LP Corona

DISCLAIMER: This article was given its name before the Coronavirus disease of 2019 (or COVID-19) began to spread and affect the lives of many across the world. The name is purely coincidental and has no semblance to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Not to be confused with the Nintendo Corona.
The LP Corona is a line of Windows-powered personal computers developed as a collaboration between Nintendo, Microsoft, and Lone Planet, initially launching on August 3, 2018. While primarily classified as a gaming computer, it can still be used for casual or work-related activities if so desired. It is Nintendo's first venture into PC gaming—Microsoft had branched out to it with the former "Games for Windows" and the current "Xbox Play Anywhere" system, and Lone Planet has ported most of its recent games to the Steam platform to give PC gamers access to them.
Corona owners will be able to transfer all of their games and apps from the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Pharo consoles straight to the PC itself. Its disc drive supports several disc formats, from CD-ROM all the way to 4K Ultra HD alongside Nintendo optical discs used for GameCube, Wii, and Wii U games; thus, games on any Xbox console as well as GameCube, Wii, and Wii U can be played on the Corona. There is also a cartridge slot for Switch games just above the disc drive, with a microSD card slot next to it. Additionally, games initially released on Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, systems in the Game Boy family, and NES up to Nintendo 64 can be purchased and downloaded from the Corona eShop.
Rather than having two separate online subscription services for Switch and Xbox games (Switch Online and Xbox Live, respectively), the Corona uses a unified service dubbed CoronaNet, which itself is rather cheap at only $18/year. Cross play is enabled with Switch, Xbox One, and Pharo players as well as smart device owners.
The Corona comes with a 4G LTE-powered Aura tablet, a smaller screen display based around the "tablet" portion of the Switch console as well as Microsoft Surface devices; owners can stream their current activities to the Aura so they can continue to play a game or use an app wherever they go. Lone Planet has stated that later models will support 5G.
The desktop, start menu, and sound effects can be customized in many ways. Owners can choose between four visual styles based on Windows operating systems -- Classic (Windows 95 / 98 / 2000), Luna (Windows XP), Aero (Windows Vista / 7), and Metro (Windows 8 / 10) -- and set sound effects from several Nintendo consoles and Microsoft devices start-up, logon, etc. sounds.
In addition to the above, the Corona will support Groove Music, Microsoft Office programs, amiibo, Nintendo Labo, Flipverse, and Nintendo R.O.B 2.0, as well as a reimagined PictoChat which serves as the Corona's messaging app.
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