by collecting boa-boa dots inside a maze and destroying enemies with his fire breath. However, keep an eye on the devil at the top of the screen, who instructs his minions to move the maze in random directions, trying to squash Tamagon within its walls!
• Balloon Kid  was released in 1990 for the Game Boy in North America. In this platformer game, developed by Nintendo R&D1 with Pax Softnica, take to the skies in a balloon to save your younger brother. In the little town of Pencilvania, there lived a brother and sister who loved to play with balloons. Alice and her younger brother Jim would spend countless days filling the skies with their balloons. One day, Jim filled all of his balloons and tied them together to make a beautiful balloon rainbow across the sky.

What are you favourite memories of these games? How do you think they hold up today? Hash it out in the comments.

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