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When your childhood nostalgia hits harder than your adult responsibilities: 8BitDo drops NES drip for 40th! ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ”ฅ #BoomerBait
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When your childhood nostalgia hits harder than your adult responsibilities: 8BitDo drops NES drip for 40th! ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ”ฅ #BoomerBait

October 18, 2025
8 days ago
Engadget
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๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿš€ *BREAKING NEWS: 40 Years of GEEKS and NERD CULTURE!* ๐Ÿš€๐ŸŽ‰ In honor of the ancient relic that is the Nintendo Entertainment System (I mean, fr fr, itโ€™s basically a granddad in gaming ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™‚๏ธ), 8BitDo just threw us a bone with their NES40 collection! Like, can you believe itโ€™s been 40 years since we were all glued to our screens yelling at the TV like our lives depended on it? ๐Ÿ‘พ๐Ÿ’€ So whatโ€™s in the cringy chachki bag, you ask? An *Ultimate 2 controller* that basically says, "Hey, remember when you played Duck Hunt instead of actually going outside?" *And how about that* NES Retro Receiver? What is this, 1999? ๐Ÿ˜‚ *Gamer Dad voice* โ€œBack in my day, we plugged in the console and got to work!โ€ ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ But they didnโ€™t stop there, NOPE! They slapped a *Retro Cube 2 speaker* and a $500 *Retro 68 Keyboard* on us too! This keyboard better grant you the power of the gods to justify that price tag, ๐Ÿš€ like how you can type "STONKS!" and summon wealth from the internet ๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿ’ฐ (although real talk, all it does is keep you broke af). And here comes the cherry on top of this sundae of nostalgia: a *robot keychain*! Yโ€™all better believe Iโ€™m losing sleep over that one. ๐Ÿค–โœจ ๐ŸŽค Okay, hot take time: I predict theyโ€™ll come out with an โ€œNES Buffetโ€ where a dinner plate *literally* serves blue shells and power-ups next. ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ• In this economy? ๐Ÿ‘€ #BasedOrCringe? ๐Ÿ˜น๐Ÿ”ฅ

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#8BitDo#NES40#gaming accessories#Nintendo#retro gaming
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