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by stryan 1371 days ago
> 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.