iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

5-year-olds when they see someone eating broccoli:

A cutoff screenshot of Pikmin 3 Deluxe of a blue-haired captain named Alph standing in the middle of a dire path surrounded by foliage saying “And they eat vegetables too.” How bizarre. Poor fellow.”

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Wii U is the crab of handheld console gaming. All roads lead back to it. Wii Ucinization.

A photo of somebody holding a touchscreen pad with two separate Wii Remotes attached to both sides and circle sticks attached to the front of the device. This was a prototype for a device that would eventually become the Wii U GamePad.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It’s also almost entirely offline which further backs this.

Screenshot from Nintendo’s website for Pictonico.

*A constant online connection is not required, but temporary network access may be needed for the following operations, which may incur data charges:
• First launch
• Purchasing game volumes

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

They already did it and everybody hated it. But they can never make me hate you, baby.

An image of the large sprawling Smash Run battlefield stage from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

A screenshot from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS depicting Pikachu fighting against a multitude of enemies from varying Nintendo franchises, including Kid Icarus and The Legend of Zelda, on a stage with ruins in the background. Around Pikachu are floating powerups of various sizes, colors, and properties.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This also makes sense as it’s the first Rotom form since Platinum to have the ghostly aura surrounding the devices rather than just being inside the object normally like with Rotom Phones and others.

Rotom Pokédex from Pokémon Sun and Moon/Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Rotom Phone from Pokémon Sword and Shield

All current Rotom forms, from left to right, top row: Rotom, Fan Rotom, Frost Rotom. Bottom row: Heat Rotom, Mow Rotom, Wash Rotom.

DJ Rotom, AKA Rotom Stereo Form, from Pokémon Pokopia

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Leaked Pombon final evolution

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Actually I am big big dumb dumb! The product page specifically mentions this!

A screenshot of the Nintendo website for Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park against a teal, flower patterned background with a screenshot of the game and a block of text under reading “Enhanced for Nintendo Switch 2

Experience the Flower Kingdom in up to 4K
resolution*** when docked to a compatible
TV. Enjoy smoother frame rates and faster load times for a snappier feel. With GameShare**** support, you can even let a friend join the fun on their system with just the one game.”

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Also my Nintendo Switch retrospective video! Can’t believe we’re coming up on the 9th anniversary… I feel so old.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

They were working on it but cancelled it halfway through development to instead make Gloomsday and Secret Stone Wars.

Official artwork of Ganondorf from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. He stands facing right, with a knee bent and his hand holding a katana sheath, ready for battle.

A screenshot from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with a large, glowing Secret Stone floating in the middle of the image, surrounding by Zonai architecture of the Wind Temple.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I may like Pokémon a little bit.

A screenshot from the Nintendo Store app showing my most played games across the 3DS, Wii U, Switch, and Switch 2. Starting with over 500 hours played are

Pokémon Sword
Wii U Internet Browser
Pokémon Scarlet

Starting at over 100 hours played are

Wii U Netflix
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Pokémon X
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition
Pokémon Shuffle
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Stardew Valley
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Animal Crossing New Horizons
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Pokémon Legends Arceus
Pokémon Let’s Go! Pikachu
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Pokémon Sun
Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition
Hyrule Warriors Legends
Animal Crossing New Leaf
Dragon Quest XI S Echoes of an Elusive Age

A screenshot from the Nintendo Store app showing my most played games across the 3DS, Wii U, Switch, and Switch 2. Continuing the list of over 100 hours played.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D
StreetPass Mii Plaza
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Fire Emblem Warriors
Splatoon 2
Donkey Kong Bananza
Pokémon Ultra Sun
Mario & Luigi Dream Team
Nintendo Switch YouTube
Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Classics
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon
Wii U YouTube
Picross S2

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Official Nintendo merchandising often lacks Kirby, Pokémon, and others non-EPD IPs. These are usually handled by their respective co-owners but there seems to be a push to be more inclusive to Kirby in these regards. Maybe it’s a leap, but I wonder if this will be reflected in a game at some point?

A banner for Nintendo Tokyo, showing from left to right: Yoshi, Koopa Troopa driving a Kart, a pink Inkling squid, Twilight Princess Ganondorf, green Inkling boy, BotW Zelda, yellow, red, and blue Pikmin, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Timmy & Tommy, Bullet Bill, K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, BotW Link, Peach, Toad, Lakitu, Toad, Luigi, Twilight Princess Link, female Villager, Isabelle, Orange Inkling girl, and Mario.

A grid of Nintendo calendars, from January to February as Mario, Pikmin & Oatchi, Tom Nook, Inklings, TotK Link, Peach, Bulborb, TotK Zelda, Deep Cut, Luigi and Polterpup, Isabelle, and the Super Mario crew

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Some additional photos of the area sans landfill. I like to call it the Landnill Layer.

A screenshot of Donkey Kong Bananza showcasing an empty Landfill Layer.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

While playing through Donkey Kong Bananza, did you ever wonder what the Landfill Layer actually looked like minus all the, you know… landfill?

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

That’s what you get for reading a book at the beach, you big nerd!

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Me forcing myself to play the NSO Playtest

A stock image of a headless and legless man wearing a black t-shirt that reads “I paused my Donkey Kong Bananza to be here.”

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

This hot pink bitch was named DK!!!

A screenshot from Donkey Kong Bananza showing Donkey Kong posing in an outfit of shiny hot pink fur and hot pink-striped zebra pants, next to Pauline in a hot pink bellhop outfit.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

A really fun little detail about the LEGO GameBoy set is that it contains 421 pieces which mirrors the original launch date of the GameBoy in Japan, April 21, 1989.

A screenshot from the LEGO Store for the LEGO GameBoy showing that it’s for ages 18+, contains 421 pieces, and is set number 72046.

A screenshot of the GameBoy Wikipedia page, listing the information.

Also known as
DMG-01
KR: Mini Comboy

Developer
Nintendo R&D1

Manufacturer
Nintendo

Product family
Game Boy [1]

Type
Handheld game console

Generation
Fourth

Release date
JP: April 21, 1989[3]

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Me and my Switch 2 as soon as I unboxed it

Two black and white drawing characters passionately making out with a deep blush and drool coming from their lips due to the intensity

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Happy Nintendo Switch 2 launch day everyone!

A photo showing from left to right, top row: Yunobo amiibo, Tulin amiibo, Sidon amiibo, Riju amiibo. Bottom row: Nintendo Switch 2, Switch 2 Best Buy comparative coin, GameCube controller, Pro controller, Switch 2 case, and BotW Switch 2 Edition.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

It should’ve been obvious from early on that Mario Kart World was partly developed by Monolith Soft. I mean, there’s even a giant monkey in the starting area!

A photo of the Mario Kart World course, DK Spaceport, prominently featuring a large robotic Donkey Kong, “Robo DK,” standing on some railing in the foreground with a space shuttle with girders leading up to it visible in the background against a night sky.

A portion of the map from Mario Kart World. In it is highlighted the Grand Prix Mushroom Cup, the first cup of the game, featuring Mario Bros. Circuit, Crown City, Whistlestop Summit, and DK Spaceport.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

After years of rumors and speculation, I’m proud to confirm that beyond a shadow of a doubt… The Nintendo Switch 2… IS REAL!

A picture of the Nintendo Switch 2 box with a thumb seen holding it from the left. The box is slightly squished in the top right corner over an image of Mario Kart World.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Damn, it’s wild to imagine something like this could happen when you don’t do anything with the IP for a decade.

“Unfortunately, it seems like the LEGO Group's stance on fan-created media has changed. While we can only speculate as to the exact reason why they have asked us to remove the game at this time, what we suspect is that our project was too easy to mistake for an official product. At the time of writing, searching "Bionicle game" on Google lists the Steam page for BIONICLE: Masks of Power within the first couple of links. An average person seeing our game for the first time could easily think that it was an official game at first glance. And no amount of disclaimers we could put up would be able to change that.”

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

“Eagle-eyed viewers.” Those must be some blindfolded eagles then. This obsession with tearing down things because someone *thinks* it may be genAI is so banal and stupid. GenAI sucks major ass but treating every piece of art as guilty until proven innocent is just as reductive and damaging.

“The statement comes after eagle-eyed viewers watching the game's recent Nintendo Treehouse livestream noticed in-game billboards by the sides of the racetrack that featured artwork similar in appearance to that made by generative
Al.”

“A third billboard features an image of an oddly-shaped car with unusually large windows that, once again, looks similar to something created by generative Al.”

An image of a billboard from Mario Kart World showing the alleged “AI car” with very tall, cartoonish windows.

A screenshot from the first trailer of Mario Kart World showcasing the alleged “AI cars” in actual gameplay.

A screenshot from Mario Kart 64 released in 1996 in the Nintendo 64 showing stylized cars with comically enlarged windows just like the ones featured in Mario Kart World, pre-dating the prominent use of generative AI by nearly 25 years.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Fun fact: The original icon still exists! When Nintendo released NSO icons for DKCRHD earlier this year, they included the original DK render as an option which I thought was weird at the time, but chalked it up to them wanting to let you add backgrounds to it. It makes more sense in hindsight now.

The Nintendo Switch user icon selection screen showing a large swath of Mario characters and items to choose from, with the original Donkey Kong render being highlighted and displayed to the right of the selection screen against a dark grey background.

An advertisement for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD themed icons for Nintendo Switch Online members. Against a backdrop of jungle trees there is an assortment of various Donkey Kong Country Returns artwork and renders, the first of which being the specified original Donkey Kong render Nintendo used for the original Switch user icon.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Happy Shiny Rayquaza Day to all who celebrate!

A screenshot of Pokémon Scarlet showing my custom character wearing all orange standing atop a rocky outcropping against a backdrop of a cloudy sky inside of a large dome. Next to me is a large shiny Rayquaza.

My character from Pokémon Scarlet doing a roaring pose alongside my shiny Rayquaza with a large rainbow orb in the background.

The plush shiny Rayquaza Sitting Cutie overlooking my Nintendo Switch with gold Zelda Joy-Con with the image displayed on screen being my character in Pokémon Scarlet posing with shiny Rayquaza.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Finally… you have earned your Pro Gamer license!

A dark grey card reading “Pro Gamer License” with Mima’s name on it and a mushroom in the photo frame to the right. Below the frame it lists the issued date of December 6, 2024, with an expiration date of December 7, 2024.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It’s hard for me to fathom that it’s been a whole decade. Sometimes it still feels like yesterday I walked into Best Buy just for a Link amiibo and walked out with 8 others, sparking this collection. Happy 10 year anniversary, amiibo! Thanks for all the fun times and excitement we had.

A very grainy photo of amiibo in box from left to right, top row: Link, Mario, Samus, Pikachu, bottom row: Kirby, Fox, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, and Peach.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Today is a very special day in the world of Nintendo. Not only is it the 22nd anniversary of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, games that fundamentally changed my life forever, but also something else that changed me inextricably… It’s the 10 year anniversary of amiibo.

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Mason @herooftime125.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I’ll be honest, when I started this game I was expecting simple laughs and gags here and there. I wasn’t ready for such profound philosophy. #MarioLuigi #Brothership #NintendoSwitch