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Nintendo-inspired Playhouse

A gaming inspired home? Well not quite, this modern day playhouse puts a spin on the old-school Nintendo. Built by students at Carnegie Mellon for their annual Spring carnival, it definitely caused a stir. In our current Wii/Playstation age, we wonder if the kids even recognized the characters.

For those of us who grew up with Nintendo, it was instantly recognizable and evoked immediate nostalgia for days of yore. We still want to shoot that stupid, giggling dog. But we're curious if the kids wondered what is that clunky, gray box on top?

(via Engadget.)

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You clearly haven't been in Hot Topic lately (Lucky you...). Old school NES stuff is pretty popular. The Mario mushrooms, Link from Zelda, the controllers, etc. are on every type of clothing and accessory you can think of. NES systems go for upwards of $60 on eBay and Nintendo's Virtual Console for the Wii is bringing these games back for a whole new generation of gamer. I'm pretty sure the kids know all about the frustrations of that stupid, giggling dog...

posted by SpaceMonkeyX on 2007-04-24 14:34:35
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I think the Wii is the first Nintendo gaming system I own where the usual, "blow dust out of cartridge" method of getting things to work won't be necessary... I kinda miss the ritual!

posted by saya* on 2007-04-24 17:02:49
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