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Fans believe remastered versions of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire are coming to Nintendo Switch after the latest Pokemon HOME update fueled fresh speculation. Reports from Yahoo Tech, Nintendo Life and Indy100 say the ports now feel all but confirmed, with some outlets pointing to a release date that could be imminent. The original Game Boy Advance titles from 2002 remain fan favourites, and an official announcement would mark a major retro revival for the franchise.

GameTome is drawing attention from gamers by calculating exactly how many hours it would take to complete a person's gaming backlog. The tool connects to seven platforms including Steam, PlayStation Network, Xbox and Nintendo Switch, estimates completion times, tracks session heatmaps, and offers a live Android home screen widget for currently active games. Posts about it invite players to confront the true size of their unplayed game collections.

A player of the Nintendo life-simulation game Tomodachi Collection: New Life reports that after eleven days of watching their in-game characters, one of the Mii avatars has finally found a romantic partner. The milestone is being shared with other fans of the game, which is known for its quirky, unpredictable relationship simulations, prompting nostalgic discussion about the characters' virtual love lives.

Gaming outlet Nintendo Life has published a ranked list of the 50 best Nintendo 3DS games of all time. The roundup celebrates the handheld's library, which spanned 2011 to 2020 and included titles from franchises such as Mario, Zelda and Pokemon. The 3DS was discontinued in 2020, so retrospective lists like this continue to draw attention from fans looking back at the console's standout games.

Streamer Kiki, a virtual YouTuber, is broadcasting live gameplay of Tomodachi Life on Nintendo 3DS, showing off a Halloween-themed island build. The stream is running on Twitch, with playful promotion joking that viewers should join or be fed to Ellen, the antagonist from the horror game The Witch's House. The crossover of a cozy life-sim with horror references is drawing attention among gaming fans.

Hackaday reports that the Nintendo DSi, Nintendo's 2008 handheld, can now be kept useful through game streaming, meaning the aging console no longer risks becoming obsolete. The piece highlights hobbyist work letting the dual-screen device play modern titles streamed from more powerful hardware. Retro gaming enthusiasts are sharing the story, praising creative ways to extend the life of older consoles rather than letting them gather dust.

Hackaday argues the Nintendo DSi, long past its commercial life, no longer counts as obsolete because games can now be streamed to the handheld, giving players access to new titles despite the console no longer receiving official releases. The piece frames this as a turning point: barring homebrew, a console's library was once frozen at discontinuation, but streaming changes that and extends the DSi's usable life indefinitely.

Fans are sharing clips from Tomodachi Life, the quirky Nintendo life-sim, in which Miis based on Death Note characters Matt and Mello have ended up with a child whose personality trait is 'daydreamer'. The odd pairing of a cozy sandbox game with characters from a dark thriller manga is part of its appeal, and players are amused by the strange family outcomes the game randomly generates.

A streamer under the name Suburban Time Waster is livestreaming Nintendo's life-sim game Tomodachi Life, staging a crossover in which Hughie Campbell, a character from the Amazon series The Boys, tours a custom-built 'Fanfic Island'. The stream is being promoted on Mastodon, where it has drawn modest engagement from gaming and cozy-game communities.