Sunday, October 19, 2008

NES is still King

I found THE coolest thing in a shop on Carlisle St, St Kilda yesterday.

Is it better than this?

Yes! Yes it really is better. Much better.

It is a Super Mario Bros keyring:
OMG - you so have to tell me all about it

OK - as you can see it has six buttons for six evocative sounds: coin, jump, 1-up, mushroom, start of level and game over.

As critics have said: simply press a button and you'll be transported back to the Mushroom Kingdom faster than you can say 'Mamma mia, dezza King Koopa widda da Princess Toadstool.'

Bless.

Mario: inspiring plumbers everywhere (including Joe from Ohio)

The potential for comedy with this little red device is truly unlimited. From this moment forward, my conversations will be punctuated by a sound made famous by the greatest 8-bit sidescroller game EVER. You have been warned.

Missions will be announced with an upbeat 'do do do duh da do do dooo' Insults will be capped off with a clanging 'thingfuh, do do do duh duh doooooddduuuuh'. Good calls will be given a respectful 'duh di di di.'

And a nice added touch is that the batteries are the same as those that were used in the Nintendo 'Game and Watch' handhelds.
Battery nostalgia

My life is now complete.

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