VIDEO: New Snoop Dogg video is a Pokemon homage

MCV Staff 7th January 2014 Business News

It’s not hard to see the inspiration provided by Nintendo’s Pokemon in the latest video from hip hop star Snoop Lion.

As spotted by Kotaku, the video for Get Away is a direct homage to Nintendo’s handheld Pokemon series, although it also goes on to ape the graphical style popularised by side-scrolling 8-bit shooters.

You can see the video below:

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