Just the other day we reported that enterprising hackers had cracked the NES Mini wide open and were adding the already 30-strong library of games that launched with the retro console. Now it has become clear that Nintendo predicted the hack, and even went as far as leaving a little message hidden away in the code inside the Japanese version of console, the Famicom Mini:
"This is the hanafuda captain speaking. Launching emulation in 3...2...1. Many efforts, tears and countless hours have been put into this jewel. So, please keep this place tidied up and don't break everything! Cheers, the hanafuda captain."
Hanafuda is a reference to the playing cards that Nintendo used to specialise in back in the days before it made consoles. The message was discovered and shared on Twitter (and came to our attention via Kotaku). Perhaps there's a similar note lurking inside the NES Mini? We'll just have to wait and see.