{"id":96452,"date":"2019-07-11T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/07\/random_this_game_boy-themed_nintendo_switch_lite_would_be_perfect_for_zelda_links_awakening"},"modified":"2019-07-11T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T10:45:00","slug":"random-this-game-boy-themed-nintendo-switch-lite-would-be-perfect-for-zelda-links-awakening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/11\/random-this-game-boy-themed-nintendo-switch-lite-would-be-perfect-for-zelda-links-awakening\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: This Game Boy-Themed Nintendo Switch Lite Would Be Perfect For Zelda: Link&#8217;s Awakening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ae76480fc503b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ae76480fc503b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Lite\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ae76480fc503b\/game-boy-nintendo-switch-lite.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ae76480fc503b\/game-boy-nintendo-switch-lite.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Lite\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Following the shock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/07\/nintendo_switch_lite_officially_revealed_launches_this_september\">announcement of the Nintendo Switch Lite<\/a> yesterday, many of us were considering if we were going to grab a yellow, grey or turquoise model when they launch in September. Of course, there is <em>also<\/em> a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/admin\/edit\/news\/2019\/07\/nintendo_switch_lite_is_getting_a_special_pokemon_sword_and_shield_edition\">special Pok\u00e9mon themed Switch Lite<\/a> too, which will be ready just in time for the launch of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a><\/strong>. It&#8217;s all so exciting!<\/p>\n<p>But no matter what colourful delights Nintendo bring us, we&#8217;re never happy on the interwebz, are we? Our minds just cannot help drifting and imagining a version of the Nintendo Switch Lite customised to our <em>exact<\/em> tastes.<\/p>\n<p>Designer Tom Storm has captured our hearts with his rendering of a Game Boy-themed Nintendo Switch Lite, which we feel would be the perfect accompaniment for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_links_awakening\">The Legend of Zelda: Link&#8217;s Awakening<\/a><\/strong> when it also launches in September. What better way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Game Boy as well?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Getting real close to my dream device <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nintendo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Nintendo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NintendoAmerica<\/a>, now if only you could make it in my dream color-way. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SwitchLite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SwitchLite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameBoy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GameBoy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DMG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DMG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mbAFsi1SeT\">pic.twitter.com\/mbAFsi1SeT<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Tom Storm (@tstorm004) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tstorm004\/status\/1148964312037429250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We just love the attention to detail in Tom&#8217;s rendering, from the purple face buttons to the retro-styled bezel around the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know your thoughts on this concept with a comment below. Would you buy this in a heartbeat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the shock announcement of the Nintendo Switch Lite yesterday, many of us were considering if we were going to grab a yellow, grey or turquoise model when they launch in September. Of course, there is also a special Pok\u00e9mon themed Switch Lite too, which will be ready just in time for the launch of [&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-96452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96452","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=96452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}