“Also, when the power runs low, I recreated the dimming of the red LED on the left-hand side of the screen cover. Well, I’m not quite sure who will appreciate this feature, but I really got carried away with it (laughs).”
Nintendo’s eShop Virtual Console Manager, Kenta Tanaka, might be a little too into this whole “emulation” thing. In a good way. NeoGAF’s Cheesemeister translated the above comment from Tanaka in an Iwata Asks eShop interview, along with more indications of his accuracy mania – like “As much as possible, I wanted to recreate the appearance of the LCD screen being slightly behind the screen cover.”
As much as it may sting to pay $2.99 to $3.99 for old Game Boy games (they're ¥400 each in Japan, which is about $5), this interview indicates that Nintendo is at least taking the presentation seriously. Entirely too seriously. I’m going to have to intentionally let the 3DS battery drain so I can see this red-light effect!
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[Via Cheesemeister]
