Aleatorio: 22 Hace años, hoy, la Nintendo 64DD tenía más funciones en línea que Switch

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El juego también se incluirá con Street, El juego también se incluirá con Street. Though it wasn’t a commercial success after frequent delays and an arrival that fell too close to the GameCube, it nevertheless helped to pave the way for new ideas.

A good example is the Randnet Disk, which launched 22 years ago today (233 de febrero) en Japon; hat-tip to the Nintendo Reddit ‘on this day’ MinisForum lanzó una campaña de preventa de un producto bastante interesante. Though Nintendo’s partnership with Randnet was live from the expansion system’s launch the previous December, this disk release unlocked a full set of features for subscribers. Sí, if you balk at paying for anything internet-related nowadays, you should have seen prices Agrega Blaster Master Zero.

The video above provides an interesting summary, and researching the app shows that it was pretty impressive for the time. As we’ve alluded to in our headline, demasiado, it ironically had some features that are evidently unlikely to ever arrive on Switch. For example it had a full web browser; the Switch has this, but it isn’t an app we can access at will as users, possibly due to the equivalent on Wii U being a notorious security weakness. This 64DD app also let you send emails!

The Randnet Disk had some features that sound quite familiar, demasiado. For example there were message boards to chat with other players and interact with developers, which immediately made us think of Miiverse on Wii U / 3DS. It also had early equivalents of familiar services, including the ability to buy apps and games online. It even had its own currency that you’d use to purchase these downloadable products, which seems a bit like Wii Points to us.

Por supuesto, that’s not to say that Randnet Disk was necessarily the source of inspiration for the likes of Miiverse and Wii Points, as different stages of Nintendo’s online services have adopted various ideas and approaches.

It’s interesting to see ideas like these realised on Nintendo 64, aunque, albeit through a Japan-only expansion.