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Nintendo taps into nostalgia with 1980s inspired Lego Game Boy trailer


Nintendo has released an 80s inspired trailer for its Lego Game Boy model.

Nintendo is getting us all reminiscing about a time when mixtapes were the best way to share music, fluorescent pinks and greens were standard fashion choices, ET had a breakfast cereal and leotards were the ultimate workout attire. Watch on YouTube Anyway, fast forward to today, and we once again have a robot and young chap starring trailer complete with dramatic voice over and far off dusty planet, but this time for Nintendo's upcoming Lego Game Boy collaboration. Watch on YouTube As for the Lego model itself, it's a near 1:1 scale replica of the original Game Boy, with a D-pad, as well as A, B, Start, and Select buttons.

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