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Nintendo Told Us All Along That Blowing On The Cartridge Wouldn’t Work

Kotaku - The popular myth has been debunked: you can't blow on cartridges to make them work. Actually, blowing on the cartridge might damage it. Sorry, folks. It's true.

Snookies124173d ago

Dang, I used to do this all the time when I was younger... It worked in my mind at least lol!

miDnIghtEr20C_SfF4172d ago

This debunks nothing. They don't even show regular NES games that blowing on it worked.

"No, don't blow on it! Buy our cleaning solution instead... ya, pay us instead of blowing on it and fixing it for free!"

I don't believe the debunk. They just want you to buy their cleaner. Blowing on NES games worked to get them fixed. All of us old school gamers KNOW this.

TheTwelve4172d ago

Amen. I have years of evidence to back it up. Game wouldn't load. Took it out. Blew on it. It worked. This happened over 100 times, easy.

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Bumpmapping4173d ago

Durrr it was pin connector old news next!

LOL_WUT4173d ago

I used to put rubbing alcohol on a Q-Tip to make it work or blow on the cartridge.

Tetsujin4172d ago

As I got older I did the alcohol thing, back in Elementary/Middle School was a different story.

OneAboveAll4172d ago

It did work. Otherwise millions of people woudln't have done it when you had lint lodged in it. HUR DUR Nintards.

ApolloTheBoss4172d ago

Lol, no, I debunk your debunk. Almost everytime I'd blow on my cartridge it would work afterwards. You won't tarnish my childhood beliefs! :p

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno7d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.

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Nintendo's Massacre Of The 3DS And Wii U Is Finally Complete, Regrettably

Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."