Literally every console since the 360 has been doing this. If you mod your system then dont take it online. you will get banned. This is not specific to nintendo
I really liked it for retro gaming but the screen, size, and weight werent ideal for me. I ended up getting the Odin Mini (2?) and its perfect. Handles some Wii U games flawlessly
Even if you dont care about the man behind it, just buy a Analogue Pocket for $25 more or an FPGA for half the price. Both are way better than this crap
Fwiw - I have both an LG C2 and a newer Samsung QLED. Neither have ever been connected to the internet, never pester me to connect, and the both turn on right to to my Apple TV
For me Nocturn is worse but still decent. The animation doesnt feel as good and the characters are pretty meh. Im hoping the return of Alucard will remedy that.
My personal setup for 4 rooms worth of speakers is a rpi with a Hifiberry hat running debian with Mopidy. I use the Iris plugin for a front end and i mount my music directory via cifs on each pi
I have one of these and built a few for my friends. Honestly a fantastic system. I find myself playing it way more than my Analogue Pocket.
If you're not a fan of their bootlogo heres an unofficial fw with the original gb/gbc bootlogo (its in the patched_fw directory)
Literally every console since the 360 has been doing this. If you mod your system then dont take it online. you will get banned. This is not specific to nintendo