Making the very focused thread about a single gachapon made me think: let’s have a thread to discuss any peripherals, toys, and general memorabilia.
I’ll kick off…always liked this Famicom Disc System case that Nintendo licensed out to manufacturer Shinshin Co Ltd.
That classic Mario artwork is a great reference point to the era, too!
Hmm, I could post all my pre-gaming Nintendo items.
I have:
Pre-WW2 Hanafuda
Ultra Hand
Ultra Scope
Love Tester
And various others. Will have to get them down and photograph though.
i have stuff to add to this thread but man, i bought a 3d printed disk-kun case off etsy because i’d never seen this - that’s so cool!
Much-needed thread!
For me, the coolest gaming peripheral will always be the Game Boy Camera. I had one at the time and it was brilliant. Even though using one today is a bit beyond me, I do admire people who are keeping it alive. Another peripheral I had back then was the e-Reader for GBA. I seem to remember needing to import that… I did it to play those SMB3 bonus levels. DLC before the internet was ubiquitous! I can’t say I miss that…
Returning to the present day, I’ve been getting into Hanafuda lately. This deck isn’t old, it’s currently in production:
You can see more photos in a previous post here:
One of my favourite gaming-adjacent things is this origami Tetris lamp:
3DS, with its cover plates and various accessories, is arguably peak tat. Those 18-in-1 card cases are legit:
On the subject of Club Nintendo, I use this pouch:
I think it was originally released for 3DS, but I find it a better fit for my DSi LL/XL:
Finally, I like a good guidebook:
That wine red pouch is gorgeous! Always wondered if the matching DSi XL colour was inspired by the Famicom.
I run the Hanafuda discord server! It’s a great resource. I’m biased.
these are awesome! might gotta mess with this one day, it looks so cool
The train picture made me think of some photos I took with mine for the last train ride of our town’s train.
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The coach they replaced with it is much less comfy to ride.
Nice photos!
I picked up another guidebook last year:
As you can see, the design is compact.
There are many F-Zero X guides, but this one is a real beauty.
Tracks are broken down and analysed piece by piece:
In this interview, the developers discuss the importance of maintaining 60fps at all times and the sacrifices made to do so:
The team:
Shogakukan published official Nintendo guidebooks in Japan from 1991–2018. You can tell the guide is part of this series by the WC logo on the front cover.
Anyone here have one?
I love them too.
I have:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf3tAUlrehn/
Also bunch more but they’re in storage.
Very nice.
Paradise is an eternal game, so a guide would make sense.
Maybe one day.
I try to pick them up whenever i find one, but that official F-Zero one has eluded me! Is that all of the interview or are there more pages? I’d love to see the rest if it’s not a bother. Here’s my collection. Some of these have interviews too, if anyone’s interested.
Of course. Please see the above post, now edited to include the complete interview.
Cool collection! Interesting to see the early N64 guides are bigger, like the Super Famicom line.
You have Wave Race 64, not one you see often. And Maximum Velocity… what a game that is.
There are some other strategy guide books on Internet Archive
eg. F-Zero 64
New guidebook!
I played through Pikmin recently and barely managed to collect all the parts in time. Maybe these maps will help next time…
As ever, Miyamoto is full of insightful remarks.
He’s right about the time limit lending the game replayability. It’s a major reason Pikmin remains interesting today, twenty-five years later.
