> I'd say that only really started in the 7th console generation (Wii, PS3, Xbox 360) I think that's when they really started leaning into it again, but Gunpei

> I'd say that only really started in the 7th console generation (Wii, PS3, Xbox 360) I think that's when they really started leaning into it again, but Gunpei Yokoi (Gameboy inventor) was a big proponent of the idea, which he called "Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology". So it's been a part of Nintendos design process for a while before that.