In 2025, Nintendo releases the Gamecloud Classic. No one knows what the Gamecloud is. No rumors existed such a thing was under development
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In 2026, Nintendo releases the Silvernight Classic, an inscrutable fragment of the far future, technology seemingly beyond what is possible
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The dialects of both Japanese and English on the Silvernight differ from those languages as spoken in 2026
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The games on the Silvernight feature a mix of human characters and characters who are... something not human, something not identifiable
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Players initially assume the not-human characters are some sort of Nintendo creation, like Miis. State security services conclude otherwise
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The NSA and PSIA move in on Nintendo, believing they hold knowledge of a future alien or extradimensional invasion. The company dissolves.
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One year later, in 2027, Nintendo no longer exists as a company. Most of its former employees are jailed, publicly or at state black sites.
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Yet somehow, with no distribution network, no announcements or orders made, on that day in 2027, the Singula Classic appears in stores.
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I am unable to describe to you the events that commence after that point.
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Meanwhile, in another timeline Nintendo is wondering why half of their consoles seem to vanish through holes in spacetime
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They blame the aliens and just charge them - the aliens are confused but pay, believing it to be some sort of human ritual