Unofficial Wii keychain-sized 'Nintendo Kawaii' is born
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The creator of the 'Nintendo Kawaii' prototype, which is a 6cm square Nintendo ...
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The mockup of the Nintendo Kawaii console looks like this. The exterior is an aluminum chassis suitable for cooling, and the size is expected to be 60x60x16mm.
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A dock similar to the Nintendo Switch is also available to go with the console. The dock allows the Nintendo Kawaii to be placed vertically, allowing for efficient heat dissipation.
![](https://i.gzn.jp/img/2024/07/23/nintendo-kawaii/02_m.png)
The finished product looks like this. The cat whisker marks on both sides of the word 'Kawaii' designed on the main body are acrylic windows that reflect the light of the LEDs attached to the back of the acrylic windows. The dock also has four ports for inserting Nintendo GameCube controllers.
![](https://i.gzn.jp/img/2024/07/23/nintendo-kawaii/03_m.png)
On the back of the dock is a USB Type-C port for power input, and on the right side is a port that can output audio and video.
![](https://i.gzn.jp/img/2024/07/23/nintendo-kawaii/04_m.png)
Nintendo Kawaii will be released as open source once it is completed.
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