{"id":119024,"date":"2020-10-07T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/random_zelda_fan_pens_heartwarming_message_to_the_person_who_bought_their_beloved_ds"},"modified":"2020-10-07T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T13:00:00","slug":"random-zelda-fan-pens-heartwarming-message-to-the-person-who-bought-their-beloved-ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/random-zelda-fan-pens-heartwarming-message-to-the-person-who-bought-their-beloved-ds\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Zelda Fan Pens Heartwarming Message To The Person Who Bought Their Beloved DS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ada12d2b77675\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ada12d2b77675\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Zelda DS\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ada12d2b77675\/zelda-ds.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ada12d2b77675\/zelda-ds.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"561\" alt=\"Zelda DS\"><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">\u00a9 Nintendo<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>One of the <em>really<\/em> wonderful things about handheld gaming is the tangible connection the player makes with the console. Sure, home systems have iconic controllers we learn to love, but with a handheld, the <em>entire<\/em> system is in the palm of your hand \u2013 and the fact you can take it with you everywhere only serves to strengthen the bond between you and the hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Letting go of that hardware \u2013 especially if you&#8217;ve owned it since you were a kid \u2013 isn&#8217;t an easy process, but it&#8217;s something that Zelda fan Janie experienced when she sold her beloved Nintendo DS recently.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/feature-best-zelda-games-of-all-time\">Zelda<\/a><\/strong>-themed gold console had been with her for over a decade \u2013 she got it when she was 10 \u2013 and she decided to include a note to the new owner to make them aware of how special it had been to her.<\/p>\n<p>That person \u2013 reddit user acollier25 \u2013 decided that this good deed was <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/j5w1ex\/received_a_wholesome_note_with_this_ds_i_bought\/\">worth celebrating<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><\/figure>\n<p>Have you ever purchased a second-hand console or game and found a message inside from the previous owner? Let us know with a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Nintendo One of the really wonderful things about handheld gaming is the tangible connection the player makes with the console. Sure, home systems have iconic controllers we learn to love, but with a handheld, the entire system is in the palm of your hand \u2013 and the fact you can take it with you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}