{"id":124098,"date":"2022-04-21T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-130500"},"modified":"2022-04-21T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T19:30:00","slug":"save-your-familys-vhs-store-in-super-90s-adventure-the-big-con-coming-to-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/21\/save-your-familys-vhs-store-in-super-90s-adventure-the-big-con-coming-to-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Save Your Family&#8217;s VHS Store In Super-&#8217;90s Adventure &#8216;The Big Con&#8217;, Coming To Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bc8ae44e8ca29\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bc8ae44e8ca29\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"JybPPFrB5oA\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Furbies. AOL. Wearing caps backwards. VHS tapes. Cups with those teal and pink squiggles on them. These are the &#8217;90s staples upon which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/big_con\">The Big Con<\/a> is based, as a loving parody of the decade that introduced us to questionable fashion decisions and incredible music.<\/p>\n<p>You play as Ali, a high schooler who decides to help out her family&#8217;s ailing video rental store&#8230; by stealing. It&#8217;s the &#8217;90s, man, things were different back then.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Video\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3a01300fdbfdb\/video.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3a01300fdbfdb\/video.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Video\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Swindling, pickpocketing, hustling, and just straight up conning people will help you earn the tens of thousands of dollars necessary to save the store, and since it&#8217;s the &#8217;90s, all of your grifts will have to be old-school \u2014 you can&#8217;t just pull the Nigerian Prince scam out of your pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Developers Mighty Yell have just announced that The Big Con will be coming to Nintendo Switch this summer, alongside new &#8220;Grift of the Year&#8221; DLC for the game, which will be released free on PC, Xbox, and Switch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Ss Db0cb3250cd3222c83ecc92f87d3976e038759aa.1920x1080\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b2bf51a50943e\/ss-db0cb3250cd3222c83ecc92f87d3976e038759aa-1920x1080.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b2bf51a50943e\/ss-db0cb3250cd3222c83ecc92f87d3976e038759aa-1920x1080.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Ss Db0cb3250cd3222c83ecc92f87d3976e038759aa.1920x1080\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>Will you be grabbing this &#8217;90s nostalgia-a-thon for the Switch this year? 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