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The latest major Switch and Switch 2 firmware update included this little quality of life improvement to the main menu. When Virtual Game Cards were added, there was no distinguishing them at all glance from physical media. 1/4

Never played, or even saw this one before. Funky Fantasy for the Sega Saturn. Maybe I’ll try it on stream. It looks… yeah…

I love this video. But it also makes me deeply sad.

We only had the chance to interview her once (with missed promises to do it again) but “Burger” Becky Heineman impacted our gaming lives so much. Vinnk as an Apple II kid and Sean for Out of This World SNES and more. As adults we appreciated her contributions, genius and kindness even more. (1/2)

Woah! I just hit 2k followers! It happened both faster and more enjoyably than it did on that old site. Anyway, with all these new people I think it is time to share the Import Gamers Starter Pack again. Spread it around, suggest someone I should add. Follow great people! go.bsky.app/FE8Qdwj

Sorry, messed up the link. Here is the new one: youtube.com/live/TtCYW7B...

How do people feel about the 3DO in 2025?

Gonna play this one (beyond just testing the cart) for the first time in about 20 years… will my nostalgia betray me?

Probably not this week but maybe next…

When we noticed that Super Famicom Nintendo Classics got an update today, our first thought was we finally got the other 16-bit mouse game that never came out in the US, and… WE WERE RIGHT (AGAIN)! Mario & Wario is out now, and available to play for the first time in the US!!

I got some new followers recently and I want to share the love. So I am bumping the Import Gamers Starter pack again. These are people I am following that make my feed great. Follow some or all of them to make your Bluesky even better. Anyone I forgot? go.bsky.app/FE8Qdwj

Live in about 10 minutes! Stream starts in 30 min, but feel free to come and chat before that. www.youtube.com/live/strGY1c...

Together again.

We predicted it back when the Switch 2 mouse functionality was still just a rumor, and are happy to see Nintendo finally announce that the original Mario Paint for SNES is coming to Nintendo Classics: youtu.be/Ok8hd9D6ImM See? We KNEW Nintendo was listening!

I recorded Nobuo Uematsu and conTIKI's performance at #BitSummit for you to watch. Enjoy! 植松伸夫さんとconTIKIのビットサミットでのご演奏をあなたに届く！どうぞご視聴ください！ youtu.be/SSg_Qq1svN0

Have you been watching the Vinnk Streams? He has done 7 on the last 2 months and they have been pretty popular. Check them out. Also we are 2 subs away from 600 on our LIVE channel (different from our main one). Will you be the one who brings us over? www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Vinnk Stream in 40 minutes!! youtube.com/live/z5gADHn...

Vinnk Stream? Vinnk Stream! youtube.com/live/q4tbBmj...

Vinnk is going LIVE in one hour. youtube.com/live/p5rlWD3...

Here’s how to bypass Virtual Game Cards on your secondary Switch or Switch 2, and play your digital library the way you could before the firmware was released (more or less): youtu.be/IpLeh4IggtI

Get our primer on Virtual Game Cards, a step-by-step on how to download Switch 2 Editions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, and more Switch 2 experiments: www.youtube.com/live/qR9Nefo...

The red spinning spike balls mean DEATH

This is a great way to have a very fun feed here.

Okay, so Pauline’s “Aero” outfit is Famicom colored, and has a pulse logo patch.

Check out this Switch 2 setup and experiments stream! We learned a lot about what the new system can and cannot do — including Japanese NSO games and how well it takes Switch and NSO controllers: Nintendo Switch 2 Setup Livestream youtube.com/live/MODAq3r...

No one tell him

Vinnk is going to stream in 90 minutes. Jump in if you are not too distracted with your new Switch 2. youtube.com/live/seZDpCd...

Who else is waiting in line tonight for Switch 2? www.patreon.com/posts/its-al...

Our future relevance is secured.

Final Reminder: the Bluesky sale ends in about 12 hours. If you want to take advantage of the discount, just use code BLUESKYTHANKYOU at checkout (step 3) for 10% off storewide. The site: japanretrodirect.ocnk.com

Vinnk was bored at work…

SALE FOR BLUESKY USERS I do not normally run sales. I try to always price fairly from the beginning. That said, I want to give a little discount to the awesome people who have made my time on Bluesky so enjoyable. For the next 3 days, you the code BLUESKYTHANKYOU at checkout for 10% of storewide.

Everyone should see this because it’s amazing: youtu.be/qmcq-kIWipE

This just came up in my stream. I totally forgot we made this video! I (Vinnk) will be in the States this summer I hope Sean and I can make lots of little stuff like this. Any requests? youtube.com/shorts/yRBq0...

The first Vinnk stream in quite some time goes LIVE in 1 hour. Train your game. youtube.com/live/XuAhArW...

Nothing but Famicom listings today. And some of the best games on the platform. Kirby, 3 mainline Mario Games, Mother, Devil World and more. Site: japanretrodirect.ocnk.com

It’s my son’s birthday tomorrow. I didn’t have time to make an elaborate piñata this year but I wanted to have something. This Enderman was the simplest thing I could think to make. I hope he likes it.

I am taking photos of items I am listing for the shop and I found a little treasure. Whoever owned this copy of Street Fighter 2 had cut some pages out of a contemporary game magazine and kept them in the box. I love finding stuff like this!

OK, recently there has been some renewed interest in my Japanese import/Japanese retro game Starter Pack. So I figured I would share it again. Follow these fine non-toxic people, share the link, and suggest me some additional awesome individuals who should be added. go.bsky.app/FE8Qdwj

I am exposing my kids to some classic games. They can make entire worlds in Minecraft but it took about an hour for them to figure out level 1-1 in Super Mario. Look at how excited they are when they finally did it. Video games should always feel like this.

👏 👏 👏 Anyone else complete their preorder? Sound off!

I had no idea… 😂

Ostensibly this was a Castlevania stream, but really it was a way to blow off steam about the #NintendoSwitch2 release, and it made us research the answers to some of the questions that came up. Oh, also @seanorange.bsky.social fights Dracula. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ youtube.com/live/YOfm1EZ...

We've been poring over Switch 2 information on the Nintendo website, and found this nugget buried in the System Transfer page: all Switch controllers will be compatible with Switch 2. This is timely news for several videos we are developing, and in keeping with how Switch handled compatibility. ✌️

*Calling back to post 18, the Expansion Pack WILL allow you to play any Upgrade Packs for free so long as you keep your subscription, so it may be hard for us to demo what happens with OG Switch games since @seanorange.bsky.social pays for it. Maybe delete all users, or unsubscribe…? /20

Totally forgot to mention: Knockout Tour seems like it might be like Desert bus — but fun! /6

Switch 2 Nintendo Direct thoughts and observations in (roughly) chronological order: youtu.be/VrTVeYm4iIM 🧵/1

Happy Nintendo Switch 2 Day to all who celebrate — no joke!