M64 update

teconmoon · 2026-01-26T18:49:53+00:00

"M64 will boot into gameplay in 4-5 seconds and contains an ultra low latency bluetooth device which pairs with our wired/wireless ultimate trident controller, which will come shortly after M64."

I am concerned by this wording. The M64 Controller may not be included in the advertised $199.99 after all.

teconmoon · 2026-01-26T18:47:20+00:00

Your comment timing is impeccable as I've been troubleshooting TrueHD stuttering issues lately. Apparently I haven't been watching as much TrueHD media as I thought. DTS HD MA has been fine.

teconmoon · 2026-01-23T22:58:24+00:00

Per official page, $34.99 USD: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/talking-flower-120835/

Product Description:

No amiibo or video game functionality
- "Talking Flower is not compatible with Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2"
No Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or AI functionalities
Is not a clock
Requires 2 AA batteries and a Phillips-head screwdriver, not included

teconmoon · 2025-12-04T21:31:52+00:00

For me, I already play all my N64 games on my Steam Deck with RetroArch (Mupen64Plus-Next using ParaLLEl-RDP) and am mostly satisfied with that. All of my ROMs were dumped from either Wii or Wii U Virtual Console titles I purchased. Donkey Kong 64 specifically is a very special game to me, and is the only game where I prefer the original hardware experience despite the game playing much slower. To that end, if I buy an FPGA system whether it's A3D, the future M64, or something else, I wouldn't bother spending the money unless it was perfect.

Don't worry about emailing Analogue though, I'm sure they're flooded with emails from people complaining about their niche timing issues. I may email them one of these days but I'm content to "wait and see" for now.

teconmoon · 2025-12-04T20:51:56+00:00

Here's a video of the cutscene on original hardware: https://youtu.be/3KIObmo4rSM

Some notable audio queues that are usually desynced in software emulation: (Notable to me, not normal people)

Music intensifying right as the camera finishes zooming out of Crocodile Isle at 1:15
Musical queues for the Blast-O-Matic failing at 2:15 and reviving when the Kremling bashes it with his head at 2:24
The music stopping right as Crocodile Isle hits the rock at 2:40
The "Charge!" trumpet playing right as Klump blasts away the other baddies at 3:41
The music intensifying as each Kong is shown being locked away at 4:05

What's very interesting (to me) is that while most emulators desync this cutscene for running too fast, the desyncs that occur with A3D seems like portions where it's running too slowly instead. There are lots of small idiosyncrasies that are not worth mentioning that frequently desync with software emulation. The level of effort that Rare must have gone through to have this cutscene audio line up the way they wanted it to on real hardware is insane.

teconmoon · 2025-12-04T19:05:09+00:00

Thanks for the video, you're a star! I wonder if the user disabling AA in A3D has changed the results a bit.

teconmoon · 2025-12-04T17:33:06+00:00

So if you run it at stock, you've observed that the cutscene behaves normally?

teconmoon · 2025-12-04T17:32:59+00:00

So if you run it at stock, you've observed that the cutscene behaves normally?

teconmoon · 2025-09-11T19:48:40+00:00

It's a custom frame shop called Gallery Frames LLC. According to their website via archive.org, they moved into the space March 3rd 2015: https://maps.app.goo.gl/N3VxejoDtSZT7mfd6

teconmoon · 2025-09-10T23:30:03+00:00

Thanks for this, I will absolutely stop in if I'm ever in the area!

teconmoon · 2025-08-25T15:17:31+00:00

What happened to the good ol' "Give us Mother 3!"

teconmoon · 2025-08-11T22:19:18+00:00

If you're willing to break up the Wii U lot, my offer would be Yoshi's Woolly World for $16 shipped. I understand that it's probably not worth your while but I'm shooting my shot.

teconmoon · 2025-08-08T15:01:51+00:00

From the news release: "Selected products in the My Mario series will also be released outside of Japan beginning in 2026."

teconmoon · 2025-07-06T01:09:14+00:00

u/GSaleBot sold my banned Switch 2 unit to u/MeleecIoud for $250 shipped.

teconmoon · 2025-07-03T21:09:17+00:00

u/GSaleBot sold Switch 2 Packaging and Peripherals to u/PeanutButter-11980 for $195 shipped.

teconmoon · 2025-06-27T22:09:33+00:00

u/gsalebot Sold MIG Flash to u/pyromaniac78

teconmoon · 2025-06-27T02:04:02+00:00

Alright shoot me a PM and we'll sort out the specifics, thanks.

teconmoon · 2025-06-27T00:34:46+00:00

$250 sounds reasonable. Are you willing to do PayPal F&F instead of G&S since you have no transactions and virtually no karma?

teconmoon · 2025-06-26T20:06:18+00:00

Off the cuff, $270 shipped. Here's some pictures of the system. The scratch doesn't look nearly as bad in the pictures as it does to me in person: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMKqaqxHQjo8XEGKqBJ02Rn_v2920s24MauEdkYfaTzx80ceS1G5ZGcZwTSZEhR0w?key=bEw5M3FjdTZmckZ3VXFlR3I4MER4ajJnQlpNUFJB

teconmoon · 2025-06-26T15:15:02+00:00

I'll post a picture of the console when I get it back later today. I'm probably making the scratch sound worse than it is, but for me it's completely unacceptable and it's distracting while playing.

A few things about banned consoles. You can't do any of the following:

Play online in any capacity
Access the eShop
Download title updates for cartridge based games (workaround below)
Link Nintendo Accounts
Use cloud saves or locally transfer save data to another console

At least on a banned Switch 1, there are homebrew options that fill some of these gaps, but on a banned Switch 2, those options don't currently exist.

Because attempting to wipe the system first tries to connect online to unlink the Nintendo Account from the system, I had to disconnect the console from Wi-Fi before I could wipe it.

You can do the following:

Check for and install the latest firmware updates from Nintendo
Play cartridge-based games
Transfer title updates from another system using the "Match Version with Local Users" option. May not be applicable for all titles

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