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** The Pokédex is always loosely based on the current Nintendo handheld, going from Game Boy → Game Boy Color → Game Boy Advance → Nintendo DS/DS Lite → [=Nintendo DSi=]. The only system omitted from this parade was the GBA Micro. ...Because who owned a GBA Micro?
*** What about the Game Boy Advance SP ?

* In the subway multiplayer map for PerfectDark Zero, there appears to be a [[NintendoGameCube suspiciously boxy video game console]] [[TakeThat in a trash can]]. ''PD0'' started off as a GameCube game before Microsoft purchased Rare. Of course, considering how [[SoOkayItsAverage ''PD0'']] turned out, this may well be a TakeThat backfire.

* In one the subway multiplayer map for PerfectDark Zero, there appears to be a [[NintendoGameCube suspiciously boxy video game console]] [[TakeThat in a trash can]]. ''PD0'' started off as a GameCube game before Microsoft purchased Rare. Of course, considering how [[SoOkayItsAverage ''PD0'']] turned out, this may well be a TakeThat backfire.

If it's the same system that's running the game, it's Type A. If the console is another system by the same company, it's Type B.

!!!Type A:

!!!Type B:

* In ''{{Metroid}} Fusion'', the fans in the tropical zone are bordered by a mishmash of metallic objects, including one that looks like a GameCube.

This has to appear in a video game for it to count; systems appearing in other media don't count unless it is based on a video game (Pokemon for example). [=PCs=] don't count unless the program is made exclusively for a single operating system and the game makes it clear which operating system (or a parody thereof) is being used.

This has to appear in a video game for it to count; systems appearing in other media don't count. [=PCs=] don't count unless the program is made exclusively for a single operating system and the game makes it clear which operating system (or a parody thereof) is being used.

* An MSX computer and cartridge appears in ''MetalGear 2: Solid Snake''.

* ''PaperMario: The Thousand-Year Door'' has a palmtop device, "Mailbox SP", that looks exactly like the GBA.

* In the ''MegaManBattleNetwork'' and ''MegaManStarForce'' games, the Wii, [=GameCube=], Super Nintendo, and [=DS=] all make appearances. ''Battle Network 5'' is a strange case -- there's a [=GameBoy=] Advance in Dex's room. This was originally a Type A, but it became Type B when the game was ported to the [=DS=].

Examples:

!!Type A:

* The [=COMPs=] in ''DevilSurvivor'' now take form in a, well, Nintendo DS. In instance, every main character there has it.

!!Type B:

* One level in ''{{Breakdown}}'' contains an {{XBox}}.

** The Pokédex is always loosely based on the current Nintendo handheld, going from Game Boy → Game Boy Color → Game Boy Advance → Nintendo DS/DS Lite → [=Nintendo DSi=]. The only system omitted from this parade was the GBA Micro. ...Because who owned a GBA Micro?

Where the game system your playing on (or another by the same company) appears in some form in the game your playing. Developers, when looking for inspiration for a fictional gadget, enjoy modeling amazing pieces of technology off of the console that the player is using. This not only makes the interface really easy to design, but it also makes the game just a bit more immersive in that respect. Less common is modeling an object off another console by the same company.

This has to appear in a video game for it to count, systems appearing in other media don't count. [=PCs=] don't count unless the program is made Exclusively for a single operating system and the game makes it clear what operating system (or a parody thereof) is being used.

If it's the same system that the game is on, it's Type A. If the console is another system by the same company, it's Type B.

* {{NPC}}s in ''{{Pokemon}}'' often hold the system the game is on and comment on trading with a friend or offer to trade you.
** The Pokedex is always loosely based off of the current Nintendo Handheld, going from Game Boy > Game Boy Color > Game Boy Advance > Nintendo DS/DS Lite > [=Nintendo DSi=]. The only system omitted from this parade was the GBA Micro. ...Because who owned a GBA Micro?

* The PS3 makes a cameo in ''MetalGearSolid 4''. There's one on the upper deck of the plane and apparently the controller for the Mk. 2 is modeled on a PS3 controller.
* A battle stage in ''MarioKart: Double Dash!!'' is a giant Game Cube. The DS version featured a giant original Nintendo DS.

* The [=COMPs=] in ''DevilSurvivor'' now take form in a, well, NintendoDS. In instance, every main character there has it.
* The Gamecube version of ''TalesOfSymphonia'' has a Gamecube in the Renegade's Base.

* This often happens in the ''WarioWare'' series, since the plot of them is that Wario is a video game designer: Twisted features a specially adapted GBA; Touched has Wario get a DS; Smooth Moves has the Form Baton, which is a Wiimote.

* In ''[[ResidentEvil1 REmake]]'', the MO disc readers look exactly like [=GameCube=]s.
* ''MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' had an update to the Game Boy Horror.. the Game Boy Horror SP, based on the Game Boy Advance SP.
* One of the E-series in ''SonicAdventure'' had visible Sega Dreamcasts built in it.

* The Gameboy Horror in ''[[LuigisMansion Luigi's Mansion]]''.
* [=NESes=] in ''AnimalCrossing''.
* Wiis and [=SNESes=] in ''{{Pokemon}}''.
** Also in Pokemon, in the second gen games and ''PokemonStadium 2'', the player can decorate their room with various consoles, including the Virtual Boy.

* In ''SuperPaperMario'', Francis owns pretty much every Nintendo console out there, including the Virtual Boy. Also there are recipe systems that look like the NintendoDS.
* The second ''PaperMario'' game has a palmtop device, "Mailbox SP," that looks exactly like the GBA.
* ''PhantasyStar Portable'' has most of the Sega consoles as weapons; the Mark III, the Master System, the Genesis, the Saturn, and the Dreamcast.
* ''DonkeyKongCountry3'' has a Nintendo 64 in Wrinkly Kong's cave. You can even hear the castle music from Super Mario 64 playing in the background. Also an EarlyBirdCameo.

* In ''{{Shenmue}}'', Ryo Hazuki has what appears to be a Sega Saturn console in his house; odd, considering the game takes place in the mid-80's.
* [[AppleMacintosh Mac Pluses]] in ''{{Glider}} PRO''. (More of a Type A in ''Glider 4.0'', which could be run on the sort of old small-screen Macs seen in the game.)
* The appropriately named {{MSX}} in ''{{La-Mulana}}'', if you happen to be playing on a laptop.
* ''[[TraceMemory Another Code R: A Journey Into Lost Memories]]'' replaces the old DTS with a new model that resembles a [=DSi=].
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