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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Similarly to [[Classics!]] in PAL regions (known as "Now You're Playing With Spirit Power!"), the event's title references the Game Boy's slogan used by commercials, which was | *Similarly to [[Classics!]] in PAL regions (known as "Now You're Playing With Spirit Power!"), the event's title references the Game Boy's slogan used by American commercials, "Now you're playing with portable power!", which was a modified version of the {{s|wikipedia|Nintendo Entertainment System}}'s slogan, "Now you're playing with power!". | ||
**Meanwhile, the Japanese title of the event references the phrase said in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELSGUH9Fi5Q the first commercial for the Game Boy itself]. | |||
*In contrast to other Spirit Board events based on a specific console (such as [[Classics!]] and [[Get N or Get Out]]), the majority of spirits included in this event use artwork that are not used for Game Boy games. Of the 33 spirits included in the event, only 12 of them use artwork originally used for a Game Boy game. | *In contrast to other Spirit Board events based on a specific console (such as [[Classics!]] and [[Get N or Get Out]]), the majority of spirits included in this event use artwork that are not used for Game Boy games. Of the 33 spirits included in the event, only 12 of them use artwork originally used for a Game Boy game. | ||
*The event's description references "[[wikipedia:Nintendo marketing#Play It Loud!|Play It Loud!]]", a slogan used by more edgy advertisements aimed at a teen audience released late in the Game Boy and Super Nintendo Entertainment System's lifespans. | *The event's description references "[[wikipedia:Nintendo marketing#Play It Loud!|Play It Loud!]]", a slogan used by a series of more edgy and often grotesque advertisements aimed at a teen audience released late in the Game Boy and Super Nintendo Entertainment System's lifespans between 1994 and 1996. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||