{"id":4269,"date":"2022-07-31T06:19:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T06:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/31\/nintendo-ds-firmware-prototype-reveals-systems-unique-boot-up-sound-effect\/"},"modified":"2022-07-31T06:19:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T06:19:46","slug":"nintendo-ds-firmware-prototype-reveals-systems-unique-boot-up-sound-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/31\/nintendo-ds-firmware-prototype-reveals-systems-unique-boot-up-sound-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo DS Firmware &#8216;Prototype&#8217; Reveals System&#8217;s Unique Boot Up Sound Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It even works on &#8220;real hardware&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nintendo preservation website <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/forestillusion.com\/2022\/nintendo-ds-x4-firmware-japan-prototype\">Forest of Illusion<\/a> has managed to acquire another rare piece of gaming history. It&#8217;s been able to archive a Japan prototype of the Nintendo DS X4 firmware &#8211; recovered from an X4 prototype unit.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, &#8220;just about every aspect of this version is different from the final retail release&#8221;. One of the highlights is the boot up screen. Instead of featuring the Nintendo DS logo, it appears to be a GBA placeholder screen and a sound file of children shouting &#8220;Nintendo&#8221; (you can have a listen below).<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/07\/nintendo-ds-firmware-prototype-reveals-systems-unique-boot-up-sound-effect\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Nintendo DS Firmware &#8216;Prototype&#8217; Reveals System&#8217;s Unique Boot Up Sound Effect<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><strong>It even works on &#8220;real hardware&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nintendo preservation website <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/forestillusion.com\/2022\/nintendo-ds-x4-firmware-japan-prototype\">Forest of Illusion<\/a> has managed to acquire another rare piece of gaming history. It&#8217;s been able to archive a Japan prototype of the Nintendo DS X4 firmware &#8211; recovered from an X4 prototype unit.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, &#8220;just about every aspect of this version is different from the final retail release&#8221;. One of the highlights is the boot up screen. Instead of featuring the Nintendo DS logo, it appears to be a GBA placeholder screen and a sound file of children shouting &#8220;Nintendo&#8221; (you can have a listen below).<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/07\/nintendo-ds-firmware-prototype-reveals-systems-unique-boot-up-sound-effect\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}