throwback nintendo. it's creative, though. >> it is. it shows how far russians are willing to go. the reason that russian propaganda works and disinformation campaign works, they understand americans and know how to subvert our system. they were looking to undermine the way we actually engage with each other. >> this didn't catch on, right? >> no. >> we're not hip to nintendo. >> played by, it says 19,000. so, no, they failed to make this go viral. it shows that they were trying. it took a whole lot of work for my colleague to piece together the digital bread crumbs and trace it back all this time. >> so i guess we'll go online and check it out. cnn money.com. jose, thank you very much. hill-tendo. got t. let's continue on. top of the hour, you're watching