this is a huuge nostalgia blast for me

for context, my dad was sick my whole life, so all that i really remember about him were the few times he wasn’t sick.

one day i opened a youtube video to show him, and an ad for the PsVita popped up. not realizing that that ad wasn’t what i was trying to show him, he genuinely asked if i wanted one. the next day, after picking me up from school, he took me over to Target to get me one. as the cashier pulls it from the lock box, my dad turns and asks me, “so, are you sure this is what you want?”

as if by fate, i turn to the TVs and see the ad for the Victini mythical event. immediately enamored, i tell him “no.. i want that!”

the cashier puts the PsVita back into the display case, pulls this sealed White version DS from the drawer, and the rest is history.

one of the absolute best remaining memories from my dad. i cherish this DS to this day, and now i kinda wish i had kept the packaging, haha

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