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Nostalgia for video games seems to be strongest for those played during childhood – at least for Nintendo Switch players
By Jeremy Hsu
The Nintendo game Super Mario Advance, a version of Super Mario Bros compatible with a more modern console
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Gamers have especially strong nostalgia for childhood video games and game consoles that they played when they were about 10 years old – at least according to a study of Nintendo Switch players.
“Through playing older games, people can feel connected to who they were, and how they were feeling at the time when they played them for the first time,” says Nick Ballou at the University…
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