A Famicom archivist known as Orochi has discovered a working set of Nintendo's rare Famicombox units inside a Japanese "love hotel", with nearly every room found to have a fully functional machine installed. The find is notable because the Famicombox, a commercial-use console released in 1986, is scarce today, making the discovery of so many intact and operational units in one location a significant moment for retro gaming preservation.

The Famicombox featured 16 cartridge slots, one running the internal menu software and 15 others holding NES games that guests could select and play, though it was known for bugs caused by cartridges interfering with one another. During the search, only the Zapper light gun failed to work properly, as it's incompatible with modern LCD screens, while nearly everything else functioned as intended. The discovery has also revived a long-running, largely debunked urban legend that Nintendo once ran love hotels in its early history, a rumour loosely tied to former president Hiroshi Yamauchi's family.