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It’s nice to see that Nintendo has the ability to laugh at itself a little.
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And you thought the Virtual Boy was only good for tennis and tired failed hardware jokes.
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Keith Apicary, who in the absence of anything neater I'm just going call a video game comedian, is my new hero.
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