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Checked out the new hanafuda merch at Nintendo stores! It’s so cool they’re pushing their history this hard in 2025. I got a shirt and a memo pad!

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Working on a display for the very special 1894 Kyoto city guide, with oldest known Nintendo advertisement First prototype for the book stand made

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After posting the overview of 10 years of memories, some more popped up. Like presenting a copy of Before Mario to Charles Martinet @charlesmartinet.bsky.social From Before Mario to Mario!

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It has been ten years since the Before Mario book was published. In my latest blog post, I look back at a decade of wonderful memories. Read it here: blog.beforemario.com/2025/02/ten-...

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This beautiful Nintendo Ele-Conga set from 1972, including Auto Player, just sold for ¥390,828 😮 (around US$2.500) Looks like new, possibly unplayed 🤩

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You can pick one... Which? #Nintendo #GameandWatch

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+1 🙂

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I met @melocol3 who is printing the QR code for his socials on a Game Boy Printer and handing them to people 🖨️😄

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New addition to the collection: original vintage Nintendo mini glass shop showcase, for playing cards

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Done! And they are beautiful, just like the first series.

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Pikmin Terrarium Collection 2 Let's go!!!

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I was wondering this morning, is collecting Nintendo Game & Watch games still hot, or over its peak?

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One of the biggest surprises at the Nintendo Museum was a remake of the 1966 Ultra Hand, for sale at the gift shop for ¥7,480. It's a loving recreation that honors and improves upon the original. Can you spot the differences? Full story here: blog.beforemario.com/2024/10/nint...

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˗ˏˋ SHELFIE SUNDAY ˎˊ˗ been awhile since we've done this -- reply with photos of your video game collection and later today we'll check them out on stream!

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That was fun!

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New episode in our intermittent series of Meet the Collectors. Let's meet Elijah Luttmann! blog.beforemario.com/2025/01/meet...

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Patience is a virtue... Was finally able to grab a 30th anniversary edition PS5 controller Displayed here next to its PS1 ancestor

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Nintendo Unirack storage system from the 1970s

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Talking about strategic ad placement... This Nintendo Twister ad from 1966 appeared in the Japanese 'Playboy' magazine (no relation) More about this here: blog.beforemario.com/2025/01/nint...

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The Nintendo Game & Watch Tabletop series (called "Color Screen" in Japan) featured some of the most advanced LCD games of the 1980s, with full-color animations. Four different games were released: Donkey Kong Jr., Mario's Cement Factory, Snoopy, and Popeye. Did you own one back in the day?

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With the arrival of the Nintendo Disney playing cards showcase, I also rearranged this other corner of the Before Mario collection

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The recently acquired vintage Nintendo glass shop showcase for Disney playing cards (early 1960s) takes center stage in the collection.

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I was nervous for this recent addition to the collection to arrive without sustaining any damage, but it was packed very very well. Traveled across the globe without a single issue. Good start of the year! 🙂 Nintendo Disney Playing cards glass shop display, from the early 1960s.

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The Marufukuro Hotel in Kyoto (Nintendo's former head quarters), now offers 'experience' packages, including a helicopter flight over the Nintendo museum. marufukuro.com/en/experience/ My friend Nakamura-san recently went and took these pictures. Looks exciting!

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During the playing card era, Nintendo awarded prizes to sales representatives; luxury items sourced from the famous departement store chain Daimaru (a company with roots in Kyoto, like Nintendo). Examples are this 'Nintendo' towel and 'Bohemian Silver' platter.

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From the Meiji period until 1989, it was mandatory in Japan to affix government-issued tax stamps to playing cards as a measure to regulate their production and sales. The collection of Nintendo items in the Marufuku Hotel includes a set of original ink stamps used to invalidate these tax stamps.

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These are Wonderful! Wonderswan Color Gashapon!!

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It's my birthday!

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The award for the most over-the-top packaging ever... Back in 2017, I received these two amiibo from Amazon Japan, in two separate boxes inside another box!