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Play your 3DS, Vita, Switch games once in a while (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Taken from bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/simplyaj.com/post/3mtq6av6yp226

Plus a sidenote from this person on DS games: https://bsky.app/profile/simplyaj.com/post/3mttai4jaz22j

Not sure on the technical details of exactly how long they last, but I've heard similar things several times before.

Always depressing to be reminded of this. Haven't had many fail, but honestly haven't tried a lot of my 3DS/Vita games in a while, so who knows.

If nothing else tho, it's nice to have an excuse to revisit some things. Once you boot it up, you might find yourself enjoying the reminiscing. :)

Image of a tweet on Bluesky that says "Friendly Reminder: 3DS, Vita and Switch all use a type of flash memory that needs an electrical charge every decade or so to keep the game data from corrupting. TLDR: Boot up all your games and make a save on them to help preserve them into the future!"
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[–] 40 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Nintendo could not physically give less of a shit what is legal and not, they slap people with lawyers and then win even when they don't have a case. They don't need a case, they have money.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (5 children)

    Why does Dolphin still exist, then?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    They hunt down emulators of their current console (Switch at the moment) as they believe it hurts their bottom line. They don't give a damn about Wii or 3DS emulators

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    They don't necessarily bother with older stuff. The focus is to (unethically) mess with the stuff that is currently hurting their bottom line, which is why retro only occasionally gets shafted when they repack a 20 year old game, unadapted in an emulator, for twenty bucks. Although, rom hacks also get routinely fucked for whatever reason. That stuff can't even be making any monetary difference, so I'm assuming they just choose to be dipshits as a goal in itself.

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