Difference between revisions of "Nintendo Factory Hardware"
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Many of these are copied (with revisions) from [https://odd-taobao.neocities.org the Odd Taobao Neocities site], with permission from the author. | Many of these are copied (with revisions) from [https://odd-taobao.neocities.org the Odd Taobao Neocities site], with permission from the author. | ||
| − | A "showoff listing" is one which was created by the seller primarily to show off what they have without any real intention of selling it. | + | For items which originated from a Xianyu listing, some listing metadata is included as taken from the Odd Taobao site. A "showoff listing" is one which was created by the seller primarily to show off what they have without any real intention of selling it, often with an exorbitantly high price specified. |
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== GameCube == | == GameCube == | ||
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== DS/DSi == | == DS/DSi == | ||
| − | === Internal Top Halves === | + | === Factory/Internal Top Halves === |
| − | * Listing Price: 9999¥ (Showoff | + | * Listing Price: 9999¥ (Showoff listing) |
* Listing Description: "This is my first time seeing this. Does anyone know the origin of this machine? Nintendo World New York" | * Listing Description: "This is my first time seeing this. Does anyone know the origin of this machine? Nintendo World New York" | ||
* Listing Description (Original): "第一次见，有了解本机出处的吗，纽约任天堂世界" | * Listing Description (Original): "第一次见，有了解本机出处的吗，纽约任天堂世界" | ||
| − | These are several DS/DSi console top halves with various internal-use labels. Of note is a DS that appears to be from [[Nintendo Software Technology|NST]] | + | These are several DS/DSi console top halves with various internal-use labels. Of note is parts from a 3DS that appears to have been used as part of a microphone tester setup, a DS that appears to be from [[Nintendo Software Technology|NST]], a highly defective 3DS which failed numerous factory tests and has the error codes printed on it along with [[Glossary:NG|"NG"]], three DSi XLs with the names "Kin Corn Karn", "Unira", and "Sable Able" printed on them, and a DSi branded with the Nintendo World Store (now Nintendo NY) logo. |
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| + | === Internally-used DS Lite === | ||
| + | * Listing Price: 158¥ | ||
| + | * Listing Description: "Nintendo Not for Sale Japanese Version NDSL Engineering Test Machine Pearl White" | ||
| + | * Listing Description (Original): "任天堂 非卖品 日版NDSL 工程测试机 珍珠白色" | ||
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| + | A DS Lite with an internal asset tag on the back reading "DS Lite JP Prod 0006" and serial number UJF10000861. "Prod" indicates that it's not a prototype, but it may have been used as part of a factory process. | ||
Revision as of 04:49, 10 February 2025
[TODO: add images]
Nintendo has used a wide variety of bespoke hardware as part of their manufacturing processes, many pieces of which have surfaced into the community via Xianyu.
This page will catalog items of factory hardware which don't yet have their own articles.
Many of these are copied (with revisions) from the Odd Taobao Neocities site, with permission from the author.
For items which originated from a Xianyu listing, some listing metadata is included as taken from the Odd Taobao site. A "showoff listing" is one which was created by the seller primarily to show off what they have without any real intention of selling it, often with an exorbitantly high price specified.
Nintendo has a tendency to use their own products as part of factory testing setups for other products, even sometimes across console generations. As such, there are a lot of odd revisions of consoles and peripherals here which were themselves used to help manufacture other consoles.
Contents
GameCube
"Engineering Test Controller"
- Listing Price: 90¥
- Listing Description: "Nintendo ultra-rare collectible NGC original engineering test controller"
- Listing Description (Original): "任天堂 超稀有收藏品 NGC原装工程测试手柄"
This is a white, final model GameCube Controller with a second wire with an unknown plug type attached to it in addition to the regular one. It's unknown what this was used for, possibly for controlling some kind of test equipment (not necessarily for the GameCube itself).
Rough translation of the label:
External objects management Management Number: S-B8520-465 Angular Velocity (CFS8280 Handle)
DS/DSi
Factory/Internal Top Halves
- Listing Price: 9999¥ (Showoff listing)
- Listing Description: "This is my first time seeing this. Does anyone know the origin of this machine? Nintendo World New York"
- Listing Description (Original): "第一次见，有了解本机出处的吗，纽约任天堂世界"
These are several DS/DSi console top halves with various internal-use labels. Of note is parts from a 3DS that appears to have been used as part of a microphone tester setup, a DS that appears to be from NST, a highly defective 3DS which failed numerous factory tests and has the error codes printed on it along with "NG", three DSi XLs with the names "Kin Corn Karn", "Unira", and "Sable Able" printed on them, and a DSi branded with the Nintendo World Store (now Nintendo NY) logo.
Internally-used DS Lite
- Listing Price: 158¥
- Listing Description: "Nintendo Not for Sale Japanese Version NDSL Engineering Test Machine Pearl White"
- Listing Description (Original): "任天堂 非卖品 日版NDSL 工程测试机 珍珠白色"
A DS Lite with an internal asset tag on the back reading "DS Lite JP Prod 0006" and serial number UJF10000861. "Prod" indicates that it's not a prototype, but it may have been used as part of a factory process.
