Console cameo: Nintendo's biggest and best

Melee is cram-jam-packed with Nintendo fan service. That's part of the reason why it was GameCube's biggest title. But nothing in-game compares to the trophy room's collection of every Nintendo system that matters. They even bothered to differentiate between Game🐲 Boys. Not sure about the gravity-defyi꧃ng N64 controller though.

Oh, did we say Melee was cram-jam-packed with Nintendo heritage? Brawl trumps it with ease, even without a special trophy room displaying the company's entire history. Not much in the way of console appearances, but there is this stage based on the ancient Game & Watch. See it in actionhere.

Beautiful Katamari

Console cameo: Xbox 360

You'd think a series involving hundreds of household items lying about would have more console shout outs. Unless we missed something, only Beautiful has a system in its sticky sights, and it's an Xbox 360. Well, tons of Xbox 360s🦹. And 🌺controllers.

Console cameo: Xbox 360

Most of the Achievements in Condemned involve collecting rotting birds and finding as many blunt instruments of death as possible. Then there are a few completely out of 𝓀place Xbox units plugged into malfunctioning TVs. Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Bonus nerddom: the 360s actual♈ly have Condemned fa🏅ceplates.

Console cameo: Sony PSP

Not-too-bad RPG Brave Story has a cameo right away, and actually becomes part of the main plot. Due to the main character's intense PSP gaming, a series of events are set into motion that ultimately lead to grand adventure,💧 chatty party memb🐻ers and all of that wonderful JRPG junk.

Console cameo: Sony PSP

"Hey, what should the interface for Home look like?"
"…w..what? Sorry, I was taking a nap. Hm, can't we just put a PSP in there?"
"Yes!"

Console cameo: Sony PlayStation

After beating Ninja and talking for god damn ever to Otacon, you'll find this... thing on aཧ shelf n🌃ext to a TV. It's supposed to be an original PlayStation, but that might as well be a Saturn. Or a briefcase.

Six years later, the Twin Snakes remake for GameCube replaces t♏he PS1 for Nintendo's purple box.

The ambiguous PlayStation is replaced with a GameCube and wireless Wavebird controller, plu♍stheCube's startup menu on 🎀the TV. And thanks to actual graphics, you can tell what everything is supposed to be.

Before we go, we have to acknowledge titles we didn't have a chance to dissect. Toy Commander apparently has a Drea🎉mcast. DOAX has some kind of prototype Xbox too (or so we hear). Even with a four page list, there are bound to be plenty of instances we missed. But if you're still in the mood for remembrance, how about a quick recap of everything we've seen?

Originally posted Feb 20, 2008

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