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PSA: Don’t smoke around your consoles, unless you want one-of-a-kind color variants

Everyone knows the general dangers of smoking. Things like lung cancer, decreased oxygen levels, being stinky, and, you know, death. Twitter user Arare_Wansaka discovered a new one: console coloration.

Look at them. Disgusting.

Famicoms are usually white or off-white, depending on usage, with gray or maroon accents. The gray and maroon are there, but as for the white? Well, the pricing stickers provide a nice pop of white. Chances are, these were tarnished by smoke damage, either from a fire or years upon years of smoking. However, Nintendo Life has some great other scenarios you can check out.

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Zach Freking-Smith
Part-time writer, full-time Dad, and Zelda Universe's #1 Wooper fan. Zach has been playing Zelda games since he was five and couldn't read. In his spare time, he reads books to his kids and plays with his cat. Feel free to ask him any Star Wars-related question and he will most likely know the answer.

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