Inventive!

Many years ago, I wanted a Game Boy. I wanted it more than anything else in the world, in fact. Sadly, my parents refused to buy me one until it was my birthday, so in the meantime I did the next best thing - I made my own console out of a cardboard box, coloured it all in so it looked suitably authentic and stuck a static screenshot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan on the front to finish it off. I even made cardboard cartridges to slot into the back, such was my desire to create an object that was convincing enough to pass as the real thing.

Mercifully, I did eventually get my Game Boy, but that little episode proves that kids will go to ingenious lengths when it comes to wish fulfilment - and I can now rest easy in the knowledge that this tradition is still going strong, thanks to Japanese Twitter user .

https://twitter.com/fraise_ama/status/846546754539479040

The user explains that their younger brother has recently been denied a Nintendo Switch by their mother, and has decided to create his own console - complete with dock, Joy-Con, Joy-Con grip and game card - to fill the void.

We're sure you'll agree that this kid shows incredible dedication and promise - surely that much creative effort should be rewarded with the real thing?

[source kotaku.com]