Father Surprises Son by Swapping out His Pretend Nintendo Switch With Real One
One man has become the father of the year after surprising his son in the most adorable way with a [...]
One man has become the father of the year after surprising his son in the most adorable way with a Nintendo Switch.
We all remember what it was like craving that one toy, that one doll, that one gadget as a kid. For me, it was Pokémon Blue on the Game Boy. I would flip through a preview of the game in a magazine during class breaks and at home, imagining what it would be like to play. I would close my eyes and pretend I was holding the game in my hands, capturing and battling Pokémon, and going on a grand adventure.
It seems like I have a kindred spirit in this kid, who fashioned a Nintendo Switch out of cardboard. His father ("Mohawk" on Twitter) snapped a few pictures of him playing his makeshift Switch, which even has some gameplay drawn into the screen:
『うんこおうじのぼうけん3』がSwitchに移植決定した模様です。
— もひかん (@mohikan1974) May 18, 2017
※多分買って欲しいアピール pic.twitter.com/aLE5f7tV6O
You can see this kid has a vivid imagination, and has built a variety of pretend devices to play with. Here hs is playing with a fancy laptop:
息子の自作PCがまた新しくなってました。ディスプレイは29:8という謎のアスペクト比で『うんこおうじのぼうけん2』がフルスクリーンで楽しめるそうです。 pic.twitter.com/ZIQScD1MYD
— もひかん (@mohikan1974) April 4, 2017
And here we see a prototype for what we assume to be a PlayStation 5:
息子の自作PCがゲーミング化してました。『うんこおうじのぼうけん3』はマルチプレイなので、信号損失の少ない極太ケーブル必須です。 pic.twitter.com/cvChL2civu
— もひかん (@mohikan1974) April 20, 2017
Like any good father, the man we know as Mohawk was likely inspired by his son's creativity, moved by his contentment to play with pretend devices, and stirred in a deep and nostalgic soul-spot as he remembered what it was like to crave something so badly as a kid. He decided to surprise his son with a real Nintendo Switch, so he snuck the real console into his son's cardboard cutout while he was taking a bath. "I wonder when he'll notice," he said in his tweet.
お風呂に入ってる間に、息子の手作りswitchをホントに遊べるようにしておきました。いつ気付くのかしら。 pic.twitter.com/u2tow1mjFx
— もひかん (@mohikan1974) May 22, 2017
As you can see, he enjoys it quite a bit:
明日も仕事頑張ろかなって思う瞬間 pic.twitter.com/D8VUUY05S9
— もひかん (@mohikan1974) May 22, 2017
Just look at that kid. His whole world is about to change. I would die to be a kid again with a Nintendo Switch. This will be the perfect console for him. Look at that Mario figure on his desk; look at the big Minecraft box. These are both things that he's going to enjoy anywhere he wants on his brand new Switch, and his imagination is going to soar.
Good job, dad. You done good.
(via Kotaku)